I was workin' my way through North Dakota Where the days are cold and the nights are colder Thinkin' bout the girl I left behind Got Alabama on my mind So I quit my job and headed home Back to the girl I call my own But when I walked through the door She said' Your love don't live here no more' You guess I would have learned by now That sweet milk ain't worth the cow Ain't it strange what a woman can do Drive you crazy before she's through Now I'm down and out in Birmingham That ol' bad love done broke this man Down and out in Birmingham Just fightin' the blues in Alabama