Jerry Reed

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"Caribbean"

"Caribbean"



Pick it Chester pick it Chester

Well have you ever been down to Haiti when
When that summer sun was sinkin' low
There's nothin' but romance just everywhere you glance
And the native hearts they’re all aglow
And when that tropic queen comes upon the scene
They all stare like a statue at the stone
And when they realize what's before their eyes
Then the other girls are left all alone

Sing it children
Down in the Caribbean it's not a dream you're seein'
When you get a glimpse of the lady with the charm
But from miles away you can see her sway
To the beat of the Cuban Conga line that forms
Back up I'm gonna pick some Cuban aha

Up in a tree so high way up in the sky
Sits a wide eyed monkey on a limb
He wonders why the people go to so much trouble
Tryin' hard to just look like him
Well he don't understand that it's a lady's hand
That makes a little heart feel so sublime
But before too long he starts singing the song
And then that monkey gets in the Conga line

Down in the Caribbean it's not a dream you're seein'...
Down in the Caribbean it's not a dream you're seein'...

 

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"City Of New Orleans"

"City Of New Orleans"



Well I'm ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars fifteen restless riders
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
All along the southbound odyssey the train rolls out of Kankakee
Rolls along past houses farms and fields
Passin' cars that have no names switchyards full of old black men
And graveyards full of rusty old automobiles

Well good morning America how are you
Say don't you know me I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

Well good morning America how are you...

 

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"Coin Machine"

"Coin Machine"



Now I'm not one to get all excited
I'm seldom tense and I'm never uptight
But there's one thing in this world that really makes me upset
Now that's them coin machines them nickel and dimers
Them out of order and them work one-timers
Those nickel an dime quarter grubbing monsters
I mean how many times have you had the munchies
So you whip out a dime for some peanut crunchies
You put it in the slot and you pull the handle and then just nothin'
So you cuss and you beat it till your hand is blue
And you push and shove and kick it with your shoe
And finally just walk away while it's blinking thank you
Which is machine talk for we just stuck it to you SON

I'd like to meet the man who invented the coin machine
He must have hated mankind and every other living thing
I'll bet he had a motto on his wall in prose and rhyme
Sayin' you get nothin' for a nickel twice as much for a dime

Well they'll offer you cigarettes soft drinks cigars
Barbecue potato chips and all kinda candy bars
Peanuts popcorn cracker jacks and red hots
And you can pay a quarter for a nickel comb
Get a throw away razor and a shot of cologne
Get a bad shoeshine that even polishes your socks
But I think the worst of those you see with the glass
Where you can see what you want but you can bet
Your donkey there ain't no way short of a blow torch
You gonna get nothin' outta there
Then how 'bout those on the men's room wall
Boys you know what I mean you have seen 'em all
When you lose six bits in one of them boogers
You're just too embarrassed to complain
So you just kinda go home by yourself

I'd like to meet the man who invented the coin machine...

Now I heard this story about a fella one time
Who certainly is a hero of mine
He ranks right up there with John Wayne urt Reynolds and Merle Haggard
Seems there was this certain soft drink machine
It was rusty and old cantankerous and mean
And it took him for one too many quarters and his mind snapped
So he went out to his his car and looked up under the seat
And he whipped out a .45 clean and neat
He walked up to that machine and said hand it over son it's your last chance
Then he plugged that thing about three or four times
Right up under that blinkin' have a Coke sign
Then it just coughed and spit up four hundred dollars worth of quarters and died
The judge called it self defense

I'd like to meet the man who invented the coin machine...

 

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"Coming Up Roses"

"Coming Up Roses"



Looks like my whole world is coming up roses
My long lonely nights at last are at an end
It looks like my whole world is coming up roses
Now that you are in my arms again

Gone from my life was all reason for living I lost my world the day we parted
I never knew a heart could feel so much regret
But back in your arms I can hardly remember ever feeling brokenhearted
For like a bad dream when it's over you soon forget

Looks like my whole world is coming up roses...
Looks like my whole world is coming up roses...

 

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"Country Boy's Dream"

"Country Boy's Dream"



Watch out son mmm yeah
Well did you ever hear a hound dog bayin' in the hills city boy
And did you ever hear a bullfrog clappin' on his gills city boy
Well did you ever see a catfish a jumpin' in the stream
Well I have buddy and it's a country boy's dream
And I'm a country boy Lord I'm a country boy

Well did you ever hear a wagon mowin' across the lawn city boy
Did you ever see a cow with a newly born city boy
Did you ever plow a field with a mule and team
Well I have buddy and it's a country boy's dream
I'm a cornbread buttermilk hand spanked country boy

Whoa you can see I'm from the country and you can tell it at a glance
I wear broke in shoes cotton shirts straw hats and a Levi pants

When I wake up in the morning down on the farm city boy
You milk on a cow and you clean out the barn city boy
Well you plow and you sow and you work like a fool
Harvest that farm then put away the tools
I'm a cornbread buttermilk hand spanked country boy

Play it country guitar

Get it get it get it

Well now with a nickel in your pocket did you ever go to town huh city boy
And like a millionaire you spread it till you spread it all around city boy
First you spend a little here and then you spend a little there
You horse it around till you cover the square
Oh I'm a country boy yes I'm a country boy

Well you can tell I'm from the country you can see it at a glance
I wear broke in shoes cotton shirts straw hats and a Levi pants

Ah in a little white church down in the glade city boy
Every Sunday morning we would kneel and we would pray city boy
Whoa I remember gettin' down on my knees and sayin' thank you Lord for makin' me
A little cornbread buttermilk hand spanked country boy
Whoa I'm a cornbread hand spanked country boy
I'm a cornbread buttermilk hand spanked country boy

 

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"Crude Oil Blues"

"Crude Oil Blues"



Well now listen people let me tell you some news
I'll sing a song called the crude oil blues
We're low on heat'n oil we're low on gas
And I'm so cold I'm 'bout to freeze myself
We got the crude oil blues

Cause the winter time sure gets cold to the bottom of my shoes
Well my hands are shakin' and my knees are weak
But it ain't because of love it's from the lack of heat
I've got the crude oil blues

I'm gonna tell you a story bout this drunk I knew
He kept his basement full of homemade brew
But the winter got so bad it screwed up the boy's thinkin'
He got so cold he had to burn all his drinkin'
He's got the crude oil blues

He said the wintertime can sure get to the bottom of your shoes
He said burnin' this booze just destroys my soul
But there's one thing about it honey when you're cold you're cold
I've got the crude oil blues

Well when we made this record there was a little bit of doubt
Whether or not the thing was ever gonna come out
I said hey chief you reckon this record will be released
He said 'son we ain't got enough oil to keep the presses greased
We got the crude oil blues

And son if we can't make records then we don't need you
I said well what am I gonna do if I can't sing and pick
He said 'well just keep yourself warm playin' all them hot licks
We got the crude oil blues

Oh mama don't forget to bring in the brass monkey
And remember what Albert Winestein said
That coolin' is conducive to cuddlin'
Honey I love ya but pass the duck down
Hey I read a sign on the pump at my favorite gas station yesterday
It said uh he who expecteth nothin' ain't gonna be deceived

 

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"Don't Get Heavy"

"Don't Get Heavy"



Don't you get heavy with your talkin'
Just keep it easy while I'm around
Don't you get heavy with your thinkin'
Don't you start thinkin' you're gonna slow me down

We gonna have such a good time and I can love ya so fine
But just keep in mind that I ain't the kind that'll walk the line
So don't you get heavy with your talkin'
Just keep it easy talkin' till I'm gone

I don't want no chains on me no wedding rings on me
Them kinda things on me just don't fit my style
I ain't the grocery shoppin' kind a steady life would blow my mind
I just want to share your time for a little while

So don't you get heavy with your talkin'
Just keep it easy talkin' until I’m gone

We could have such a good time and I could love ya so fine
But just keep in mind that I ain't the kind that'll walk the line
So don't you get heavy with your talkin'
Just keep it easy talkin' till I'm gone
You better keep it easy talkin' till I'm gone

 

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"Don't Let The Good Life Pass You By"

"Don't Let The Good Life Pass You By"



Well did you ever lie and listen to the rain fall
Did you ever own a homemade apple pie
Did you ever watch a child while he was praying
Just don't let the good life pass you by

Did you ever hold a hand to stop its trembling
Did you ever watch the sun desert the sky
Did you ever hold a woman while she's sleeping
Friend don't let the good life pass you by

Man was made for loving not for buying
And gold can't give the things we really need
Just look my friend there's happiness in living
Somewhere between broke and bein' free

Did you ever see the funny side of losing
Did you ever did you ever did you ever just sit right down and have a cry
Did you ever take the time to help your neighbor
Friend don't let the good life pass you by
Don't you let the good life pass you by

Well man was made for lovin' not for buying...
Well did you ever see the funny side of losing...

Just don't let the good life pass you by
Just don't let the good life pass you by
No no no no don't let the good life pass you by

 

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"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"

"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"



Son ain't no use to sit and wonder why babe
Cause it don't matter anyhow
Ain't no use to sit and wonder why babe
Not if you don't know by now

When you're hearin' that rooster crowin' at the crack of dawn
Take a peek out your window woman and this old boy is gone
And you're the reason I'm a travelin' on
So baby don't think twice it's all right

Headin' down a long lonesome road babe
Where I'm bound I just can't tell
But adios is just too good a word babe
So I'll just say fare thee well

I don't mean to tell you that you been unkind
But you been a wastin' all my valuated time
You're the reason this old boy don't walk the line
So baby don't think twice it's all right
Well alright

Yeah there ain't no use in turnin' on your light babe
Cause I ain't your brother
Ain't no use in turnin' on your light babe
I'm blind in one eye can't see outta the other

I don't need to tell you that you been unkind
That you been messin' up my valuable time
And you're the reason this old boy don't walk the line
So baby don't think twice it's all right
Baby don't think twice it's all right
It's all right son

 

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"Down On The Corner"

"Down On The Corner"



You'll find me hanging around it's where I'll be found down on the corner of love
Neath the stars that shine and the neon signs I'll be down on the corner of love
When I start to ball love starts to call down on the corner of love
You'll find me hanging around it's where I'll be found

I'll be down on the corner of love
When it's late in the evenin' and I can't help but feelin'
That my heart is a stealin' neath the stars up above
Yeah when the sun goes down and moon comes around
I'll be down on the corner of love

When you're passin' by too lonely to cry down on the corner of love
Just stop for a while I'll teach you to smile down on the corner of love
Ever love that you had has treated you bad down on the corner of love
Forget what you knew let's start life anew down on the corner of love
When it's late in the evenin'