Simple Man
I ain't nothin' but a simple man
They call me a redneck, I reckon that I am
But there's things goin' on, 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 gon' take it no more
We tell our kids to just say "no"
And then some panty-waist judge, lets a drug dealer go
Slaps him on the wrist, and he turns him back out on the town
But if I had my way with people sellin' dope
Take a big, tall tree and a short piece of rope
I'd hang 'em up high and let them swing 'til the sun goes down
Well, you know what's wrong with the world today?
People done gone and put their Bibles away
They're livin' by the law of the jungle, not the law of the land
Well, the good book says it, "So I know it's the truth"
An eye for an 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 who'd no harm a mouse
But if I catch somebody breakin' in my house
I got a 12-gauge shotgun a-waitin' on the other side
So don't go pushin' me against my will
I don't want to have to fight you, but I dern sure will
If you don't want trouble, then you better just pass me on by
As far as I'm concerned, there ain't no excuse
For the rapin' and the killin' and the child abuse
And I've got a way to put an end to all that mess
You 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
Well, you know what's wrong with the world today?
People done gone and put their Bibles away
They're livin' by the law of the jungle, not the law of the land
Well, the good book says it, "So I know it's the truth"
An eye for an 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
Watch where you go, remember where you been
That's the way I see it, I'm a simple man
They call me a redneck, I reckon that I am
But there's things goin' on, 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 gon' take it no more
We tell our kids to just say "no"
And then some panty-waist judge, lets a drug dealer go
Slaps him on the wrist, and he turns him back out on the town
But if I had my way with people sellin' dope
Take a big, tall tree and a short piece of rope
I'd hang 'em up high and let them swing 'til the sun goes down
Well, you know what's wrong with the world today?
People done gone and put their Bibles away
They're livin' by the law of the jungle, not the law of the land
Well, the good book says it, "So I know it's the truth"
An eye for an 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 who'd no harm a mouse
But if I catch somebody breakin' in my house
I got a 12-gauge shotgun a-waitin' on the other side
So don't go pushin' me against my will
I don't want to have to fight you, but I dern sure will
If you don't want trouble, then you better just pass me on by
As far as I'm concerned, there ain't no excuse
For the rapin' and the killin' and the child abuse
And I've got a way to put an end to all that mess
You 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
Well, you know what's wrong with the world today?
People done gone and put their Bibles away
They're livin' by the law of the jungle, not the law of the land
Well, the good book says it, "So I know it's the truth"
An eye for an 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
Watch where you go, remember where you been
That's the way I see it, I'm a simple man
Credits
Writer(s): John Louis Gavin, Charles Fred Hayward, Charlie Daniels, William J. Digregorio
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Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- Volunteer Jam 1 – 1974: The Legend Begins (Live)
- Keep Movin' (Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, NY, 1979 WLIR Broadcast Remastered)
- Volunteer Jam VII (Live)
- Volunteer Jam III & IV (Live)
- Deluxe Essential Super Hits
- Suffolk Forum, Commack, Long Island, Ny. April 28th, 1978 (Remastered, Live On Broadcasting)
- Met Center, Bloomington, Mn. May 19th, 1979 (Remastered, Live On Broadcasting)
- Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, November 8th, 1977 (Remastered, Live On Broadcasting)
- Live at Billy Bob's Texas
- It Don't Get No Better Than That
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