David Allan Coe

[fox69]

"Penitentiary Blues"

"Penitentiary Blues"



And I never worked before
'Bout to blow my fuse
Penitentiary blues

They gave me clothes on Tuesday
Like I ain't ever seen before
The kind of rags my momma used
To scrub our kitchen floor
And funny square-toed shoes
Penitentiary blues

All that marijuana
Selling cocaine
Now they're taking blood tests
From my heroin vein
Oh baby
Things I used to do now
I was born to lose
Penitentiary blues

I miss my main street women
I miss my monkey grady wine
I miss the cats down on the corner
We used to have a swingin' time
Chalkin' up our cues
Penitentiary blues

All that marijuana
Selling cocaine
Now they're taking blood tests
From my heroin vein
Oh baby
Things I used to do now
I was born to lose
Penitentiary blues

 

[fox69]

"Pick Em, Lick Em, Stick Em"

"Pick Em, Lick Em, Stick Em"


I was 15 goin' on 20 when I met up with this old man
He was quite a lover of the cards and of the dice
He had whores and he had ladies, he made love and he made babies
He could tell some damn good stories and give some good advice

[Chorus:]
You gotta learn how to pick 'em son, learn how to lick 'em son,
Learn how to stick 'em son between the thighs.
You gotta try not to beat 'em too much, try not to teach 'em too much,
Try not to feed 'em too much bullshit and lies.

He'd sit down and pour some whiskey, then he'd mix it up with water.
Here's a picture of my daughter he would say, then he would sigh.
Then he'd drink and laugh a little, as he picked up that old fiddle.
That same old riddle, I never did know why.

[Chorus]

Now the years have seen him buried, his daughter and me married.
I was sure he raised her right and taught her how to fuck.
When I asked her what he told her, she said he'd never scold her.
He would always hold her, but he never told her much.

But he told her men were plain and simple. He told her love was like a pimple.
Once you squeeze the juices out, it just goes away.
He taught her how to hold on tighter, and he taught her not to let men fight her.
Then there was this poem he taught her on his dying day.

You got to learn how to suck 'em daughter, learn how to fuck 'em daughter.
Learn how to take their money, learn how to cry.
You got to try not to hold 'em too much, try not to scold 'em too much.
Try not to feed 'em too much bullshit and lies.

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Piece Of Wood And Steel"

"Piece Of Wood And Steel"



I can feel your arms around me
Like it was yesterday
I can feel your hearing next to me
And hear your laughter gay
You tried to tell me what was right
And I told you what was real
All I ever live for now
Is this piece of wood and steel

In a world that's full of trouble
A world that's full of pain
Lord, many fall beside the road
And they never rise again
Many more are bending low
Or broken at the wheel
All I need to carry on
Is this piece of wood and steel

I was born my mother's only son
She loves me all she can
But there isn't much to say to her
Since I became a man
And I often met the devil
But I never made a deal
I just thank the lord for hands to play
The piece of wood and steel

It's face is scarred and beaten
Like the ragged clothes I wear
Like the body that god gave me
I might give it better care
But I play it for the ladies
And I play it for a meal
I play the strings just to hear 'em ring
On this piece of wood and steel

I'm growing tired of searching now
There's nothing much I crave
Give or take a little time
And you can write it on my grave
There's nothing more I care to own
Nothing left to feel
All I ever wanted
Was this piece of wood and steel

In a world that's full of trouble
A world that's full of pain
Lord, many fall beside the road
And they never rise again
Many more are bending low
Or broken at the wheel
All I need to carry on
Is this piece of wood and steel

I was born my mother's only son
She loves me all she can
But there isn't much to say to her
Since I became a man
And I often met the devil
But I never made a deal
I just thank the lord for hands to play
The piece of wood and steel

I'll be playing this guitar till the day I die

 

[fox69]

"Play Me A Sad Song"

"Play Me A Sad Song"



Play me a sad song
Tell me your woman's gone
You know how misery loves company
Sing it just one more time
Before I lose my mind
Tell me how misery loves company

Loneliness surrounds me
Emptiness you found me
I don't think I can go on

Sing me a drinking song
Tell me you done her wrong
You know how misery loves company
Ill put in my last dime
To hear it one more time
Willie, sing misery loves company

 

[fox69]

"Please Come To Boston"

"Please Come To Boston"



Please come to Boston for the springtime
I'm staying here with some friends
And they've got lots of room
You can sell you paintings on the sidewalk
By a café where I hope to be working soon
Please come to Boston
She said, "No, David, you come home to me"

And she said,
"Hey rambling boy why don't you settle down
Boston ain't your kind of town
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me
I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee"

Please come to Denver with the snowfall
We'll move up into the mountains
So far we can't be found
And throw "I love you" echoes down the canyon
And then lie awake at night 'till they come back around
Please come to Denver, she said
"No, you come home to me"

And she said,
"Hey rambling boy why don't you settle down
Boston ain't your kind of town
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me
I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee"

Now, this drifter's world goes 'round and 'round
And I doubt if it's ever gonna stop
But of all the dreams I've lost and found
And all that I ain't got I still need to lean to
Somebody I can sing to

Please come to L.A. to live forever
California life alone is just too hard to build
I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky
A' living up on the hill
Please come to L.A.,
She just said,
"No, david, you come home to me"

And she said,
"Hey rambling boy why don't you settle down
Boston ain't your kind of town
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me
I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee"

Please come to Boston
(Hey rambling boy come home)
Please come to Boston
(Hey rambling boy come home)
Please come to Boston
(Hey rambling boy come home)
Please come to Boston
(Hey rambling boy come home)

 

[fox69]

"Pledging My Love"

"Pledging My Love"



Forever my darling our love will be true always and forever I'll love only you
Just promise me darling your love in return
Make this fire in my soul dear forever burn
My heart's at your command dear to keep love and to hold
Making you happy's my desire dear loving you is my goal
I'll forever love you the rest of my days I'll never part from you and your loving ways

My heart's at your command...
This is my last letter end of the song my life is so miserable I can't go on

 

[fox69]

"Punkin Center Barn Dance"

"Punkin Center Barn Dance"



He came from Kentucky least ways that's what I've been told
Me and fate had left that state before his corpse got cold
He'd been killed for gold hhen California could be sold
To any fool who had been told bbout the Punkin Center Barn Dance
Mama had the fever and my daddy sold his soul
To someone called the devil that he'd met along life's road
Dad would stop to drink a toast and mom was looking like a ghost
Was gonna beat us to the coast and the Punkin Center Barn Dance
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance that's where everyone would be
Dancing to Virginia's reel and the waltz of Tennessee
When the roll is called up yonder you can hear the angels sing
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance God is gold the grass is green

Yeah I left California just before the Grateful Dead
Told the truth about the gold I'd searched for in my head
Like my Dad I'd roamed the land and Mom could never understand
How Lucifer could bring a man to the Punkin Center Barn Dance
Well times are changin' poets say since mom and dad both passed away
But some things in this life will never change
The poets write of things to come the earth will melt into the sun
And you and I will be the ones at the Punkin Center Barn Dance
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance...
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance...

 

[fox69]

"Pussy Whipped Again"

"Pussy Whipped Again"



Pussy whipped again
A Fine mess I found myself in
Tryin' to be her buddy
Trying to make a woman my friend...

Pussy whipped again
blame it on the whiskey and gin
Oh Lord, I'm pussy whipped again.

I took my male ego
And placed it under lock and key
I swore no God damn woman
would ever make a fool of me.

Then I met this barmaid
and my whole damn world caved in
Heaven knows when she sucked my toes
I was pussy whipped again

Pussy whipped again
A fine mess I got myself in
Tryin' to be a buddy
Trying to make a woman my friend
Pussy whipped again
blame it on the whiskey and gin
Oh Lord, pussy whipped again.

I knew my chauvenistic ways
would someday make her change her mind
And sure enough she left me
And just in the nick of time

Her girlfriend took me around the world
To places that I've never been
She called my bluff
And sure enough
I was pussy whipped again

Pussy whipped again
a fine mess I got myself in
Tryin' to be her buddy
Trying to make a woman my friend
Pussy whipped again
blame it on the whiskey and gin
Oh Lord, pussy whipped again.

Play it on time...

Pussy whipped again
a fine mess I got myself in
Tryin' to be a buddy
Trying to make a woman my friend
Pussy whipped again
blame it on the whiskey and gin
Oh Lord, pussy whipped again.

 

[fox69]

"Rails"

"Rails"



Hey, lay me down some rails boys
don't put me in jail boys
and if I make a little noise
just leave me alone

I've been known to party some
but I anit never hurt noone
I've been ashamed of what I've done
especially when I'm stoned

I've spent most of my life in honest thinking
and I never cared too much for serious drinking
marijuana makes my eyes start blinking
and incense make my sinuses drain

So, lay me down some rails boys
don't put me in jail boys
and if I make a little noise
just leave me alone

I've been known to party some
but I anit never hurt noone
I've been ashamed of what I've done
especially when I'm stoned

Now women make me think of consolation
prison makes me think of isolation
niggers made me vote for segregation
and cocaine makes me hard as a rock

So, lay me down some rails boys
don't put me in jail boys
and if I make a little noise
just leave me alone

I've been known to party some
but I anit never hurt noone
I've been ashamed of what I've done
especially when I'm stoned

Well it's hard to work for a dollar a week
and the Ku Klux Klan is bigger
so take the sheets of of your bed
and let's go hang a nigger

And lay me down some rails boys
don't put me in jail boys
and if I make a little noise
just leave me alone

I've been known to party some
but I anit never hurt noone
I've been ashamed of what I've done
especially when I'm stoned

 

[fox69]

"Rebel Meets Rebel"

"Rebel Meets Rebel"



We raise a lot of hell, drink a lot of booze
Don't need a damn reason for the things we do
So break out the bottles and bring on the crowd
Exercise your freedom, rowdy and loud

Get down, let's jam
All night, that's right

Rebel meets rebel
And that means trouble
Rebel meets rebel
Double trouble

Rebel meets rebel, man to man
Renegade singer, outlaw band
Rebel meets rebel

Quitters looking back, 'cos there ain't nothin' to hide
It's just a get-together pf country/metal minds
Could it be the future, a sign of the times?
When rebel meets rebel, we're partners in crime

Get down, let's jam
All night, that's right

Rebel meets rebel
And that means trouble
When rebel meets rebel
Double trouble

Rebel meets rebel, we've got our pride
Like old Hank said, it's been a long hard ride
When rebel meets rebel