"Renegade" (1991)

• Renegade lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Talk To Me Fiddle lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Little Folks lyrics - The Charlie Daniels band
• Honky Tonk Life lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Layla lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• The Twang Factor lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Fathers And Sons lyrics - The Charlie Daniels band
• What My Baby Sees In Me lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Willie Jones lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Let Freedom Ring lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

Renegade lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

Well, I went down to Nashville

In 1973

And they won't nobody in Music City

Wanted anything to do with me

They said, ?Boy you sure dress funny

And you just don't fit our crowd

And your music's weird, your hair's too long

And you play that guitar way too loud?

I said, "Yeah, I know, I'm different

I know, I'm not the same

And you may drive a big Cadillac car

But I ain't gonna play your game?

And you can put me down in this guitar town

And I ain't gonna be afraid

'Cause I'm a proud walkin', slow talkin'

Hard headed, high steppin' genuine renegade

Well, I ain't afraid to tell you what's on my mind

I just ain't the bashful type

I go all the way for the U.S.A.

'Cause I love them stars and stripes

I ain't never been scared of nothin'

And I'm a renegade to the bone

So if you're looking for trouble better bring you some help

I'm a little bit more than you can handle alone

I'm mighty proud of Dixie

I'm just full of Southern pride

I'm a catfish connoisseur

And I know, I'm countryfied

I get an ornery streak sometimes when I speak

But I guess, it's just the price I paid

'Cause I'm a hard drivin' survivin'

Four wheelin', straight dealin' genuine renegade

And you can put me down in this guitar town

I ain't gonna be afraid

'Cause I'm a proud walkin', slow talkin'

Hard headed, high steppin' genuine renegade

Talk To Me Fiddle lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

Well if this old fiddle could talk

If this old fiddle could sing

Man if this old fiddle could only talk

It could tell you some wondrous things

Talk to me fiddle

Tell me about when you came across the sea

In the hands of a Jewish immigrant who was longing to be free

And you were part of his life for forty years

Through times both lean and fat

As he raised his family and lived out his days

In a New York tenement flat

Talk to me fiddle

Tell me about how that Cajun fiddlin' man

Found you in a pawn shop and took you back down

To the Louisiana bayou land

You knew his wife and you knew his kids

And you watched his family grow

And you played your heart out Cajun style

At the Louisiana Fais Do Do

Well talk to me fiddle

Then a big shot Yankee gambler found you down in New Orleans

And took you up the river on the Mississippi Queen

Then there came the day that you were all

That he had left to lose

And a black man won you in a poker game

And taught you how to play the blues

Cry for me fiddle

The a young man from the mountains of Kentucky came along

And he bought you for a dollar

And took you all the way back home

He gave you to his grandpa on his golden wedding day

And the people would come from miles around just to hear the old man play

Dance for me fiddle

Then a hobo from Biloxi found you living in the rain

And he got himself a free ride on a west-bound cattle train

And you got off in Texas

Where they play that western swing

Where the people do the two-step

And old Bob Wills was the king

Swing for me fiddle

If this old fiddle could talk

If this old fiddle could sing

Man if this old fiddle could only talk

It could tell you some wondrous things

You've been bouncing around America from sea to shining sea

Now your traveling days are over fiddle 'cause you belong to me

Little Folks lyrics - The Charlie Daniels band

Little folks are people too

Very much like me and you

The little things they say and do

They kinda make your day

Foolishness and common sense

Through the eyes of innocence

Skip a rope or jump a fence

Gettin' in the way

Daddy, why are you so tall?

Daddy, why am I so small?

Daddy, who makes snowflakes fall?

Could it be the Lord?

Chasing puppies, climbin' trees

Bumping heads and skinnin' knees

It's not very hard to see

That kids are God's reward

Little folks get down and out

The girls will cry and boys will pout

Before you know what it's about

They're smiling once again

Colored kites on summer breeze

Jingle Bells and Christmas trees

Too soon they're only memories

Do you remember when?

Daddy, what makes eagles fly?

What makes clouds float in the sky?

And Daddy, if I really try

Will I grow up someday?

But little folks slip through our hands

Like so many grains of sand

You'd best enjoy them while you can

So soon they fly away...

Honky Tonk Life lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

Well now Bubba and the boys at the uptown bar

They got a little too drunk went a little too far

They were out four wheeling round town till the crack of dawn

And then the sheriff came and threw them in the calaboose

And he said he wasn't gonna turn them loose

Just somebody paid for the damage to the courthouse lawn

Well he got paid Friday and it ain't no joke

He woke up this morning hungover and broke

He's been out all night and he's afraid to face his wife

His clothes are dirty and his eyes are red

He's got a great big knot on the side of his head

Oh the joys of living the honky tonk life

Well you honky tonk women and you honky tonk men

Honky tonk life's gonna do you in

Ain't nothin' cool about sittin' on a bar stool higher than a Chinese kite

You're just a pop top poppa with a one track mind

You're gonna pass out before it's closin' time

Just another darn fool drowning in the neon lights every night

I said oh the joys of living the honky tonk life

Ole Johnny was a happily married man

Till he started hanging out at the Dew Drop Inn

Met a peroxide floozie by the name of Sally Ann

Then almost every morning he was late for work

Then his wife found some lipstick stain on his shirt

And that's about the time that the stuff started hittin' the fan

And then the next thing he knew he was asittin' in court

About some alimony and some child support

And he lost his driver's license for a DWI

And now his clothes are ragged and he don't look well

He's living downtown in a cheap hotel

On the joys of living the honky tonk life

Well you honky tonk women and you honky tonk men...

Layla lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

(originally by Derek And The Dominos)

What will you do when you get lonely

With nobody waitin by your side?

You've been running and hiding much to long

You know it's just your foolish pride

Layla, you got me on my knees

Layla, I'm begging darling please

Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind

Layla, you got me on my knees

Layla, I'm begging darling please

Layla, you got me on my knees

Layla, I'm begging darling please

Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind

Layla, you got me on my knees

Layla, I'm begging darling please

Layla, you got me on my knees

Layla, I'm begging darling please

Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind

Layla, you got me on my knees

Layla, I'm begging darling please

Let's make the best of the situation

Before I finally go insane.

Please don't say we'll never find a way

And tell me all --- my love's in vain

Layla, you got me on my knees

Layla, I'm begging darling please

Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind

Layla, you got me on my knees

Layla, I'm begging darling please

Layla, you got me on my knees

Layla, I'm begging darling please

Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind

Layla, you got me on my knees

Layla, I'm begging darling please

The Twang Factor lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

Well us people in the country like tractors

We wear John Deere hats it's the twang factor

We like the VFW on a Friday night

We play bingo it's the twang factor

Picking in Memphis picking in Shoals

Picking in Nashville everywhere you go it's the twang factor

The twang factor is just the state of mind I'm in the twang factor

I like fried corn and pinto beansn I like a long stretch of highway yeah

I like a riverbank to watch the sunrise I believe you gotta be baptized

I like catfish crappie and bluegill too I like catchin' me a big old carp

I like Nascar and ice tea in a jar I like cookin' on an open fire

The twang factor

Now gimme guitar music and barbeque and football on Sunday afternoon

It's the twang factor

I like buck knives and red beans and rice and a pretty little thing to love me

It's the twang factor

Well we picking in Austin pickin' in Mobile

Picking in the swamps pickin' on the hill the twang factor

The twang factor is just the state of mind I'm in the twang factor

Fathers And Sons lyrics - The Charlie Daniels band

My daddy had so much to tell me things he said I had to know

Don't make my mistakes there are rules you can't break

But I had to find out on my own

Now when I look at my own son I do what my father went through

There's only so much you can do

You're proud when they walk but you're scared when they run

That's how it always has been between fathers and sons

It's a bridge you can't cross it's a cross you can't bear

It's the words you can't say the things you can't change

No matter how much you care

So you do all you can and then you gotta let go

You're just part of the flow of the river that runs between fathers and sons

Now your mother she'll try to protect you

She'll hold you as long as she can

But the higher you climb the more you can see

And too soon you think you're a man

One someday you'll look at your own son

There'll be so much that you want to say

But he'll have to find his own way

Down the road he must take the course he must run

That's how it always will be between fathers and sons

It's a bridge you can't cross...

You're just part of the flow of the river that runs between fathers and sons

What My Baby Sees In Me lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

She tries to find a little bit of good in everything that comes her way

She says even a broken clock is right two times a day

And her daddy warned her not to the day she took my name

Said he's a rough and rowdy boy you know he'll never change

Nobody else can see what my baby sees in me

Well I pump the gas and change the tires at the station all day long

She treats me like a millionaire every night when I get home

She calls me her Romeo even though I'm kinda plain

She says she learned a long time ago it ain't the whistle that pulls the train

Nobody else can see what my baby sees in me

Nobody else can see but that don't matter much to me

Cause she's the only one I really want to please

Well I don't care much for politics and I probably never will

Cause I'm the kind of man that says exactly what I feel

And I don't have all the answers and I'm not always right

But I know I'm never in the dark when she turns out the light

Nobody else can see what my baby sees in me

My baby calls my old pickup truck her cowboy Cadillac

If it holds up we're driving out to Hollywood and back

We're gonna cruise down Sunset Boulevard she's always wanted to go

Even though she says out of all the stars I'm the one that steals the show

Nobody else can see what my baby sees in me

Nobody else can see what my baby sees in me

Nobody else can see what my baby sees in me

Let Freedom Ring lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

In the heat of the battle

To the head army there stepped a man

He said, 'I've been to the top of the liberty

And I've looked over the promised land'

He had no fear of death or evil

His skin was black and his name was King

He said I may not get there with you

But put your faith in God and let freedom ring

There was a tyrant strong and mighty

And he built his self a wall

He said, 'This wall's gonna stand forever

No power on Earth is gonna make it fall'

But then the winds of change they started blowing

Like a free bird on the wing

And then the wall fell down with a sound like thunder

Let the free bird fly and let freedom ring

(Let freedom ring)

Throughout the northland out across the frozen Tundra

To the land of the midnight sun and the Eskimo

(Let freedom ring)

From Albuquerque across the sea to Greece and Turkey

And from Halifax down south to Mexico

(Let freedom ring)

From Carolina round the world to Indochina

From Seattle to Mobile and Abilene

(Let freedom ring)

Let freedom ring

(Let freedom ring)

Let freedom ring

Let it ring, let it ring, let it ring

Innocent blood was shed for freedom

In a faraway place called Tiennemen Square

'Cause the heavy hand of cruel oppression

Is so much more than a man can bear

But you can't chain a man forever

And your guns they don't mean a thing

'Cause they'll rise again in the cause of justice

Give the power to the people and let freedom ring

(Let freedom ring)

From Minnesota across the plains to North Dakota

And from Kennebunkport out to Kalamazoo

(Let freedom ring)

From Rome to Reno and from Tokyo to Moscow

And from Barcelona, Spain to Kathmandu

(Let freedom ring)

From Madagascar and from Berlin to Alaska

And from Liverpool to Perth to Aberdeen

(Let freedom ring)

Let freedom ring

(Let freedom ring)

Let freedom ring

Let it ring, let it ring, let it ring

Let's give thanks to God our Father

The author of our liberty

Gave us this land to protect and cherish

It's the home of the brave and it's the land of the free

Oh America, we love you

Sweet land of hope of thee we sing

And with our life's blood we will protect you

Let the eagle fly and let freedom ring

Let freedom ring

Let freedom ring

Let freedom ring

Let it ring, let it ring

Let it ring, let it ring

Let freedom ring

"Simple Man" (1989)

• (What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Was It 26 lyrics - The Charlie Daniels band
• Oh, Atlanta lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Midnight Train lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Saturday Night Down South lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Play Me Some Fiddle lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Simple Man lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Old Rock 'N Roller lyrics - The Charlie Daniels band
• Mister DJ lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• It's My Life lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

(What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

[Chorus:]

What this world needs is a few more rednecks

Some people ain't afraid to take a stand

What this world needs is a little more respect

For the Lord and the law and the workin' man

We could use a little peace and satisfaction

Some good people up front to take the lead

A little less talk and a little more action

And a few more rednecks is what we need

I was raised on beans and cornbread

And I like my chicken fried

Yes, I drive a pickup truck

And I'm full of American pride

I keep a Bible on my table

I got a flag out on my lawn

And I don't believe in mindin'

No one's business but my own

And I love them Rambo movies

I think they make a lot of sense

And it's a shame ole John Wayne

Didn't live to run for president

And I don't care what nobody says

I don't trust ole Gorbachev

And I don't know who turned him on

But it's time to turn him off

[Chorus]

Now they're tryin' to take my guns away

And that would be just fine

If you take ‘em away from the criminals first

I'll gladly give ya mine

And I don't mind payin' taxes

But it makes my temper itch

When my hard earned money goes

To make some politician rich

What most people call a redneck

Ain't nothin' but a workin' man

And he makes his livin'

By the sweat of his brow

And the calluses on his hands

Now you intellectuals may not like it

But there ain't nothin' that you can do

Cause there's a whole lot more of us common-folks

Then there ever will be of you

[Chorus]

That's what we need

And a few more rednecks is what we need

Was It 26 lyrics - The Charlie Daniels band

Living hard was easy when I was young and bullet proof

Had no ties to bind me just a pickup and a roof

I emptied every bottle when I poured I never missed

Had bloodshot eyes at twenty five or was it twenty six

Didn't seem to matter what price I had to pay

Cause anything worth havin' I'd just lose anyway

Friends worried about me and they asked if I was sick

Thought I would die at twenty five or was it twenty six

Those two years blend together like whiskey over ice

Melting into mem'ries like somebody else's life

I'm glad to say I've come around but if I could have one wish

I'd like another try at twenty five or was it twenty six

I met a girl from Georgia smart and pretty college grad

Thoought my luck was changin' up to then it'd all been bad

I guess I fell in love all it took was just one kiss

But she said goodbye at twnty five or was it twenty six

Those two years blend together like whiskey over ice...

Yeah I've been down the road prob'ly been as far as hell

Deception or redemption I guess only time will tell

I have faith in the knowledge that God gave us a gift

I couldn't hide at twenty five or was it twenty six

Those two years blend together like whiskey over ice...

I'd like another try at twenty five or was it twenty six

Oh, Atlanta lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

Oh Atlanta you're the only home I ever knew

Oh Atlanta I can't wait to get back home to you

You've got money in your pockets you've got roses in the lane

You've got purebred southern blood flowing in your veins Atlanta

Oh Atlanta I wish that I was down on Peachtree Street

Oh Atlanta them little Georgia peaches sure are sweet

You've got more pretty girls than any other place I've been

I can't wait to let your bright lights shine on me again Atlanta

Now you're the queen of Dixie you're the diamond of the South

You're that big hometown with all that southern pride

I've got them traveling blues I've got Georgia on my mind

I'm gonna jump on board a southbound train and ride

Oh Atlanta I'm lonesome as a southern boy can be

Oh Atlanta please be sure and save a place for me

So momma can fry some chicken call the family on the phone

Tell them that their long lost southern boy is coming home to Atlanta

[fiddle]

Oh Atlanta I'm lonesome as a southern boy can be...

Saturday Night Down South lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

This ain't nothing but a little bitty town

Roll up the sidewalks everything's shut down

But down on the corner they're still hanging around

Cause it's Saturday night down south

Clock on the courthouse says eleven o'clock

Kids in their cars still dragging the block

People go to bed with their doors unlocked

Cause it's Saturday night down south

Me and my baby on the front porch swing

Tonight's the night I'm gonna give her a ring

If she says yes I'll have everything

Hot dog shut my mouth

Whippoorwill singing in the magnolia tree

Crickets making music for my baby and me

There ain't no other place that I'd rather be

When it's Saturday night down south

[guitar]

People down here like to take life slow

There ain't no place they're in a hurry to go

Just take it easy kinda roll with the flow

Take time to work things out

Full moon shining through the long leaf pines

Fireflies playing in the honeysuckle vine

Everybody's grooving everything's just fine

Cause it's Saturday night down south

Full moon shining through the long leaf pines...

Saturday night down south oh way down south

Play Me Some Fiddle lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

We were down on our luck in Houston

We were broke and we were needin' a job

We got a gig in this joint on the wrong side of town

And it was just about as rough as a cob

One night the door flew open and this dude walked in

He was as big as a mountain and as ugly as sin

It got quiet as a graveyard when he walked in

He looked like trouble with a capital T

He cleared off a whole row of barstools

Just to have him a place to sit

The bartender turned about three shades of purple

And the bouncer just up and quit

He come prowling cross the floor like a lion in a cage

Romping and stomping and shaking with rage

Well I thought I was gonna die when he walked up to the stage

He said there's something that I want you to do

He said play me some fiddle cause I love them fiddle songs

Play me some fiddle everybody can sing along

Well I'm mean and I'm ornery and I'm ready to fight

And if you want to get out of here alive tonight

You'd better play me some fiddle cause that fiddle music turns me on

Well I grabed up my fiddle and started sawing like never before

While he picked up a man with a drink in his hand

And threw him through a plate glass door

And then he grabbed up this dude and swung him round by the hair

He ripped up the tables and tore up the chairs

It took fifteen cops to get that fool out of there

And I heard him as they went through the door

Play me some fiddle cause I love that fiddle sound

Play me some fiddle play some fiddle and we'll all get down

I know I'm in trouble been a bad boy today

But just one more time before they take me away

Won't you play me some fiddle cause that fiddle music turns me on

[fiddle]

Play me some fiddle cause I love that fiddle sound

Play me some fiddle play some fiddle and we'll all get down

He said play me some fiddle cause I love them fiddle songs

Play me some fiddle cause that fiddle music turns me on

Simple Man lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

I ain't nothin' but a simple man

They call me a redneck I reckon that I am

But there's things going on

That make me mad down to the core.

I have to work like a dog to make ends meet

There's crooked politicians and crime in the street

And I'm madder'n hell and I ain't gonna take it no more.

We tell our kids to just say no

Then some panty waist judge lets a drug dealer go

Slaps him on the wrist and then he turns him back out on the town.

Now if I had my way with people sellin' dope

I'd take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope

I'd hang 'em up high and let 'em swing 'til the sun goes down

Well, you know what's wrong with the world today

People done gone and put their Bible's away

They're living by the law of the jungle not the law of the land

The good book says it so I know it's the truth

An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth

You better watch where you go and remember where you been

That's the way I see it I'm a Simple Man.

Now I'm the kinda man that'd not harm a mouse

But if I catch somebody breakin in my house

I've got twelve guage shotgun waiting on the other side

So don't go pushing me against my will

I don't want to have to fight you but I dern sure will

So if you don't want trouble then you'd better just pass me on by

As far as I'm concerned there ain't no excuse

For the raping and the killing and the child abuse

And I've got a way to put an end to all that mess

Just take them rascals out in the swamp

Put 'em on their knees and tie 'em to a stump

Let the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest

You know what's wrong with the world today

People done gone and put their Bible's away

They're living by the law of the jungle not the law of the land

The Good Book says it so I know it's the truth

An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth

You better watch where you go and remember where you been

That's the way I see it I'm a Simple Man