"Country And Western" (2002

Home On The Range lyrics - David Allan Coe

Oh give me a home
Where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope play.
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.

Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play.
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.

How often at night,
When the heavens are bright
With lights from the glittering stars,
Have I stood here amazed
And asked, as I gazed
If their glory exceeds that of ours.

Oh give me a land
Where the bright diamond sand
Flows leisurely down the stream;
Where the graceful white swan
Goes gliding along
Like a maid in a heavenly dream.

Then I would not exchange
My home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play.
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.

Home,
Where the deer and the antelope play.
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.

Shenandoah lyrics - David Allan Coe

Oh, Shenandoah's my native valley.
Aa-way, you rolling river!
Shenandoah is my native valley.
Ah-way, we're bound to go, 'cross th' wide Missouri!

Oh, Shenandoah, it's far I wander.
Aa-way, you rolling river!
Shenandoah, it's far I wander.
Ah-way, we're bound to go, 'cross th' wide Missouri!

Oh, Shenandoah has rushing waters.
Aa-way, you rolling river!
Shenandoah has rushing waters.
Ah-way, we're bound to go, 'cross th' wide Missouri!

Oh, Shenandoah, I love your daughters.
Aa-way, you rolling river!
Shenandoah, I love your daughters.
Ah-way, we're bound to go, 'cross th' wide Missouri!

Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you.
Aa-way, you rolling river!
Shenandoah, I long to see you.
Ah-way, we're bound to go, 'cross th' wide Missouri!

Oh, Shenandoah, I'm boun' t' leave you.
Aa-way, you rolling river!
Shenandoah, I'm boun' t' leave you.
Ah-way, we're bound to go, 'cross th' wide Missouri!

Oh, Shenandoah, I'll never grieve you.
Aa-way, you rolling river!
Shenandoah, I'll never grieve you.
Ah-way, we're bound to go, 'cross th' wide Missouri!

"Songwriter Of The Tear" (2001)




Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own lyrics - David Allan Coe

Daddy worked hard all life sweatin’ in some factory
Gugitire Rubber, was the only life he knew
They gave him a gold watch after 20 years of service
The retired and moved to Florida with my mama Lou.

They left Akron far behind and sold the house we lived in
Nothin’ there but memories now of how it used to be
Diane left and middle Ray moved out to California
Jimmy stayed in Ohio and they got left with me.

[Chorus:]
And they said Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own you will see
It takes more than money son to raise a family
I’m tellin’ you right now that there’s things in this life are free
Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own and you will see.

I was much too young back then to know what he was sayin’
Daddy’s gone to Heaven now he left me all alone
Me I finally settled down but I can still remember
All the things he said I’d have to learn when I was grown.

Always lend a helpin’ hand when your out on the highway
Take the time to smell the roses life will soon be gone
Teach your children well my son someday you’ll be without them
So I’ve tried to show them how to make it on their own.

[Chorus 2:]
I tell ‘em Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own you will see
It takes more than money son to raise a family
I’m tellin’ you right now that there’s things in this life are free
Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own and you will see.

Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own
Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own
Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own.

Then I Found You lyrics - David Allan Coe

It's not hard to tell an orchid from a rose
Roses have thorns everybody knows
And the orchid is the sweetest flower that grows
No it's not hard to tell an orchid from a rose

Some men search for roses heaven knows
There's one thing that's prettier than any rose
They'll walk past an orchid every time
And roses are the only thing they'll find

Then I found you
You were the one in a million I've been looking for
Then I found you
You were the orchid I'd been trying so hard to find
Then I found you and I left that old bed of roses behind

It's not hard to tell an orchid from a rose
Roses have thorns everybody knows
And the orchid is the sweetest flower that grows
No it's not hard to tell an orchid from a rose
Then I found you
You were the one in a million I've been looking for
Then I found you
You were the orchid I'd been trying so hard to find
Then I found you and I left that old bed of roses behind

The Ghost Of Hank Williams lyrics - David Allan Coe

In an Alabama graveyard on a December day
A young man with a guitar stares in to space and plays
no one there to listen No on there but him
And the Ghost of Hank Williams sings "Your Cheatin Heart" again

[Chorus:]
Marty Robbins, Pasty Cline, Ernest Tubb, and Red Solvine
Jimmy Rodgers, and old Lefty were my friends.
It's so lonesome here tonight, but someday I'll see the light
When the ghost of Hank Williams sings "Your Cheatin Heart" again

It was 2 am in Nashville and the Ryman Stage was bare
There was just a lot of memories from the Opry being there
In the stillness of the morning in a cold December wind
And the Ghost of Hank Williams plays "Your Cheatin Heart" again

[Chorus]

There's a DJ in Ohio that recalls that New Years Day
When he had to tell the nation tha his singer passed away
Sometimes when it's late at night he'll let some records spin
And the ghost of Hank Williams sings "Your Cheatin Heart" again

[Chorus]

In an Alabama graveyard on a December day
A young man with a guitar stares in to space and plays
no one there to listen No on there but him
And the Ghost of Hank Williams sings "Your Cheatin Heart" again

The Only Thing Missing Is You lyrics - David Allan Coe

The roses just bloomed in the garden today
The water still runs by the creek by the way
That old mother hen is refusing to lay
Our bank note long over due
Our family reunion is finished and done
We all played horseshoes, but none of us won
We all agreed that it could have been fun
The Only Thing Missing Is you.

[Chorus:]
Missing one lover, missing one wife
Missing someone who was part of our life
It could have been perfect, a loved tried and true
The Only Thing Missing Is you.

The mailman delivers the mail everyday
Those trash people still haul, the garbage away
On Sunday we all go to church and we pray
There’s nothing else different or new
On Friday we still go and shop at the mall
Were cussing the winter, and praying for fall
This could have been the best year of all
The Only Thing Missing Is You.

[Chorus:]

The Only Thing Missing Is You.

Drinking Her Off My Mind lyrics - David Allan Coe

I keep runnin’ from old memory
They never fall behind
It’s time to take drastic measures
I’ll try Drinking Her Off My Mind.

[Chorus:]
Neon lights shinin’ bright
This is the first bar I’ve seen tonight
I wish I may I wish I might
Drink Her Off My Mind tonight.

That old ocean’s been callin’ her name
And the wind tells me I am to blame
So the easiest thing that I find
Is Drinking Her Off My Mind.

[Chorus 2:]
Oh neon lights shinin’ bright
Second bar I’ve seen tonight
I wish I may I wish I might
Drink Her Off My Mind tonight.

You know this could take all night
But I just got to do it right
She’ll be gone by the morning light
I’ve been Drinking Her Off My Mind.

[Chorus 3:]
Neon lights shinin’ bright
Third bar I’ve seen tonight
I wish I may I wish I might
Drink Her Off My Mind tonight.

I keep runnin’ from old memories
They never fall behind
It’s time to take drastic measures again
I’ll try Drinking Her Off My Mind.

[Chorus 4:]
Neon lights shinin’ bright
This is the fourth bar I’ve seen tonight
I wish I may I wish I might
Drink Her Off My Mind tonight.

The Penny lyrics - David Allan Coe

Well the old man looked down and this grandson
And he whispered this Penny’s for good luck
And then he opened his hand and showed him the coin
And the date on The Penny was 1911
And he said when you get older boy maybe you’ll understand
You see this Penny don’t shine anymore like it used to
And this Penny’s been lost and this Penny’s been found
This Penny’s been hid in the jar in the attic
And this Penny’s been buried in a car in the ground
This Penny’s seen wars and this Penny’s has seen the sunshine
This Penny’s felt teardrops and this Penny’s seen rain
And this Penny’s been with me since I was a young man
In fact this Penny’s is all of my life that remains.

And the old man seemed sad as he tried to remember
The stories he told of the life that he led
Why there was the one about the time the old Penny rolled down in the gutter
And he said why I can’t count the times that I took that old Penny to bed
Then he told how he lost everything that once mattered
Lost his wife, his money, his job, and then finally his health
He always held on to that old luck Penny
Lord was he proud of himself.

Well the boy took The Penny and wrapped it in a piece of cloth
And he placed it in his pocket
And he said thanks grandad and the old man just nodded
Then he walked to his bedroom and he laid down this head
They found him there the next mornin’ he was layin’ there dead
Then the boy reached into his pocket
And took out The Penny that his grandpa had givin’ him
Slowly opened the old man’s hand and placed The Penny inside
Then he closed the old man’s fingers around the old coin
And let his hand lay on the old man’s chest
Grandpa he said there’s one place this old Penny hasn’t been
So you better take it with you now
And besides there’s not much you can buy with a Penny these days
And by the way grandpa, I love you.

"Recommended For Airplay" (1999)

Song For The Year 2000 lyrics - David Allan Coe

“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]

A Harley Someday lyrics - David Allan Coe

Those Harley's they cost so much money
A Honda is all he could buy
He covers it up on his car ort,
If anyone saw it he'd die.

He acts just as tough as his buddies
They drink Harley Davidson beer.

And he tells anyone that will listen,
He's buying a panh ead next year.

And we all laugh and think it's so funny,
Especially when we hear him say,
"Right now I'm just learning to ride, man
Oh but I'll have a Harley someday."

He don't take his bike to Daytona,
But he carries his helmet along.
And the Ironhorse Saloon shirt he's wearing,
Say's bike week 1981.

He's a bona fide wanna be tough guy.
With long hair and chains on his boots.
He works 9 to 5 Monday through Friday
In loafers and Ivy League suits.

And we all laugh and think it's so funny,
Especially when we hear him say,
"Right now I'm just learning to ride, man
Oh but I'll have a Harley someday."

And he's thinking of getting a tattoo,
And maybe an earring or two.
As much as we hate to admit it,
We all know what he's going through.

We say he's a true weekend warrior,
He's wearing his old Harley hat.
And the truth is it's hard to remember,
That we all started out just like that.

And we all laugh and think it's so funny,
Especially when we hear him say,
"Right now I'm just learning to ride, man
Oh but I'll have a Harley someday."

She's Already Gone lyrics - David Allan Coe

Fast cars and whiskey are just like a woman
There good for the taking but hard to let go
And gambling's as easy as working the pipeline
Or bustin some bronks in a cheap rodeo

[Chorus:]
If the proofs in the pudding
The cakes in the oven
You might as well pack up your things and move on
It's a fact when a woman starts talking about leaving
And she's standing beside you then she's already gone
Gone like the robins south for the winter
Gone like the river out to the sea
Gone like the leaves from the trees in the fall
I'll tell you she's already gone
She's talking about leaving she's already gone

Those high dice and pool cues are just like a lady
They love you and leave you a little bit down
Counting your loosing's they'll leave with your winnings
While your living on dreams that they already dreamt

[Chorus:]
If the proofs in the pudding
The cakes in the oven
You might as well pack up your things and move on
It's a fact when a woman starts talking about leaving
And she's standing beside you then she's already gone
Gone like the robins south for the winter
Gone like the river out to the sea
Gone like the leaves from the trees in the fall
I'll tell you she's already gone
She's talking about leaving she's already gone

"Johnny Cash Is A Friend Of Mine" (1998)

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