Jerry Reed

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"Free Born Man"

"Free Born Man"



Well I was born in the Southland yes I was
Some twenty odd years ago
I ran away from home for the first time
When I was four years old

I'm a freeborn man get my home here on my back yes I have
And I know every inch of highway
Every foot of backroad every mile of railroad track

I got a gal in in Cincinnati a woman in San Antone
I've always loved the girl next door but anyplace is home

I'm a freeborn man...

Well you may not like my appearance you may not like my song
You may not like the way I talk but you'll like the way I'm gone

I'm a freeborn man...
I'm a freeborn man freeborn man yeah yeah

 

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"Gator"

"Gator"



He was raised in the swamp in back of a slough
He grew up eatin' rattlesnake meat drinkin' homemade brew
Now folks here about call him Gator and everybody knows him well
Meanest man ever to hit the swamp folks swear he come straight outta hell

Well Gator McKlusky's sittin' on a stump
Hammer pulled back on a twelve gauge pump
Watchin' that swamp lookin' out for the law
While he make the best corn liquor you ever saw
Rot gut whiskey

While he's makin' that mash he watches and he looks
Ol' Gator he knows that swamp like a book
Sumpin' out there movin' Gator whadda ya see
Ain't nothin' but the snakes and the gators and me

Everything's okey dokey in the Okefenokee
That sheriff ain't snoopin' around
So cook that moonshine down till it's good and clear
Everything's okey dokey in the Okefenokee
That sheriff he'd soon mess around with the devil
Than to get his self alone messin' around in here

One day he was cookin' some mash he was almost done
When they spotted the law and they had to run
So he headed for the swamp and they followed him in
But the law might as well been a chasin' the wind
Look out for that snake sheriff

Well they chased him on back through the muck and the slime
To the back of that swamp where the sun don't shine
But the law won't never catch Gator my friend
Cause he knows that swamp like the back of his hand

Watch out boys old Smokey's in the Okefenokee
The sheriff's out there snoopin' around
So shut that business down and let's disappear
Look out boys old Smokey's in the Okefenokee
But that sheriff he's really gonna catch the devil
If he keeps on snoopin' around in here

Gator's in the swamp Sheriff go get him if you can
Careful Sheriff don't let that Gator bite you on your gonads

 

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"Georgia On My Mind"

"Georgia On My Mind"



Georgia Georgia the whole night through
Just an old sweet song got Georgia got Georgia on my mind
Georgia Georgia a song of you
It comes soft and clear like moonlight through the pines yeah

Other arms reach out for and me other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see the road leadin' back to you
Georgia Georgia all the whole night through
Just an old sweet song got Georgia on my mind

 

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"Georgia Sunshine"

"Georgia Sunshine"



Oh, how I miss that Georgia sunshine
Oh, how I wish that I was there
To wake up every morning to the smell of them Georgia pines
Each blossom's blooming everywhere

My restless young heart to be wandering
Far from that old hometown of mine
But oh how I long every minute that I've been gone
To get myself back home to that Georgia sunshine

I wandered round from town to town
Ain't many places I ain't go
But the road I see it keeps calling me
It's the road that take this Georgia boy back home

Oh, how I miss that Georgia sunshine
Mhm, my restless young heart to be wandering

 

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"Gimme Back My Blues"

"Gimme Back My Blues"



Way down in southern West Virginia lived a girl they called Imogene
Her old man died and left her his money he was a coal field king
Now Imogene told me if you'll be my husband I'll dress you in patent leather shoes
Well hello good times so long rambling goodbye down and out blues

Now mama she told me don't marry for money she may act just like a queen
She may be rich but there's always a hitch she can talk sweet and still be mean
Now buddy I know don't you marry for dough I remember when I didn't have any
I'm telling you son if you marry for mon you're gonna earn every penny
Oh son

Now Imogene she never took her hair down she just loafed around all day dressed in her slip
I couldn't drink beer or smoke my cigars she was so good at cracking that whip
Now old Imogene half Indian and half bulldog and I'm just a coyote howlin'
Cause she's either on the warpath or sittin' round the house stretched on her tail end a growlin'

Now breakfast in bed ain't so bad for your head if you're layin' there enjoyin' the snack
But it ain't so much fun if you're the one carryin' while she's propped up in the sack
Now buddy I know don't you marry for dough you'd be better off with holes in your shoes
Well I'm gonna run bein' rich ain't no fun hey judge won't you gimme back
Judge won't you gimme hey hey judge won't you gimme back my blues

Well I'm gonna run bein' rich ain't no fun hey judge won't you gimme back my blues

 

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"Gomyeyonyo"

"Gomyeyonyo"



Hey baby I got my eye on you
Hey baby I got my eye on you

No doubt about it you for me
Woman you upset my chemistry
You start somethin' can't explain
My poor heart is a thumpin' inside my brain
Hey my poor heart ha yeah huh

My brain gets fuzzy and my knees get weak
You touch my hand and I can't hardly speak
Yeah where'd ya get that walk girl
You move so fine got my eye on you
Cause woman you blow my mind yeah

Hey baby I got my eye on you
Hey baby I got my eye on you
Yeah ha ha huh

 

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"Good For Him"

"Good For Him"



Well I see you've looked around and found someone to take my place
He paints pictures upon your mind and a smile upon your face
And he's everything I've never been and all I'll never be
Well good for him bad for me

Yes you've been dissatisfied I've known it all along
You say where I could do no right that he could do no wrong
So I sweep up the pieces while he sweeps ya off your feet
Good for him bad for me

I suppose he quotes ya prose and brings you pretty things
And writes you in the lines and rhymes of songs he has to sing
And he tells you that he loves you and you say you love him too
So If I say I love you it won't mean that much to you
So I won't but I do

Well I must say I'm not overjoyed to view this situation
But if he makes you happy then that's some slight consolation
And I hope he will forgive me if I'm prone to jealousy
Good for him bad for me

Well I suppose he quotes ya prose and brings you pretty things...

Well I must say I'm not overjoyed to view this situation...

 

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"Good Friends And Neighbors"

"Good Friends And Neighbors"



Well it was midnight cold and rainy
In the sleepy town of Fairburn population small
An angry man stood out on Main Street
Shiverin' in his coat sleeves by the City Hall wall
Thumbin’ every car that’s passed him in for an hour
But they wouldn't look at him at all

So he yelled damn you friends and neighbors you won't give me a ride
My feet are sore from walking and I'm froze to my inside
Lord a man could catch his death of cold or a severe case of flu
Thanks to friends and neighbors like you

Well he come storming into my restaurant
Dripping water soakin’ wet in a freezing cold
I poured him a hot black cup of coffee took his coat off cussing mad
And here's a tale that he told
Said I picked up a young hitchhiker
Took my billfold and my car and let me off down the road

Well I must have walked for hours to get here
Went to see your friendly sheriff in my desperation
He just sit there and picked his teeth
Laughed a little when I told him of my situation
And when I finished he leaned back and belched
Said let me see some identification

Cause he said damn you friends and neighbors seems like every Saturday night
I get an earful of this same old bull cause some drunk gets off half tight
Every weekend's the same old story don't get home till one or two
Thanks to friends and neighbors like you

Well I called your sheriff a dirty name
Then was thrown out through his front door by a big deputy
I hit that sidewalk cussin' shook my fist back in his face
Said you can't do this to me
Cause I'm a circuit judge for Monroe sheriff
And you gonna pay for all this indignity

Well I've seen some angry people
But I never seen a man as mad as that fellow was
He said I never did like Fairburn I hate the rain I hate hitchhikers
And I'm sick of your local fuss
And if I ever saw a town that needs another sheriff
This is one town that does

And he yelled damn these friends and neighbors as he grabbed his coat to leave
Well this night I spent in Fairburn just too funny to believe
Lord I could write a book of jokes about what I've been through
In this town of friends and neighbors like you

 

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"Good Woman's Love"

"Good Woman's Love"



(I once was a rover on land and on sea
Till a good woman's love made a new man of me)
My life had no meaning it was so incomplete
Till a good woman's love put me back on my feet

Now stead of roamin' I go home in the evening and she's waitin' there
And I know that no matter what happens she'll always care
And so when the night falls and the stars shine above
Well I'm a man with a dream and a good woman's love

Now stead of roamin' I go home in the evening and she's waitin' there
And I know that no matter what happens she'll always care
And so when the night falls and the stars shine above
Well I'm a man with a dream and a good woman's love

 

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"Goodnight Irene"

"Goodnight Irene"



Last Saturday night I got married
And me and my wife we settled down
Now me and my wife we are parted
Lord I think I'm whoa gonna take a stroll downtown

Oh while I think a little bit about
Irene goodnight Irene goodnight
Irene goodnight Irene goodnight goodnight Irene
I'm gonna see you oh see you in my dreams

Pick it if you can find it son

Well sometimes I live in the country
And sometimes I live in town
And sometimes sometimes I take a little notion
I take a notion I take a stroll downtown

Singing Irene goodnight Irene goodnight...