Tales Facing Up Drive-By Truckers

Me and my brother's old lady went out and got stinking, She solved her curiosities about me by the railroad tracks.

Margo and Harold Drive-By Truckers

I'm scared of the basement of Harold's Pawn Shop, I've heard tales of what goes down there. Mid-life crises, high on Dilauded, Valium, and crystal meth.

Truckers Atlas modest mouse

Truckers Atlas I'm going to Colorado to unload my head I'm going to New York City and that's in New York,friends I'm going to Arizona sex on the rocks all warm and red and we bled and the writing

Greenville To Baton Rouge Drive-By Truckers

"One more night, one more show, four down, eighty-four to go This ain't no time for moving slow Greenville to Baton Rouge I'll call you up when I get through The life I live is the life I choose Greenville

The Boys From Alabama Drive-By Truckers

We gonna take you up to McMary county Tennessee Back in the days when Sheriff Buford Busted around things around there Sheriff Buford Pusser Was tryin to clean up McMary county Tennessee From all them

Steve McQueen Drive-By Truckers

Steve McQueen, Steve McQueen When I was a little boy I wanted to grow up to be Steve McQueen, Steve McQueen The coolest doggone motherscratcher on the silver screen I'd drive real fast everywhere, no one

Zip City Drive-By Truckers

was mad at me and you As he tied that chain to the front of my car and pulled me out of that ditch that we slid into Don't know what his problem is Why he keeps dragging you away Don't know why I put up

Goddamn Lonely Love Drive-By Truckers

I got green and I got blues And everyday there's a little less difference between the two I belly up and disappear Well I ain't really drownin' 'cause I see the beach from here I could take a Greyhound

Your Daddy Hates Me Drive-By Truckers

Sometimes I yes when I should no I know your Daddy hates me And I drink more than a whale But my failures ain't for lack of trying It's just a little too late now to prevail But you always knew I was a screw up

Bulldozers and Dirt Drive-By Truckers

and they arrested me She was the wildest thing I'd ever seen The way she pointed that shotgun at me The police hauled my ass off to jail Your mama signed the trailer to help make the bail She picked me up

Uncle Frank Drive-By Truckers

They powered up the city with hydro-electric juice Now we got more electricity we can ever use They flooded out the hollow and all the folks down there moved out But they got paid so there ain't nothin

Tornadoes Drive-By Truckers

McLean She and husband Nolen always loved to watch the rain It sucked him out the window, he ain't come home again All she can remember's that it sounded like a train Pieces of that truckstop Litter up

The Living Bubba Drive-By Truckers

I wake up tired and I wake up pissed Wonder how I ended up like this I wonder why things happen like they do But I don't wonder long 'cause I got a show to do I'm sick at my stomach from the A.Z.T.

Daddy's Cup Drive-By Truckers

to make them run and he knew one day he would See his name in victory lane and engraved on that cup Just like all them other crazy fools with racing in their blood He would put me on his lap when he'd drive

The Sands Of Iwo Jima Drive-By Truckers

George A. was at the movies in December '41 They announced it in the lobby what had just gone on He drove up from Birmingham, back to the family's farm Thought he'd get him a deferment, there's was much

The Buford Stick Drive-By Truckers

Now Sheriff Buford Pusser's gotten too big for his britches With his book reviews and movie deals Down at the car lot makin' public appearances For breakin' up our homes and stills I know he likes to brag

Careless Drive-By Truckers

Be careful that you don't Use up your ninth one We all were careless once We all were careless once It can be too much fun Just going round once It all can slip away One banana peel away You left this

Dead, Drunk And Naked Drive-By Truckers

When I was a young boy I sniffed a lot of glue Mom sent me to rehab, they told me what to do We didn't have much money; the lord picked up the tab They made me write him love songs, sitting I' my room

Shut Up And Get On The Plane Drive-By Truckers

were just too drunk to know it Guess the price of being sobers being scared out of your mind When it comes your time to go, ain't no good way to go about it Ain't no use in thinking bout it You'll just drive

Heathens Drive-By Truckers

Ain't nobody got to know what I done And I never hear a single word you say When you tell me not to have my fun It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone And I don't need to be forgiven By

Love Like This Drive-By Truckers

dawn But your mama she'll be calling, if she ain't knocking on the door And it won't take me long to remember what I brought that bottle home for And we'll all get to fighting, just like we always do By

Ronnie And Neil Drive-By Truckers

"Church blew up in Birmingham Four little black girls killed for no goddamn good reason All this hate and violence can't come to no good end A stain on the good name.

Angels And Fuselage Drive-By Truckers

Adding up the cost of these dreams. Strapped to this projectile, just a blink ago I was back in school.

When The Pin Hits The Shell Drive-By Truckers

same one you're gonna answer to When the pin hits the shell Well, your sister's been blaming everybody And I don't blame her man, I guess I'd do the same If you were my brother, man, I'd probably stand by

Mrs. Dubose Drive-By Truckers

Still, the children read to her till she opens up her hands When my body dies will you remember my name? When my body dies will you remember my name? Oh, Mrs.

Late For Church Drive-By Truckers

like a friend of mine A hundred eyes turn as I enter My face burnin' as I walk past pews I can tell they think I'm a sinner I hear them whisper while I'm watching my shoes The only seat left is right up

Why Henry Drinks Drive-By Truckers

follow The future's closing in quicker than you think And hanging with you I know why Henry drinks Those obnoxious drunks downstairs are fighting and cussing And twelve years of you and me don't add up

18 Wheels Of Love Drive-By Truckers

trucker Peterbilt, Peterbilt Mama ran off with a trucker Mama ran off with a trucker Mama ran off with a trucker Peterbilt, Peterbilt He is making her give life another stab They can see the world from way up

The Night G.G. Allin Came To Town Drive-By Truckers

Allin Came to Town It says He took the microphone and shoved it up his ass! The old man and his wife were aghast The Night G.G. Allin Came to Town. The Night G.G. Allin Came to Town.

Demonic Possession Drive-By Truckers

the charts and I'm eating in all those fancy restaurants and Hanging out with Sam Phillips and I owe it all to him Oh, the shape I'm in The devil says the only thing that's buggin him is Hell's filling up

Hell No, I Ain't Happy Drive-By Truckers

wood underneath the veneer She’s an overnight sensation after twenty five years Sharp fast curves, power steering unroll that twenty, buy me some beer Ain’t too bad, too bad at all, pick up

Three Great Alabama Icons Drive-By Truckers

"I grew up in North Alabama, back in the 1970's, When dinosaurs still roamed the earth Speaking Of course of the Three Great Alabama Icons George Wallace, Bear Bryant and Ronnie Van Zant Now Ronnie Van

My Sweet Annette Drive-By Truckers

middle Like it or not you're gonna look both ways You're gonna find that time is a riddle Where days turn into years and years into the blink of an eye Child, once I saw a man on the TV Lead a nation up

Panties In Your Purse Drive-By Truckers

t mean it By the way I rolled my eyes When you said,"It wasn?

The Company I Keep Drive-By Truckers

they showed me the door I keep their picture but don't look at it no more My first wife told me, you need to get a life My third wife told me to get another wife I brought a bottle and the van's parked by

Let There Be Rock Drive-By Truckers

Then crawled to the back door and slithered threw the key hole, and sneaked up the stares And puked in the toilet. I passed out and nearly drowned but his sister, DD, pulled me out.

The Day John Henry Died Drive-By Truckers

We heard he put up quite a fight. His hands and feet turned snowy white. That hammer rang out through the night the day John Henry died.

Outfit Drive-By Truckers

You want to grow up to paint houses like me A trailer in my yard till you're 23 You want to be old after 42 years Keep dropping the hammer and grinding the gears Well, I used to go out in a Mustang A 302

The President's Penis Is Missing Drive-By Truckers

(at this point, legendary news man Walter Cronkite returns from the moon to add his commentary:) Now Presidents have goofed up in all kinds of ways in the 80s we elected one missing his brain George Washington

Carl Perkins' Cadillac Drive-By Truckers

Life ain't nothing but a blending up of all the ups and downs Dammit Elvis, don't you know You made your Mama so proud Before you ever made that record, before there ever was a Sun Before you ever lost

Guitar Man Upstairs Drive-By Truckers

"I think I'm gonna call the Police, I hear something upstairs I know good and well there ain't nothing good going on up there There's probably ten or more of them sittin' all around Smokin' that stuff

Where The Devil Don't Stay Drive-By Truckers

the twenty-niners It didn't take a hole in the ground to put the bottom in their face Back in the thirties when the dust bowl dried And the woods in Alabama didn't see no light My Daddy played poker by

Sounds Better In The Song Drive-By Truckers

When I saw her standing there With her bright eyes and shining hair She was looking back at me Some are meant to sing Some are meant to talk And some aren't meant to say a thing When she opened up her

Loaded Gun In The Closet Drive-By Truckers

loaded gun in the closet And another one in the dresser drawer Just in case the one in the closet Didn't make a big enough hole She has breakfast ready every morning And his lunch in a box sitting out by

Never Gonna Change Drive-By Truckers

, shut your mouth and play along Well, I thought about going in the army I thought about going overseas I wouldn't have trouble with a piss test Only problem is my bad left knee My brother got picked up

Sink Hole Drive-By Truckers

spinning The sound you hear is my daddy spinning The sound you hear is my daddy spinning Over what the banker done Like to invite him for some pot roast beef And mashed potatoes and sweet tea Follow it up

Days Of Graduation Drive-By Truckers

"Bobby went out for a joy ride with my best girlLeft me at the party,He was my best friend and I miss him.It was almost June and the moon illuminated the rain-soaked streets like a candy wrapper.I ...

Birmingham Drive-By Truckers

"Economics shut the furnace downBull Connor hosing children downGeorge Wallace stared them Yankee's downIn BirminghamTake a left on the interstateIn the middle of this sultry stateI can't wait to s...

The Southern Thing Drive-By Truckers

Ain't about my pistolAin't about my bootsAin't about no northern drivesAin't about my southern rootsAin't about my guitars, ain't about my big old amps"It ain't rained in weeks, but the weather sur...

Wallace Drive-By Truckers

"Throw another log on the fire, boys, George Wallace is coming to stayWhen he met St. Peter at the pearly gates, I'd like to think that a black man stood in the way.I know ""All should be forgiven"...