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Another
Pretty Country Song
Written By David Allan
Coe and T. Clark
I BOUGHT THIS RHINESTONE SUIT IN CALIFORNIA
THESE BOOTS CAME ALL THE WAY FROM MEXICO
THIS CADILLAC AIN'T NOTHIN', SON
YOU OUGHT TO SEE THE GREYHOUND
I BOUGHT TO TAKE MY BAND FROM SHOW TO SHOW
SEEN MY FACE A THOUSAND TIMES ON TV
AND HEARD ME ON YOUR LOCAL RADIO
AND IN YOUR EYES I SEE THE ADMIRATION THERE FOR ME
BUT, SON, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT OUGHT TO KNOW
WELL, I'VE GOT TO TAKE A DRINK TO KEEP
FROM SHAKIN'
MOTEL ROOMS AIN'T NOTHING LIKE A HOME
MONEY CAN'T MAKELOVE GROW ANY STRONGER
WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR WOMAN HOME ALONE
SHE CAN'T RAISE THE CHILDREN WITH NO DADDY
SHE CAN'T LOVE A MAN THAT'S ALWAYS GONE
IT TAKES A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN PRIDE
TO KEEP YOUR FEELINGS LOCKED INSIDE
WHILE YOU SING ANOTHER PRETTY COUNTRY SONG
I'VE SEEN YOUR FACE A THOUSAND TIMES ON
TV
I'VE HEARD YOU ON MY LOCAL RADIO
IT'S TRUE I TOOK SOME PILLS TO STAY AWAKE,
SON
AND THIS DIAMOND RING I WEAR IS JUST FOR SHOW
I'VE GOT A LITTLE CABIN IN THE COUNTRY
WHEN I'M NOT ON THE ROAD THAT'S WHERE I GO
TRY AND PUT MY FEELINGS DOWN ON PAPER
RIGHT OR WRONG THE SHOW HAS TO GO ON
I CAN CRY DEEP DOWN INSIDE AND KEEP ON SMILIN'
WHILE I SING ANOTHER PRETTY COUNTRY SONG
BUT I'VE GOT TO TAKE A DRINK TO KEEP FROM
SHAKIN'
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A
Sad Country Song
Written By David Allan Coe
IF YOU'RE FEELING LONELY
AND THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY
ONE LEFT
THAT'S ALONE IN A BAR
IF NEED SOMEBODY
WITH SHOULDERS TO CRY ON
WELL BABY I'M NOT VERY FAR
Chorus:
JUST LOOK FOR MY NAME ON A JUKEBOX
WHEN YOU'RE TIRED AND FEELING ALONE
PUT IN A DIME
AND I'LL TAKE THE TIME
TO SING YOU
A SAD COUNTRY SONG
IF YOU STARTED DRINKING
STILL CAN'T STOP THINKING
ABOUT ALL THOSE LONG NIGHTS ALONE
IF TEAR DROPS START FALLING
AND YOU KEEP ON CALLING
TO FIND OUT THERE'S NOBODY HOME
Chorus:
JUST LOOK FOR MY NAME ON A JUKEBOX
WHEN YOU'RE TIRED AND FEELING ALONE
PUT IN A DIME
AND I'LL TAKE THE TIME
TO SING YOU
A SAD COUNTRY SONG
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A
Sense of Humor
Written by David Allan Coe
Every night another woman
Every day a different town
If I'm not accused of speeding
I'm accused of coming down
With a legal dose of something
That you heard was going 'round
And you wondered why I lost my sense of humor
Every song another record
Every day just like a clock
Knowing well I've had to take it
Till I make it to the top
With the devil right behind me
And my heart about to stop
Then you wondered why I lost my sense of humor
Twenty years I was in prison
More than that I was alone
Some lily-white reporter
Thinks it's time that I was stoned
Without sin, he wrote the story
And it chilled me to the bone
Then he wondered why I lost my sense of humor
I shaved my beard and cut my hair off
It don't matter anyhow
It was truth that told the answers
To the questions up till now
"Crucify him," someone shouted
From the safety of the crowd
Then they wondered why I lost my sense of humor
Hey, take them crosses from my doorstep
There's no reason to my rhyme
Everybody knows somebody
Will take care of me in time
I made friends of all you stand for
But the blind can't lead the blind
Just be glad I haven't lost my sense of humor
Just be glad I haven't lost my sense of humor
'Cause if I ever catch you I'm gonna kick your ass
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Atlanta
Song
Written By: 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
AT A MAN SHE'D LIKE TO TRY
AND THE MAKE-UP SHE HAD PAINTED
COULD NOT HIDE THE YOUTHFUL MOTIONS
OF HER BODY
FROM THE MUSIC OR THE CROWD
I STARED LIKE ALL OTHERS
WITH MY RIGHT HAND IN MY POCKET
WHILE SHE SHOWED US
EVERYTHING THE LAW ALLOWED
TWENTY BUCKS AN HOUR LATER
MY ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT
I WAS FEELING WEAK
FROM ALL THE SEEDS I'D SOWN
SHE WAS SWEET, SHE WAS GENTLE
AS SHE INTRODUCED MY BODY
TO SOME PLEASURES
IT HAD NEVER EVER KNOWN
WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING
SHE WAS A-LAYING THERE BESIDE ME
LIKE A KITTEN
WITH HER FACE TURNED TO THE SUN
AND A LOOK OF SATISFACTION
ON HER LIPS THAT MADE ME WONDER
IF SHE EVER FELT ASHAMED
OF WHAT WE'D DONE
SO I LEFT HER IN ATLANTA
SHE WAS A-DANCING IN CAFE
WITH A PRICE TAG ON HER BODY
AND A TOMESTONE IN HER EYE
AND I GUESS SHE STILL AIN'T HAPPY
BY THE WAY SHE KEEPS ON STARING
PAST THE OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE
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Bossier
City
Written By: B.J. Bourgoin
My hands are shaking and I'm sadly learning
The truth behind your innocent disguise
You never thought I knew that you had been untrue
But I once saw the devil somewhere in your eyes
And now you got the nerve to ask me where I'm going
And I don't believe I'd tell you if I knew
I'll be gone when the sun comes up tomorrow
I believe it's time to say good-bye to you
And it sure smells like snow in Bossier City
But there ain't no weather quite as cold as you
I'd sooner stand in Mother Nature's anger
Than to spend another lonely night with you
I'm talking but I'm feeling you're not listening
My words they just fall heavy on the floor
Yes, it's true that you knew I would not stay forever
And you won't see me crying when I walk out your door
And it sure smells like snow in Bossier City
But there ain't no weather as cold as you
I'd sooner stand in Mother Nature's anger (fade)
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Crazy
Mary
Written By M. Smith
Crazy Mary from Londonberry
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
In the lamplight burning low
Dimly through enchanted woods
She rocks beside the fire that never was lit
And as we ran on by
Pretending to be frightened
We'd shout and laugh at Crazy Mary
She would never answer us
Smiled through the window softly
Wild-eyed and wild-haired but we were sure
That in the dark of night
She cursed us soundly, casting spells
And such to turn us into donkeys
So it seems that older now
We stand upon this wind-swept moor
The lonely grave before us
Testifies that Crazy Mary sings and dreams
He dreams somewhere
But not where little kids can follow after
And on the stone, these words, dear friend
Please write me down as one who loved
The raven-haired and laughing lads
That swore that they would marry me
And soon their sons came running by
And here I lie, forgotten, Crazy Mary.
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Dakota
The Dancing Bear, Part II
Written By: David Allan Coe and Larry Murray
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 GOTTA SEE
THAT MAN HAD GOT A DANCING BEAR TIED UP TO THAT OLD TREE"
I SAID, "DANCE, DANCE, DAKOTA DANCE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY
STORE"
ME AND SWEET BETTY AIN'T NEVER SEEN
A BEAR THAT COULD DANCE BEFORE
WELL, IT'S ONE STEP, TWO STEPS, THREE STEPS FOUR
A BOTTLE OF SODA AND HE'LL DANCE SOME MORE
DANCE, DANCE DAKOTA DANCE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY STORE
WELL, THESE HIPPIES WALKED UP TO THE CAGE
GIVIN' PILLS TO THAT OLE BEAR
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS THEY WAS GIVING TO HIM
IT HAD HIM PULLING OUT HIS HAIR
I TRIED TO KEEP TIME WITH THE MUSIC,
LORD WITH THE BEAT ON MY TAMBORINE
GAVE HIM SOME WINE FROM A MASON JAR AND WE ALL BEGAN TO SING
RECITATION:
WELL, I WENT OUT TO LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND I SAW A SEMI
TRUCK ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT SAID 'DAKOTA THE DANCING BEAR' ON
THE SIDE OF IT. NOW THEY CHARGED YOU 50 CENTS TO WATCH THIS BEAR DANCE
AROUND A TRUCK. SO I TURNED TO ARLO AND I SAID "ARLO, WE OUGHT TO
GET DOWN OFFA THESE MOTORCYCLES AND WALK OVER THERE AND SEE IF THAT'S THE
SAME BEAR THAT BETTY TOLD US ABOUT WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING THE SEMI TRUCK
FOR US BACK IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE." SO WE GOT DOWN OFF OUR MOTORCYCLES
AND WE WALKED OVER THERE EATIN' OUR PICKLES. NOW THERE WAS FOUR OR FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THESE HIPPIES FREAKS STANDIN' AROUND WAITIN' ON A ROCK
FESTIVAL.IT APPEARED THAT DAVID ALLAN COE, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON AND THE GRAND
FUNK RAILROADWAS PLAYIN' IN TOWN THAT DAY AND THEIR AIRPLANE HAD GOT HIJACKED
SOMEWHERE OVER CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SO IT TURNED OUT THAT THE PEOPLE WITH
SHORT HAIR STARTED THROWIN' ROCKS AT THE PEOLE THAT HAD LONG HAIR.
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Desperados
Waiting For The Train
Written By Guy Clark
AND I'D SING THE RED RIVER VALLEY
AND HE'D SIT IN THE KITCHEN AND CRY
RUN HIS FINGERS THROUGH SEVENTY YEARS OF LIVIN'
WONDERING, LORD, HAS EVERY WELL I DRILLED RAN DRY
WE WERE FRIENDS, ME AND THAT OLD MAN
LIKE DESPARADOS WAITING FOR THE TRAIN
LIKE DESPARADOS 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 HE'S TOO DRUNK TO
AND HE'D WINK AND GIVE ME MONEY FOR THE GIRLS
AND OUR LIVES WAS LIKE SOME OLD WESTERN MOVIE
LIKE DESPARADOS WAITING FOR THE TRAIN
LIKE DESPARADOS WAITING FOR THE TRAIN
FROM THE TIME THAT I COULD WALK HE'D TAKE ME WITH HIM
TO A PLACE CALLED THE GREEN FROG CAFE
AND THERE WAS OLD MEN WITH BEER GUTS AND DOMINOES
LYIN' ABOUT THEIR LIVES WHILE THEY PLAYED
LIKE DESPARADOS WAITING FOR THE TRAIN
LIKE DESPARADOS WAITING FOR THE TRAIN
AND I LOOKED UP AND HE WAS PUSHING EIGHTY
AND THERE WAS BROWN TOBACCO STAINS ALL DOWN HIS CHIN
TO ME HE'S ONE OF THE HEROS OF THIS COUNTRY
SH WHY'S HE ALL DRESSED UP LIKE SOME OLD MAN
DRINKIN' BEER AND PLAYIN' MOON IN FORTY-TWO
LIKE DESPARADOS WAITING FOR THE TRAIN
LIKE DESPARADOS WAITING FOR THE TRAIN
THE DAY BEFORE HE DIES I WENT TO SEE HIM
I WAS GROWN AND HE WAS ALMOST GONE
WE JUST CLOSED OUR EYES AND DREAMT US UP A KITCHEN
AND SANG ANOTHER VERSE TO THAT OLD SONG
"DON'T CRY, JACK, IT'S ONLY JESUS COMING"
LIKE DESPARADOS WAITING FOR THE TRAIN
LIKE DESPARADOS WAITING FOR THE TRAIN
LIKE DESPARADOS WAITING FOR THE TRAIN
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Divers
Do It Deeper
Written By 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 KEY TO UNLOCK LOVE'S DOOR
WHILE DIVING THE REEF'S FOR
SHE CHANGED MY BELIEFS
AS WE MADE LOVE ON THE OCEAN'S FLOOR
DIVERS DO IT DEEPER
JOCKEYS DO IT SHORTER
BRICK LAYERS ALWAYS MAKE JUST A LITTLE BIT STRONGER
STRONGER
SAILORS DO IT WETTER
SOLDIERS DO IT BETTER
BUT COWBOYS STAY IN THE SADDLE JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER
I MOVED FROM LA
FOR A GOOD JOB WITH PAY
RIDING RANGE FOR THE DOUBLE BAR J
TIL' THE RODEO CAME
AND I PUT IN MY NAME
FOR THE BULL RIDING CONTEST THAT DAY
THE JUDGES WERE WATCHING
BUT THEY NEVER NOTICED THE GIRL
STANDING CLOSE TO MY CHUTE
SHE PICKED ME TO WIN
I COULD TELL BY HER GRIN
AS SHE REACHED OUT
AND PATTED MY BOOT
DIVERS DO IT DEEPER
PILOTS DO IT HIGHER
BRICK LAYERS ALWAYS MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT STRONGER
DOCTORS DO IT CLEANER
BIKERS DO IT MEANER
COWBOYS STAY IN THE SADDLE JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER
DIVERS DO IT DEEPER
JOCKEYS DO IT SHORTER
BRICK LAYERS ALWAYS MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT STRONGER
SAILLORS DO IT WETTER
SOLDIERS DO IT BETTER
COWBOYS STAY IN THE SADDLE JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER
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DISCLAIMER
I DO NOT CLAIM THAT THE ABOVE LYRICS
ARE THE ACTUAL LYRICS WHICH WERE RECORDED ON EVERY ALBUM, HOWEVER THEY
ARE THE LYRICS TO THE BEST OF MY INTREPRETATION OFF AT LEAST ONE ALBUM.
IF ANY LYRICS ABOVE ARE WRONG AND YOU ARE REALLY SURE ABOUT IT, EMAIL
ME AND I WILL DO RESEARCH INTO THE MATTER.
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