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Laid
Back and Wasted
Written by D. Murphy
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 search of my soul
I lost it in Nashville
I found it in Austin
I sold it in New Mexico
Ten thousand miles
Of road dust can't cover
The scars that I put on my arm
And the bridges I'm burning
Will never erase
The scars that they've put on my heart
Dying looks easy
Drifting gets harder
I don't know which one to choose
Don't ever doubt it
I'll live without it
I'll give you the blues
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
Don't ever doubt it
I'll live without it
I'll give you the blues
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Lately
I've Been Thinking
Too Much Lately
Written by David Allan Coe
Lately I've been thinking too much lately
I've been stayin' kinda stoned
Maybe I need someone who can make me
Feel like I'm not making it alone
Lately you've been colder than the weather
Whether love was right or love was wrong
Once you told me there was no one better
Now you say you're better off alone.
Yesterday has ran into tomorrow
Wrecking every dream we've ever known
Even though we're lying here together in this bed
I believe we're laying here alone.
Lately I've been thinking too much lately
Lately I've been drivin' myself crazy
Lately this old house ain't been no home
I thought you were something to hold on to
When I could not make it on my own
Lately you've been more than I can handle
Lately I can't handle being stoned
Maybe I need someone who can make me
Feel like I'm not making it alone.
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Living
On The Run
Written By: David Allan Coe and Jimmy Howard
SEEMS LIKE IT'S RAININ' HARDER TODAY
THE RAIN MUST OF KNOWN I WAS COMIN' 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 SATURDAY NIGHT
AND IT'S LONELY LIVING ON THE RUN
I KILLED ME A WOMAN IN TENNESSEE
I JUST BROKE JAIL AND THEY'RE GUNNIN' FOR ME
I'M ON THE RUN, LIVING ON THE RUN
I'M ON THE RUN, LIVING ON THE RUN
MY WOMAN WANTED MORE THAN A MAN COULD STEAL
FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DECKS WHERE I LEARNED TO DEAL
AND IT GOT ME ME LIVING ON THE RUN
WOMEN LOVE AN OUTLAW I HEARD FOLKS SAY
AND I'LL BE AN OUTLAW TILL MY DYING DAY
CAUSE IT GOT ME LIVING ON THE RUN
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Loneliness
In Ruby's Eyes
Written By David Allan Coe
THEY SAY SHE CAME ALL THE WAY FROM DALLAS
BUT I SEE MORE THAN TEXAS IN THE HARD TIMES ON HER FACE
AND EVERY SONG SHE SINGS BRINGS BACK A HUNDRED THOUSAND MEMORIES
OF ANOTHER GIRL, ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE
SHE DOES NOT HAVE THE BODY OF THE WOMAN I ONCE LOVED
BUT SHE'S STILL THE GIRL THAT I ONCE IDOLIZED
AND, I SWEAR, I SEE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERY GIRL I'VE KNOWN
IN THE LONELINESS OF RUBY'S EYES, IN THE LONELINESS OF RUBY'S EYES
KINFOLKS SAY SHE'S HAD A LOT OF LOVERS
AND LOVE DON'T LEAVE A WOMAN FILLED WITH SHAME
AND I'VE HEARD TELL SHE HAD A CHILD IN DALLAS
AND ALL THE MEN IN HOUSTON KNOW HER NAME
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Longhaired
Redneck
Written By David Allan Coe/ Jimmy Rabbit
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 LAUGHIN' AT THE HIPPIES
WHO ARE PRAYIN' THEY'LL GET OUT OF HERE ALIVE
LOUDMOUTH IN THE CORNER'S GETTIN' 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
'CAUSE MY LONG HAIR JUST CAN'T COVER UP MY REDNECK
I'VE WON EVERY FIGHT I'VE EVER FOUGHT
AND I DON'T NEED SOME TURKEY TELLIN' ME THAT I AIN'T COUNTRY
SAYIN' I AIN'T WORTH DAMNED
OLD TICKET THAT HE BOUGHT
'CAUSE I CAN SING ALL THEM SONGS ABOUT TEXAS
AND I STILL DO ALL THE SAD ONES THAT I KNOW
THEY TELL ME I LOOK LIKE MERLE HAGGARD
AND SOUND A LOT LIKE DAVID ALLAN COE
AND THE BARMAID IN THE LAST TOWN THAT WE PLAYED IN
KNEW THE WORDS TO EVERY SONG I'D WROTE
SHE SAID JIMMY RABBIT TURNED HER ON TO MY LAST ALBUM
JUST ABOUT THE TIME THE JUKE BOX BROKE
YEAH, JOHNNY CASH HELPED ME GET OUT OF PRISON
LONG BEFORE RODRIGUEZ STOLE THAT GOAT
I'VE BEEN THE RHINESTONE COWBOY FOR SO LONG I CAN'T REMEMBER
AND I CAN DO YOU EVERY SONG
HANK WILLIAMS EVER WROTE
AND I CAN SING ALL THEM SONGS ABOUT TEXAS
AND I STILL DO ALL THE SAD ONES THAT I KNOW
I CAN'T HELP IT, I LOOK LIKE MERLE HAGGARD
AND I SOUND A LOT LIKE DAVID ALLAN COE
BUT THE COUNTRY D.J.'S ALL THINK I'M AN OUTLAW
AND THEY'D NEVER COME TO SEE ME IN THIS DIVE
WHERE BIKERS STARE AT COWBOYS
WHO ARE LAUGHIN' AT THE HIPPIES
WHO ARE PRAYIN' THEY'LL GET OUT OF HERE ALIVE
THE LOUDMOUTH IN THE CORNER'S GETTIN' TO ME
TALKIN' 'BOUT MY EARRINGS AND MY HAIR
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Mississippi
River Queen
Written By David Allan Coe
HEY, CALIFORNIA YOU DON'T KNOW ME
NEW YORK CITY YOU CAN'T SHOW ME
ANYTHING I HAVEN'T SEEN AT LEAST A HUNDRED TIMES BEFORE
I STILL LOVE YOU, NEW ORLEANS, MISSISSIPPI RIVER QUEEN
'CAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO LOVIN' YOU BEAT ALL I'VE EVER SEEN!
AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF LADIES IN MY TIME
I'VE HAD ME A FEW WOMEN THAT WERE FINE
AH, BUT I DON'T NEED NO CITY WOMAN MESSIN' WITH MY MIND
SO GOODBYE SAN FRANCISCO GIRL, I'M LEAVIN' YOU BEHIND.
AND I'VE HAD SOME SENORITAS DOWN IN MEXICO
I MET A FEW POTATOES UP IN IDAHO
I'VE HAD A FEW PEACHES IN GEORGIA AND THAT SAN ANTONE ROSE
IF THE GOOD LORD MADE ANY BETTER
THAT YOU HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS.
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Old
Man Tell Me
Written By: David Allan Coe
and Buzz Rabin
I'VE SEEN THE OLD MAN SITTIN' 'ROUND
THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE BACK HOME IN TOWN
TALKIN' ABOUT THE BIG WAR BACK IN 1943
SAYIN' HOW MUCH GOOD IT'S DONE
MEDALS GLEAMIN' IN THE SUN
CUSSIN' AT MY LONG HAIR
AND MY TALK OF BEIN' FREE
THEIR VISION LIKE THEIR BATTLE SCARS
OF OTHER WARS HAS FADED
LIKE THE COLORS ON THE RIBBONS
FROM THE BATTLES THAT THEY'VE WON
IF THERE'S ONE THING I'VE LEARNED IT'S THIS
YOU JUST CAN'T SHAKE HAND WITH A FIST
AND I ONCE DID MY TALKIN' WITH A GUN
AND, OLD MAN, I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE SEEN
BUT YOURS IS NOT THE ONLY DREAM
I HAVE TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING MORE THAN YESTERDAY
LET IT DIE JUST LIKE THE PAST
I BELIEVE THERE'S HOPE AT LAST
OLD MAN, DID YOU EVER HAVE TO PRAY
OLD MAN, CAN YOU SHOW ME THE WAY
HE SHAKES HIS HEAD FROM TIME TO TIME
AND RAMBLES SOMEWHERE IN HIS MIND
MUMBLIN' 'BOUT THE CIVIL WAR
AND HOW WE SHOULD HAVE WON
SETTIN' UP HIS BATTLE PLANS
ON CHECKER BOARDS AT HIS COMMAND
WATCHIN' ALL HIS GALLANT KINGS GO FALLIN' ONE BY ONE
AND "SON," HE'D SAY, "THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME
FOR YOU TO STRAIGHTEN OUT YOUR MIND
BUT YOU NEVER LISTEN TO THE THINGS I TRY TO SAY"
AND I JUST TURN MY HEAD AND CRY
NEVER UNDERSTANDING WHY
HE'D SET UP THAT CHECKER BOARD
WHEN HE KNEW I COULDN'T PLAY
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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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