By David Allan CoeSPOKENUSED TO GO WITH MY GRANDPA UP TO THE TOWN SQUARE, SET HIM DOWN UP THERE ON A PICNIC BENCH AND HE USED TO PLAY CHECKERS WITH THEM OTHER OLD MEN UP THERE. THEY USED TO TELL STORIES BOUT WHEN THEY WERE KIDS. GRANDPA SAYS HE SHOT THE CHIEF OF POLICE WHEN HE WAS NINE YEARS OLD. N' I BELIEVE HIM, CAUSE THEY TELL ME THAT HAZARD, KENTUCKY'S THE BALDEST PLACE IN THE WORLD. WHY, THEY SAY THEY USED TO SIT OUT THERE ON THERE FRONT PORCH, SHOOT THEN REVENUERS WHEN THEY'D COME DOWN THE HOLLOW. SAID THEY WAS SO YOUNG, TOOK TWO O' THEM BOYS TO HOLD THE RIFLE AND ONE TO PULL THE TRIGGER, HYMN! WELL, GRANDPA , HE'D LIE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THERE'S A LOT OF STORIES IN HARLAN COUNTY.YEA, FOLKS IN HARLAN COUNTY, LORD, THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE POORTHEY ALWAYS CALLED MY DADDY PREACHER DANBUT DADDY WEREN'T NO PREACHER, LEAST WAYS I DON'T RECOLLECTNEVER HEAR OF POPPA TALK OF NOTHING' BUT THE LANDAND DADDY WAS A GOD FEARING' FARMER YES HE WASCOULD NOT READ NOR WRITE, LORD, HE COULD BARLEY SPELL HIS NAMEDADDY WAS A GOD FEARING' FARMER ALL HIS LIFESOMEDAY WHEN IM GROWN ILL BE THE SAME.WELL HE ALWAYS GREW TOBACCO THOUGH HE DID NOT SMOKE HIMSELFHE HAD THE BEST TOBACCO CROP AROUNDAND HE NEVER TOUCHED A DROP OF LIQUOR THAT I CAN RECALLPAPA MADE HIS LIVING' ON THE GROUND.YES SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING' CALLED FOR MORE THAN HE COULD STANDI GUESS HE FELT AT HOME IN HIS OLD CLOTHESBUT HE NEVER MISSED A SUNDAY TAKING MOMMA TO THE CHURCHMAYBE IT WAS HABIT, LORDS, BUT HEAVEN ONLY KNOWSYEA, FOLKS IN HARLAN COUNTY, LORD, THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE POORTHEY ALWAYS CALLED MY DADDY PREACHER DANBUT DADDY WEREN'T NO PREACHER, LEAST WAYS I DON'T RECOLLECTNEVER HEAR OF GRANDPA TALK OF NOTHING' BUT THE LAND
Lyrics by David Allan Coe
Bad Impressions Houston, Dallas, San Antone "Willie, Waylon And Me" \u00b459 Cadillac \u00b4 57 Chevy 3 Biggest Lies In The World 33rd Of August 59 Cadillac, 57 Chevrolet A Sad Country Song A Satisfied Mind A Satisfied Mind (Hayes & Rhodes) A Sense of Humor ´59 Cadillac ´ 57 Chevy Ain't It Funny Love Can Do Ya Ain't It Funny The Way Love Can Do Ya Ain't Worth the Powder Ain't It Funny The Way Love Can Do Ya Ain't Worth The Powder Another Pretty Country Song As Far As This Feeling Will Take Us Atlanta Song Back to Atlanta Blue Grass Morning Bossier City Bright Morning Light Call Me the Breeze Canteen Of Water Castles in the Sand Cheap Thrills Child of God Cocaine Carolina Crazy Mary Cum Stains on the Pillow D-R-U-N-K Daddy Was A God Fearin' Man Dakota (the Dancing Bear) (part Ii) Dakota The Dancing Bear Dakota the Dancing Bear, Pt. 2 David Alan Coe Dear Penis Desparados Waiting for a Train Desperados Waiting For A Train Desperados Waiting For The Train Devil Went To Jamaica Divers Do It Deeper Don't Be a Stranger Don't Bite the Dick Even After Forever Face To Face Fairytale Morning Fall in Love With You Family Album Family Reunion Fish Aren't Biting Today Fish Aren't Biting Today Follow Me For Lovers Only For Lovers Only (IV) For Lovers Only (part Iii) For Lovers Only, Part III (With John McEuen) For Your Precious Love Frau Lein Fraulein Free Born Rambling Man Free My Mind Fu*k Aneta Briant Fuckin in the Butt Fuzzy Was an Outlaw Fuzzy Was An Outlaw (David Allen Coe) Get A Little Dirt On Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands Give My Love to Rose Give My Love To Rose (Johnny Cash) Gone (Like) Got You on My Mind Got You On My Mind (Joe Thomas & Howard Biggs) Gotta Serve Somebody Gotta Serve Somebody (With Lacy J. 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Love's Cheatin' Line, (She Finally Crossed Over) Love's Cheatin' Line, (She Finally Cross... Loves Cheatin Line Lovin' You Comes So Natural Loving Her (Will Make You Lose Your Mind) Loving You Comes So Natural Lyin' Comes So Easy to Your Lips Maria Is A Mystery Marijuanaville Mary Magdeline Mary Magdeline (David Allen Coe) Masterbation Blues Meanwhile Back in Memphis Merle and Me Million Dollar Memories Missin' the Kid Mississippi River Queen Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile Mona Lisa's Lost Her Smile Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior Nigger Fucker Nigger Hating Me Niggerhatin' Me Nothin Sacred Now I Lay Me Down to Cheat Now's the Time Now's The Time Old Grey Goose Is Dead Old Man Tell Me On My Feet Again One More Time Panheads Forever Pick Em, Lick Em, Stick Em Pick Em, Lick Em' Stick Em Pick Em, Lick Em' Stick Em Piece of Wood and Steel Play Me A Sad Song Please Come To Boston Pledging My Love Punkin Center Barn Dance Purple Heart Pussy Whipped Again Rails Revenge Ride 'em Cowboy Ride 'em Cowboy Ride Me Down Easy River Rock And Roll Holiday Rollin With the Punches Rollin' With The Punches Rose Knows Rough Rider Sad Country Song San Francisco Mabel Joy Sense Of Humor Seven Mile Bridge Shackles and Chains She Used to Love Me a Lot Shine It on Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay Six Days On The Road Snowblind Friend Someplace To Come When It Rains Son of a Rebel Son Son Of The South Southern Man Southern Star Spotlight Stand By Your Man Storms Never Last Sudden Death Suicide Sweet Angeline Sweet Vibrations (Some Folks Call It Love) Take It Easy Rider Take This Job and Shove It Take This Job And Shove It Too Take Time To Know Her Tanya Montana Tennessee Whiskey Texas Lullaby That Old Time Feeling That Old Time Feeling (Guy Clark) The 33rd of August The Devil Went Down To Jamaica The Fish Aren't Bitin' Today The Great Nashville Railroad Disaster The Old Grey Goose Is Dead The Punkin Center Barn Dance The Purple Heart The Ride The Ride (1983) The Rodeo Song These Days (Jackson Browne) Thief In My Bedroom This Bottle This Bottle (In My Hand) Three Time Loser Tomorrow Is Another Day Under Rachel's Wings Under Rachel's Wings We Got a Bad Thing Goin' We Got A Bad Thing Goin' West Virginia Man What Can I Do What Made You Change Your Mind When She's Got Me When She's Got Me (Where She Wants Me) When She's Got Me When She's Got Me (Where She Wants Me) Whips and Things Whiskey And Woman Whiskey And Women Whiskey, Whiskey (Take My Mind) White Line Fever Whole Lot Of Lonesome Why Me Why Me (Kris Kristofferson) Why You Been Gone So Long Why You Been Gone So Long (Mickey Newbury) Will you remember me? Willie Waylon And Me Willie Waylon And Me (reprise) Would Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) Would They Love Me Down in Shreveport Would You Be My Lady Would You Lay with Me Would You Lay With Me (in A Field Of Stone) X's and O's (Kisses and Hugs) X's And O's (Kisses And Hugs) You Can Count On Me You Never Called Me By My Name You Never Even Call Me by My Name You Never Even Called Me by My Name You Never Even Called Me By My Name (1975) You'll Always Live Inside Of Me You'll Always Live Inside Of Me Young Dallas Cowboy
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