Dakota The Dancing Bear, Part II David Allan Coe

BETTY DROVE THE SEMI, SHE PULLED UP TO THE PUMP I THOUGHT I WANTED A COCA-COLA AND I STARTED OUT ON THE JUMP SHE SAID, "HOLD IT DAVE, COME QUICK, THERE'S SOMETHING YOU GOT TO SEE THAT MAN HAD GOT

Atlanta Song David Allan Coe

I MET HER IN ATLANTA SHE WAS A-DANCING IN A CAFE WITH A PRICE TAG ON HER BODY AND A TOMBSTONE IN HER EYE YOU COULD TELL SHE WAS NOT HAPPY BY THE WAY SHE KEPT ON STARING PAST THE OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE

Pledging My Love David Allan Coe

love in return Make this fire in my soul dear forever burn My heart\'s at your command dear to keep love and to hold Making you happy\'s my desire dear loving you is my goal I\'ll forever love you the

Fairytale Morning David Allan Coe

ITS A FAIRYTALE MORNING, THE OCEAN LOOKS TURQUOISE AS IF IT WAS PAINTED THAT WAY THE WAVES HOW THEY RUSH FROM THE SHORE OR THE ISLAND IT CARRIES MY VISION AWAY THE SUN SEEMS TO BLIND THAT

The Ride David Allan Coe

Well I sat down in the front seat and turned on the radio And them sad old songs comin' out of them Speakers was solid country gold Then I noticed the stranger was Ghost-white pale when he asked me

Willie, Waylon And Me David Allan Coe

I HEARD THE BURRITOS OUT IN CALIFORNIA COULD FLY HIGHER THAN THE BIRDS ROGER MCGINNIS HAD A TWELVE-STRING GUITAR IT WAS LIKE NOTHING I'D EVER HEARD AND THE EAGLES FLEW IN FROM THE WEST COAST LIKE

Gone (Like) David Allan Coe

SHE'S TAKEN TO WALKING ALONE IN THE EVENING SHE'S TAKEN TO SLEEPING ALL NIGHT IN HIS CHAIR TOGETHER THEY BOTH HAD A REASON FOR LIVING BACK WHEN THE FELLING OF LOVING WAS THERE THEN SHE TOOK

Living On The Run David Allan Coe

SEEMS LIKE IT'S RAINING' HARDER TODAY THE RAIN MUST OF KNOWN I WAS COMING' THIS WAY IT AIN'T EASY LIVING ON THE RUN IF I PICK UP MY STEP AND PULL MY BELT DOWN TIGHT I CAN MAKE IT TO THE BORDER BY

Seven Mile Bridge David Allan Coe

THE STORIES OF SOME SAILORS CURSE ON THE BRIDGE WHERE IT OPENS TO LET THE BOATS THROUGH BUT THE NATIVES ALL LAUGH AT GRANDPAS OLD STORIES AND SWEAR THAT IT JUST ISN'T TRUE NOW MOST OF THEM

Suicide David Allan Coe

STANDING IN THE BATHROOM WITH A GUN IN MY HAND PULLING ON THE TRIGGER JUST AS FAST AS I CAN I CAN HEAR HER SCREAM AS SHE REACHES FOR THE LOVER BESIDE HER MARRIED BY THE BIBLE SHE WAS ONLY SIXTEEN

Desperados Waiting For The Train David Allan Coe

OLD MAN LIKE DESPERADOS WAITING FOR THE TRAIN LIKE DESPERADOS WAITING FOR THE TRAIN HE'S A DRIFTER AND A DRILLER OF OIL WELLS AND AN OLD SCHOOL MAN OF THE WORLD TAUGHT ME HOW TO DRIVE HIS CAR WHEN

Greener Than The Grass We Laid On David Allan Coe

I painted quite a picture for the girls in her home town And she was no exception to the rule Singing all them songs about the places I've been Made a body fell just like a fool She was like the

The Great Nashville Railroad Disaster (A True Stor David Allan Coe

ONE SULTRY SUMMER MORNING IN THE YEAR OF 1918 THREE HUNDRED MEN WITH EBONY SKIN PULLED OUT OF UNION STATION HEADING OUT OF NASHVILLE FOR WESTERN TENNESSEE HOMEWARD BOUND CAUSE UNCLE SAM CLOSED

Canteen Of Water David Allan Coe

AREN'T YOU THE TIREDNESS THAT REMAINS WHEN YOU THINK FREEDOM CANT BE MEASURED BY THE SCUFFLES ON YOUR BOOTS?

Rollin with the Punches David Allan Coe

BEEN TALKIN WHEN I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED LISTENING WHEN I SHOULD HAVE SPOKE LIGHTING A MATCH TO OLD MEMORIES SENDING THEM ALL UP IN SMOKE SINGING WITH NO ONE TO HEAR ME FIGHTING MY WAY TO THE

I'm Gonna Hurt Her On The Radio David Allan Coe

I'm gonna hurt her on the radio She's gonna hear me everywhere she goes I'll get to her the only way I know I'm gonna hurt her on the radio.

Love is Just A Porpoise (Playing in the Tropical S David Allan Coe

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I'VE HAD MY SHARE OF FAIR WEATHER LOVERS THEY ALWAYS LEAVE JUST AHEAD OF THE RAIN SEARCHING FOR SUNSHINE AND LOOKING FOR PLEASURE TWO STEPS AHEAD OF THE LAST HURRICANE

Family Reunion David Allan Coe

MAMA TAUGHT US HOW TO SING IN HARMONY GRANDMA USED TO STOMP HER FOOT AND SLAP HER KNEE I CAN STILL HEAR DADDY SING DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM WHEN UNCLE JIM PLAYED THE FIDDLE YOU COULD HEAR IT TALK

Loving Her (will make your mind) David Allan Coe

SHE'S EVERYTHING YOU LOOK FOR IN THAT KIND OF WOMAN SHELL DRINK WHISKEY AND DANCE TILL THE CHAMPAGNES ALL GONE SHELL BE RIGHT THERE WHEN THE AIR FROM THE OCEAN IS CALLING TELLING YOU, SAILOR

Willie, Waylon and Me (Live at Billy Bob's Texas, Forth Worth, TX) David Allan Coe

> They say The Beatles were Just the beginning of Everything music could be Just like The Stones I was rolling along Like a ship lost Out on the sea And Joplin would die For the future And Dylan

Tomorrow is another day David Allan Coe

YES, THE ROOF LEAKS AND THE BED SHE SQUEAK AND THE RENT IS DUE IN JUST TWO MORE WEEKS NOW I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO SLEEP TOMORROWS ANOTHER DAY OH THE PALM TREES SWAY TO AND FRO I THINK

Fraulein David Allan Coe

FAR ACROSS THE DEEP BLUE WATERS LIVES AN OLD GERMAN'S DAUGHTER ON THE BANKS OF OF THE OLD RIVER RHINE WHERE I LOVED HER AND LEFT HER NOW I CAN'T FORGET HER SHE WAS MY PRETTY FRAULEIN FRAULEIN

Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile David Allan Coe

Chorus: Mona Lisa lost her smile The painter's hands are trembling now And if she's out there running wild It's just because I taught her how The masterpiece that we had planned Is laying shattered

Long Haired Redneck (Live at Billy Bob's Texas, Forth Worth, TX) David Allan Coe

Country deejays knows that I'm an outlaw They'd never come to see me in this dive Where bikers stare at cowboys who are laughing at the hippies Who are praying they'll get outta here alive The loud mouth

If That Ain't Country David Allan Coe

[Recitation:] The old man was covered with tattoos and scars He got some in prison and others in bars The rest he got working' on old junk cars In the daytime They looked like tombstones in our yard And

Just In Time (To Watch Love Die) David Allan Coe

THREES A STACK OF DAILY PAPERS ON HER DOORSTEP AND THE GRASS HAS GROWN UP MORE THAN SHE'D ALLOW YES, IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE A LITTLE MORE LIKE A VACATION NEVER KNEW THAT I'D MISS HER UNTIL NOW

Divers Do It Deeper David Allan Coe

IT WAS TOO COLD TO STAY IN THE NORTH AND LA SEEMED THE MOST LIKELY PLACE I COULD STAY THOSE MALIBU NIGHTS AND THOSE HOLLYWOOD LIGHTS WERE BLINDING ME I LONG FOR A LOVER TO HELP ME DISCOVER THE

The Old Grey Goose Is Dead David Allan Coe

GO TELL AUNT RHODY THE OLD GREY GOOSE IS DEAD GRANDPA FOUND HER DYING IN THE MILLPOND ON HER HEAD THE GANDER WON'T EAT NOW GANDER WON'T EAT NOW BECAUSE HIS WIFE IS DEAD LET'S PRAY FOR THE

Revenge David Allan Coe

JUDY, I FEEL WEARY NOW, OLDER THAN A MAN OF 33 THE GATES OF HELL JUST OPENED AFTER TWENTY YEARS THE WARDEN SAYS I'M FREE REVENGE WAS ALL I EVER WANTED WHEN I KILLED THE MAN THAT TOOK YOUR LIFE THAT

I Still Sing The Old Songs David Allan Coe

GRANDPA, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU LATELY WONDERING IF YOU'D FOUND PEACE OF MIND I GUESS YOU'D BE PROUD TO KNOW YOUR GRANDSONS NEVER CROSSED THAT MASON-DIXON LINE AND I STILL SING THE OLD SONGS

London Homesick Blues David Allan Coe

Well when you're down on your luck and you ain't got a buck in London you're a goner Even London Bridge has fallen down and moved to Arizona Now I know why and I'll substantiate the rumor that the English

Young Dallas Cowboy David Allan Coe

Well, I've hiked through the sage brush, I ran up some rail I slept on the bench in a few county jails And they laugh as they knocked all the wind from my sail When I was a young Dallas Cowboy

Old Man Tell Me David Allan Coe

I'VE SEEN THE OLD MAN SITTING' 'ROUND THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE BACK HOME IN TOWN TALKIN' ABOUT THE BIG WAR BACK IN 1943 SAYING' HOW MUCH GOOD IT'S DONE MEDALS GLEAMING' IN THE SUN CUSSING' AT MY LONG

Song For The Year 2000 David Allan Coe

s in the closet he thinks no one knows He likes to wear makeup and put on woman? s clothes When he tries to be a man his feminine side shows Jimmy? s in the closet he thinks no one knows CH.

Tennessee Whiskey David Allan Coe

I used to spend my nights out In a bar room Liquor was the only love I'd known But you rescued me from reaching for the bottom Brought me back from being too far gone You're as smooth as Tennesee

Longhaired Redneck David Allan Coe

LOUDMOUTH IN THE CORNER'S GETTING' TO ME TALKIN' 'BOUT MY EARRINGS AND MY HAIR I GUESS HE AIN'T READ THE SIGNS THAT SAY I'VE BEEN TO PRISON SOMEONE OUGHT TO WARN HIM 'FORE I KNOCK HIM OFF HIS CHAIR

Would You Be My Lady David Allan Coe

WOULD YOU HOLD ON TO MY HAND WHEN I GET LONELY COULD I COME TO YOU WHENEVER I'M IN NEED WOULD YOU ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE FOR ME TO LAY MY BODY DOWN WOULD YOU BE MY LADY, IN THE MORNING WOULD YOU BE

Laid Back and Wasted David Allan Coe

Laid back and wasted Driven to drinking A woman ain't nothing to lose Don't ever doubt it I'll live without it I'll give you the blues I spent a lifetime Looking for the answers Somewhere in

Please Come to Boston David Allan Coe

PLEASE COME TO BOSTON FOR THE SPRINGTIME I’M STAYING HERE WITH SOME FRIENDS AND THEY’VE GOT LOTS OF ROOM YOU CAN SELL YOU PAINTINGS ON THE SIDEWALK BY A CAFÉ WHERE I HOPE TO BE WORKING SOON

Piece of Wood and Steel David Allan Coe

TELL ME WHAT WAS RIGHT AND I TOLD YOU WHAT WAS REAL ALL I EVER LIVE FOR NOW IS THIS PIECE OF WOOD AND STEEL IN A WORLD THAT'S FULL OF TROUBLE A WORLD THAT'S FULL OF PAIN LORD, MANY FALL BESIDE THE

Juanita David Allan Coe

Well I'm finally gettin' used to the water The way the tarantulas bite Those federals didn't believe I only came here to watch the bulls fight Tell my mother, "I need a good lawyer" Tell my father, "I'm

Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands David Allan Coe

WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY DADDY USED TO SAY TO ME, SON, WE GOT A LOT OF LAND, WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE GO GET YOUR MARBLES, PUT'EM IN THE HOUSE TEAR DOWN YOUR CASTLES IN THE SAND COME

Free Born Rambling Man David Allan Coe

LEAVE HER, MY INTENTIONS WERE TO STAY IT WASN'T NOTHING SHE HAD DONE OR NOTHING SHE COULD SAY TO CHANGE THIS OLD FAMILIAR FEELING THAT MAKES CHILLS RUN THROUGH MY SKIN 'LESS SHE READ MY MIND AND SAW THE

Crazy Mary David Allan Coe

Crazy Mary from London berry Lives next door to the cemetery How many lovers have you buried We would shout, running scared Along the green and golden paths That took us home, away from Crazy Mary

Three Time Loser David Allan Coe

ONCE I TRIED MY HAND AT STEALING TRYING TO FILL THAT EMPTY FEELING TRYING HARD TO KEEP FROM DEALING DRUGS I WAS MUCH TO YOUNG TO TAKE IT BACK, WHEN IT WAS HARD TO MAKE IT ON THE RUN WITH

Maria Is A Mystery David Allan Coe

MARIA HAS A MUSIC BOX SHE WINDS UP MOST EVERY DAY ONCE A WEEK IS ALL IT TAKES TO MAKE THE MUSIC PLAY MELODY IS JUST SOME CHILDHOOD LULLABY HER MOTHER USED TO SING TO HER.

Need A Little Time Off For Bad Behavior David Allan Coe

Need a little time off for bad behavior The devil in me done been asleep too long I need a little time off for bad behavior It looks like I've been too good for too long Well, I'm up and gone at

Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) David Allan Coe

Would you lay with me In a field of stone If my needs were strong Would you lay with me Should my lips grow dry Would you wet them dear In the midnight hour If my lips were dry Would you go away

Take This Job And Shove It Too David Allan Coe

TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT TOO WHERE THE SUN DON'T NEVER SHINE THIS AIN'T THE FIRST JOB I EVER QUIT AND I KNOW IT WONT BE MY LAST PAYCHECK, WHO KNOWS AFTER TODAY YOU MAY BE A THING OF

Sweet Vibrations David Allan Coe

AIN'T NO SENSE IN CRYING, LORD I'D RATHER SEE YOU SMILE COME DOWN FROM THE CITY LIFE AND STAY WITH ME A WHILE THERE'S SO MUCH THAT NATURE WANTS TO SHARE WITH YOU AND ME PUT YOUR HAND IN MINE AND