The Charlie Daniels Band

[fox69]

"Cowboy Logic"

"Cowboy Logic"


There's a great American hero we all look up to
When the times are hard and chips are down he knows just what to do
Now a cowboy's got a set of rules that he lives by day to day
And if you ask for his advice he'll more than likely say
If it's a fence mend it if it's a dollar bill spend it
Before it burns a hole down in them jeans
If it's a load truck it if it's a punch duck it
If she's a lady treat her like a queen
That's cowboy logic and every cowboy's got it
It's in the way he lives his life and the songs he sings
That's cowboy logic and every cowboy's got it
He's got a simple solution for just about anything
If it's a job do it put your back into it
Cause a little bit of dirt's gonna wash off in the rain
If it's a horse ride it if it hurts hide it
Dust yourself off and get back on again
That's cowboy logic and every cowboy's got it...
An old cowboy and a young buckaroo were working ridin' fence
The old hand was testin' the kid on his skills and his common sense
He said son if you see three men in a pickup dressed alike from boots to hat
Could you tell which one was the real cowboy just from where he sat
Well the kid scratched his head a while and then he said
Well there just ain't no way to know
The old hand grinned and then he said kid you still got a ways to go
Now the real cowboy's the one in the middle and he ain't there just by fate
Cause first he don't have to drive and then he don't have to open no gate
That's cowboy logic and every cowboy's got it...
He's got a simple solution for just about anything

 

[fox69]

"Cumberland Mountain Number Nine"

"Cumberland Mountain Number Nine"


Baby don't ya cry 'cause momma's coming home
Poppa goin' bring you back some chitlins and some corn
Last frost done took its loss right down to the bone
We're lucky we still got room to roam

Goin' there to here is almost at a halt
Don't you go off blaming God, you know it ain't his fault
One time when life was fine someone found the wine
Cumberland Mountain Number Nine

That still was the best damn still they ever did make
Wouldn't stand for nothing less, stand for no mistake
Last Fall we made a haul and filled the limestone mine
Cumberland Mountain Number Nine

[Chorus]
Winter come a change
Spring bring the rain
We weren't meant to stay the same
One thing for sure
We done found the cure,
Cumberland Mountain Number Nine

Black coal from the strip mine way up north at Jellico
Kept the brew running smooth along the Thunder Road
Way back down in Bear Tree Gap the devil's juice flowed fine
Cumberland Mountain Number Nine

The FB- and the TV- I had followed us for years
Eventually they got the scent and nabbed us by the hair
Man said son I'll blow up everything between your ears
You got to face bout 20 years.

[Chorus]
Winter come a change
Spring bring the rain
We weren't meant to stay the same
And now from this cell
I've a story to tell....
Cumberland Mountain Number Nine
Cumberland Mountain Number Nine

 

[fox69]

"Daddy's Old Fiddle"
(feat. Dolly Parton)

"Daddy's Old Fiddle"
(feat. Dolly Parton)



Daddy's old fiddle is a family treasure
Handed down from hand to hand
I used to go with him when I was just little
I was my daddy's biggest fan
Hey diddle diddle my Daddy's old fiddle
Boy he could play to beat the band
He played better than just a little
Known and loved throughout the land
Oh back when I was just a young'n
I used to travel around with dad
He made a little money and we had a lot of fun'n
And it was the best times that I ever had
Daddy played at every social function
He even coulda played the Bill Monroe
He offered him a job but Daddy wouldn't take it
Said he miss me too much to go
My daddy loved me
Play one Daddy!
That's good
Now every square dance and every pie supper
Even on the big election day
People would come from miles around
They didn't come to vote but to hear him play
I'm votin' for you Daddy
Cotton Eyed Joe and Sally Goodin
Soldiers Joy and Hasty Puddin'
Little Boy Blue and the horn he had
Didn't have nothin' on my dad
Said chicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough
Daddy does your dog bite, no child no
Hey diddle, diddle my daddy's old fiddle
It rosin-ates throughout my soul
Show em' Daddy
Ain't my Daddy good
Daddy's old fiddle is a family treasure
Handed down from hand to hand
I used to go with him when I was just little
Cause I was my daddy's biggest fan
Hey diddle diddle my daddy's old fiddle
Boy he could play to beat the band
And he played better than just a little
Known and loved throughout the land
And when they laid my daddy down
And I stood beside his grave
Held his fiddle in my hand
And I played “Amazing Grace How Sweet The Sound”
Daddy's old fiddle is a family treasure
Handed down from hand to hand
I used to go with him when I was just little
Cause I was my daddy's biggest fan
All day singing, dinner on the gound
Weddings, funerals, and parties in town
In the Courthouse yard they spit and they'd whittle
While Daddy entertained him with his old fiddle
Daddy's old fiddle is a family treasure
Handed down from hand to hand
I used to go with him when I was just little
Cause I was my daddy's biggest fan
Daddy's old fiddle
My Daddy's old fiddle
I miss you Daddy

 

[fox69]

"Damn Good Cowboy"

"Damn Good Cowboy"


He's the loosest dude I've ever been exposed to
He loves the bottle and a dirty joke
He likes to hang out on the street
And he'd rather fight than eat
And his nose and the women keep him broke

He's been in every jail from here to Juarez
And every funky old backstreeet saloon
He's a victim of his fate
Born a hundred years too late
And sometimes I think
A hundred years too soon

He's a outlaw, He's a bum
He's a rounder and then some
He's as ornery as a redneck fool can be
He ain't ever gonna be no different
He's a damn good cowboy
And I hope to hell he stays in Tennessee

He didn't finish school or go to college
When he turned 16 he just had to go
And while everyone who did
Was building homes and having kids
He was out West ridin' in some rodeo

He got busted up in Cheyenne last September
And he had to get his hat and pack his trunk
And he came on back to town,
He just kinda hangs around
He's the local hero and the local drunk

He's a outlaw, He's a bum
He's a rounder and then some
He's as ornery as a redneck fool can be
He ain't ever gonna be no different
He's a damn good cowboy
And I hope to hell he stays in Tennessee

You may think he's a little crazy
And you may think that where he's at's nowhere
And in your righteous sight,
You just might be right
But he damn sure did have fun gettin' there

He's a outlaw, He's a bum
He's a rounder and then some
He's as ornery as a redneck fool can be
And if you don't like him you won't like me either
He's a damn good cowboy
And I hope to hell he stays in Tennessee

 

[fox69]

"Dance Gypsy Dance"

"Dance Gypsy Dance"


There's a harvest moon and the stars are bright
(Dance gypsy dance)
There's a little bit of frost on the grass tonight
(Dance gypsy dance)
Over in the meadow hid away from them all
Dance all night to the fiddle's call
Down by the river where the trees grow tall
(Dance gypsy dance)
I know about you and I know where you've been
(Dance gypsy dance)
You stole some money from a crippled man
(Dance gypsy dance)
Then you hit him in the head with a walkin' cane
Pushed him outside in the freezin' rain
But I bet you wouldn't ever do that again
(Dance gypsy dance)

Turnin' Turnin'
Round the fire
Burnin', Burnin'
Higher and Higher

Now you gotta reckon with the dead man's son
(Lay gypsy lay)
He's headed this way with a bullet in his gun
(Pray, gypsy, pray)
Yeah, the hangin' mob is ridin' all night
But they can't be here till tomorrow night
And you'll be gone by the morning light
(Dance gypsy dance)

Turnin' Turnin'
Round the fire
Burnin' Burnin'
Higher and Higher

And a shot rang out in the midnight breeze
(Dance gypsy dance)
From a Winchester rifle back in the trees
(Dance gypsy dance)

And nobody moved and nobody spoke
But way down yonder by the hollow oak
Hangin' up there by the end of that rope
(Dance gypsy dance)

Over in the meadow hid away from them all
Dance all night to the fiddle's call
Down by the river where the trees grow tall
(Dance gypsy dance)

 

[fox69]

"Dixie On My Mind"

"Dixie On My Mind"


It rained all night in Frisco and my sleeping bag got soaked
I woke up this morning, I was cold and wet and broke
I lit up my last cigarette at the California line
But I got Dixie on my mind

I flagged down a semi going into Denver town
It was snowing in them Rockies and he had to shut her down
And them Colorado Rocky Mountains sure are lookin' fine
But I got Dixie on my mind

Well, I got me a ride through Texas on a flat bed diesel truck
He said, "Where are you going?", I said "It don't matter much"
Just drop me anywhere below that Mason Dixon line
'Cause I got Dixie on my mind

I love that sippin' whiskey, Carolina Mountain Dew
And them Alabama hotcakes and that Georgia burnin' stew
I'm crazy about magnolia trees and honeysuckle vines
And I got Dixie on my mind

Just drop me anywhere below that Mason Dixon line
'Cause I got Dixie on my mind
I got Dixie on my mind

 

[fox69]

"Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye"

"Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye"


Sittin' on a bar stool actin' like a durn fool
That's what I'm a-doin' today
Sitting' her drinkin' tryin' to keep from thinkin'
I'm a boozin' my troubles away
Well now I couldn't make her stay, well doggone her anyway
She can't say that I didn't try.
Pour me another one, I'm finished with the other one
I'm drinkin' my baby goodbye.

Everytime we disagreed
She was always askin' me
Are you a man or a mouse?
Now that she's gone
She probably thinks I'm home
Just a mopin' around the house
She probably thinks that she's the one thing
I just couldn't get along without
Well wouldn't it surprise her I got a sympathizer
As long as these bottles hold out

Sittin' on a bar stool actin' like a durn fool
That's what I'm a-doin' today.
Sitting' her drinkin' tryin' to keep from thinkin'
I'm a boozin' my troubles away.
Well now I couldn't make her stay, well doggone her anyway
She can't say that I didn't try.
Pour me another one, I'm finished with the other one
I'm drinkin' my baby goodbye.

Every time I try to sit down and talk to her
It always ends up in a fuss.
I tried to reason with her right up to the time
She got on that Greyhound bus.
It would be better if I could forget her
'Cause she sure forgot about me.
And if takes all night I'm gonna' do it right
I'm gonna' sit here till I can't see.

Sittin' on a bar stool actin' like a durn fool
That's what I'm a-doin' today
Sitting' her drinkin' tryin' to keep from thinkin'
I'm a boozin' my troubles away
Well now I couldn't make her stay well doggone her anyway
She can't say that I didn't try
Pour me another one, I'm finished with the other one
I'm drinkin' my baby goodbye

 

[fox69]

"Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye"
(feat. Montgomery Gentry)

"Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye"
(feat. Montgomery Gentry)



Sittin' on a bar stool actin' like a durn fool
That's what I'm a doin' today
Sitting' her drinkin' tryin' to keep from thinkin'
I'm a boozin' my troubles away
Well now I couldn't make her stay, well doggone her anyway
She can't say that I didn't try
So pour me another one
Im finished with the other one
I'm drinkin' my baby goodbye

[Spoken:]
Everytime we disagreed
She was always askin' me
Are you a man or a mouse
Now that she's gone
She probably thinks I'm home
Just a mopin' around the house
She probably thinks that she's the one thing
I just couldn't get along without
Well wouldn't it surprise her I got a sympathizer
As long as these bottles hold out

[Repeat Chorus]

Every time I triy to sit down and talk to her
It always ends up in a fuss
I tried to reason with her right up to the time
She got on that Greyhound bus
It'd be better if I could forget her
'Cause she sure forgot about me
And if takes all night I'm gonna' do it right
I'm gonna' sit here till I can't see

[Repeat Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"El Toreador"

"El Toreador"


He was nobly born
And a Spanish bull's horn
Had left one scar on his handsome face

He stood like a prince
And he had ever since
He had grandly walked into the place

Though the girls of Madrid
Tonight were forbid
For tomorrow he must fight once more

Before he left the ball
He would dance with them all
'Cause he was El Toreador

The day of the feast
Was just a light in the east
When he left Maria's warm bed

Her dark eyes said "more"
But he walked thru the door
Shaking cobwebs of dreams from his head

And later that day
As he knelt to pray
He said God grant me this nothing more

If it is the way
And I must die today
Let me die like a Toreador

The Plaza del Toros
Shook from the roar
As the band played the Toreador's theme

Alarmed by the sound
The bull paws the ground
As the Toreador enters the ring

Up and down,
Round and round
On and on, all alone

The shouts of olé
In the heat of the day
Rushed the hot blood to his Spanish heart

And the crowd held their breath
As he flirted with death
And the bull fighter's sword found it's mark

And trying to hide
The wound in his side
He walked from the ring standing tall

And a crowd gathered round
As he fell to the ground
A priest held his hand
Where he lay in the sand
And he was heard to say
A brave bull died today
But he died like a Toreador

 

[fox69]

"End Of The World"

"End Of The World"


Satan is our enemy, the master of evil power
He roams around like a hungry lion seeking those that he might devour
He'll tell you it's alright to sin just go on along for the ride
Then when you get depressed he'll say the answer is suicide

Don't you listen to him, he leads you down to ruin
He prays on your weakness and your sinfulness desires
He knows God's clock is running, he knows his time is coming
When he'll be cast out into the everlasting fire

Yes, God created the place of torment that all the evil will share
But it's meant for Satan and his angels, you're not supposed to be there
So if you're following the devil, you better heed this message well
That path you're travelin' down is just a one way street to hell

He's the father of confusion, his way is just delusion
He'll blind you with flashes that would cause your head to whirl
Think about the way you're living if you're among the unforgiven
What you're gonna do if it comes down to the end of the world

It's coming by and by
It's gonna happen in the twinkling of an eye
Where will you be standing, on his left or right?
Bound for eternal joy or for eternal night

You know God's door is standing open, oh, won't you come on in
Just say, Jesus Christ I need you, please forgive me and my sins
Now, he'll give you joy and peace of mind because he loves you so much
And those that he holds in his hands the devil cannot touch

Then tell another sinner, I just became a winner
Believe it in your heart, confess it with your tongue
And you don't have to worry, God is the judge and jury
You've escaped the devil and awesome time to come

It's coming by and by
It's gonna happen in the twinkling of an eye
Where will you be standing, on his left or right?
Bound for eternal joy or for eternal night

It's coming by and by
It's gonna happen in the twinkling of an eye
Where will you be standing, on his left or right?
Bound for eternal joy or for eternal night

Talking 'bout the end of the world