Playlist Charlie Daniels Band

charlie daniels band - simple man

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 dow
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

charlie daniels band - a few more rednecks

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
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
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
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
That?s what we need
And a few more rednecks is what we need

charlie daniels band - across the line

Where the sun goes up and the sun comes down nothing ever changes in a border town
It turns around and starts all over again
It's alcohol and nicotine and everyday's like Halloween
It's a muy loco world we're living in
It's broken dreams and shady deals
Red hot cars and cold blue steel

And every night temptation comes around
And down on the border where the coyotes howl
The hot winds blow and the big boys prowl
Always something evil going down

CHORUS

Look out boy you're gonna lose controlBlow your cool and curse your soul
Open up your eyes and read the signs
Are you gonna be a man and stand up tall
Or turn your back and say the hell with it all
Don't you know that the blind can't lead the blind
And you're just about to cross the line

Don't you know if you turn your back the water gets muddy and the cards get stacked
Nobody gets a free ride in this game
A rich man poor man beggar man thief doctor lawyer or an Indian chief

In the eyes of the law they're all gonna look the same
But right's still right and wrong's still wrong
And they keep on singing that same old song
About the only ones are you and me
Take a look in the mirror cause you know what you are
A belly full of guts and a little tin star
And you're standing between the devil and the deep blue sea

REPEAT CHORUS

charlie daniels band - ain t no law in california

I was hanging in out in L.A. looking for a real cool place to go
I struck up a conversation with this dude wearing hip hop clothes
He said you talk like you're from Texas let me welcome you to our town
An I hope you have a real find day
But don't you let me catch you when the sun goes down

CHORUS

We got scalawags we got queens in drag we got pushers pimps and punks
We got crips and bloods we got dykes and studs
We've got junkies thieves and drunks
This is where the juice got turned aloose and if you ain't caught on yet
Ain't no law in California
Welcome to the wild wild west

He said there's women in this city that are just too low down to crawl
And homeboys packing pieces they'll shoot you just to watch you fall
You'ld better get on back to Hicksville that's the bast thing you can do
There's hustlers hoods and outlaws that'd love to find a country boy like you

REPEAT CHORUS

charlie daniels band - all night long

Well the party started early bout a quarter till three
Just a few close friends and my baby and me
We just got started when somebody asked
How long you think this party's goin' to last

We said all night long all night long
We'll be rockin' we'll be rollin' goin' to boogie woogie all night long

Well the next door neighbors started raisin' a fuss
Said you had a party and didn't call us
I said put on your dancin' shoes and come along
We'll be here till the cows come home

And that's all night long said all night long
We'll be rockin' we'll be rollin' goin' to boogie woogie all night long
[ keyboards ]
Well they're jumpin' through the windows sneaking down the halls
Dancing on the ceilin' dancin' on the wall
The last thing I remember before the lights went out
I jumped up on the table and I started to shout

I said all night long all night long
We'll be rockin' we'll be rollin' goin' to boogie woogie all night long
[ guitar ]
I said all night long all night long I said all night long all night long
I said all night long all night long I mean all night long all night long
We'll be rocking we'll be rolling going to boogie woogie all night

Yeah I said all night long honey all night long
Dancing all night long I said all night long
We'll be rockin' we'll be rollin' goin' to boogie woogie all night long
I said all night long I said all night long
I said all night long rockin' all night long
We'll be rockin' we'll be rollin' goin' to boogie woogie all night long

charlie daniels band - alley cat

Every night downtown on the streets of the city
When the midnight hour is comin' on
You'll see her come slinkin' down the alley in a tight dress
She'll walk them streets till the break of dawn
Well she'll slip away fore the sun starts rising
When the daylight comes she's gonna be long gone

Don't you ever come down here looking for trouble
Cause trouble is the ladies' middle name
You may think you're bad but let me tell you somethin'
There ain't no way you're gonna play her game
She'll make you feel like a fool with a hole in your pocket
Like you've been run over by a choo choo train

She purrs and she growls and she rambles and she prowls
And she's evil and she's mean like a misery machine
She's a little bit of this and a whole lot of that like an alley cat

Better stay away from the midnight lady
She'll leave you standing on the corner with a mess of the blues
She's an accident looking for a place to happen
She'll make you an offer that you can't refuse
If she ever gets them claws into you
She'll turn you every which a way but loose

And she purrs and she growls...
[ guitar ]
Well she purrs and she growls...

charlie daniels band - america i believe in you

We got some trouble in our own backyard
Things are kinda tough things are kinda hard
Got a lot of people living out in the street
And people going hungry without nothing to eat
And in this land of plenty this shouldn't be going on
We've got enough for everybody we're just gonna pass it along

Well I'm glad about to fall the comunism I'm glad about to the Berlin Wall
And I love to see the tyrants bitin' the dust in fact I'm glad about it all
And I believe in helping everybody but when it comes to all them foreign loans
I thing we ought to remember that charity begins at home yes it starts right here

In America America hey I know the sun is rising on a better day
America America yeah yeah we got the power and we know the way
America America well let me say a few words about the red white and blue
America America well I know you're gonna do it I believe in you
[ guitar ]
Now I've been tryin' to figure this out
But there's somethin' that I just don't know
How can you make things better when you take our jobs
And send them down to Mexico
And then there was a big shot from the land of the risin' sun
He said the workin' people in America were lazy and dumb
Let me tell you something Jack

The next time I go on a shopping trip and take somethin' off the rack
If it don't say made in USA I'm just gonna put it back
We can't leave it to the politicians cause they don't do nothing but talk
And it's we the people that's goin' to have to walk the walk
And we can do it right now

In America America...

We got the best dang farmers in the whole wide world
The fastest horses and the prettiest girls
Got the Army and the Navy Air Force and Marines
The mightiest fighting force the world's ever seen
We're the kinda people that can get things done
We're serving notice that we're still No 1
We got the nerve we got the will
We'll all get it together cause you know that we are still

In America America...
In America America...

charlie daniels band - back in the saddle again

I'm back in the saddle again out where a friend is a friend
Where the longhorn cattle feed on the lowly jimson weed
I'm back in the saddle again

I'm ridin' the range once more I'm totin' my old forty-four
Where you sleep out every night and the only law is right
I'm back in the saddle again

Whoopie ti yi yo I'm rocking to and fro I'm back in the saddle again
Whoopie ti yi yay I'm on my own way and I'm back in the saddle again
[ guitar ]
Whoopie ti yi yo I'm rocking to and fro...
I'm back in the saddle again

charlie daniels band - billy the kid

In the southern part of texas, east and west of el paso
Where the mighty Franklin mountains guard the trail to Mexico
There's a new-made widow crying and a hearse a rollin slow
I guess the devils passed this way again
There's a lathered sorrel stallion running thru the Joshua trees
And a young man in the saddle with his coat tails in the breeze
He's got a six gun on his right hip and a rifle at his knees
And he's dealing in a game that he can't win
Poor billy bonney, you're only 21,
Pat garrett's got your name on every bullet in his gun
Every notch you carve on your six gun
Has a bloody tale to tell
You're a mile ahead of garrett and a step outside of hell
Those fancy clothes your wearin and the women in your bed
Can't take away the traces of the men that you've left dead
As you ride across the bad lands with a price upon your head
And now the wheel of fortune starts to turn
You're reputation's grown till it's the biggest in the land
And there ain't alot of people left who want to call your hand
And i guess you'll go down shootin and like all branded men
When you shake hands with the devil you get burned

charlie daniels band - blind man

On a cold concrete sidewalk, on the corner of fifth and main
Sits an old black blind man, and no one knows his name
He plays the same old guitar, he plays the same old tune
And when the people pass him by, some are heard to say
?Play, let the blind man play?

He was a cotton picker down in Alabam'
Daddy never amounted to much died by his own hand
He lost his sight one terrible night by the hand of the Ku Klux Klan
Burned his eyes with a branding iron some are heard to say;

Play, let the blind man play
Maybe you'll be around another day
Dreamin' about those little things you know you'll never see
So play, let the blind man play, let the blind man play!

The years were kind while the man was blind, but he knew his time was due
And no one cried when the blind man died, with the name that no one knew
They made his coffin outta knotty pine, with a wreath of laurel too
His epitaph was short and sweet, and all it said was play

Play let the blind man play
Maybe you'll be around another day
Dreamin' about those little things you know you'll never see
So play, let the blind man play, let the blind man play
Maybe you'll be around another day
Dreamin' about those little things you know you'll never see
So play, let the blind man play, let the blind man play

Play that guitar blind man!

charlie daniels band - boogie woogie fiddle country blues

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 rosin 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 rosin up my bow and I think I can show you
The way I like to play this thing
Let's put some boogie rythm 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

charlie daniels band - caballo diablo

Wild as a coastal boranca, swift as the wind blowin' free
With two eyes like fire brands that glow in the night
Somewhere up there he's waitin' for me
And he knows that I'm coming for him
I just can't rest 'til I find
That raven black stallion, who wears no man's brand
With a wild restless spirit like mine

They call him Caballo Diablo
Half horse and half devil they say
Caballo Diablo the outlaw
Of the blanca Sierra Madre

Two men before tried to take him
They had their chance one by one
But each met his fate when those flashin' black hooves
Brought death 'neath the Mexican sun
Still I can't leave I must find him
You fool of a horse can't you see
I may be half man, but the other half's devil
And you're just exactly like me

(refrain)
Even the breeze has stopped movin'
Hush now - be still
Don't make a sound and stay close to the ground
Cause he's waitin' just over that hill
Downwind behind him move quickly
Do it fast now, he's startin' to stir
Grab a hand full of mane and up onto his back
And start breaking him down with my spurs
But try as he will he can't shake me
As over the preface we go
To spill the lifes blood of a horse and a man
On the rocky Sierra below

(refrain)

charlie daniels band - carolina

When it's Christmas time in Carolina
The kinfolks gather up at Grandma's house
And they fill the house with love
And they honor God above
They remember what the season's all about

It's been ten long years since I've been there with them
And I can't face another holiday alone
And tonight I'm going back
And if this train don't jump the track
I'll spend Christmas Eve with all the folks at home

Carolina I hear you calling
I just have to close my eyes and I'll be there
Carolina I hear you calling
I can almost touch the mountains in your hair

When I left my home in Carolina
I never thought that things would get this far
I was only seventeen when I struck out for New Orleans
Trying to do or die on my guitar
Well I always thought someday I'd be returning
But I kept drifting with that same old traveling wind
Can I still call you home or have I stayed away too long
Carolina would you have me back again

Carolina I hear you calling
I just have to close my eyes and I'll be there
Carolina I hear you calling
I can almost touch the mountains in your hair

(Carolina)

Carolina I hear you calling

I just have to close my eyes and I'll be there

Carolina I hear you calling

I can almost touch the mountains in your hair

I can almost touch the mountains in your hair

charlie daniels band - cowboy logic

There's a great American hero we all look up to
When the times are hard and chips are down he knows just what to do
Now a cowboy's got a set of rules that he lives by day to day
And if you ask for his advice he'll more than likely say

If it's a fence mend it if it's a dollar bill spend it
Before it burns a hole down in them jeans
If it's a load truck it if it's a punch duck it
If she's a lady treat her like a queen

That's cowboy logic and every cowboy's got it
It's in the way he lives his life and the songs he sings
That's cowboy logic and every cowboy's got it
He's got a simple solution for just about anything

If it's a job do it put your back into it
Cause a little bit of dirt's gonna wash off in the rain
If it's a horse ride it if it hurts hide it
Dust yourself off and get back on again

That's cowboy logic and every cowboy's got it...

An old cowboy and a young buckaroo were working ridin' fence
The old hand was testin' the kid on his skills and his common sense
He said son if you see three men in a pickup dressed alike from boots to hat
Could you tell which one was the real cowboy just from where he sat

Well the kid scratched his head a while and then he said
Well there just ain't no way to know
The old hand grinned and then he said kid you still got a ways to go
Now the real cowboy's the one in the middle and he ain't there just by fate
Cause first he don't have to drive and then he don't have to open no gate

That's cowboy logic and every cowboy's got it...
He's got a simple solution for just about anything

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