Cold wind blowin' snow into the hall again as I close the door
On the street I made my choice
Taxi to the rescue through the back seat window one last look
At golden streets that turned to ice (an' I'm gone)
Goin' back to Birmingham
Southern bound a train to take me home
To the arms of Alabam
Goin' back to Birmingham
Rumblin' rails return me to my reverie of a girl back home I
Left so long ago by choice
Wrongs miscalculations tribulations make me close my eyes
I dial her number hear her voice (as the rails sing)
Goin' back to Birmingham
Southern bound a train to take me home
To the arms of Alabam
Goin' back to Birmingham
And I say how much I miss her and our picnics on Red Mountain
Before I left
And the Magic City's heartbeat with my head upon her breast
My message left
Hopin' for the best back in Birmingham
Goin' back to Birmingham
Southern bound a train to take me home
To the arms of Alabam
Goin' back to Birmingham
Goin' back to Birmingham
Southern bound a train to take me home
To the arms of Alabam
Goin' back to Birmingham
Goin' back to Birmingham
Goin' back to Birmingham
Goin' back to Birmingham
Goin' back