The Charlie Daniels Band

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"Standing In The Rain"

"Standing In The Rain"


I'm not a poet
I'm just a man
I'm not an angel
I'm just doing the best I can
I've got a heart
It feels pain
Just like anyone else
I don't like standing in the rain
Standing, standing, standing in the rain
Standing, standing, standing in the rain
Love is a miracle
You can see
I give it to you
Then you give it right back to me
You've got a heart
It feels pain
Just like anyone else
You don't like standing in the rain
If you do what you love
And love what you do
You can't get the blues
And the blues can't get you
It's the same old story
Since the beginning of time
Life without love
Is the cause of all crime
Standing, standing, standing in the rain
Standing, standing, standing in the rain
Talking in whispers
Leads to shame
Living in shadows
Baby, you'll be the one they'll blame
Just like anyone else
They don't like standing in the rain
Standing, standing, standing in the rain
Standing, standing, standing in the rain
Just like anyone else
No one like standing cold and naked in the rain
Just like anyone else
No one likes standing cold and naked in the rain

 

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"Statesboro Blues"

"Statesboro Blues"


Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low;
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
You got no nerve baby, to turn Uncle John from your door.

I woke up this morning, I had them Statesboro Blues,
I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues.
Well, I looked over in the corner, and your grandma she had 'em too.

My momma died and left me,
My poppa died and left me,
I ain't good looking baby,
But I'm someone sweet and kind.

I'm goin' to the country, baby do you want to go?
But if you can't make it baby, your sister Lucille said she might want to go.
(sure will take her).

Love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen;
Well, I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen.
You know, she treat me like a king
I treat her like a doggone queen.

Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
You got no nerve baby, turn Uncle John away from your door.

 

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"Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer)"
(originally by Bob Wills)

"Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer)"
(originally by Bob Wills)



Can't go home if you're goin' by the mill
'Cause the bridge's washed out
At the bottom of the hill
Big Creek's up and Little Creek's level
Plow my corn with a double shovel

Stay all night, stay a little longer
Dance all night, dance a little longer
Pull off your coat, throw it in the corner
Don't see why you can't stay a little longer

Sittin' in the window singin' to my love
Slop bucket fell from the window above
Mule and the grasshopper eatin' ice cream
Mule got sick so they laid him on the green

Stay all night, stay a little longer
Dance all night, dance a little longer
Pull off your coat, throw it in the corner
Don't see why you can't stay a little longer

Well you ought to see my blue eyed Sally
She lives away down on Shinbone Alley
The number on the gate, number on the door
The next house over is a grocery store

Stay all night, stay a little longer
Dance all night, dance a little longer
Pull off your coat, throw it in the corner
Don't see why you can't stay a little longer

Stay all night, stay a little longer
Dance all night, dance a little longer
Pull off your coat, throw it in the corner
Don't see why you don't stay a little longer
Don't see why you can't stay a little longer

 

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"Still In Saigon"

"Still In Saigon"


Got on a plane in 'Frisco
And got off in Vietnam
I walked into a different world
The past forever gone
I could have gone to Canada
Or I could have stayed in school
But I was brought up differently
I couldn't break the rules
Thirteen months and fifteen days
The last ones were the worst
One minute I'd kneel down and pray
And the next I'd stand and curse
No place to run to
Where I did not feel that war
When I got home I stayed alone
And checked behind each door
Cuz I'm still in Saigon
Still in Saigon
I am still in Saigon
In my mind
The ground at home was covered in snow
And I was covered in sweat
My younger brother calls me a killer
And my daddy calls me a vet
Everybody says I'm someone else
And I'm sick and there's no cure
Damned if I know who I am
There was only one place I was sure
When I was still in Saigon
Still in saigon
I am still in saigon
In my mind
Every summer when it rains
I smell the jungle, I hear the planes
I can't tell no one, I feel ashamed
Afraid some day I'll go insane
That's been ten long years ago
And time has gone on by
Now and then I catch myself
Eyes searching through the sky
All the sounds of long ago
Will be forever in my head
Mingled with the wounded cries
And the silence of the dead
'Cuz I'm still in Saigon
Still in Saigon
I am still in Saigon
In my mind
I am still in Saigon
I am still in Saigon
Yes, I'm still in Saigon
In my mind

 

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"Sugar Hill Saturday Night"

"Sugar Hill Saturday Night"


Well, the women are foxy and lowdown
They all like to have a good time
The men are sneaky and no account
They knock you in the head for a dime
And Friday evening to Sunday night
They stay stoned running blind

Well the music starts getting right
The people start getting tight
Some fool started a fight
That's Sugar Hill Saturday Night

There's a juke joint they call the Big Mama
And a joint called Rising Sun
You can have a good time
But if you step outta line
You damn sure better run
Cause the sheriff stands six foot seven
And he's a head whoopin' son of a gun

Well the music starts getting right
The people start getting tight
Some fool started a fight
That's Sugar Hill Saturday Night

Well it's five o'clock in the morning
And the blues is all played out
Just sitting here drinking whiskey from this coffee cup
When the lights went out

Well the music starts getting right
The people start getting tight
Some fool started a fight
That's Sugar Hill Saturday Night

Music starts getting right
The people start getting tight
Some fool started a fight
That's Sugar Hill Saturday Night

 

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"Summer Of '68"

"Summer Of '68"


Johnny got drafted to Vietnam,
To fight in the rock and roll war.
He came home on a long summer train,
Never knew what he was dyin’ for.
Just another lesson that the world learned a little too late.
That’s just the way it was in the summer of ’68.
Martin got shot down in Memphis,
And the world went a little insane.
Angry people out in the streets,
And the cities were all in flames.
Just another sacrifice to prejudice, evil, and hate.
But that’s just the way it was in the summer of ’68.
The flower generation thought that they could change the world,
They got lost somewhere along the way.
You can’t change the world if you don’t face reality.
Turnin’ on and droppin’ out just ain’t what life is all about.
Some folks burned their draft cards,
And some folks broke the rules.
Some went off to Canada, and some went off to school.
And some folks blew their minds so bad,
They couldn’t even concentrate.
But that’s just the way it was in the summer of ’68.
The world just keeps on spinnin’ and the years keep rushin’ by.
Evil never takes a holiday.
Winds of war keep blowin’,
And the Left still hates the Right.
Things are really gettin’ crazy;
Save the whales and kill the babies.
The sun was shining and the sky was blue,
On that bright September day.
When death came in on silver wings,
Things wouldn’t ever be the same.
Just another sacrifice to prejudice, evil, and hate.
And that’s just the way it was in the summer of ’68.
In the summer of ’68.
In the summer of ’68.

 

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"Sunday Morning"

"Sunday Morning"


Sunday morning at the little church down the street
I was sitting in the congregation I was listenin' to the preacher preach
Yeah, we had a good time, love all over the place
We was talking about the blood of Jesus, singing Amazing Grace
Gave a little money, that's all I could afford
And then me and my brothers and sisters got on down to praisin' the lord, yeah
We had a good time, thinkin' about the promised land
When I got home Sunday morning, I was feeling like a brand-new man
But Monday morning, my car wouldn't start, I didn't get to work till ten
The bossman said if you want to work here, don't you ever let it happen again
There was people grumblin' and carrying on, I had to listing to all of that fuss
I'll tell you brother, it's just about enough to make a man want cuss
Went over in the corner, where there warn't nobody but me
I said thank you Jesus, because I'm not the man I used to be
I gonna make it, gonna make it through the week 'cause I know
Come Sunday morning, I'll be sitting on the very front row
Saturday evening, an old friend came by and said come on, let's go downtown
We'll find us a bar and we'll pick up some girls and do a little folling around
I said hold on buddy, I'm sure glad you came 'cause I got something I want you to see
Why don't you sit down here and let me tell you about what the lord has done for me
I said Jesus love you and he died got for your sins (Jesus loves you, died for your sins)
And if you let me, I'll be glad to lead you straight to him
We talked for a little while and I got down on my knees
Now Sunday morning, every Sunday morning
Every Sunday morning he's sittin' right here with me
On the very front row

 

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"Susie Q"
(from "Susie's Hope" soundtrack)

"Susie Q"
(from "Susie's Hope" soundtrack)



Oh, Susie Q
Oh, Susie Q
Oh, Susie Q
Baby, I love you, Susie Q

I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk
I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk, Susie Q

Oh, say that you'll be true
Oh, say that you'll be true
Oh, say that you'll be true
And never leave me blue, Susie Q

Oh, say that you'll be mine
Oh, say that you'll be mine
Oh, say that you'll be mine
Baby, all the time, Susie Q

Oh, Susie Q
Oh, Susie Q
Oh, Susie Q
Baby, I love you, Susie Q

I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk
I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk, Susie Q

Oh, Susie Q
Oh, Susie Q
Oh, Susie Q
Baby, I love you, Susie Q

 

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"Sweet Little Country Girl"

"Sweet Little Country Girl"


Well I've got me a sweet little country girl
She's across between a diamond and a pearl
There ain't nobody like my sweet little country girl
She's a little bitty booger she just stands about five feet tall
She hails from Dixie and she talks with a southern drawl
I just love to hear her when she says good morning y'all
Sweet little country girl the apple of my eye
Sweet little country girl I'll love her till the day I die
She's got country in her soul but she loves to rock and roll
Well she's sure double tough and I can't get enough
Of my sweet little country girl
Now don't think she's slow cause she lives out on the rural route
She's a hip little lady and she knows what it's all about
And if there's somethin' happenin' she don't mind checking it out
Sweet little country girl the apple of my eye...
Sweet little country girl the apple of my eye...

 

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"Sweet Louisiana"

"Sweet Louisiana"


Well, I thought I'd go out to Tulsa
And ride in a rodeo
Red beans and rice sure would be nice
Back where the Mississippi River flows

And it's a long way back to Vicksburg
Mississippi River is muddy and wide
But it don't seem like much
When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side

Well, there's a lot of room up in Canada
Where a man can catch his breath
But the men are bold and the women are cold
And you damn near freeze to death

And it's a long way back to Vicksburg
Mississippi River is muddy and wide
But it don't seem like much
When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side

There's pretty girls in Kansas City
And a man can have a ball
But the women in Ouachita Parish
Drive a young man up the wall

And it's a long way back to Vicksburg
Mississippi River is muddy and wide
But it don't seem like much
When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side

Well, I thought I'd go out to Tulsa
And ride in a rodeo
Red beans and rice sure would be nice
Back where the Mississippi River flows

And it's a long way back to Vicksburg
Mississippi River is muddy and wide
But it don't seem like much
When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side

'Cause it don't seem like much
When sweet Louisiana's waitin' on the other side