"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

Old Rock 'N Roller lyrics - The Charlie Daniels band

He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.

He sings a little flat and he never learned to play the guitar.

But he keeps on belting out them rhythm and blues,

"Long Tall Sally" and "Blue Suede Shoes".

He never faced the fact that he's never gonna be a star.

He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.

He had a record in the sixties, it was big enough to go Top Ten.

And though he tried and he tried he never could make it happen again.

He's been living twenty years on bourbon and pride.

Jerry Lee went crazy and Elvis died.

Then his third wife left him but he never really thought it would last.

And now she ain't nothing but another little blast from the past.

But sometimes at night when the music and the crowd is having fun,

He steps up on the mike with a gleam in his eye and once again he's twenty-one.

And then it's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" and "Heartbreak Hotel" and "That'll Be The Day"

Then the "Sweet Bird of Youth" just flies away.

He's an earthbound eagle that never did learn how to fly.

He ain't never gonna make it but he sure did give it a try.

So go dye your hair and turn the music up loud,

And when it's time to go at least you'll go down proud.

You ain't never gonna be nothing but what you are

Just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.

Just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.

Mister DJ lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

Mr DJ won't you please play me a song

Play it for an old boy who's a long long way from home

With a thousand miles ahead and a thousand miles behind

A dollar in his pocket and a woman on his mind

You can pick out almost anything you choose

Play Sweet Home Alabama or let Waylon sing the blues

I don't care what kind of music just as long as it sounds tough

Don't play any hurting songs cause I feel bad enough

Now don't get the wrong impression I ain't meaning to complain

But it would be Sunday morning and I guess it had to rain

And I was doing pretty good until I heard that durned old train

Going who knows where

And I guess the combination's got me feeling kinda low

And all I've got to cheer me up is this all night radio

Why don't you play us something hot and let this 18 wheeler

Roll my blues away

Well I called her from a phone booth in St Paul

When I asked her if she loved me I got no reply at all

And if that's the way she wants it that's the way it's gonna be

It might hurt a little while but that's alright with me

I've been jamming gears and wondering what went wrong

Then I turned on the radio and I heard a country song

And it kinda keeps me moving helps me rolling down the line

But when you played that hurtin' song I almost started cryin'

Willie drowned in Whiskey River with Hank Jr's rowdy friends

The Oak Ridge Boys sang Elvira Ricky played the mandolin

Then them old boys from Alabama put the pedal to the medal

And let it toll Roll On

And I started feeling bad when George stopped loving her today

Why don't you let old Mickey Gilley get down on them 88's

Come on and play us something hot and let this 18 wheeler roll my blues away

Hey Mr DJ hey Mr DJ hey Mr DJ

"Homesick Heroes" (1988)

• Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Alligator lyrics -The Charlie Daniels Band
• Get Me Back To Dixie lyrics - The Charlie Daniels band
• Cowboy Hat In Dallas lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Big Bad John lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Midnight Train lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Honky Tonk Avenue lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band
• You Can't Pick Cotton lyrics - The Charlie Daniels band
• Ill Wind lyrics - The Charlie Daniels band
• Uneasy Rider '88 lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

Every time I hear a fiddle and it's cookin' just a little

Well it makes me want to jump up and run

And if he's sawing with some soul boogie woogie rock n' roll

Well I know I'm gonna have some fun

And when the resin starts to fly and I'm looking in the eye

Like I'm just about to blow a fuse

Mama call the doctor 'cause your boy has got 

The rocking Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues

I met a man from Tenessee this is what he said to me

He said music is a rhapsody

He picked up his violin stuck it underneath his chin

And started playing me a symphony

I said that ain't the way it's done let me see that fiddle son

And I sawed him off a chorus or two

He said you'd better call the doctor 'cause I think I've got

The rocking Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues

Now if you want to play me some fiddle

I'll tell you right from the start

You'd better play me something lowdown hoedown honking

I don't want to hear no funeral march

It's got to pick me up and roll me over

It's got to make me want to jump up and sing

If it ain't buzzing like a beehive, kick it into overdrive

Or it don't mean a doggone thing

So let me resin up my bow and I think I can show you

The way I like to play this thing

Let's put some boogie rhythm in it kick it on up to the limit

I'm gonna put some fire on these strings

And if you feel your feet start moving to the beat

And you feel like you've got ants in your shoes

Well you'd better call the doctor 'cause you've probably got

The rocking Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues

Alligator lyrics -The Charlie Daniels Band

Well, if you ever go back into Wooley Swamp, well, you better not go at night.

There's things out there in the middle of them woods that make a strong man

die from fright. Things that crawl and things that fly and things that creep 

around on the ground. And they say the ghost of Lucius Clay gets up and he walks around. 

But I couldn't believe it. I just had to find out for myself. And I couldn't conceive

it 'cause I never would have listened to nobody else. And I couldn't believe it. 

I just had to find out for myself there's some things in this world you just can't explain.

[Spoken:]

The old man lived in the Wooley Swamp way back in Booger Woods. He never

did do a lot of harm in the world, but he never did do no good. People didn't 

think too much of him. They all thought he acted funny. The old man didn't 

care about people anyway. All he cared about was his money. He'd stuff it all

down in mason jars and he'd bury it all around. And on certain nights if the 

moon was right he'd dig it up out of the ground. He'd pour it all out on the floor

of his shack and run his fingers through it. Yeah, Lucius Clay was a greedy old

man and that's all that there was to it.

But I couldn't believe it. I just had to find out for myself. And I couldn't conceive

it 'cause I never would have listened to nobody else. And I couldn't believe it. 

I just had to find out for myself there's some things in this world you just can't explain.

[Spoken:]

Cable boys was white trash. They lived over on Carver's Creek. They were 

mean as a snake and sneaky as a cat and belligerent when they'd speak. One

night the oldest brother said, "Y'all meet me at the Wooley Swamp later. We'll 

take old Lucius's money and we'll feed him to the alligators." They found the 

old man out in the back with a shovel in his hand, thirteen rusty mason jars was

just dug up out of the sand. And they all went crazy and they beat the old man, 

and they picked him up off of the ground. Threw him in the swamp and stood there

and laughed as the black water sucked him down. Then they turned around and 

went back to the shack and picked up the money and ran. They hadn't gone 

no where when they realized they were running in quicksand. And they struggled

and they screamed but they couldn't get away and just before they went under 

they could hear that old man laughing in a voice as loud as thunder.

And that's been fifty years ago and you can go by there yet. There's a spot in 

the yard in the back of that shack where the ground is always wet. And on 

summer nights, if the moon is right down by the that dark footpath, you can

hear three young men screaming. You can hear one old man laugh.

Well, if you ever go back into Wooley Swamp, well, you better not go at night.

There's things out there in the middle of them woods that make a strong man

die from fright. Things that crawl and things that fly and things that creep 

around on the ground. And they say the ghost of Lucius Clay gets up and he walks around. 

But I couldn't believe it. I just had to find out for myself. And I couldn't conceive

it 'cause I never would have listened to nobody else. And I couldn't believe it. 

I just had to find out for myself there's some things in this world you just can't explain.

There's some things in this world you just can't explain

Get Me Back To Dixie lyrics - The Charlie Daniels band

You can put me in the ocean

Stranded in a boat

Put me on an island

No bottle or a note

Put me on a Greyhound bus

With a dog behind the wheel

Tie me up, you'll still get stuck

With a hearing how I feel

Drop me in Alaska

In thirty feet of snow

Drop me at the cold north pole

Where the eskimos won't go

Drop me in the desert

With the heat of the burning sand

Ring my bell, but I'll still tell you

How I really stand

Get me back to Dixie

I love my Tennessee

In the Smokey Mountains

That's where I want to be

From the muddy Mississippi

To the land of the Cherokee

Get me back to Dixie

I love my Tennessee...

Love my Tennessee

(Fire on the mountain, run boys run!)

You can run me up a mountain

Where only eagles fly

Throw me down a cold dark well

Where I can't see the sky

Tie me to the railroad tracks

And read me my last rites

Long as that train don't stop

Until Tennessee is in sight

Get me back to Dixie

I love my Tennessee

In the Smokey Mountains

That's where I want to be

From the muddy Mississippi

To the land of the Cherokee

Get me back to Dixie

I love my Tennessee

Get me back to Dixie

I love my Tennessee...

Love my Tennessee...

Cowboy Hat In Dallas lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

[INTRO:]

Well there ain't no grapes in California, and there ain't no spuds in Idaho

Ain't no snow in Minnesota, they don't get hot in El Paso

And there ain't no baked beans up in Boston, and no river in St. Lou

Ain't no grizzlies in Alaska and the Astrodome is blue

And there ain't a cowboy hat in Dallas if I ain't in love with you

Well there ain't no M in Massechusetts, and there ain't no K in Kankakee

And there ain't T in Tallahassee, there ain't no B.S. in D.C.

Ain't no beer in Bogalusa, ain't no beach in Malibu

Ain't no cars in Carson City, ain't no water in Waterloo

And there ain't a guitar pick in Nashville if I ain't in love with you

[BRIDGE:]

How am I gonna make you see that all I wanna do is make you mine

You won't believe a word I say so I'm just gonna try it one more time

One more time

And there ain't no tide in Tuscaloosa, no jambalaya in Lafayette

And there ain't no oil in Oklahoma, and Arizona's soakin' wet

And I ain't ever givin' up in spite of all you put me thru

I'm gonna tell ya one more time, baby you know it's true

Ain't a Chevrolet in Detroit if I ain't in love with you

[SOLO]

You won't believe a word I say so I'll just have to try it one more time

One more time

Well there ain't no mountains in Montana, ain't no pines in Caroline

And there ain't rivers in Mississippi, ain't no Mason-Dixon Lines, and ya know that's fine

Ain't no longhorn cows in Texas, ain't no streets in Kalamazoo

Ain't no losers in Las Vegas, ain't no creeks in Caribou

Ain't a cowboy hat in Dallas if I ain't in love with you

Ain't a cowboy hat in Dallas if I ain't in love with you

Big Bad John lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

[Spoken]

Ev'ry mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive

He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five

Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip

And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big John.

Big John, Big John, Big Bad John (Big John)

Nobody seemed to know where John called home

He just drifted into town and stayed all alone

He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy

And if you spoke at all, you just said "Hi" to Big John.

Somebody said he came from New Orleans

Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen

And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand

Sent a Loosiana fellow to the Promised Land, Big John

Big John, Big John, Big Bad John (Big John)

Then came the day at the bottom of the mine

When a timber cracked and men started cryin'

Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast

And everybody thought that they'd

Breathed their last-'cept John

Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell

Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well

Grabbed a saggin' timber, gave out with a groan

And like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone, Big John

Big John, Big John, Big Bad John (Big John)

And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove

Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above!"

And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave

Now there's only one left down there to save, Big John

With jacks and timbers they started back down

Then came that rumble way down in the ground

And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine

Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John

Big John, Big John, Big Bad John (Big John)

Now, they never reopened that worthless pit

They just placed a marble stand in front of it

These few words are written on that stand

"At the bottom of this mine lies one hell of a man, Big John"

Big John, Big John, Big Bad John (Big John)

(Big John, Big John, Big John)...

Midnight Train lyrics - The Charlie Daniels Band

Midnight train, roll on

Midnight train, roll on

Clear them tracks and keep that whistle blowin

Take this stranger on to Santa Fe

It seems like romance and danger

Follow this here tall dark stranger all along the way

Well the train was rumblin through the night heading south to Santa Fe

And in a fancy car, with a private bar, and a personal valet

There was a bunch of cold eyed men a sittin at a poker table

Bettin hot stakes all around

Ole Louisiana Lou had a knife in his shoe, was dealin' a hand of cards

And ole Stagger Lee Crocket had a gun in his pocket, was sweatin bettin hard

And over in the corner this Mexican guy with two gold teeth and a patch on his eye

Took a long hard look around

And then the door flew open, the stranger walked in and said don't ya'll get excited

I know this here's a private game, and I know I wasn't invited

But I got a roll that'd choke a mule

I'm just about a big enough fool to lay it all right down

And everybody nodded as the stranger took his seat

He knew this bunch of cutthroat's would be mighty hard to beat

As the stranger knew then the toughest two by far were where he sat

Was a pot belly fellow from south Alabama, and a dude in a black felt hat

Midnight Train, roll on

Midnight Train, roll on

Well clear them tracks and keep that whistle blowin

Take this stranger on to Santa Fe

It seems like romance and danger

Follow this here tall dark stranger all along the way

Well the stranger sat down he looked around at all them evil faces

And the pot-belly fellow drew a pair of queens, but the stranger he drew aces

And he kept on raising and pushin his luck, kept on winning like a run away truck

He was giving them a beating

And the stakes got higher than a Chinese kite, the stranger kept getting hot

Till every cent everybody had was lying out in that pot

Then the stranger threw down a royal flush, 

Somebody said "Hey Man, that's enough friend I think you've been cheatin"

And then the stranger picked the money up and said "Boys I better run"

And then the bot-bellyed fella pulled a razor out and somebody pulled a gun

They said "You may think you're a sly old fox, 

you're gonna leave here in a long pine box

if you don't leave that money alone"

Just about then the lights went out, and they all started fussin

And the lights came on, the stranger was gone, they all started cussin

And they searched that train from front to rear

The stranger he done disappeared, and all their money was gone

When the train pulled in the station, with the whistle blowin loud

A telegram was waitin, from the stranger for the crowd

Said "Thank you for the money boys, but don't feel too outdone

Cause It takes a dog to know a dog

I'm a howlin son of a gun."

Midnight Train, roll on

Midnight Train, roll on

Well clear them tracks and keep that whistle blowin

Take this stranger on to Santa Fe

It seems like romance and danger

Follow this here tall dark stranger all along the way