Chattanooga
Corey Smith

Once upon a time there was a man, who traveled round with a guitar in his hand

For the sake of the story, we’ll say his name was Corey

The point of which I’m sure you’ll understand


One night in Chattanooga, Tennessee he drew fire from the local authorities

Strangely enough, he didn’t break any laws

They just said he pissed the wrong guy off


At a bar called Rhythm and Brews, Corey pulled a crowd though the crowd wasn’t huge

He was happy as hell, he was loving his life,

Making money for his children and his wife


Then in came a badge and a gun

a man we’ll call Officer John

He was doing his job, come to make an arrest

But someone in the balcony poured a beer on his chest


Oh, John got fightin’ mad

He started cussin’ and fashin’ his badge

He couldn’t find the culprit to vent his rage

So he blamed Corey and the song he was singin’ on the stage


Keep in mind Corey didn’t know

About the cop or the beer until after the show

But when it all came to an end

They said he’d never play in Chattanooga again


Flash forward five long years

Corey turned out to have a hell of a career

When a new club opened off of Market Street

They invited Corey there just after opening week


Folks came out in droves

Demand was high, every ticket was sold

The crowd was loud, the fans were hyped

And it was all shaping up to be a hell of a night



Then in came Officer John

He remembered Corey and the song he had sung

Evidently he was still pissed off

Started making demands that Corey’s mic be turned off


Meanwhile Corey made a speech

About respecting the law and honoring the police

But John already made up his mind,

“This man is subversive. And he’s crossing the line.”


He made threats to the owner of the club

“You’re gonna have a problem if you don’t pull the plug.”

The club didn’t feel like fighting

They knew Officer John would pull their liquor license

So when Corey started singing his most popular song

For a passionate crowd 1400 strong

The conspired to kill the PA

Like it was Red China not the USA (hey!)


Damn there was nearly a riot

It’s all on video, there’s no way they can deny it

It was censorship at its worst

And there’s a damn good reason that amendment is first


If we don’t check power then power checks us

And power ain’t always just

You see John kept pushin’ ‘til he got pushed back

Corey was in the corner now he’s on the attack


He ain’t backin’ down til he gets his way

He vows to go back to Chattanooga one day

He’s gonna sing at the top of his lungs

“Fuck the Po-Po!”

Questions anyone?


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Lyrics by Corey Smith

  $8 Bottle of Wine   A Better Place   Ain't Going Out Tonight   Arc Of A Rainbow   As Angels Cry   Be the Change   Beautiful Things   Bend   Better Place   Blow Me Away   Carolina   Cherokee Rose   Collide   Could Have Been Friends   Dahlonega   Dirtier By The Year   Don't Mind   Down to Earth   Drinkin' Again   Every Dawg   F*** the Po-Po   Fast Track   Feels Like Love   Flying High   From A Distance   Fuck the Po-Po   Fuck the PoPo   Goodbye Dixie   Happy Ever After   Hard-Headed Fool   Harmony   Heart Attack   I Love Everyone   I'll Get You Home   I'm Not Gonna Cry   If I Could Do It Again   If That's Country   In Love with a Memory   In the Mood   It's Over   Its Over   Juliet   Keeping Up With The Joneses   Leaving an Angel   Let Me Love You On A Back Road   Listen for the Train   Lonely Ride   Long Way to Go   Love Says It All   Maybe Next Year   My Two Babies   New Day   No Way (Out With A Smile)   No Way (out Without A Smile)   One Day at a Time   Party   Powerful Feeling   PRIDE   Silly   Single-Wide Home   Skin of My Teeth   Something to Lose   Speak The Truth   Stand Our Ground   Sugar Daddy   Sweet Little Boy   Sweet Sorrow   Table for One   The Basement   The Bottle   The Carnival   The Encore (I'll Try)   The Good Life   The Lord Works In a Strange Way   The Wreckage   There Goes the Neighborhood   Throwbacks   Too Good For Me   Tragedy   Twenty-One   What Happend   What Happened   When the Sun Goes Down In Georgia   Where's the Love

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