David Allan Coe

[fox69]

"Someplace To Come When It Rains"

"Someplace To Come When It Rains"



The lady you see me with now and again in this dimly lit hideway place
With eyes deep as midnight and smooth golden skin
And that warm look of love on her face
And you say ain't he lucky just look at those eyes
She's worth any price you can name
And you think that she's mine but you don't realize
I'm just someplace to come when it rains
Someplace to hide when she's tired of the ride just someone to soften my pain
Lord knows where she plays on her warm sunny days
I'm just someplace to come when she can't find the sun
Just someplace to come when it rains

The lady she dances so close in your arms you swear she can float you away
And gives you the feeling you're safe from all harm
Just as long as she holds you that way
And I can't say it's wrong cause I've known all along
That her lovin' is worth all the pain
So whenever she leads I'll be there when she needs someplace to come when it rains
Someplace to hide when she's tired...

 

[fox69]

"Son Of A Rebel Son"

"Son Of A Rebel Son"



I am the son of a rebel son
He was a son of a gun
I am the son of a rebel son
He was a son of a gun

I am the son of a rebel son
He was a son of a gun
I am the son of a rebel son
Son of a rebel son

My grandpa was a rebel back in ‘61
My daddy was the rebel son of a rebel son
My grandpa fought for freedom but he never won
Anything but medals from the War

They gave them to his wife one day
After they took his life away
What did the words on the tomb stone say
Here lies the rebel son

I am the son of a rebel son
He was a son of a gun
I am the son of a rebel son
Son of a rebel son

I am the son of a rebel son
He was a son of a gun
I am the son of a rebel son
Son of a rebel son

I said

I am the son of a rebel son
He was a son of a gun
I am the son of a rebel son
Son of a rebel son

Thank you

 

[fox69]

"Son Of The South"

"Son Of The South"



I like to play Hank Williams Jr. records
Just as loud as they will go
I'm into Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Allman Brothers an' David Allan Coe

I like Willie, Waylon, George an' Merle
An' a lot of ZZ Top
They play country, soul with some rock 'n' roll
An' I hope they never stop

'Coz I'm a redneck
Rock 'n' roll son of the south
I don't like no new wave disco bands around

I'm gonna drink a couple dozen beers
An' go out an' jam some gears
I'm a long haired redneck
Rock 'n' roll son of the south

I've got a 1965 Harley chopper
It sure makes those women stare
I got a dead flamingo wrapped around
This cowboy hat I wear

Well, I can cuss, fight, spit, belch
An' raise all kinds of hell
If you ride to live like I live to ride
Let me hear that rebel yell

'Coz I'm a redneck
Rock 'n' roll son of the south
I don't like no new wave disco bands around

I'm gonna drink me a couple dozen beers
An' go out an' jam some gears
'Coz I'm a long haired redneck
Rock 'n' roll son of the south

I like my whiskey straight up
Daqueris makes me ill
If someone touches my Stetson hat
I get mad enough to kill

I got a rifle rack in my pickup truck
I'm a four wheelin' maniac
If you wanna race, you just name the place
An' I'll show you where it's at

'Coz I'm a redneck
Rock 'n' roll son of the south
I don't like no new wave disco bands around

I'm gonna drink a couple dozen beers
An' go out an' jam some gears
'Coz I'm a long haired redneck
Rock 'n' roll son of the south

Yeah, I'm a long haired redneck
Rock 'n' roll son of the south
Yeah, I'm a long haired redneck
Rock 'n' roll son of the south

 

[fox69]

"Song For The Year 2000"

"Song For The Year 2000"




“I was ah readin’ an article in a magazine
from France recently and ah they was talkin’
about David Allan Coe as a songwriter and ah.
They were sayin’ how ah my song, Jack Daniel’s,
If You Please, that I wrote in 1956, ah really changed
country music back in the 60’s and then in the 70’s
you know and Divers Do It Deeper and Take This Job and
Shove It and different songs that I wrote. This guy
was sayin’ that, he was wonderin what David Allan Coe
would be writtin’ by the year 2000 that would be
so different and unusual then whatever everyone
else was doin’. So I call this a Song For The Year
2000.”

Jimmy’s in the closet, he thinks no one knows
He likes to wear makeup, and put on woman’s clothes
When he tries to be a man his feminine side shows
Jimmy’s in the closet, he thinks no one knows

[Chorus:]
But it takes all kinds of people, to make the world go round
I bent the whole world over, and that’s one thing that I found
Color does not matter, black, white, or red, or brown
It takes all kinds of people, to make the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
It takes all kinds of people, to make the world go round

Michael’s taking hormone, treatments once again
Michael’s black, Michael hates the color of his skin
Michael’s getting whiter, then he’s ever been
Michael’s taking hormone, treatments once again

[Chorus]

Stella was flat chested, she always stayed at home
Stella saved her money up, and bought some silicon
Now the boys all stare at Stella’s chest and they won’t leave her alone
Stella saved her money up just to buy some silicone

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Southern Man"

"Southern Man"



Southern man better cool your head
Don't forget what your good book says
Southern change gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burning fast

Southern man

I saw cotton and I saw black
Tall white mansions and little shacks
Southern man when will you pay them back
I heard screaming and ooh whips cracking and
How long how long, how long

Southern man

Southern man better cool your head
Don't forget what your good book says
Southern change gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burning fast

Lilly pelle your hair is golden brown
I've seen your black man comin round
Swear to God, I'm gonna cut him down
I heard screaming and ooh whips cracking and
How long how long, how long

Southern man

Southern man better cool your head
Don't forget what your good book says
Southern change gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burning fast

 

[fox69]

"Southern Star"

"Southern Star"



Oh, southern star, how I wish you would shine
And show me the way to get home

I'm blue-collar branded and stuck in a mill
My life is a stranger to me
I'm too young to live like I'm over the hill
And too old to be young and free

Tired and nowhere bound
Lost in the eighties that’s where I am
I need a guiding light
Shining down to help me make it through the night
Oh southern star, how I wish you would shine
And show me the way to go home

Oh, radio won’t you play me some old song
And let my mind drift back to ‘68
We all have a time and a place where we belong
Somewhere we can go to escape

Tired and nowhere bound
Lost in the eighties that’s where I am
I need a guiding light
Shining down to help me make it through the night
Oh southern star, how I wish you would shine
And show me the way to go home

Oh southern star, how I wish you would shine
And show me the way to go home

 

[fox69]

"Spotlight"

"Spotlight"



I can't see nothing but spotlights spotlights see nothing but me
All of my music is lonely yeah all of my heartaches were free
Don't waste your time or your flash bulbs too many heroes are dead
You like to live in the city yeah I like to live in my head
Somebody shoot out that spotlight spotlights ain't nothing but jive
Roll me a smoke and give me some coke treat me like I am alive
Tell all the ladies I'm single tell Lone Star beer that I'm dry
Everyone's lying bout livin' everyone's livin' a lie

I spend my nighttimes in mourning I spend my morning's alone
You spent your your money to see me tonight yeah I spent all mine gettin' stoned
Now that they're both kinda busted doesn't it seem kinda strange
That I lay down knowing we're two of a kind you'll leave here knowing my name
Somebody shoot out that spotlight spotlights ain't nothing but jive
Roll me a smoke and give me some coke treat me like I am alive
Tell all the ladies I'm single tell Lone Star beer that I'm dry
Everyone's lying bout livin' everyone's livin' a lie

 

[fox69]

"Stand By Your Man"

"Stand By Your Man"



Sometimes it's hard to be a woman giving all your love to just one man
You'll have bad times and he'll have good times doin' things that you don't understand
But if you love him you'll forgive him even though he's hard to understand
And if you love him be proud of him cause after all he's just a man
Stand by your man give him two arms to cling to
And something warm to come to when nights're cold and lonely
Stand by your man and tell the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can stand by your man

Well honey that's the only way that daddy knows how to answer your question
I knew when your mama passed away that someday I have to explain the things to you
That might make me and you both feel unconfortable
So I thought that the best thing to do
Is to sing you this song your mama used to sing
I hope that you will understand cause she did stand by her man
Stand by your man...
Stand by your man...

 

[fox69]

"Standing Too Close To The Flame"

"Standing Too Close To The Flame"



They say love is a fire that’s a lesson that I’ve learned
And if you play with fire babe someday you’ll get burned
If you don’t take this warning your young life will never be the same
I’m tellin’ you now girl you’re Standing Too Close To The Flame.

They say don’t light the match unless you can put out the fire
It’s much too late to stop now I’m burning with desire
My whole body is shaking and you say you aren’t feeling any shame
I’m tellin’ you now girl you’re Standing Too Close To The Flame.

You see the sparks flying every time that we touch
When you hold me close babe that’s just a little too much
I can almost smell the smoke now.

They say love is a fire that’s a lesson that I’ve learned
And if you play with fire babe someday you’ll get burned
If you don’t take this warning your young life will never be the same
I’m tellin’ you now girl you’re Standing Too Close To The Flame.

See the sparks flying every time that we touch
When you hold me close babe that’s just a little too much
I can almost smell the smoke now.

 

[fox69]

"Storms Never Last"

"Storms Never Last"



Storms never last, do they, baby?
Bad times, all pass with the wind
Your hand in mine, steal the thunder
You make the sun wanna shine

I followed you down each and every road, babe
I picked wild flower, sung you soft, sad song
And every road we took, I know, your search was for the truth
And this storm that's brewin' now won't last long

Storms never last, do they, baby?
Bad times, all pass with the wind
Your hand in mine steal the thunder
You make the sun wanna shine

Storms never last, do they, baby?
Bad times, all pass with the wind
Your hand in mine steal the thunder
You make the sun wanna shine
You said you make the sun wanna shine