I've been under the sun Chasing lowly ways A child on the run From leaving you that day I'm bound with tied hands I've lost all that I knew And trapped in these foreign lands I barely believe the truth I've been in a state of Alabama I've been drowning in the drama I've been oh so blue My God it makes me think of you God, it makes me think of you You cut me from my pain You never tied me loose And in all that you gained I was always bound to lose I've been in a state of Alabama I've been drowning in the drama I've been oh so blue My God it makes me think of you God, it makes me think of you I've been in a state of Alabama I've been drowning in the drama I've been oh so blue My God it makes me think of you God, it makes me think of you