Arab Alabama

ABOUT THIS SONG

Hometown pride from the town whose name came back misspelled and stayed that way. One letter off, and proud of it.

LYRICS

Old Man Thompson sent three names up to Washington, D.C
They were a rad bird in ink, take your pick, whichever one you please
We were Bear Meat Cabin on the Mount, 1882
They read the D as a B in that misspelled name

Made it through, go on and say it how they spelled it, yeah, we've heard it all
It's A-Rab up on Brantley, and we say it standing tall, spell it A-R-A-B
We say it A-Rab, A-Rab, A-Rab, Alabama, one letter off, proud of that
Cotton rose to blue jeans, seems to rock, it's flying high

Funny how one wrong letter turned out just right
The spelling came back wrong, and we never changed it back
A-Rab, Alabama, and we like it like that
A-Rab, Alabama, 1922, no school, so they built one anyway

Dug the basement, fired the kilns, made Brantley dirt to clay
Mama pulled her shifty bluebell, denim by the mile
Daddy drove to Huntsville, building rockets for a while
Same names on the mailbox, it's been there a hundred years or more

Same trucks in the same spots outside the hardware store
We don't leave here much, and the ones who do come back
Something about this mountain keeps a hold on where you're at, spell it A-R-A-B
We say it A-Rab, A-Rab, A-Rab, Alabama, one letter off, proud of that

Bear meat cabin wagon rust to rock, it's flying high
Funny how one wrong letter turned out just right
They wrote it down wrong, we made it ours for life
Stand up Brantley, let them hear us tonight

Let them hear us
A-Rab, Alabama, that's where I'm from
That's where I'm from
Wrong on paper, right on the map, A-R-A-B, A-Rab

Washington missed it by a letter, it's been a hundred years making it better
The spelling came back wrong, and we never changed it back
A-Rab, Alabama, and we like it like that

CREDITS

Written & Performed by Chad Sanders
Recording, Engineering, Mixing & Mastering by Chad Sanders
Guitars, Keyboards & Programming by Chad Sanders
Instruments: Fender Telecaster • Yamaha Keyboard & additional instruments
Software: Ableton Live • ACID Pro multitrack • Sound Forge Studio

ABOUT "ARAB ALABAMA"

"Arab Alabama" is an original funny country song written and recorded by Chad Sanders, an independent country music artist and songwriter from Alabama.

Hometown pride from the town whose name came back misspelled and stayed that way. One letter off, and proud of it.

Fans of Alabama country music and small-town country will find something real in this track, the kind of honest storytelling Chad Sanders is known for across his original catalog.

Chad Sanders writes and records from the perspective of someone rooted in North Alabama, North Alabama specifically, in the heart of Marshall County. His music reflects life as it actually is in small-town America, not as it's packaged for radio.

Released in July 2025, "Arab Alabama" is available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music. Preview it here at ChadSandersOfficial.com before you stream.