'Got on a plane in Fresco and got off in Vietnam. I walked into a different world, the past forever gone. I could have gone to Canada or I could have
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
He was nobly born, had a Spanish bull's horn And not one scar on his hansom face He stood like a prince and he had ever since He had grandly walked into
Well, if you ever go back into Wooley Swamp Well, you better not go at night There's things out there in the middle of them woods That make a strong man
This ain't no rag, it's a flag And we don't wear it on our heads It's a symbol of the land where the good guys live Are you listening to what I said
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
The house lights blaze, the spotlights dim and the encore fades away We've got five hundred miles to go and another show to play But there's a few old
When I was a boy on my daddys knee thats when he said these words to me, said listen to what I'm gonna tell you son, and you can help the world go round
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
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
Well it's easy for a country boy to be misunderstood When the honky tonks are jumping and the girls are looking good Yeah, I get excited and some people
Wild as a coastal barranca 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
One of the memories that stays on my mind About an old southern lady that I left behind Is a ramshackle bridge where the deep river winds And an old two
Been ten long years since the devil laid his fiddle at Johnny's feet, and it burned inside his mind the way he suffered that defeat. In the darkest pits
He's the loosest dude I've ever been exposed to He loves the bottle and a dirty joke He likes to hang out on the street And he'd rather fight than eat
Sittin' on a bar stool actin' like a darn fool That's what I'm a doin' today Sitting' here drinkin', tryin' to keep from thinkin' I'm a boozin' my troubles
Les le bon temps rouler Hey baby, won't you stop what you're doin' Go on home, put your red dress on Tell your mama I said not to worry I'll have you
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