There is a popsicle shop Down in Homewood I swear I'll never forget The man there who owned it I Met him a long time ago When I was a kid He said "Child you've got something I Want to see blossom. Would you care to live in my town?" I was almost eighteen said goodbye New Orleans As I packed up for uncharted land They call Birmingham Birmingham I met preachers and pirates and Gypsies and firepoints I've felt their pain and their joy I saw true love unveiled On the old mountain trails where they find Sanford boy Who said "Darling I love you God has been so good to let me be your man" As he got on one knee smiling cheek to sheek As he put a ring on my hand In Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Now I am older, my bags packed again To sail new seas in this life But no matter where I go no city's got nothing on that Alabama sky Oh and I will remember those beautiful people And that magic city shine from afar And I'll take it all with me cause it will forever be a part of who I am Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham