David Allan Coe

[fox69]

"Sudden Death"

"Sudden Death"



Sudden death, that's what you are
Loving you is like riding in a speeding car
They're fun to drive until you drive em to far
Sudden death, that's what you are!

The way you love me, my heart starts to pumping
Just like a rabbit, hon, you really got me jumping
You must be out for blood the way that you've been humping
I'm just like putty in your hands!

Your kiss of love still lingers here on my lips
You've got electric, honey, in your fingertips
I like the way your hair hangs down to your hips
I'm just like putty in your hands!

 

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"Suicide"

"Suicide"



Standing in the bathroom with a gun in my hand
Pulling on the trigger just as fast as I can
I can hear her scream as she reaches for the lover beside her
Married by the bible she was only sixteen
I was fresh from prison trying to follow my dream
Who'd ever thought id be the judge and the jury that tried her?

Blood splattered all over the wall
The gun still smoking as I watch it fall
I run through the door while the sirens blow out on the highway
Maybe they'll catch me and maybe they wont
It really doesn't matter I just had to do things my way

Yeah yeah
I might just commit suicide
Yeah yeah

He's the only man that I trusted with my life
I cant understand why he ran off with my wife
Now that they're dead what's gonna happen to the baby?
The state will have to raise her just the way they did me
Her mother wanted freedom and I just set her free
She should have never let me see that she was no longer a lady

She called out my name just before she died
She swore she loved me and I almost cried
With trembling hands I reached out and tried to save her
Cheating is something I can understand
But not when its cheating with my best friend
She betrayed the love and the baby I gave her

 

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"Sunday Morning Coming Down"

"Sunday Morning Coming Down"



Well I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head
That didn't hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad
so I had one more for dessert

Then I fumbled through my closet
For my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt
And I shaved my face
And combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs
To meet the day

I'd smoked my brain the night before
With cigarettes and songs
That I've been pickin'
But I lit my first and watched a small kid
Cussin' at a can that he was kickin

Then I crossed the empty street and
Caught the sunday smell
Of someone fryin chicken
And it took me back to something
That I'd lost somehow
Somewhere along the way

On the sunday morning sidewalk
Wishing lord that I was stoned
Cause there's something in a sunday
That makes a body feel alone
And there's nothing short of dying
Half as lonesome as the sound
On the sleeping city sidewalk
Sunday morning coming down

In the park I saw a daddy
With a laughing little girl
He was swingin
And I stopped beside the Sunday school
And listened to the song
That they were singing

Then I headed back for home
And somewhere far away
A lonely bell was ringing
And it echoed thru the canyon like
The disappearing dreams of yesterday

On the sunday morning sidewalk
Wishing lord that I was stoned
Cause therels something in a sunday
That makes a body feel alone
And there's nothing short of dying
Half as lonesome as the sound
On the sleeping city sidewalk
Sunday morning coming down

 

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"Sweet Angeline"

"Sweet Angeline"



Sweet Angeline I hope nobody ever hurts you
Angeline you're still a child
But I can see the woman fighting to bust out
And take you far away from me sweet Angeline

Sweet Angeline you're young and free
Don't ever let nobody get inside your mind
Until you get too blind to see sweet Angeline

Angeline don't let nobody tell you
That your dad don't love you and your mother
Angeline, sweet Angeline, Angeline

Angeline don't let nobody tell you
That your dad don't love you and your mother
Angeline, sweet Angeline, Angeline

Angeline

 

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"Sweet Vibrations (Some Folks Call It Love)"

"Sweet Vibrations (Some Folks Call It Love)"



Ain't no sense in crying, lord
I'd rather see you smile
Come down from the city life
And stay with me a while
There's so much that nature
Wants to share with you and me
Put your hand in mine
And let this old world set us free

Up on the mountain
Down in the valley
Living' on sweet vibrations
Some folks call it love
Up on the mountain
Down in the valley
Living' on sweet vibrations
Some folks call it love

Come out to the country
Find your peace of mind
Leave that dirty city
Somewhere way behind
We found something out here
You'll find something out here
Looked for so long
Never been so happy
Never sang a happy song

Bo came by to see us
He's a friend from days gone by
Danny played some guitar licks
That made me want to cry
Old friends from california called us
On the telephone
I got no time for misery, lord
No time to be alone

 

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"Take It Easy Rider"

"Take It Easy Rider"



Take it easy rider you can make it easy rider
There's no one to stop you, doesn't it look easy rider now?
Take it easy rider you can make it easy rider
There's no one to stop you, doesn't it look easy rider now?
Well I saw my first rodeo in amarillo, texas
Busting broncos is more than just a way to make a living
Horses were like women, they were fast and fancy free

I saw shirley stoker up in pan head west virginia
Her and connie shovelhead was standing in the rain
Both of them were dressers, lord they sure were looking pretty
Motorcycle fever has almost drove me insane

Eighteen were rollin when I climbed up in that ken worth
Me oh my, that semi was the apple of my eye
Horses, trucks and motorcycles sure makes life worth living
Hope I never see the day I kiss them all good bye

 

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"Take This Job And Shove It"

"Take This Job And Shove It"



Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for

You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more

Well, I've been working in this factory
Pretty close to 15 years
I've seen some of my best friends women
Drownin' in a pool of tears

I've seen a lot of kinfolks dyin'
I had a lot of bills to pay
Lord, I'd give the shirt right often my back
If I had the guts to say, say what?

Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman's done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for

You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more

The foreman is a regular S.O.B.
And the night boss, he's a fool
He got himself a brand new flattop haircut
Lord, he really thinks that's cool

One of these days I'm gonna blow my top
And that's shockin', he's gonna pay it
Well I can't wait to see their faces
When I get the nerve to say, say what?

Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for

You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
Take this job and shove it

 

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"Tanya Montana"

"Tanya Montana"



Why the day you were born, girl
Your mom and I named you, Tanya Montana
I just thought you should know

Your eyes were
As blue as the skies of Montana
Your skin was
As white as fresh falling snow

Tanya Montana is some thing to see
A dream that came true for your mother and me
A small piece of Heaven on earth as they say
But Tanya Montana is so far away

Why some day you're gonna grow up
And you're gonna leave us, sweet Tanya
And some man will steal you
Some man's gonna steal you away, I know

But you know me and your momma
Why we love you, Montana
Lord, it's going to break our hearts
When we see you go

Tanya Montana has been on my mind
Like the eagles that fly above reaching the light
Searching for freedom, you'll find it some day
And then Tanya Montana will be so far away

 

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"Texas Lullaby"

"Texas Lullaby"


See those tumbleweeds a blowin'
Lord, It makes me want to cry
It reminds me of my Daddy
And that Texas Lullaby
See those cactus flowers blooming'
Like the twinkle in his eye
Everytime he started singin'
That old Texas Lullaby

[Chorus:]
Yippie Yi Little doggie, roll on, roll on
Yippie Yi Little doggie, take me home, take me home
It's so cold on the desert, I'm chilled to the bone
Yippie yi Little doggie, yippie yi

Looky yonder there's a dust cloud painting pictures in the sky
Daddy told me all about, in that Texas Lullaby
Them old Longhorns are a ballin', Lord I know I must be high
Wish my Daddy could hear me singin' this old Texas Lullaby

[Chorus]

Daddy Left me this old guitar, though I never quite knew why
He said someday I'd be famous like the Texas Lullaby
But it's been a month of Sundays since I've seen that old eagle fly
And nobody wants to listen to a Texas Lullaby

[Chorus]

 

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"The 33rd Of August"

"The 33rd Of August"



Well, today there's no salvation
The band's packed up and gone
And I'm left standing with my penny in my hand
There's a big crowd at the station
Where the blind man sings his song
But he sees, Lord, what they can't understand

It's the 33rd of August, Lord
And I'm finally coming down
Eight days from Sunday
Finds me Saturday bound

Once I stumbled through the darkness
Fell down to my knees
A thousand voices screaming in my brain
Woke up in a squad car
Busted down for vagrancy
And outside my cell, it sure as hell, it looked like rain

Now I've got my dangerous feeling
Under lock and chain I've killed my violent nature with a smile
Though the demons danced and sang their songs
Within my fevered brain
Not all my God-like thoughts, Lord, were defiled

Yesterday's newspaper forecast no rain for today
Yesterday's news was old news
So I threw it away
Some time's at night, Lord, you know
I can still feel the pain
And, outside my cell, it sure as hell, it looks like rain