Jerry Reed

[fox69]

"Big Daddy"

"Big Daddy"



Well who's that sneakin' down the fire escape
And who's that peekin' through the garden gate
Who's on the loose but he can't be found
Big Daddy's Alabamy bound

Big Daddy's Alabamy bound
Big Daddy's Alabamy bound
The police is searchin' but the boy he can't be found
Cause Big Daddy's Alabamy bound

The highway patrol and the FBI
They went out lookin' for that criminal
They got their hound dogs just sniffin' around on the ground
Big Daddy's Alabamy bound

Big Daddy's Alabamy bound...

Somebody ran off with the mayor's wife
Somebody tried to take the police chief's life
Somebody stole the judge's ragged old gown
Big Daddy's Alabamy bound

Big Daddy's Alabamy bound...

 

[fox69]

"Bird"

"Bird"



Well my throat was dry and I was getting' late
And I was at this bat on the interstate
When this guy with a bird on his shoulder walked in the door
And he proceeded to tell me the strangest thing
He said, "Sir this bird of mine can sing like no other bird
You've never heard before!"
Well I just looked at the guy and said "Oh really?"
And he turned to the bird and said"Do ole Willie"
When that bird started singing I almost hit the floor.
Whiskey River take my mind
Don't let her memory torture me
Whiskey River don't run dry
You're all I got to take care of me
Well if that ain't the durndest thing
I thought, son, what a heck of a thing
A man could get rich making that bird sing
And I could feel this wild idear comin' on strong
I said, "I'm just sittin' here with two weeks pay
And I'd probably blow it all anyway
I'll buy that bird If he'll do one more song."
Maybe I didn't hold you quite as often as I should have
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
I said, "well that does it sir, yep
I'd like to buy that bird
Would $500.00 take him off your hands?"
Well, he thought for a while and he said, "alright"
He handed me the bird and he said "goodnight"
Counted the money and out the door he ran
I was thinkin' I'd found the rainbow's end
My ship would soon be rolling in
When that bird sailed out the door
And he was gone
And as I watched him leave I got boilin' mad
'Cause I knew right then that I'd been had
And as he faded in the night he was singing this song
On the road again
I just can't wait to get on the road again (Somebody stop that bird!)
The life I love is making money with my friend
And I can't wait to get on the road again

 

[fox69]

"Blue Moon Of Kentucky"

"Blue Moon Of Kentucky"


Get it cookin' fellas now put it bout here
Go mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm yeah

Blue moon ha ha ha ha ha
Well I said blue moon of Kentucky a keep on shining
Shine right along right along now
Well shine on the one that's gone and left me blue

Lord I said blue moon of Kentucky a keep on shining
Shine right along right along now
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue

Well now it was on one moonlight night
Lord the sun it was a shining bright
Which it whispered from on high
Lord your love has said goodbye

Blue moon of Kentucky Blue moon of Kentucky
Blue moon of Kentucky keep right on shining along
Well shine on the one that's gone and left me blue yeah
[ guitar ]
Blue moon blue moon of Kentucky hey yeah
Break it off fellas yeah

Well now it was on one moonlight night...
Blue moon of Kentucky Blue moon of Kentucky...

Blue moon of Kentucky Blue moon of Kentucky
Blue moon of Kentucky I said shine your light on me

Blue moon blue moon blue moon of Kentucky...

 

[fox69]

"Boogie King"

"Boogie King"



Well now he rolled into High Point North Carolina
In a 1929 Chevrolet cut down coupe
Sportin' them alligator sneakers and wearin' that
Real bright outta sight tight fittin' double knit and pinstriped suit

He said folks I come from Hump Alabama
My old man played doghouse bass and he was outta sight
He taught me how to do my thing
Makin' music in a redneck joint every Friday and Saturday night

Said people call me the Boogie King
I like to make all of God's chillun sing
Stand back woman let me do my thing

Uh careful
I'm gonna lay my Saturday night move on ya again
Boogie boogie boogie boogie

Well now he come on so strong with them pearly teeth
And them tailor made clothes and all that slick black hair
That he had all them folks around High Point North Carolina
Just scratchin' their heads sayin' I declare

Well before too long he done opened a joint on the edge of town
Called the King Of Clubs out on Highway One
Where all the folks includin' the mayor and his cute little wife
Used to come every night and just dig all the fun

People really dug on the Boogie King
They liked to hear the boy pick and sing
They got all tore up when he done his thing
Oh don't get close to me honey I might rub off on ya

Well the Boogie King he just rocked right along
And the town folks thought he done found him a home
And was settlin' down until the day the boy turned up gone
And so did all of the money from the local bank downtown

Well the police said my it sure looked strange
The day old Boogie King up and left town all the money left too
But they said whoever done it really knowed his stuff
Cause he was slick enough to get in there and get it and not leave a clue

But I'll betcha in another little town somewhere
There's a fast talkin' devil with slick black hair
Makin' all them women say well I declare
He calls his self the Boogie King

Ah come in there sideways son with them hot licks
Honey they call me Killer Dealer
Ha ha ha the Nashville Thriller
Ha ha ha ha ha how'd ya like that move I laid on ya there huh
Ya can't get that at your local Five And Dime

 

[fox69]

"Brand New Day"

"Brand New Day"


Staring out through the falling rain
Headlights reflecting off the highway
The light ahead turns from red to green
Thank God something's going my way

It's been raining all my life it seems
Fortune hasn't followed me around
And I've left a trail of broken dreams
But yesterday's mistakes won't get me down

A brand new day is dawning and calling me to glory once again
A brand new day is warming my soul
Telling me that life is still a friend
And all the times I've stumbled yesterday
Are gone and forgotten with the wind

There’s a big jet plane passin' overhead
Blazin' silver trails across the sky
Well I may be down but buddy I'm not dead
And if that plane can fly so can I

A brand new day is dawning and calling me to glory once again...

 

[fox69]

"Broken Heart Attack"

"Broken Heart Attack"



I seen your clothes were missin' when I looked into the closet
I saw the goodbye note ya left me on the kitchen faucet
The family car was missin' and the furniture was gone
You didn't even leave a towel for me to do my cryin' on
After losing you this way I'll never be the same
You left me with a broken heart and cryin' with the pain
Of a broken heart attack a broken heart attack
An emotional thrombosis in my coronary sac
The pain got in my veins and made the capillaries crack
Causing traumatic fibrillations in the respiratory sac
There ain't no doubt about it gal my train done jumped the track
Losin' you done made me have a broken heart attack
Oh the pain oh it's intense

Well I went screamin' to my family doctor clutchin' to my chest
Said the pain inside's intense doc what do you suggest
Well son let's have an examination take your shirt off
He put his stethoscope up to my chest said let me hear ya cough
Well upon examination boy all I can say to you
It's my professional opinion ain't nothin' I can do
You've had a broken heart attack a broken heart attack
An emotional thrombosis in your coronary sac
The pain got in your veins and made the capillaries crack
Causing traumatic fibrillations in your respiratory sac
There ain't no doubt about it boy your train done leaped the track
That woman left and you done had a broken heart attack
Oh the pain oh it's intense friend

 

[fox69]

"Bully Of The Town"

"Bully Of The Town"



Well now have you heard the latest of the bully of the town
He went up late last evenin' and he shot his woman down
That's why I'm lookin' for that bully of the town

I'm lookin' for that bully of the town town town
I ain't gonna stop until I run him down
I'll turn this city inside out and upside down
Boys I'm lookin' for that bully of the town

Well the sheriff he deputized me put a pistol in my hand
He said watch out cause that bully he's a wild and a wooly man
Hey boys I'm lookin' for that bully of the town

Well now somebody told that bully that I was out on his trail
He said boys if he ever catches me he's really gonna catch some hell
Don't nobody scare the bully of this town

I'm lookin' for that bully of the town town town...

Well last Friday night I called on him he just smiled at me and cussed
Then he grabbed his nightstick there but my pistol got him first
Hey Billy boy that bully of the town

I'm afraid nobody recognized him when they laid him in the back of that hearse
I messed him up so bad that Leroy Brown couldn't a hurt him worse
Say goodbye boys to the bully of the town

Well I'm through lookin' for that bully of the town town town
I swore I wouldn't stop until I run him down
I turned that city inside out and upside down
Till I got my hands on that bully of the town

 

[fox69]

"Busted"

"Busted"



Well the bills are all due and the babies need shoes but I'm busted
And cotton is down to a quarter a pound but I'm busted
Well the cow's gone dry and my hens won't lay
A big stack of bills that get bigger every day
And the county's gonna haul my belongings away cause I'm busted

Well I called on my brother to ask for a loan cause I was busted
I said son I hate to beg like a dog for a bone but I'm busted
Well my brother said son I'm afraid there ain't a thing I can do
I'm so broke I could really use a dollar or two
Matter of fact I was thinkin' bout calling on you cause I'm busted

Now the Lord knows I ain't no thief but a man can go wrong when he's busted
All the food that we canned last summer is gone and we’re busted
Well the fields are all bare the cotton won't grow
And me and my family got to pack up and go
Where I'll make a livin' the Lord only knows I'm busted

 

[fox69]

"Careful Man"

"Careful Man"



I don't gamble I don't fight
I don't be hangin' around in them bars at night
Yes I used to be a fighter but now I'm a wiser man

I don't drink much I don't smoke
I don't be hardly messin' around with no dope
Yeah I used to be a problem but now I am a careful man

But if you used to want to see a commotion
You shoulda seen the man that I used to be
I was trouble in perpetual motion
Trouble with a capital T

Stayin' out late havin' fun
And shot off every single shot in my gun
Yes I used to be a lover but now I am an older man

But if you used to want to see a commotion...

Stayin' out late havin' fun
And shot off every single shot in my gun
Yes I used to be a terror but now I am a tired man
hmm hmm hmm

 

[fox69]

"Careless Love"

"Careless Love"



Love oh love oh careless love
Love love oh careless love
Well you have broke my little heart in two
Now woman just look what love can do

You made me weep you made me moan
Made me weep made me moan
You made me weep and you made me moan
And you caused me to leave my happy home

I say love I say love oh careless love
Love oh love oh careless love
Woman you have broken my trustin' heart in two
Baby just look what careless love can do