Got a wife got a family earn my livin' with my hand I'm a roller in a steel mill in downtown Birmingham My daddy was a barber a most unsightly man He was born in Tuscaloosa but he died right here in Birmingham Birmingham, Birmingham The greatest city in Alabam' You can travel 'cross this entire land There ain't no place like Birmingham Got a wife named Mary but she's called Marie We live in a three room house with a pepper tree And I work all day in the factory that's alright with me Got a big black dog his name is Dan Lives in my backyard in Birmingham He is the meanest dog in Alabam', get 'em Dan Birmingham, Birmingham The greatest city in Alabam' You can travel 'cross this entire land There ain't no place like Birmingham