This song is based off a missing woman story from Cheatham County, TN in 1986 that still remains unsolved. Upchurch changed the storyline in the music video to what he would have liked the outcome to be as he explains in this video.
[Verse 1]
The corner store smells like Pall Malls
The cashier wears the same overalls
The cops wash the blood off their hands with the moonshine
They took from the moonlight
[Chorus]
Dirty South
Yea-yea-yea-yeah
Dirty South
In the dirty South, dirty South
[Verse 2]
Cars burn into the dark sky
No leads, nobody knows why
Dead bodies in the trees where I get my soul
Dead end roads
[Verse 3]
Dead end roads lead to the small trails
Headstones from the 1800s
Ghosts lurk 'til you feel the chill in your spine
In these pines
[Chorus]
Dirty South
Yea-yea-yea-yeah
Dirty South
In the dirty South, dirty South
[Bridge]
Dirty South you have raised me
Dirty South, Dixie made me
Dirty South, I love you but sometimes you hate me
Times you hate me
[Chorus]
Dirty South
Yea-yea-yea-yeah
Dirty South
In the dirty South, dirty South
[Outro]
Woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh-oh
Dirty South, dirty South, dirty South
Dirty South was written by Upchurch.
Dirty South was produced by Thomas Toner.
Upchurch released Dirty South on Mon Apr 09 2018.
From Instagram:
it’s the expression of how the South can be dirty, crooked, creepy & haunting
From YouTube: