Below, in reverse chronological order, are the lyrics to every original song that I’ve written and commercially released – this includes every original Hayseed Dixie song, Kerosene Brothers song, and John Wheeler solo recorded song. All typed in over a couple of bottles of Brunello di Montalcino by me myself. Accept no half-assed imitations on those supposed, so-called “lyrics” websites out there. Get it from the source. Right here.
Drinking Again
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Shattered Grass” (2022)
And it feels so good just like it did back then
Time has finally brought my body back to where my heart has always been
It’s been a while but I’m back in love again
Yeah I’m drinking again
When you left I bet you thought I’d die
But honey I didn’t even cry
Cause I’ve finally found a love that I can win
I’m drinking again
Yeah I’m drinking again
Well it’s been a while but I finally understand
And this bottle feels so good here in my hand
And Lord it don’t throw me out the house if I go and try another brand
Oh it’s been a while but I finally understand
I’m drinking again
Yeah I’m drinking again
When you left I bet you thought I’d die
But honey I didn’t even cry
Cause I’ve finally found a love that I can win
I’m drinking again
Yeah I’m drinking again
It’s Hard To Be a Christian
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Shattered Grass” (2022)
Go tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Well it’s hard to be a Christian in America today
It’s hard to be like Jesus and forgive
It’s hard to be a Christian in America today
When every day’s a struggle just to live
When every day’s a struggle just to live
When you always feel attacked it’s hard to look above
When you’re always afraid it’s hard to love
And every man for himself crucifies your spirit’s health
Till you can’t put yourself in another’s shoes
Nothing but killing on the news
Go tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Well it’s hard to be a Christian in America today
It’s hard to be like Jesus and forgive
It’s hard to be a Christian in America today
When every day’s a struggle just to live
When every day’s a struggle just to live
When everything’s for profit even kindness can’t be freeEvery neighbor’s a potential enemy
Yeah to be on Jesus’s side you’ve got to let go of your pride
But when pride’s the only thing that keeps you fighting
Jesus preaching peace ain’t too exciting
Go tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Well it’s hard to be a Christian in America today
It’s hard to be like Jesus and forgive
It’s hard to be a Christian in America today
When every day’s a struggle just to live
When every day’s a struggle just to live
Poor Dog
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Shattered Grass” (2022)
Well you’ve got yourself some dinner guests
And everybody’s wearing their Sunday best
Trying just to make a good impression
Just a little squeak from the seat of your chair
And a scent goes wafting through the air
And you fight to hold an innocent expression
You’ve got to save the situation
Got to save your pride
So you holler out, “Lord what crawled up the dog’s butt and died?”
Poor dog
Poor dog
Everybody likes to blame it on the dog
Poor dog
Poor dog
Everybody likes to blame it on the dog
You had one too many at the bar
Way too drunk to drive your car
And you had to crawl back home on your feet and elbows
Well you stumbled in the house and Lordy be
You threw up on the French setie
And you passed out in a pile of only hell knows
Then in a blinding light you come to
Your wife standing over you
But when you see that wagging tail
It tells you what to do
Poor dog
Poor dog
Everybody likes to blame it on the dog
Poor dog
Poor dog
Everybody likes to blame it on the dog
The Lingua Franca of Love
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler EP “Daydreams About Night Things” (2018)
Well I was sitting in Mülheim an der Ruhr
In a cafe by myself
And I was thinking all about the government
And I was thinking about my health
When she walked right past my table Lord
With a lonely look in her eye
I thought Hell I’m more than able
Lord I might as well give it a try
We’re talking about the lingua franca of love
So true and perfectly pure
We’re talking about the lingua franca of love
And brother you can be sure
Because you’re thinking that it’s all about chemistry
Your looks your guitar licks
But there ain’t nothing wrong with any lady
That a couple hundred dollars won’t fix
No there ain’t nothing wrong with any lady
That a couple hundred dollars won’t fix
So when she sat herself down across from me
I fixed her with a confident eye
And said, “Wie geht es Dir meine schöne Frau?
Die Krise ist vorbei!“
She said, „My English not so good
But I find you attraction
So if you got the money honey
I show you the action!”
We’re talking about the lingua franca of love
So true and perfectly pure
We’re talking about the lingua franca of love
And brother you can be sure
Because you’re thinking that it’s all about chemistry
Your looks your guitar licks
But there ain’t nothing wrong with any lady
That a couple hundred dollars won’t fix
No there ain’t nothing wrong with any lady
That a couple hundred dollars won’t fix
White Wine
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Shattered Grass” (2022)
Can you hear me say white wine
It’s the cause of all my problems
White wine – yeah I get real loose Son
Can you hear me say white wine
It’s the cause of all my problems
But so help me Lord it’s also their solution
I went home with a waitress she was mighty young for her age
I could see in her face that the bed was already made
There was nothing to stop me except for a little good sense
But when she opened up a bottle of Pinot Gris that pushed me off the fence
Because when reality and what I want to see clashes
The corkscrew is my key to some rose-colored glasses
Can you hear me say white wine
It’s the cause of all my problems
White wine – yeah I get real loose Son
Can you hear me say white wine
It’s the cause of all my problems
But so help me Lord it’s also their solution
So when the séance started it took me by surprise
The table was cleared and her friends appeared and I quickly realised
That Satan was a’coming and he showed up wearing flames
Drums they were a thundering as he called out all their names
And when he looked at me I offered him my glass
He took a sip and did a flip and said, “Damn! That kicks my ass!
All these lovely witches, I’m taking them for mine
But you’re doing all my dirty work so I’m leaving you behind!”
Can you hear me say white wine
It’s the cause of all my problems
White wine – yeah I get real loose Son
Can you hear me say white wine
It’s the cause of all my problems
But so help me Lord it’s also their solution
Lady of the Bog
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Shattered Grass” (2022)
She’s my orange-haired green-eyed lady of the bog
Skin so smooth like moss on a log
She whispers in my ear it’s like the croaking of a frog
She’s my orange-haired green-eyed lady of the bog
On the day we met the air was sulfur sweet
I could tell she was a sturdy gal by the size of her feet
Pretty as a painting with foxfire in her hair
She heaved me cross her shoulder and dragged me to her lair
Now she’s my missus
I get them sloppy dog-tongue kisses from my
She’s my orange-haired green-eyed lady of the bog
Skin so smooth like moss on a log
She whispers in my ear it’s like the croaking of a frog
She’s my orange-haired green-eyed lady of the bog
Our first time going fishing she showed me all her class
She just reached in barehanded and grabbed a largemouth bass
Filleted it with a fingernail and ate that sucker raw
I had to get my dinner by licking it off her jaw
Now she’s my missus
I get them sloppy dog-tongue kisses from my
She’s my orange-haired green-eyed lady of the bog
Skin so smooth like moss on a log
She whispers in my ear it’s like the croaking of a frog
She’s my orange-haired green-eyed lady of the bog
It’s a Business Doing Pleasure With You
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler EP “Daydreams About Night Things” (2018)
For quite some time I’ve pondered how to keep you satisfied
Cause Lord knows you’ve got a hunger that just won’t be denied
I’ve seen how those furs and gold and diamonds light you up
You know I love you baby, but my good loving just ain’t enough
Cause there’s a certain social standing we have to live up to
It’s a business doing pleasure with you
Maybe money ain’t everything but without it we’d be through
Cause it’s a business doing pleasure with you
Lord it’s a business doing pleasure with you
The greatest hookers in the world wear the biggest diamond rings
Cause love’s a give and take when you want the finest things
And a man he’s gonna pay with his money or his mind
I see you way to clear to call it love if love is blind
Cause there’s a certain social standing we have to live up to
It’s a business doing pleasure with you
Maybe money ain’t everything but without it we’d be through
Cause it’s a business doing pleasure with you
Lord it’s a business doing pleasure with you
Well it’s a merger acquisition
Our interest has accrued
We take a strong position
And our equity’s renewed
Cause there’s a certain social standing we have to live up to
It’s a business doing pleasure with you
Maybe money ain’t everything but when it’s gone you’ll be gone too
Cause it’s a business doing pleasure with you
Lord it’s a business doing pleasure with you
New Voice Message
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler EP “Daydreams About Night Things” (2018)
New voice message
I know just what you called to say
But I can’t bring myself to retrieve all the pain from yesterday
New voice message
I know you want me to come home
But in this crowded bar I’ve realised
I’m better off alone
Mister Bell would not believe the hell that he’s put me through
Because his voice mail connects me to the hell of me and you
And I’ve tried to put long distance between me and memory
But the messages you’re leaving they keep reminding me
New voice message
I know just what you called to say
But I can’t bring myself to retrieve all the pain from yesterday
New voice message
I know you want me to come home
But in this crowded bar I’ve realised
I’m better off alone
I guess I could just break down and throw this phone away
But the contract that they made me sign says I’d still have to pay
Oh and then I’d lose this number Lord I wish you’d lose it too
I wish you would just move on and find someone else to do
New voice message
I know just what you called to say
But I can’t bring myself to retrieve all the pain from yesterday
New voice message
I know you want me to come home
But in this crowded bar I’ve realised
I’m better off alone
Last Call
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler EP “Daydreams About Night Things (2018) and the Kerosene Brothers album “Choose Your Own Title” (2003)
I couldn’t tell you how long I’ve been sitting here
Hell, the truth is I’ve lost track
If I could find the floor, I’d run for the door
And I swear I wouldn’t never come back
Well, I’ve spent all night just searching
For something that I ain’t found yet
And now it’s looking like you’re about as close
As I’m gonna get
And baby you don’t look much different
Than you did the drink before
But since they’re giving last call it can’t hurt at all
If I drink one more
I think you’ve told me your whole life story
I think I’ve told you some stories too
As long as you don’t ask me to repeat myself
It won’t matter which ones were true
Well, I walked in here looking for true love
But now I’m thinking maybe I over shot
Hey, when you can’t get what you want
You do with what you’ve got
And baby you don’t look much different
Than you did the drink before
But since they’re giving last call it can’t hurt at all
If I drink one more
Love’s a Fine Fine Line
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler EP “Daydreams About Night Things” (2018)
I brought the blow
She brought the blower
And if you ain’t got a sack you’ll never know her
She brought the need
I brought the product
And in this chain of events I don’t need luck
And I wonder what is love
Well it’s a fine fine fine fine line
I brought the fuse
She brought the fire
The more we use the more we desire
She was willing
I was able
And it was all laid out on the table
And I wonder what is love
Well it’s a fine fine fine fine line
Yeah it’s a fine fine fine fine line
One time is too many then you can’t get enough
But you can flirt with that line and make believe that it’s love
Yeah I brought the blow
She brought the blower
And if you ain’t got a sack you’ll never know her
She brought the need
I brought the product
And in this chain of events I don’t need luck
And I wonder what is love
Well it’s a fine fine fine fine line
Yeah it’s a fine fine fine fine line
Yeah love’s a fine fine fine fine line
Ain’t No Country Big Enough
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Free Your Mind and Your Grass Will Follow” (2017)
There ain’t no country big enough for my love
For my love is free as the wind
There ain’t no country big enough for my love
For my love – it has no end
Now I see the face of fear in the people building borders
They’ve got a love-shaped hole in their hearts
But my love don’t follow customs and it don’t follow orders
Embracing possibility is where your freedom starts
And I’ll sing the song of spirit crying out for liberation
I ain’t gonna waste my love on no fiction of a nation
There ain’t no country big enough for my love
For my love is free as the wind
There ain’t no country big enough for my love
For my love – it has no end
Now when a duck mates with a chicken then I’ll listen to your story
About how the different races ain’t the same
And when I can see a border from a satellite picture
Then I’ll believe a country’s more than a pawn in some game
And I’ll sing the song of spirit crying out for liberation
I ain’t gonna waste my love on no fiction of a nation
There ain’t no country big enough for my love
For my love is free as the wind
There ain’t no country big enough for my love
For my love – it has no end
There ain’t no country big enough for my love
For my love is bigger than your hate
There ain’t no country big enough for my love
For my love won’t be locked outside your gate
There ain’t no country big enough for my love
For my love ain’t got no flag to wave
There ain’t no country big enough for my love
For my love won’t be no nation’s slave
There ain’t no country big enough for my love
For my love is free as the wind
There ain’t no country big enough for my love
For my love – it has no end
Move It In The Night
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Free Your Mind and Your Grass Will Follow” (2017)
We are the people – the people that you’ve kept down
We are invisible – but we’re all around
And when you least expect it – that’s when we’ll attack
And you won’t feel the steel until it’s sticking through your back
Your house is just a prison now
Lock your doors and gates tight
Cause I like to move it – Yeah
I like to move it in the night night baby alright
I like to move it in the night night baby alright
We are the people the ones you can’t control
You’ve got the money but we’ve got the soul
You own the palace but we own the street
We are the people that you don’t want to meet
Your house is just a prison now
Lock your doors and gates tight
Cause I like to move it – Yeah
I like to move it in the night night baby alright
I like to move it in the night night baby alright
We are the people that you think you’re better than
You built your system but we’ve got our plan
Tear gas and social class they won’t protect you
Cause now we’re coming we’re coming to infect you
Your palace is a prison now
Lock your doors and gates tight
Cause I like to move it – Yeah
I like to move it in the night night baby alright
I like to move it in the night night baby alright
So Quickly We Forget
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Free Your Mind and Your Grass Will Follow” (2017)
How quickly we forget
Forget to remember
Who we’ve been and where we’ve come from
Cover up the embers
Of the fires that burned to separate back when
That we’re lighting once again
How quickly we forget
Our pride and our fear
The very things that we call love
To justify what brought us here
To where our love communicates
In the rhetoric of hate
And truth is all interpretation
If you’ve got the power
We’ll interpret it your way
(And live to fight another day)
And come back to fight another day
When we’re stronger
How quickly we forget
The final solution
Time and time again
We reinvent the revolution
That ends with that side’s yours and this side’s mine
Brother you just ain’t my kind
And truth is all interpretation
If you’ve got the power
We’ll interpret it your way
But in the end we’re sworn to win
We can suffer longer
It’s the measure of our love for hate
To prove whose love is stronger
For so quickly we forget
So quickly we forget
When the World Gets Small
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Free Your Mind and Your Grass Will Follow” (2017)
It’s a big world yeah when you’re winning
It’s a big world when you’ve got it all
But when your kids ain’t got nothing to eat
That’s when the world gets small
It’s a big world when you’re on top of it
Looking down from above it all
But when you find yourself homeless
That’s when the world gets small
Yeah that’s when the world gets small
So you play the hand you’re dealt
They’ll tell you that you’re free to choose
But when the hand you’re dealt can only lose
That’s when you bet it all
That’s when the world gets small
Yeah that’s when the world gets small
So you play the hand you’re dealt
They’ll tell you yeah you’re free to choose
But when the hand you’re dealt can only lose
That’s when you bet it all
That’s when the world gets small
Yeah that’s when the world gets small
When they tell you you’re stupid
When you know you mean nothing at all
Made to feel that your whole life is useless
That’s when the world gets small
Yeah that’s when the world gets small
Too Much Poop To Flush
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Difficult #2 Album” (2016)
There’s just too much poop to flush
You know everybody pees and everybody poops
But with 7 billion of us pooping that’s a lot of poop to scoop
It used to be recycling poop was something that the Earth could do
Ah but now we’re pooping out much more than She can chew
And now there’s too much poop to flush
All we are is what we do do
There’s just too much poop to flush
And there’s no place left to flush it to
There’s just too much poop too much poop to flush
Same story every time when there’s overpopulation
It leads to disease and mass starvation
And violent destruction so what’s left for you and me
We’re just like the fishes we’re swimming in our pee
And now there’s too much poop to flush
All we are is what we do do
There’s just too much poop to flush
And no there’s place left to flush it to
There’s just too much poop to flush
It’s an inconvenient truth nobody want’s to say
There’s just too many people in the world today
There’s too many people and every day too many more
What the world needs now is a plague and a war
There’s too much poop to flush
All we are is what we do do
There’s just too much poop to flush
And no there’s place left to flush it to
Insect Kingdom
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Difficult #2 Album” (2016)
When the temperatures rise and the oceans do too
There won’t be no me there won’t be no you
Only the strong will survive
There won’t be nothing around here left alive
Just an insect kingdom
Insect kingdom
Insect kingdom yeah
When the glaciers melt and so do the trees
And antibiotics stop curing disease
Only the fit persevere
And there won’t be anything left around here
Just an insect kingdom
Insect kingdom
Insect kingdom yeah
When the oceans erupt in waterspouts
You’ll forget all the crap that you’ve been bitching about
You won’t have time to cry
Every last living thing is gonna die
Except the insect kingdom
Insect kingdom
Insect kingdom yeah
Doomsday Dance Parade
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Difficult #2 Album” (2016)
Last night the Revolution left us screaming for more
Hosing all the blood up off the dance floor
So open up the morgue open up the jail
Cause everybody’s free – they’re free to raise hell
And it’s hey hey how you want to play
Love is here to visit, hate is here to stay
And it’s hey hey – take your last chance
Cause everybody’s rocking at the Doomsday Dance
It’s a double down or nothing point of nothing returned
Ain’t nothing gained and ain’t nothing learned
We’ll cross that bridge once it’s already burned
Once we’re done way past it
And it’s hey hey how you want to play
Love is here to visit, hate is here to stay
And it’s hey hey – take your last chance
Cause everybody’s rocking at the Doomsday Dance
Shot dead by the starting gun
Tell the boy what he might have won
And it’s hey hey how you want to play
Love is here to visit, hate is here to stay
And it’s hey hey – take your last chance
Cause everybody’s rocking at the Doomsday Dance
So you blow the whole circuit but protect the fuse
You’ve got nothing but your soul to lose
And a beggar in heaven won’t never refuse
One chance to be a king in hell boys
And it’s hey hey – how you wanna play
Love is here to visit hate is here to stay
And it’s hey hey – pomp and circumstance
Cause everybody’s rocking at the Doomsday Dance
Just My Job
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Difficult #2 Album” (2016)
Well I grew up hard and I grew up mean
In a black and white world with nothing in between
Wrong or right, dead or alive
You do what you do or you don’t survive
You want to feel secure just leave it to me
I’m the man with the plan for security
I’ve got the supply that creates the demand
Hate’s just love that you don’t understand
Hate’s just love that you don’t understand
And it’s crack crack crack hear the bullets crack
Gas em’ in the front then shoot em’ in the back
It’s just my job let me tell you son
I’m just working for my pay till the working day is done
Working for my pay till the working day is done
Between color and country religion and tribe
You can measure ‘em all by the size of the bribe
Line ‘em all up and toss me in the mix
Ain’t a problem in the world cold cash can’t fix
I’m selling prevention to be sure
But I make more money from a pound of cure
You tell yourself it’s just chance but I had it all planned
Hate’s just love that you don’t understand
Hate’s just love that you don’t understand
And it’s crack crack crack hear the bullets crack
Gas em’ in the front then shoot em’ in the back
It’s just my job let me tell you son
I’m just working for my pay till the working day is done
Working for my pay till the working day is done
If you want it you can have it too
There’s no difference between me and you
So I’ve told you the truth like you want to hear
Shake hands with the devil and buy me a beer
If it bends your mind like a piece of glass
The next one son is aimed right at your ass
You can deal with the truth or it’ll deal with you
Say you don’t believe it well babe it’s still true
Believe it’s accidental but someone’s in command
Hate’s just love that you don’t understand
Hate’s just love that you don’t understand
And it’s crack crack crack hear the bullets crack
Gas em’ in the front then shoot em’ in the back
It’s just my job let me tell you son
I’m just working for my pay till the working day is done
Working for my pay till the working day is done
Something I Don’t See
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Difficult #2 Album” (2016)
I was the 26th person in line
At the automated teller machine
I counted the smart phones, that’s how I know
I felt like the 26th letter in the alphabet
There at the end
With no place better to go
And I wonder why you’re smiling at me
You must have your eyes on something
Something I don’t see
Something I don’t see
I counted 26 “Jesus Saves” stickers
On the bumpers of imported cars
On the freeway on my way home
I flipped the radio on and felt a little like Nero
There at the end
Playing my fiddle to the falling of Rome
And I wonder why you’re smiling at me
You must have your eyes on something I don’t see
And I wonder why you’re smiling at me
You must have your eyes on something
Something I don’t see
Something I don’t see
I tossed the 26th empty whisky bottle
To the sidewalk in front of my house
Right there for God and all the neighbors to see
Just like the 26th letter in the alphabet
There at the end
With no place better to be
And I wonder why you’re smiling at me
You must have your eyes on something I don’t see
And I wonder why you’re smiling at me
You must have your eyes on something
Something I don’t see
No Room For Doubt
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Difficult #2 Album” (2016)
Lord I know you’re the one for me
And there ain’t no room
There ain’t no room for doubt
Cause only you can set me free
And there ain’t no room
There ain’t no room for doubt
We’re gonna show the world
What love is all about
Cause all I know is what I feel
And what I feel is all that’s real
And there ain’t no room no there ain’t no room for doubt
No there ain’t no room for doubt
Well I don’t care what you may say
Cause there ain’t no room
There ain’t no room for doubt
I’ve made my mind up anyway
And there ain’t no room
There ain’t no room for doubt
We’re gonna show the world
What love is all about
Cause all I know is what I feel
And what I feel is all that’s real
And there ain’t no room no there ain’t no room for doubt
No there ain’t no room for doubt
Well my heart’s here upon my sleeve
And there ain’t no room
There ain’t no room for doubt
Cause I just see what I believe
And there ain’t no room
There ain’t no room for doubt
We’re gonna show the world
What love is all about
Cause all I know is what I feel
And what I feel is all that’s real
And there ain’t no room no there ain’t no room for doubt
No there ain’t no room for doubt
You Should Know By Now
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Difficult #2 Album” (2016)
You should know by now who you’re talking to
And you should know why I don’t believe you
I don’t know why you pretend to be serious
I don’t even have to say it – it’s obvious
You should know by now
That we’re all liars anyhow
Why do you act like you’re above it
You should know by now
That we’re all liars anyhow
So why do you act so angry when you know you love it
You should know by now your whole life’s just one big scam
And you should know why nobody gives a damn
I don’t know why you pretend to be my friend for life
I guess you’re just looking for a tender spot to stick the knife
You should know by now
That we’re all liars anyhow
Why do you act like you’re above it
You should know by now
That we’re all liars anyhow
So why do you act so angry when you know you love it
You know and I know
You’ve got nothing, you’ve got nothing legit
You know and I know
So why don’t you just spare me the bullshit
You should know by now
That we’re all liars anyhow
Why do you act like you’re above it
You should know by now
That we’re all liars anyhow
So why do you act so angry when you know you love it
Not Thinking About Anything
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Difficult #2 Album” (2016)
This morning I threw away the telephone
I shot eighteen holes in my brand new TV set
I’m another day older
But today is the day I’m gonna live with no regrets
And right now I’m not thinking about anything that means much
Right now I’m not thinking about anything
On the day that my first child was born by Caesarean section
My dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer
At six in the morning all I saw was lightning
All I heard was thunder coughing back an answer
And right now I’m not thinking about anything that means much
Right now I’m not thinking about anything
So many people are just taking up space
If you think you’ve got to breathe just get out of my face
Cause right now I’m not thinking about anything
If I could pay just a little less attention
You know it might not seem so strange
How the more that I want things to stay the same
The more I just seem to realize how fast things change
And right now I’m not thinking about anything that means much
Right now I’m not thinking about anything
So many people are just taking up space
If you think you’ve got to breathe just get out of my face
Cause right now I’m not thinking about anything that means much
Right now I’m not thinking about anything
Right now I’m not thinking about anything that means much
Right now I’m not thinking about anything
Four People
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Difficult #2 Album” (2016)
Now I’m thinking of four people that I dearly love
And it’s just because of them I wish there was a God above
Because I can’t bear the thought of any of them dying
And it’s just because of them that I keep trying
To succeed
And it’s my curse to offer up my love in silly rhymes
When the only thing I’ve got that’s really worth a thing is time
And these four people
These four people are all I really need
And of this one thing there can be no denying
In a world of pure illusion there’s just one thing guaranteed
Though I try to give them all my love in silly rhymes
When the only thing I’ve got that’s really worth a thing is time
And these four people
These four people are all I really need
She Likes Bad Men
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Difficult #2 Album” (2016)
Whatcha doin’ Son just standing ‘round and waiting
She likes bad men ‘cause she’s always ovulating
Don’t waste your time thinking up a line
Just walk right up and say what’s on your mind
It don’t matter how you look, it just matters what you do
Because the chick digs jerks and tonight it could be you
So whatcha doin’ Son just standing ‘round and waiting
She likes bad men ‘cause she’s always ovulating
Tell her what you want, don’t tell her how you feel
Just talk about the car that you’re fixing to steal
Don’t you buy her a drink, that’ll make her think you’re nice
But if she thinks you’re a dick, boy, she won’t think twice
So whatcha doin’ Son just standing ‘round and waiting
She likes bad men ‘cause she’s always ovulating
You’ve got the tools so start fascilitating
She likes bad men ‘cause she’s always ovulating
Well Cuz, you’re just a scuz but that’s OK because
The less you care the more she does
You’ve heard enough about sin, you want some that sticks
There ain’t nothing wrong with her 100 dollars won’t fix
So whatcha doin’ Son just standing ‘round and waiting
She likes bad men ‘cause she’s always ovulating
Whatcha doin’ Son just standing ‘round and waiting
She likes bad men ‘cause she’s always ovulating
Down At the Exit
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Un-American Gothic” (2013)
Down at The Exit at the end of the world
In the glow of the neon lie the Ages impearled
Behind the bar on CNN the bullets are flying
But down at The Exit we ain’t thinking about dying
And I say, “Hey baby don’t you give it away
There’s plenty of men here ready to pay”
And life’s just a way of watching some time go by
Yeah Yeah Yeah
And down at the exit nobody’s asking why
Down at the exit the tape’s on erase
She told me, “Let’s just skip the part about the chase
And get down to what we’re here for, lord knows the way’s been paved”
Down at the exit we don’t want to be saved
And I say, “Hey baby don’t you give it away
There’s plenty of men here ready to pay”
And life’s just a way of watching some time go by
Yeah Yeah Yeah
And down at the exit nobody’s asking why
Nobody’s asking
Oh she’s got that perfect body, yeah but don’t they all
Cause when all your dreams are re-runs don’t the world start looking small
And I say, “Hey baby don’t you give it away
There’s plenty of men here ready to pay”
And I say, “Hey baby ain’t no love in your lover
Cause there ain’t a man in here can tell one girl from another”
And life’s just a way of watching some time go by
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Down at the exit nobody’s asking why
Yeah nobody’s asking
Doomsday Dance
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Un-American Gothic” (2013)
Last night the Revolution left us screaming for more
Hosing all the blood up off the dance floor
So open up the morgue, open up the jail
Cause everybody’s free – they’re free to raise hell
And it’s hear hear – the end is near
There’s nothing left to lose so there’s nothing left to fear
And it’s hey hey – take your last chance
Cause everybody’s rocking at the Doomsday Dance
It’s a double down or nothing point of nothing returned
Ain’t nothing gained and ain’t nothing learned
We’ll cross that bridge once it’s already burned
Once we’re done way past it
And it’s hear hear – the end is near
There’s nothing left to lose so there’s nothing left to fear
And it’s hey hey – take your last chance
Cause everybody’s rocking at the Doomsday Dance
Shot dead by the starting gun
Tell the boy what he might have won
And it’s hear hear – the end is near
There’s nothing left to lose so there’s nothing left to fear
And it’s hey hey – take your last chance
Cause everybody’s rocking at the Doomsday Dance
Now you’re dressing up for killing in your cement shoes
You’ve got nothing but your soul to lose
And a beggar in heaven won’t never refuse
One chance to be a king in hell boys
And it’s hear hear – the end is near
There’s nothing left to lose so there’s nothing left to fear
And it’s hey hey – pomp and circumstance
Cause everybody’s rocking at the Doomsday Dance
Deeper In Debt
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Un-American Gothic” (2013)
Well the banker’s got plenty but I ain’t got any
And we just get deeper in debt
And I’m working like a slave but there’s nothing left to save
And we just get deeper in debt
I said deeper in debt
Well I’m skint yeah I’m skint
Before I even make it man it’s already spent
You know I’d drive us to the bar but they repossessed my car
And we just get deeper in debt
Hell I’d call you for a loan but they just cut off my phone
And we just get deeper in debt
I said deeper in debt
Well it’s mean yeah it’s mean
I’m feeling like a gear in a broken machine
Well the only way to get it is to put it on credit
And we just get deeper in debt
Yeah the principal’s renewing and the interest keeps accruing
And we just get deeper in debt
I said deeper in debt
Well I’m broke I’m flat broke
I’d hang myself but I can’t afford a rope
They say the government can save us from the misery they gave us
And we just get deeper in debt
They tax the drinkers and the smokers and they give it to the brokers
And we just get deeper in debt
I said deeper in debt
Well I’m screwed I’m so screwed
By the time I pay my tax bill there’s nothing left for food Lord
I said deeper in debt
Well it’s sick yeah it’s sick
Can’t feed my family man I think I’ll start throwing bricks
Because the banker’s got plenty but I ain’t got any
And we just get deeper in debt
And I’m working like a slave but there’s nothing left to save
And we just get deeper in debt
You know we just get deeper in debt
Man we just get deeper in debt
Little Houses In a Row
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Un-American Gothic” (2013)
The sun struggles up behind the smoky old mountain
The factory horn starts to blow
And all down the street the screen doors start to slam
On these little houses here in a row
On these little houses here in a row
Well I was born in these mountains and I guess I should love ’em
But Lord you don’t want me to lie
Cause since I can remember, I’ve just been waiting
For a chance to tell this place goodbye
For a chance to tell this place goodbye
It’s a winding road out of these mountains
Sometimes the going gets slow
When all you ever hear around this town is “never”
They say, “Son you know you’ll never go
Too far from these little houses here in a row”
This town beats you down till you’re too weak to cry
’Till all of the fire is gone from your eyes
Leaves you hoping for nothing but just to live til you die
You never can tell where a journey will end
I just know that mine has begun
If anyone asks where I’ve gone to, my friend
Tell ’em headed East into the sun
I’m headed East into the sun
They say the road goes on forever
It might take me that long, I don’t know
But I’ll know what I’m looking to find when I find it
Wherever that road leads I’ll go
Far away from these little houses here in a row
Far away from these little houses here in a row
Küss Mich Noch Einmal
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Un-American Gothic” (2013)
As soon as I get used to you babe
I won’t hear you when you shout
As soon as I get used to you babe
I won’t even notice when you turn the bedroom lights out
But right now you’re new
And every beat of my heart is true
So don’t think it through
How we’ll both feel in a year or two
Alles wird gleich
Alles wird mir egal (kiss me one more time)
Alles wird gleich
Küss mich noch einmal
As soon as I get used to you babe
There’ll be no smile that I can’t fake
As soon as I get used to you babe
I’ll never make a promise that I’m not prepared to break
But right now you’re new
And every beat of my heart is true
So don’t think it through
How we’ll both feel in a year or two
Alles wird gleich
Alles wird mir egal (kiss me one more time)
Alles wird gleich
Küss mich noch einmal
Right now in this moment all I want is you
So don’t let this moment disappear
Because there ain’t nothing baby nothing I won’t do
Just to hold you until you whisper in my ear
Alles wird gleich
Alles wird mir egal (kiss me one more time)
Alles wird gleich
Küss mich noch einmal
Like I Want You
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Un-American Gothic” (2013)
Well I know you think your body ain’t what it used to be
But believe me when I tell you it still looks perfect to me
And the girl you used to be could never move me like the woman you’ve become
Cause you’re my wife you’re my lover and you’re my children’s mom
You know I work hard for us baby
You know I work night and day
And all I want is for you darling is just take me in your arms
Take me in your arms
Cause every night I could see you brand new
If you just wanted me like I want you
And there ain’t nothing baby ain’t nothing I wouldn’t do
If you just wanted me like I want you
If you just wanted me like I want you
When we’re lying in bed at the end of the night
You put down your magazine and you just turn out the light
And you tell me you’re just tired well baby how tired can you be
Cause all that I’m feeling is that you’re tired of me
You know I work hard for us baby
You know I work night and day
And all I want is for you darling is just take me in your arms
Take me in your arms
Cause every night I could see you brand new
If you just wanted me like I want you
And there ain’t nothing baby ain’t nothing I wouldn’t do
If you just wanted me like I want you
If you just wanted me like I want you
Street Sweeper Lullaby
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Un-American Gothic” (2013)
That girl’s so young and pretty
But she won’t look at me
I’m way too old and ugly
As far as she can see
A pearl is still a pearl
By any other names
Sometimes I’d like to see that girl
Swallowed up in flames
Cause every night I sweep the streets of this dirty old town
Every night I fight myself not to come unwound
One of these nights I’m gonna burn the whole street down
Walking past the church
I can hear the choir sing
Oh but all their words of love
Well they don’t really mean a thing
They say Jesus died to save me
I think Jesus was a liar
Cause sometimes I see him hanging there
Catching on fire
Cause every night I sweep the streets of this dirty old town
Every night I fight myself not to come unwound
One of these nights I’m gonna burn the whole street down
Oh can’t you see it in my eyes
Oh there’s a flame that never dies
Cause every night every night I sweep these dirty streets clean
One of these nights Oh Lord I swear I’m gonna use some gasoline
Cause every night I sweep the streets of this dirty old town
Every night I fight myself not to come unwound
One of these nights I’m gonna burn the whole street down
Wondering Why I Ever Go Home
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Un-American Gothic” (2013)
There’s a girl in Tennessee who tells me she loves me
But that’s easier said easier said than done
And one in Winterthur who tells me that she’s sure
I’m out here running, running just to be on the run
Well she may be right but tonight I’m free
And there’s a bottle of Brunello waiting for me
Down the coast highway headed for Rome
Underneath a sky of polished chrome
Down the coast highway headed for Rome
Wondering why I ever wondering why I ever go home
Sometimes I think of home after I leave it
After I can see it from a long long way away
Change is better than rest you’d better believe it
Cause every time I leave reminds me why I couldn’t stay
And there’s a new beginning in every end
The warm smell of possibility on the wind
Down the coast highway headed for Rome
Underneath a sky of polished chrome
Down the coast highway headed for Rome
Wondering why I ever wondering why I ever go home
Yeah I’m wondering why I ever wondering why I ever go home
I’ll take the next devil not the ones I know
So you can cut that deck baby cut it high low
Down the coast highway headed for Rome
Underneath a sky of polished chrome
Down the coast highway headed for Rome
Wondering why I ever wondering why I ever go home
Yeah I’m wondering why I ever wondering why I ever go home
Black Forest Skies
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Un-American Gothic” (2013)
Wherever I may wander wherever I may roam
Out on the sea the sirens call to me
But my Geist remembers its home
And when I close my eyes
Every night I see Black Forest skies
No matter where my body lies
Every night I sleep beneath Black Forest skies
The whole world round I’ve traveled on my Erfahrung quest
But come what may I know where I’ll stay
When I finally come to rest
Because when I close my eyes
Every night I see Black Forest skies
No matter where my body lies
Every night I sleep beneath Black Forest skies
And I’m going back there
To the smell of the Tannen filling up the air
Wenn ich meine Augen schließe
Jede Nacht sehe ich des Schwarzwald Himmel
Egal wo ich liege
Jede Nacht schlafe ich untern schönen Schwarzwald Himmel
Walk Between the Raindrops
(John Wheeler)
from the John Wheeler album “Un-American Gothic” (2013)
Well you can say I’ve got no feelings and that may be
But there ain’t no point in caring as far as I can see
I just walk between the raindrops
Well I may be cold but I never get wet
And I never loved a woman that I couldn’t forget
I just walk between the raindrops
Yeah I’ll walk between the raindrops
Yeah I’m gonna soak it all in until my beating heart stops
And I’ll walk between the raindrops
Well since I was a child it’s been clear to me
The more you get attached man the less you’re free
So I walk between the raindrops
And sometimes I’m up but I ain’t never down
Cause if things get too heavy that’s when leave town
And I walk between the raindrops
Yeah I’ll walk between the raindrops
Yeah I’ll take what you’ve got until you tell me to stop
And I’ll walk between the raindrops
Well maybe true love is out there somewhere
But till it hunts me down and kills me baby I don’t care
I just walk between the raindrops
So if you want to hold me better hold me tonight
Cause I’ll be packing up and rolling come the morning light
And I walk between the raindrops
Yeah I’ll walk between the raindrops
You know I can’t sit still until my beating heart stops
I’ll just walk between the raindrops
Yeah I’ll walk between the raindrops
Gonna live every step until the last shoe drops
Yeah I walk between the raindrops
Everything I’ve Got Coming
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Grasswhoopin’ Party Pack” (2013)
Well I never cared about anybody’s pain
If they cried to me they cried in vain
And I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
I’ve dealt in slaves I’ve dealt in guns
I’ve stole elections and pension funds
And I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
Ain’t no salvation can ever find me
When the gates of hell slam shut behind me
I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
I’ve watched nations go to war
With the bombs and planes they bought from my store
And I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
I can hear their screaming ringing in my head
But when I shut my eyes they all drop dead
And I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
Ain’t no salvation can ever find me
When the gates of hell slam shut behind me
I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
Life is cheap and freedom ain’t free
And Christ died for nothing if he died for me
Cause I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
I’ve got no regrets don’t get me wrong
This ain’t no redemption song
And I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
Ain’t no salvation can ever find me
When the gates of hell slam shut behind me
I’m going down to get me everything I’ve got coming tonight
Maybe It’s Be Better
(John Wheeler and Robert Jetton)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Grasswhoopin’ Party Pack” (2013)
You said we should get counseling, we needed professional help
So I went and got a pro, I pulled old Jim Beam off the shelf
One shot I was feeling better, two shots it began to unwind
It won’t take but a couple more of these to get me out of my mind
I’ll take a drink over a shrink any day
Cause my heart don’t want to hear what my mind’s got to say
Maybe it’d be better
Maybe it’d be better
Maybe it’d be better
If my mind just went away
Sometimes what you’re feeling is more true than what you think
And I feel more of what you’re thinking with every single drink
I could end this all tonight but I’d have hell to pay
So maybe it’d be better if my mind just went away
I’ll take a drink over a shrink any day
Cause my heart don’t want to hear what my mind’s got to say
Maybe it’d be better
Maybe it’d be better
Maybe it’d be better
If my mind just went away
I’ve come to expect the worst
It’s always worse than I expected
If suffering’s an art
Baby we’ve got it perfected
Maybe it’d be better
Maybe it’d be better
Maybe it’d be better
If my mind just went away
Maybe it’d be better
Maybe it’d be better
Maybe it’d be better
If my mind just went away
Reagan Leigh Cornett
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Grasswhoopin’ Party Pack” (2013)
Reagan Leigh Cornett Reagan Leigh Cornett
I tell you she’s the best thing that any man could get
I’ve been trying like hell to win her love
But I ain’t done it yet
Reagan Leigh Cornett
The first time that I met her we ate berries from a moonshine jar
But I guess she didn’t eat enough for me to get her in the back of my car
That’s been more than a year gone by but I still can’t forget
The finest girl in East Tennessee Miss Reagan Leigh Cornett
Reagan Leigh Cornett Reagan Leigh Cornett
I tell you she’s the best thing that any man could get
I’ve been trying like hell to win her love
But I ain’t done it yet
Reagan Leigh Cornett
The last time that I saw her we shared some apple pie
Now if I can’t taste the rest of her believe I’d rather die
I know her man’s the jealous kind and it’ll either be him or me
Tonight a man’s gonna lose his life for the love of Reagan Leigh
Reagan Leigh Cornett Reagan Leigh Cornett
I tell you she’s the best thing that any man could get
I’ve been trying like hell to win her love
But I ain’t done it yet
Reagan Leigh Cornett
One Way Ticket To Nowhere
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Grasswhoopin’ Party Pack” (2013)
I’m on my way I’m on my way
You can meet me there I’ve got a one way ticket to nowhere
Got a .45 riding beside me 99 to life in the trunk
Got half the law in Tennessee looking for me so I might as well get drunk
So follow me if you can boys up the top of Kirby Hill
Where if my knife don’t take your life you can bet my shotgun will
I heard you say someday I’ll pay cause I’m a wanted man
Well I say say catch me if you can
Cause I’m on my way I’m on my way
You can meet me there I’ve got a one way ticket to nowhere
Out in the middle of nowhere that’s where I’m gonna be
Well I may not have much of nothing at all but at least I’ll know I’m free
Cause you’re all living dead in the cities chasing each other to hell
And everybody knows it’s all fixing to blow so let me just wish you well
Across the Rubikon the point of no return
I’ll be sitting on a mountain in the middle of nowhere
Watching your cities all burn
Cause I’m on my way I’m on my way
You can meet me there I’ve got a one way ticket to nowhere
I’m on my way I’m on my way
You can meet me there I’ve got a one way ticket to nowhere
(On my way) you’ll never take me
(On my way) you’ll never break me
(On my way) you’ll never take me alive
(On my way) you’ll never take me
(On my way) you’ll never break me
(On my way) nobody’s getting out alive
I’m on my way I’m on my way
You can meet me there I’ve got a one way ticket to nowhere
Love Cabin
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Grasswhoopin’ Party Pack” (2013)
I’ve got a house down here in the valley
I’ve got a pretty wife her name is Sally
But I want you once just to see the look on your face
I’m gonna have to take you to my secret place
At my love cabin up here on the hill
You know my gun is loaded I can fire at will
So we can drink one more of what you’re having
Then I’m gonna take you up the mountain to my
Love Cabin
(I’ll get to know you in my) Love Cabin
(I’m gonna show you my) Love Cabin
Well you can make yourself at home baby
Nothing ventured baby nothing gained
Cause I’m a mad dog honey just breaking my chain
You look at me that way, it’s my heart you’re stabbing
Think I’m gonna have to take you up the mountain to my Love Cabin
At my love cabin up here on the hill
You know my gun is loaded I can fire at will
So we can drink one more of what you’re having
Then I’m gonna take you baby up the mountain to my
Love Cabin
(I’ll get to know you in my) Love Cabin
(I’m gonna show you my) Love Cabin
Well you wanna see it baby right here it is, yeah!
Love Cabin
(I’m gonna stroke you in my) Love Cabin
(Might have to choke you in my) Love Cabin
Ain’t no smoke without a fire fire fire raging fire in my
Love Cabin (gotta keep your mouth shut about my)
Love Cabin (I can stroke you in the butt in my)
Love Cabin (once I get your throat cut
I could kill you love you kill you
love you kill you in my)
Love Cabin
I could kill you
Nicotine and Alcohol
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Nicotine and Alcohol” (2012)
You’ve got me shaking yeah I’m shaking
Every time I think of you
You’ve got me shaking yeah I’m shaking
Cause thinking about you is all that I do
My body’s aching yeah I’m aching
I just want you back again
Because I never thought that it could hurt so bad
To give you up my friend
Oh nicotine and alcohol
I’m here to tell you all
When you try to quit em’ they get mean alcohol and nicotine
Alcohol and nicotine
You’ve got me hurting yeah I’m hurting
And I just can’t stand the pain
You got me hurting yeah I’m hurting
Hell I’m going right out of my brain
My head is reeling yeah I’m feeling
I just need you one more time
Cause I’m jumping out of my flesh you know
And I can’t find my mind
Oh nicotine and alcohol
I’m here to tell you all
When you try to quit em’ they get mean
Alcohol and nicotine
Alcohol and nicotine
Oh oh how can you hurt me so
Oh oh how can you do it
Oh oh how can you hurt me so
Oh oh I’ll never get through it
Nicotine and alcohol
I’m here to tell you all
When you try to quit em’ they get mean
Alcohol and nicotine
Alcohol and nicotine
Whiskey Ain’t As Risky
(John Wheeler and Robert Jetton)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Nicotine and Alcohol” (2012)
It’s close to closing time here at the bar
And by the way you’re buying me drinks
I know the kind of woman that you are
This longing in my heart has got me thinking
But what’s left of my mind well it says keep on drinking
Cause I could go home with you tonight
You could teach me the meaning of the word delight
But I know come the cold morning light
That the whiskey she ain’t as risky
No the whiskey ain’t as risky
I came in here with pure intentions
And me and old Jim Beam we don’t need your intervention
I’m not ready for the end of what you’re ready to start
And when the hangover leaves it won’t break my heart
I could go home with you tonight
You could teach me the meaning of the word delight
But I know come the cold morning light
That the whiskey she ain’t as risky
No the whiskey ain’t as risky
I’ve heard it said true love can set you free
But the whiskey always works just fine for me
Cause I could go home with you tonight
You could teach me the meaning of the word delight
But I know come the cold morning light
That the whiskey she ain’t as risky
No the whiskey ain’t as risky
Die Richtige Zeit Für Schwarzbier
(John Wheeler and Michael Griese)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Nicotine and Alcohol” (2012)
Jede Zeit ist die richtige Zeit für Schwarzbier
Jede Zeit ist die richtige Zeit für Schwarzbier
Leider
Leider haben wir nicht noch mehr Schwarzbier
Heute haben wir ordentlich viel getrunken
Aber unser Schiff ist noch nicht gesunken
Doch leider
Leider haben wir nicht noch mehr Schwarzbier
Aber jede Zeit ist die richtige Zeit für Schwarzbier
Jede Zeit ist die richtige Zeit für Schwarzbier
Leider
Leider haben wir nicht noch mehr Schwarzbier
Ich kann diese trockene Kehle nicht länger ertragen
Ich kenn einen Markt, komm gib mir schnell deinen Wagen
Leider
Leider haben wir kein Geld für Schwarzbier
Doch jede Zeit ist die richtige Zeit für Schwarzbier
Jede Zeit ist die richtige Zeit für Schwarzbier
Leider
Leider haben wir nicht noch mehr Schwarzbier
Siehst du Thomas, er liegt auf dem Boden ohnmächtig
Vielleicht hat er Geld, dann nehmen wir es, ganz wichtig
Freu Dich
Freu Dich er hat zwanzig Euros für Schwarzbier
Und damit ist jede Zeit die richtige Zeit für Schwarzbier
Jede Zeit ist die richtige Zeit für Schwarzbier
Leider
Leider haben wir nicht noch mehr Schwarzbier
The Man With the Money
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Nicotine and Alcohol” (2012)
Don’t want to talk about love, I want to talk about the power
The man with the money is the idol of the hour
He’s got no heart and he’s got no soul
But the man with the money’s got it all under control
And no matter where you go you know he’s looking at you
He’s keeping track of everything you do
Freedom for the free, salvation for the saved
The man with the money yeah he keeps us all enslaved
Don’t want to talk about love, I want to talk about corruption
The man with the money’s got us headed for destruction
He smiles in you face while he bleeds you dry
Yeah the man with the money ain’t nothing but a lie
And no matter where you go you know he’s looking at you
He’s keeping track of everything you do
Freedom for the free, salvation for the saved
The man with the money yeah he keeps us all enslaved
Don’t want to talk about love, I want to talk about rage
The man with the money’s got us locked up in his cage
Debt’s his prison and fear’s his guard
Yeah the man with the money runs the whole damn yard
And no matter where you go you know he’s looking at you
He’s keeping track of everything you do
Freedom for the free, salvation for the saved
The man with the money yeah he keeps us all enslaved
One More
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Nicotine and Alcohol” (2012)
It would have been cheaper to keep her, that’s what I found out
When they told me how much it was gonna cost me after she threw me out
I’ve got a letter here from a lawyer that says I don’t own nothing no more
So I’m drinking, driving what used to be my car away from what used to be my front door
The one thing that’s clear to me standing here
With blood down the front of my shirt
Another drink won’t make it no better
But I don’t see how it can hurt
One more that’s my sole desire
Lord it lifts my spirits higher
When they start to pour
One more and curse the day I met her
It won’t make things no better than they were before
But it can’t get no worse now if I drink one more
She said if I didn’t quit drinking she was gonna throw me out
I said you and what army baby now here’s what I’m talking about
When I pulled out a bottle of whiskey she pulled out the shotgun
And brother when a woman draws a 12-gauge on you the only thing to do is run
I’ll tell you more I didn’t let that front door
Hit me in the ass
Now all I’m thinking sitting here
Staring at this empty glass
Is one more that’s my sole desire
Lord it lifts my spirits higher
When they start to pour
One more and curse the day I met her
It won’t make things no better than they were before
But it can’t get no worse now if I drink one more
I’m telling you Man it’s in my plan
To be the drunkest fool in town
And if I get drunk enough
I just might burn that house right down
Is one more that’s my sole desire
Lord it lifts my spirits higher
When they start to pour
One more and curse the day I met her
It won’t make things no better than they were before
But it can’t get no worse now if I drink one more
You Can Always Leave Town
(John Wheeler and Robert Jetton)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Nicotine and Alcohol” (2012)
Sometimes times can get hard
When you’ve reached all the limits on your credit cards
And you just get in deeper each day
And you’re too broke to cover the debts you must pay
You can always leave town
And turn your whole world around
When you’re wells have gone dry
And your ships have all sunk
And your bridges have all burned down
You can always leave town
When the woman you see on the side
Confesses it all to your wife
When the fur starts to fly and the tears start to fall
And the blood’s about to be spilled
You’d better get out before you get killed
You can always leave town
And turn your whole world around
When you’re wells have gone dry
And your ships have all sunk
And your bridges have all burned down
You can always leave town
When there ain’t no denying
There’s no use in trying
And life has become one big mess
When you can’t change it
And you can’t rearrange it
You can always changed your address
You can always leave town
And turn your whole world around
When you’re wells have gone dry
And your ships have all sunk
And your bridges have all burned down
You can always leave town
Elm Street Rock Cafe
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Sgt. Munchs Drikkeklubb Band” (2011)
Go go go across the mountains in the snow
It’s 500 miles till we’re back in Oslo hey
Well we started in Stavanger, I’m surprised we’re still alive
Cause we drank so much at Folken that no one was fit to drive
Still I rode my bike to Bergen through the sleet and snow and rain
But the girl there at Garage was what completely wrecked my brain
Push it to the red
We’ll sleep when we’re dead
And it’s go go go across the mountains in the snow
It’s 500 miles till we’re back in Oslo
And it’s hey hey hey get the hell out of my way
I’ll meet you at the bar in the Elm Street Rock Café
Last night up in Tromsø drunk as we could be
The sun stayed out all night and just to spite it so did we
At the bar at Blå Rock I lost all sense and fear
Cause a girl named Marianne bought me 15 pints of beer
Smiling sweet as sin
She said to come again
And it’s go go go across the mountains in the snow
It’s 500 miles till we’re back in Oslo
And it’s hey hey hey got one more show to play
Then I’ll meet you at the bar in the Elm Street Rock Café
From Trondheim down to Sogndal, Husnes to Kvinesdal
The beers, fjords and women, Lord you know I’ve loved them all
Written in my soul just like an old familiar song
No matter where I go I know there’s one place I belong
Yeah it’s go go go across the mountains in the snow
It’s 500 miles till we’re back in Oslo
And it’s hey hey hey I’m coming back to stay
I’ll meet you at the bar in the Elm Street Rock Café
Dagen Derpå
(John Wheeler og Kjell Himsett)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Sgt. Munchs Drikkeklubb Band” (2011)
Dagen derpå
Dagen derpå
Dagen derpå
Dagen derpå kommer aldri
Hvis du alltid reparerer
I går var jeg og Espen på fylla på byen
Og da vi møttes i dag var han litt av et syn
Han var klein
Og jeg var fin
Hadde han drukket mer enn meg i går?
Jeg smilte og jekket meg nok en øl
Og svarte nei
Du tar feil
Dagen derpå
Dagen derpå
Dagen derpå
Dagen derpå kommer aldri
Hvis du alltid reparerer
Jeg trenger ikke å sove
Jeg trenger ikke å spise
Jeg trenger ikke å tenke
Jeg trenger bare mer å drikke
Dagen derpå
Dagen derpå
Dagen derpå
Dagen derpå kommer aldri
Hvis du alltid reparerer
Tolerance
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Killer Grass” (2010)
Drinking beer ain’t fun like it used to be
I just can’t get drunk anymore
I think I’m gonna stop for a year and not a drink a thing
So I can get good and drunk like I did before
Tolerance
People say we need tolerance
I wish I could give ‘em some of mine
Cause I’ve worked hard to build it up but now it’s got me down
Tolerance keeps me from feeling fine
Lord Lord, I’m just tolerating misery all the time
Smoking pot ain’t fun like it used to be
I just can’t get high anymore
I think I’m gonna stop for a year and not smoke a thing
So I can get really high like I did before
Tolerance
People say we need tolerance
I wish I could give ‘em some of mine
Cause I’ve worked hard to build it up but now it’s got me down
Tolerance keeps me from feeling fine
Lord Lord, I’m just tolerating misery all the time
Loving you ain’t fun like it used to be
I just can’t get excited anymore
I’m think I’m gonna leave you babe and go wandering
Find me a girl to turn me on once more
Tolerance
People say we need tolerance
I wish I could give ‘em some of mine
Cause I’ve worked hard to build it up but now it’s got me down
Tolerance keeps me from feeling fine
Lord Lord, I’m just tolerating misery all the time
Alien Abduction Probe
(John Wheeler & Lonnie Flemmer)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Killer Grass” (2010)
I saw the light, they returned last night
Unanswered questions torture me
How they unlocked the door and why is my rectum sore
And why do I twitch when I watch ET
Alien abduction probe happens all over the globe
They came to scratch their itch and left me crying in a ditch
It’s all so cruel and cold
They put my life on hold
This crap is getting old
Alien abduction probe
They stuck a microchip in the hole between my hips
Such a gross indignity
Involuntary cornhole-ation courtesy of the Alien Nation
Why do they always pick on me
Alien abduction probe happens all over the globe
They came to scratch their itch and left me crying in a ditch
It’s all so cruel and cold
They put my life on hold
This crap is getting old
Alien abduction probe
Late at night I wait alone, staring up at the twilight zone
With a sawed off shotgun in my hand
Drinking cheap wine getting plastered, waiting for those grey green bastards
It’s the only way I can make them understand
Alien abduction probe happens all over the globe
They came to scratch their itch and left me crying in a ditch
It’s all so cruel and cold
They put my life on hold
This crap is getting old
Alien abduction probe
In the Backyard
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Killer Grass” (2010)
Well he’s laying in the backyard laying in the backyard
Laying in the backyard bullet in his head
He’s laying in the backyard laying in the backyard
Laying in the backyard I reckon that he’s dead
Big Jim he’d drink enough whiskey to float a bass boat into town
And when he’d get to drinking that way he liked to smack his Susie around
But late last Friday night I guess she couldn’t take no more
When the cops came round to investigate the sound she just pointed out the back door (and said)
Well he’s laying in the backyard laying in the backyard
Laying in the backyard bullet in his head
He’s laying in the backyard laying in the backyard
Laying in the backyard I reckon that he’s dead
When the police asked her what happened Susie said she didn’t have a clue
She said he’d took his pistol out to give it a clean and that’s all she knew
And she cried tears that were so sincere till she was out of breath
While the chief detective was writing in his note pad “accidental death”
Well he’s laying in the backyard laying in the backyard
Laying in the backyard bullet in his head
He’s laying in the backyard laying in the backyard
Laying in the backyard I reckon that he’s dead
Well if you like to smack you woman you’d better heed these words my son
Cause there’s a whole lot of women these days getting pretty good with a gun
You might think you’ve got her under control you just might be surprised
When your pretty little woman puts a .45 hole right between your eyes
Well he’s laying in the backyard laying in the backyard
Laying in the backyard bullet in his head
He’s laying in the backyard laying in the backyard
Laying in the backyard I reckon that he’s dead
Norfolk Girl
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Killer Grass” (2010)
Hey there Norfolk girl
Don’t you want to come with me come with me back to Tennessee
Hey there Norfolk girl
Don’t you want to come with me come with me back to Tennessee
You tell me I’m the one
Until the morning sun yeah
Hey there Norfolk girl
Don’t you want to come with me come with me back to Tennessee
I’ve been around, hell I’ve seen this world through
But I’ve never seen me a woman like you
Cinnamon hair eyes of emerald green
Bitter and sweet and everything in between yeah
Hey there Norfolk girl
Don’t you want to come with me come with me back to Tennessee
Hey there Norfolk girl
Don’t you want to come with me come with me back to Tennessee
You tell me I’m the one
Until the morning sun yeah
Hey there Norfolk girl
Don’t you want to come with me come with me back to Tennessee
You ain’t no child, yeah you’ve seen a few men
You see them once never see them again
Early this morning I’ll be leaving too
But I don’t believe I can leave without you now
Hey there Norfolk girl
Don’t you want to come with me come with me back to Tennessee
Hey there Norfolk girl
Don’t you want to come with me come with me back to Tennessee
You tell me I’m the one
Until the morning sun yeah
Hey there Norfolk girl
Don’t you want to come with me come with me back to Tennessee
She’s Just My Type
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Killer Grass” (2010)
She’s unproductive and destructive
Too bad she’s so seductive
She’s just my type, she’s just my type
She hates cleaning she hates cooking
Too bad she’s so good looking
She’s just my type, she’s just my type
She’s mean she’s unclean
But man the way she fills those jeans
She’s just my type, she’s just my type
She always tells me lies runs around with other guys
But when I get myself up in her thighs
She’s just my type, she’s just my type
Maybe I should listen when my friends say she’s a witch
Maybe it should piss me off she’s such a total bitch
She’s just my type, she’s just my type
She’s just my type, she’s just my type
She’s vicious unambitious
Too bad she’s so delicious
She’s just my type, she’s just my type
She’s a total slob she’s got no job
But man the way she gives a (radio edit)
She’s just my type, she’s just my type
Maybe it should make me mad she hurts me with such verve
But maybe she’s the kind of girl a jerk like me deserves – yeah
She’s just my type, she’s just my type
She’s just my type, she’s just my type
Underneath the Bed
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Killer Grass” (2010)
Who put that condom in my shoe
Underneath the bed
If I find out you’ve been untrue
You know we’ll both soon be dead
So baby tell me true
Who put that condom in my shoe
Underneath the bed
Well I know you keep on telling me that everything is fine
And I know you promised me baby you’d never cross that line
You know how violent I can get when faced with rejection
But it might make me feel better if I knew you used protection
Who put that condom in my shoe
Underneath the bed
If I find out you’ve been untrue
You know we’ll both soon be dead
So baby tell me true
Who put that condom in my shoe
Underneath the bed
There’s just one thing baby that I don’t understand
I know that it ain’t mine cause Durex Close Fit ain’t my brand
Don’t ask me how I know it’s used let’s just say I do
I know the what the where the how now won’t you tell me who
Who put that condom in my shoe
Underneath the bed
If I find out you’ve been untrue
You know we’ll both soon be dead
So baby tell me true
Who put that condom in my shoe
Underneath the bed
Cult Band
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Killer Grass” (2010)
Well we’re doing it our way and hitting the highway
Hauling our own gear and playing for free beer
Once in a while we get paid
And when the biker chicks are drunk sometimes the soundman gets laid
Cause we’re playing in a cult band
Yeah we’re playing in a cult band
That’s how we know we’re cool man
Cause you’re listening to what we’re playing for you
And all the uncool people man they don’t have a clue
Like we do
Cause we’re playing in a cult band
Whatever I’m thinking I might as well say it
Cause the mainstream radio ain’t never gonna play it
When’s the last time you heard a banjo
On the radio (the last time they played us)
You were listening to a cult band
Yeah listening to a cult band
That’s how you know you’re cool man
It’s just a chosen few who like the music you do
And the mainstream people man they don’t have a clue
But you do
Cause you’re listening to a cult band
If you can’t do it you ought to review it
If you can’t realize it just criticize it
Cause if you really had something interesting to say
You’d be making records I might want to play
And you’d be playing in a cult band
Yeah you’d be playing in a cult band
And you’d know that you were cool man
You’d be a player too and we’d be listening to you
And the crowd at your show would all be in the know
Like ours are
Playing in a cult band
Playing in a cult band
Bouncing Betty Boogie
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “No Covers” (2008)
Hey there Betty come and bounce with me
Bounce right here upon my knee
Come on, Betty, up off of the ground
Bouncing Betty baby get down
Cause you were built for the killing and I’m more than willing tonight
Bouncing Betty baby won’t you blow my mind
Right out of my skull honey it’s OK
Rip my heart baby blow me apart
Let the paramedics take me away
Well, you can’t intimidate me so you best annihilate me
Come on come on come on come one
Hey there Betty come and bounce with me
Bounce right here upon my knee
Come on, Betty, up off of the ground
Bouncing Betty baby get down
Cause you were built for the killing and I’m more than willing tonight
Bouncing Betty baby won’t you come real near
Don’t hide honey now don’t be pensive
Have no fear baby hold me dear
Cause you look so expensive
But you’ve been making lots of money for the ones that love you honey
Come on come on come on come on
Hey there Betty come and bounce with me
Bounce right here upon my knee
Come on, Betty, up off of the ground
Bouncing Betty baby get down
Cause you were built for the killing and I’m more than willing tonight
You can’t intimidate me so you best annihilate me
You can’t intimidate me so you best annihilate me
You can’t intimidate me so you best annihilate me
Come on come on come on come on
Bouncing Betty baby out here in the jungle
Bouncing Betty rock and roll
I hear the detonator and I feel the rumble
Deep down in my soul
Love is war and I want more
Come on come on come on come on
Hey there Betty come and bounce with me
Bounce right here upon my knee
Come on, Betty, up off of the ground
Bouncing Betty baby get down
Cause you were built for the killing and I’m more than willing tonight
Lordy Mama, you were built for the killing and I’m more than willing tonight
Set Myself On Fire
(John Wheeler & Eric Watkins)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “No Covers” (2008)
I’m gonna set myself on fire, set myself on fire
I’m gonna get your attention, you’re gonna notice me
I’m gonna show you what love is, I’m gonna show you what real true love is
I’m gonna show you what love is, baby, cause love’s a raging fire
And martyrdom is what true love’s all about
So if you think that you could love me baby please put me out
Of my misery
Can’t you see love burning me
Oh I’ll set myself on fire (set myself on fire)
Set myself on fire (set myself on fire)
Watch the flames climb higher oooh that smell
And I don’t care what my friends say, you’ll be so perfect for me
And I don’t care what your friends say, they’re the one’s who are crazy
And martyrdom is what true love’s all about
So if you think that you could love me baby please put me out
Of my misery
Can’t you see love burning me
Set myself on fire
Ooh ooh ooh set myself on fire
If I may make a suggestion, just pay careful attention
It starts off cute with a lighter but ends up with me and a shotgun
And you crying and me crying
On the news crying, “Don’t you want me, baby?!”
And martyrdom is what true love’s all about
So if you think that you could love me baby please put me out
Of my misery
Can’t you see love burning me
And so I’ll set myself on fire (set myself on fire)
Set myself on fire (set myself on fire)
When Washington Comes Around
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “No Covers” (2008)
When Washington comes around
He says, “Man, we’re gonna party tonight
Gonna roll, gonna rock, gonna level the block
Because nobody’s putting up a fight!”
When Washington comes around
He let’s you know who you’re really working for
But long as I get paid, long as I get laid
I’m gonna keep coming back for more
Cause I don’t think I care
As long as I can still get my share
When Washington comes around
When Washington comes around
Sometimes he don’t even knock no more
He just helps himself to the beer in the fridge
And leaves the empty bottles laying on the floor
When Washington comes around
He says, “Times are changing back again!”
Says he remembers a day when everything was OK
Before it all went to hell in a sea of sin
And I don’t think I care
As long as I can still get my share
When Washington comes around
When Washington comes around
He says, “Everything is going our way!”
If I can just overlook all the cash his friends took
Then everything will be OK
When Washington comes around
He says, “It’s time for us to sacrifice!”
If I could just forget that he’s placing a bet
It won’t matter to me he’s throwing loaded dice
Born To Die In France
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “No Covers” (2008)
Great Grandaddy died back in the First World War
Other people’s money is what he was fighting for
Now the taxman’s still got both his hands deep down my pants
Maybe I was born to die in France
I’ve done rode my motorbike across most of France today
And I could make it to the Swiss border if the strikers get out of my way
But it’s raining glass and the sun’s gone black so Death’s still got a chance
Maybe I was born to die in France
They won’t speak my language
They don’t like my kind
I couldn’t feel more out of place
I couldn’t be more out of my mind
But I’ve watched my whole life flash before my eyes like an angry glance
Maybe I was born to die in France
I’m thinking all these governments do is check my passport at their door
And all the do full stop is guard the rich folks from the poor
The Age of Reason’s bought and paid for the Age of Consumers in a Trance
Hell maybe I was born to die in France
They won’t speak my language
They don’t like my kind
I couldn’t feel more out of place
I couldn’t be more out of my mind
But I’ve watched my whole life flash before my eyes like an angry glance
Maybe I was born to die in France
Sometimes I can forgive the Truth
Other times I lie
I’ve never been afraid to live
And man – I ain’t afraid to die
Tonight I’m pulling the throttle full and just leave it up to chance
Cause maybe I was born to die in France
Yeah maybe I was born to die in France
Stephanie Come To Me Secretly
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “No Covers” (2008)
Stephanie come to me secretly
We both know what this love is all about
Stephanie come to me secretly
We both know we can’t let them find out
Oh Stephanie come to me secretly
In the morning drinking coffee, through the blinds
I see you working in your yard
And the flowers that you’ve planted there have grown
Just like the feelings in our hearts
And Lord, your man’s got money, but like his love
He keeps it too close to his chest
So give him what you have to but for me
I know you always save your best
Stephanie come to me secretly
We both know what this love is all about
Stephanie come to me secretly
We both know we can’t let them find out
Oh Stephanie come to me secretly
In the evening when I get home from work
You see her kiss me at the door
And I feel you when you hold him late at night
And we both complete the chore
If I’d met you on some journey in some other life
We know what might have been
So you go through the motions and I’ll go through the motions
And dream until you’re in my arms again
Stephanie come to me secretly
We both know what this love is all about
Stephanie come to me secretly
We both know we can’t let them find out
Oh Stephanie come to me secretly
Everybody Knows
(John Wheeler & Eric Watkins)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “No Covers” (2008)
Everybody knows that they could
Everybody knows that they could
Everybody knows that they could
Be the man with the gun in their hand
I know you’ve dreamed about it doesn’t matter what you say
You’re just a violent little monkey cause it’s written in your DNA
It’s natural selection and there are plenty of us anyway
And most of us don’t act upon these feelings at the end of the day
It’s a beautiful day
And I’d never kill nobody that’s what you say
But everybody knows that they could
Everybody knows that they could
Everybody knows that they could
Be the man with the gun in their hand
Your best friend and your girlfriend and you love them both a lot
But when you walked in on them naked they deserved just what they got
People act like it’s surprising but actually it’s not
It’s just primal mate protection that made you fire the shots today
It’s a beautiful day
And natural selection wouldn’t have it any other way
Everybody knows that they could
Everybody knows that they could
Everybody knows that they could
Be the man with the gun in their hand
Be the man with the gun in their hand
The coroner, the congressman, the minister, the pope
The cop who busted you when you were only smoking dope
The lawyer who couldn’t get you off for only smoking dope
The judge who gave you too much time for only smoking dope
All have someone that they’d like to hang up from a rope
And every single one of them has got their own list too
Yes they do
And every one of those lists just might include you
Cause everybody knows that they could
Everybody knows that they could
Everybody knows that they could
Be the man with the gun in their hand
Be the man with the gun in their hand
Be the man with the gun in their hand
Be the man with the gun in their hand
Be the man with the gun in their hand
Gonna Be Alright
(John Wheeler & Eric Watkins)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “No Covers” (2008)
Oh – It’s gonna be alright gonna be alright oh yeah it’s gonna be alright
So hold on baby hold on tight oh yeah it’s gonna be alright
Well there was no one else around
Just you going in circles on your merry go round
Well I was glad to find you, walked up behind you and put my arms around
And said, “Little darling please don’t make a sound
Well if you’ve ever wondered it before
We’re gonna find out if your daddy loves you or money more
So keep your mouth shut and get your spoiled butt down on the floorboard
Or the last thing that you’ll see is this car door
Oh – It’s gonna be alright gonna be alright oh yeah it’s gonna be alright
So hold on baby hold on tight oh yeah it’s gonna be alright”
Well I’d like to say I had a greater motivation than getting paid
But if I said that I’d be lying
And we’re all beginners when it comes time for dying
But just rest your mind easy – we’ll all die anyway
You seem like a cool little kid
And I’m sorry things didn’t work out any better than they did
But I’m afraid that I didn’t get paid and now I’ve got to get you hid
So just think happy thoughts underneath this here trunk lid
This is the part that I despise
Though it’s peaceful in the woods with not a soul around alive
This here son is my favorite gun, a stainless .45
So just sing this song and you’d better close your eyes
Oh – It’s gonna be alright gonna be alright oh yeah it’s gonna be alright
So hold on baby hold on tight oh yeah it’s gonna be alright
Oh yeah it’s gonna be alright
You’ve Got Me All Wrong Baby
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “No Covers” (2008)
You’ve got me all wrong baby you’ve got me all wrong baby
You’ve got me all wrong baby you’ve got me all wrong baby
You’ve got me all wrong, you think I want to be good
You’re thinking that I really want to be understood
You’ve got me all wrong baby, you’ve got me all wrong baby
You’ve got me all wrong, you think I care what you do
You think that deep down I really care about you
You’ve got me all wrong baby, you’ve got me all wrong baby
You think deep down I’m really sensitive and kind
You think if you dig deep enough that’s what you’ll find
You’ve got me all wrong baby, you’ve got me all wrong baby
You’ve got me all wrong, you think I care how you feel
You think I’ve got feelings that I have to conceal
You’ve got me all wrong baby, you’ve got me all wrong baby
You’ve got me wrong thinking I don’t say what I mean
You think I’ve got lines you can read in between
You’ve got me all wrong baby, you’ve got me all wrong baby
You think that underneath I’m not so cruel and strange
You think deep down there lies a man who wants to change
You’ve got me all wrong baby, you’ve got me all wrong baby
You’ve got me all wrong, you think you know what I think
You thing I’d rather be with you than sit here and drink
You’ve got me all wrong baby, you’ve got me all wrong baby
You think inside me there’s a man who just needs love
I’ve just got demons you can help me rise above
You’ve got me all wrong baby, you’ve got me all wrong baby
Trickle Down
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “No Covers” (2008)
I know what you think of me drowning in your economy
I know what you think of me I feel it trickle down
I know what you think of me drowning in your economy
I know what you think of me I feel it trickle down
Well you talked to Milton Friedman and he turned you on to Hayek
Convinced you Maynard Keynes had a deeply seated defect
It’s hard to keep the money if the money gets spread around
Gotta hold on to that dollar gotta hold on to that pound
Gotta keep it all together gotta keep the group close knit
Whatever you negotiate is what you’re gonna get
I know what you think of me drowning in your economy
I know what you think of me I feel it trickle down
I know what you think of me drowning in your economy
I know what you think of me I feel it trickle down
It’s harder being poor once you’ve met the really rich folks
It’s harder just to laugh when you live the pain of their jokes
It’s harder to accept the class that you were born to
Outside the window it’s hard not to throw a brick through
Gotta get together gotta keep the group close knit
Whatever you negotiate is what you’re gonna get
I know what you think of me drowning in your economy
I know what you think of me I feel it trickle down
I know what you think of me golden shower economy
I know what you think of me I feel it trickle down
I know what you think of me drowning in your economy
I know what you think of me I feel it trickle down
I know what you think of me bathing in your golden pee
I know what you think of me I feel it trickle down
Drop by drop you’re telling me I feel it trickle down
Last Days Coming
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “No Covers” (2008)
It sounds so passe when I hear you say
The end of the world is real soon coming
You sound so convinced that you’re making good sense
When all I can see is a new day dawning
This planet is old, it’s been hot it’s been cold
And everything in between some time before us
And while we may kill each other at will
The universe continues to completely ignore us
But who knows baby maybe I’m wrong
So we better make the most of it before we’re gone
Cause everybody sees the last days coming
I just want to see your body next to mine
Everybody sees the last days coming
Well we’ve still got tonight so honey don’t waste time
Don’t waste time
Dontcha dontcha dontcha dontcha don’t waste time
You say you don’t see how I can be
So nonchalant when the sky is clearly falling
When you look in my eyes and put your hands on my thighs
I sure hear the sound of Mother Nature calling
Long before we met events in motion were set
And there ain’t nothing we can do to change their direction
But this biology between you and me
Tells me we should do our part for natural selection
If the end’s really near then one thing is clear
We’d better do what we can do while we’re still here
Cause everybody sees the last days coming
I just want to see your body next to mine
Everybody sees the last days coming
We’ve still got tonight so honey don’t waste time
Don’t waste time
Dontcha dontcha dontcha dontcha don’t waste time
Frustration
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “No Covers” (2008)
Frustration frustration it’s building up down deep inside
Frustration frustration it’s getting kind of hard to hide my
Frustration frustration it’s building up down deep inside
Frustration frustration it’s getting kind of hard to hide my
Frustration
Every time I look at you I’m afraid of what I might do
I don’t want to think what I’m feeling tonight
It’s been building up for oh so long, now everything you say just hits me wrong
So if you want to live you’d better get out of my sight
Reaching the point of overload
Like the clicking of the wheels in the cracks in the road
Any damn second I’m gonna explode
Frustration frustration it’s building up down deep inside
Frustration frustration it’s getting kind of hard to hide my
Frustration frustration it’s building up down deep inside
Frustration frustration it’s getting kind of hard to hide my
Frustration
Every time I hear your voice I get the feeling that I’ve got no choice
But to rip your fucking tongue right out of your head
I feel the blood beating behind my eyes and the pressure and the temperature pump and rise
I swear you say one more word and you’re gonna be dead
Reaching the point of overload
Like the clicking of the wheels in the cracks in the road
Any damn second I’m gonna explode
Frustration frustration it’s boiling over down deep inside
Frustration frustration it’s getting kind of hard to hide my
Frustration frustration it’s boiling over down deep inside
Frustration frustration it’s getting kind of hard to hide my
Frustration
That’s It, I Quit
(John Wheeler & Leeson O’Keefe)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “No Covers” (2008)
That’s it I quit I ain’t doing this shit no more
That’s it I quit I’m done with being your whore
That’s it I quit I’m busting out of this cell
That’s it I quit you can all go straight to hell
You’re thinking I’m dumb sitting under your thumb
Following your rule
Making you money bet you think I’m funny
Bet you think I’m a goddamned fool
But I’ve faced your fear and I’m seeing it clear
I know what I’m gonna do
You can’t make no dough without me no
So I’m thinking that the fool is you
That’s it I quit I ain’t doing this shit no more
That’s it I quit I’m done with being your whore
That’s it I quit I’m busting out of this cell
That’s it I quit you can all go straight to hell
I’ve been feeling like a chump busting my hump
Watching you sit on your ass
Sitting on your throne like a kidney stone
That you’re thinking I can’t pass
I can see when you look at me
You think I ain’t too bright
But this world has turned and your world’s gonna burn
When us workers of the world unite
That’s it I quit I ain’t doing this shit no more
That’s it I quit I’m done with being your whore
That’s it I quit I’m busting out of this cell
That’s it I quit you can all go straight to hell
She Was Skinny When I Met Her
(John Wheeler & Zack Lyle)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Weapons of Grass Destruction” (2007)
She was skinny when I met her
I used to buy her lingerie but now I wish she’d wear a sweater
And all I do is work all day so I can get her more food
Well, she eats me out of house and home
I used to like to love her, now I leave her alone
She’s up to 300 pounds or better
But she was skinny when I met her
She likes chocolate cake, she likes t-bone steak
And now the bathroom scale is about to break
She used to be petite but now she can’t see her feet
And all she does is lay around the house and eat
But she was skinny when I met her
I used to buy her lingerie but now I wish she’d wear a sweater
And all I do is work all day so I can get her more food
Well, she eats me out of house and home
I used to like to love her, now I leave her alone
She’s up to 300 pounds or better
But she was skinny when I met her
She likes barbeque, she likes roast beef too
And she keeps getting bigger but what can I do
She used to be really hot, I used to like to love her a lot
But now with 2 inches of hair and 2 inches of fat, hell, I run out of what I’ve got
Yeah, but she was skinny when I met her
I used to buy her lingerie but now I wish she’d wear a sweater
And all I do is work all day so I can get her more food
Well, she eats me out of house and home
I used to like to love her, now I leave her alone
She’s up to 300 pounds or better
But she was skinny when I met her
Before Your Old Man Gets Home
(John Wheeler & Robert Jetton)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Weapons of Grass Destruction” (2007)
I ain’t in no hurry to wait
I’ve been hurrying up and waiting too long
So come on and love me right now baby
While we’re together alone
I ain’t in no hurry to wait
I’ve been hurrying up and waiting too long
So come on and love me right now baby
Before your old man gets home
From the first night that we met you’ve kept me on the side
Now my last shred of patience just ran off with my ex-pride
You’re wrecking up my body and messing up my mind
You piss me off and turn me on all at the same damn time
I ain’t in no hurry to wait
I’ve been hurrying up and waiting too long
So come on and love me right now baby
While we’re together alone
I ain’t in no hurry to wait
I’ve been hurrying up and waiting too long
So come on and love me right now baby
Before your old man gets home
You know, I wonder how it is with him and if he feels my pain
If I was a fly on the wall I could watch you jerk his chain
Cause then at least I’d see some action, you’ve been leading me on so long
I ought to take you out the the edge of town and see if you want to walk home
I ain’t in no hurry to wait
I’ve been hurrying up and waiting too long
So come on and love me right now baby
While we’re together alone
I ain’t in no hurry to wait
I’ve been hurrying up and waiting too long
So come on and love me right now baby
Before your old man gets home
You better come on and love me right now baby
Before your old man gets home
The Rider Song
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Weapons of Grass Destruction” (2007)
We need a case of ale and a case of lager
And just enough ice to keep it all reasonably cold
4 monitor mixes with bi-amped wedges
And we don’t want no excuses cause you’ve done been told
Lord knows we’ve been driving all the live long day
And the soundcheck could be so easy if you just pay attention to what we say
It’s all laid out on the stage plot just like dinner on the ground
But if you’ve still got a question, just call Dave, the guy who does our sound
We need a case of ale and a case of lager
And just enough ice to keep it all reasonably cold
4 monitor mixes with bi-amped wedges
And we don’t want no excuses cause you’ve done been told
Now this here ain’t no joke, y’all, we really do want all of that beer
See we play this show for free but you pay us for the miles we drove to get here
And we ain’t asking for those bi-amped wedges just because we’re proud
See we may be an acoustic band but we play fucking loud
We need a case of ale and a case of lager
And just enough ice to keep it all reasonably cold
4 monitor mixes with bi-amped wedges
And we don’t want no excuses cause you’ve done been told
If you want to book the band, drop a line to our agent Paul
If the local shops are sold out of our records, Rob Collins is the man to call
If you want a photo pass or you’re cheap and want to be on the guest list
Call or email Joolz, she’s our whoop-ass publicist
Martin owns the record label and Lord that man is tight
But if Jake gets Martin stoned enough, he might buy our dinner tonight
Maybe – what do you think, Dave?
(“You’re really taking the piss now, Mate.”)
So we need a case of ale and a case of lager
And just enough ice to keep it all reasonably cold
4 monitor mixes with bi-amped wedges
And we don’t want no excuses cause you’ve done been told
Lord, we don’t want no excuses because you’ve done been told
We need a case of ale and a case of lager
Barbeque
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Weapons of Grass Destruction” (2007)
Bar B-Q Bar B-Q
There ain’t nothing I’d rather do
Than lay around here in the bed with you
And eat your Bar B-Q
I like pulled pork
Lord, I love making bacon
When I see a Boston Butt I can’t get enough
You’re gonna love my basting sauce
So get a firm grip on these these ribs now baby
You can lay my sausage in your bun and I can watch you gobble it up
Bar B-Q Bar B-Q
There ain’t nothing I’d rather do
Than lay around here in the bed with you
And eat your Bar B-Q
I like tender meat
Lord when it’s sweet and juicy
With a glaze of sugar curing sparkling like the dew
So make plenty of gravy baby
And we’ll spread it all over your country ham
All laid out on a bed of cornbread just like me and you
Bar B-Q Bar B-Q
There ain’t nothing I’d rather do
Than lay around here in the bed with you
And eat your Bar B-Q
Didn’t Wake Up This Morning
(John Wheeler & Eric Watkins)
from the Hayseed Dixie EP “You Wanna See Something Really Scary?” (2006)
Well I didn’t wake up this morning, didn’t get out of my bed
I didn’t wake up this morning cause Lord I showed up dead
People gonna be talking about how you done me wrong
And people gonna be wondering how when I’m dead I wrote this song
But I’ve come back to tell you
This one thing you’d best believe
Hell ain’t got no fury like a woman
When you say you’re gonna leave
Well I tried to tell her gently, tried to break it to her kind
But Lord she walked so softly when she crept up from behind
Don’t know if it was a shovel, a knife, an axe, a baseball bat
All I know is that my head, Lord, it ain’t where my body’s at no more
But I’ve come back to tell you
This one thing you’d best believe
Hell ain’t got no fury like a woman
When you say you’re gonna leave
Hell ain’t got no fury like a woman
When you say you’re gonna leave
So now I’m up here watching, I see her driving in my car
I see her buying my old girlfriend rounds of drinks at the bar
But when she tires of her new lover and she tried to break free
I know I’ll get to watch her end up just the same as me
Cause I’ve come back to tell you
This one thing you’d best believe
Hell ain’t got no fury like a woman
When you say you’re gonna leave
Hell ain’t got no fury like a woman
When you say you’re gonna leave
Yeah hell ain’t got no fury like a woman
When you tell her you’re gonna leave
Kirby Hill
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “A Hot Piece of Grass” (2005)
You want to get your eyes knocked out
You want to get your fill
You want to get your head shot off
Just climb up Kirby Hill
My daddy made corn whiskey up on Kirby Hill
Just like his dad before him in an old pot-bellied still
Well he never took to strangers heading up that way
When he’d hear ‘em talking ‘bout it this is what he’d say
You want to get your eyes knocked out
You want to get your fill
You want to get your head shot off
Just climb up Kirby Hill
One night some revenuers thought they’d take the old man down
They asked about the way up Kirby Hill all over town
They headed up the mountain around about half past ten
I reckon now it’s safe to say we ain’t never seeing them again
You want to get your eyes knocked out
You want to get your fill
You want to get your head shot off
Just climb up Kirby Hill
Great great grandaddy used to talk about the war between the governments
Back when old Jeff Davis and Abe Lincoln were the Presidents
He watched the armies marching up and he watched them both march by
No army never took this hill, no army dared to try
You want to get your eyes knocked out
You want to get your fill
You want to get your head shot off
Just climb up Kirby Hill
Lately up on Kirby Hill I’m planting seeds of my own
And Lord, they’ll fetch a pretty price when they’re good and grown
I’ve seen the helicopters sent by the DEA
But if they value their lives like I do my buds they’ll stay the hell away
You want to get your eyes knocked out
You want to get your fill
You want to get your head shot off
Just climb up Kirby Hill
Uncle Virgil
(John Wheeler & Don Wayne Reno)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “A Hot Piece of Grass” (2005)
Dad took us to see some family he hadn’t seen in 20 years
So we could meet em’ for the first time pick some tunes and drink some beers
We drove down to the homeplace, there was dinner on the ground
They said Old Virgil’s at the station, hear that noon train whistle sound
So we went down to the depot to pick him up and bring him back
But the train came to a screeching stop with Virgil on the track
Uncle Virgil never came back from the station
We’d come down to meet him on vacation
Now I guess we’ll have to wait
To meet him at the pearly gate
Cause Uncle Virgil never came back from the station
So then we had to go back home and tell his poor old wife
How down there on the train track her dear Virgil lost his life
But she did not believe us, had to see with her own eyes
To this day I still can hear the horror in her cries
Old Virgil probably never knew what hit him
Though I never really met him, Lord, I never will forget him
Uncle Virgil never came back from the station
We’d come down to meet him on vacation
Now I guess we’ll have to wait
To meet him at the pearly gate
Cause Uncle Virgil never came back from the station
He ate a half a mile of track
He had a cross tie through his back
Uncle Virgil never came back from the station
Mountain Man
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “A Hot Piece of Grass” (2005)
You wanna go where the river’s flowing liquor
Baby I’m a mountain man
Where the wine works fine but the herb works quicker
Baby I’m a mountain man
Where the fish all bite and the girls are all tight
Don Wayne’ll pick that banjo and we’ll drink all night
Baby I’m a mountain man
Baby I’m a mountain man
Got nothing against where the land is flat
You gotta grow that corn somewhere then you can bring it up to where I’m at
I’ve got fifty pounds of yeast and some copper line
We can turn that corn to something Lord that sure is fine
Baby I’m a mountain man
Baby I’m a mountain man
You wanna go where the river’s flowing liquor
Baby I’m a mountain man
Where the wine works fine but the herb works quicker
Baby I’m a mountain man
Where the fish all bite and the girls are all tight
Don Wayne’ll pick that banjo and we’ll drink all night
Baby I’m a mountain man
Baby I’m a mountain man
Got nothing against nobody’s government
Yeah but taxes don’t mean nothing to me, I like to see where my money’s being spent
I’ve got my family here, I’ve got the people I love
I’ll pledge my allegiance to the Lord above
Baby I’m a mountain man
Baby I’m a mountain man
You wanna go where the river’s flowing liquor
Baby I’m a mountain man
Where the wine works fine but the herb works quicker
Baby I’m a mountain man
Where the fish all bite and the girls are all tight
Don Wayne’ll pick that banjo and we’ll drink all night
Baby I’m a mountain man
Baby I’m a mountain man
Marijuana
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “A Hot Piece of Grass” (2005)
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
(snicker, snicker)
Marijuana
The Moonshiner’s Daughter
(John Wheeler & Lonnie Flemmer)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “A Hot Piece of Grass” (2005)
It was a lovely day for a wedding
All her folks were dressed in black
When she said I do I said me too
With a shotgun pointed at my back
I married the moonshiner’s daughter
How could I go wrong
Cause the moonshiner’s daughter cooks up corn and water
And she makes me liquor all night long
Well the preacher was as drunk as he could get Lord
And her brothers and her dad were too of course
Her mom whispered in my ear, “If she don’t satisfy you dear
Just come on by and try you some of the source”
I married the moonshiner’s daughter
How could I go wrong
Cause the moonshiner’s daughter cooks up corn and water
And she makes me liquor all night long
Went for a honeymoon in Nashville
We got a room out on Dickerson Pike
The desk clerk asked me, he said, “How old is she?”
I said, “Man, she’s old enough to know what I like!”
I married the moonshiner’s daughter
How could I go wrong
Cause the moonshiner’s daughter cooks up corn and water
And she makes me liquor all night long
Wish I Was You
(John Wheeler, Jason Pinkowski, Andy Potocic & Chad Ihlenfeld)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “A Hot Piece of Grass” (2005)
Well I think that you’re really fucking cool
And I think that your body does rule
That’s why I wish I was you so I could fuck me me me
Yeah I know that I do kick ass in bed
And I would give my own self head
If I could be you so I could fuck me me me
I’d like to sacrifice your persona
On the alter of my bologna
Well I would treat me like a god
And I would worship my rod
If I could be you so I could fuck me me me
I’d like to sacrifice your persona
On the alter of my bologna
Yeah I think that you’re really fucking cool
And I think that your body does rule
That’s why I wish I was you so I could fuck me me me
Yeah I would
I would I would I would
Yeah I would I would I would
I’d be you so I could fuck me me me me
Me
Corn Liquor
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Let There Be Rockgrass” (2004)
I’ll eat when I get hungry, I’ll drink when I get dry
If the life I live don’t kill me then I guess I’ll never die
I’ll tune up my fiddle, I’ll rosin up my bow
I’ll find a girl to hold me tight anywhere I go
Corn liquor corn liquor corn liquor’s what I cry
If you don’t give me corn liquor boy somebody’s gonna die
Somebody’s gonna die oh Lord
Somebody’s gonna die
If the creek it was corn liquor and I was a big mouthed bass
I’d drink the whole thing dry and tell them all to kiss my ass
Got a guitar in my left hand, got a pistol in my right
And I don’t give a good goddamn if I play or if we fight
Corn liquor corn liquor corn liquor’s what I yell
If you don’t give me corn liquor boy then I’ll see you in hell
Corn liquor corn liquor corn liquor’s what I cry
If you don’t give me corn liquor boy somebody’s gonna die
Somebody’s gonna die oh Lord
Somebody’s gonna die
If I spend all my money, my money’s mine alone
And I ain’t never killed no man what he left me to my own
I’ll make my own corn liquor, I’ll grow my own smoke too
And if I drink and smoke until I can’t stand up what the hell is it to you
Corn liquor corn liquor corn liquor’s what I yell
If you don’t give me corn liquor boy then I’ll see you in hell
Corn liquor corn liquor corn liquor’s what I cry
If you don’t give me corn liquor boy somebody’s gonna die
Somebody’s gonna die oh Lord
Somebody’s gonna die
Ellie Schaffer
(John Wheeler & Don Wayne Reno)
from the Kerosene Brothers album “Choose Your Own Title” (2003)
and Hayseed Dixie album “Nicotine and Alcohol (2012)
Poor Ellie Schaffer I’ll tell you how she was found
Shot through the heart lying cold on the ground
When I first met young Ellie she was sweet like young girls are
Before she took to drinking and hanging around the bar
And Lord the men that she went through a new one every day
I just couldn’t stand to see young Ellie living that way
Poor Ellie Schaffer I’ll tell you how she was found
Shot through the heart lying cold on the ground
So I approached young Ellie one dark and moonless night
I said, “Come away from here with me and be my darling wife
I’ll give you love and a family and a place to lay your head”
She laughed in my face and said, “John, I’d rather be dead”
Poor Ellie Schaffer I’ll tell you how she was found
Shot through the heart lying cold on the ground
Her clothes were all torn off and scattered all around
Blood marked the spot where poor Ellie hit the ground
And all around the county I hear the church folk say
That’s the price young Ellie paid for living that way
Poor Ellie Schaffer I’ll tell you how she was found
Shot through the heart lying cold on the ground
If You Ain’t Thinking About Me
(John Wheeler)
from the Kerosene Brothers album “Choose Your Own Title” (2003)
When I took this job moving state to state
You said you loved me, you said you’d wait
Until the end of time I’d be your only one
Now I’m calling you but you’re not home
I’m thinking somebody’s taking my place when I’m gone
And there ain’t no reason you should have all the fun
Cause I’m working on my 13th beer
And there’s at least a dozen good looking women in here
I’ve got to know right now how it’s gonna be
Cause the last thing I want to do
Is sit here alone thinking about you
Honey if you ain’t thinking about me
Well I know about out of sight and out of mind
And I do love you but I sure ain’t blind
I’m beginning to see how you’ve been leading me on
So I’m letting your phone ring off the hook
While that blonde at the bar is giving me that look
Hell – I’m going I’m going I’m going I’m gone
Cause I’m working on my 13th beer
And there’s at least a dozen good looking women in here
I’ve got to know right now how it’s gonna be
Cause the last thing I want to do
Is sit here alone thinking about you
Honey if you ain’t thinking about me
Mr. Wrong
(John Wheeler)
from the Kerosene Brothers album “Choose Your Own Title” (2003)
You say you’re old enough
To be over and done with one night stands
What you’re looking for now is a lifetime man
But time’s a moving on
You’d better get your loving while you can
Because life’s what happens to you baby while you’re making other plans
I know you’re looking for Mister Right
But while you’re waiting for him to come along
C’mon and spend the night
With Mister Wrong
I won’t promise tomorrow
But if it all goes up in flames tonight
Baby you’re the one I want holding me tight
You say I ain’t your kind
Well that depends on what you have in mind
And I can tell by the pout on your lips you’ve got the appetite
I know you’re looking for Mister Right
But while you’re waiting for him to come along
C’mon and spend the night
With Mister Wrong
Last Call
(John Wheeler)
from the Kerosene Brothers album “Choose Your Own Title” (2003)
I couldn’t tell you how long I’ve been sitting here
Hell, the truth is I’ve lost track
If I could find the floor, I’d run for the door
And I swear I wouldn’t never come back
Well, I’ve spent all night just searching
For something that I ain’t found yet
And now it’s looking like you’re about as close
As I’m gonna get
And baby you don’t look much different
Than you did the drink before
But since they’re giving last call it can’t hurt at all
If I drink one more
I think you’ve told me your whole life story
I think I’ve told you some stories too
As long as you don’t ask me to repeat myself
It won’t matter which ones were true
Well, I walked in here looking for true love
But now I’m thinking maybe I over shot
Hey, when you can’t get what you want
You do with what you’ve got
And baby you don’t look much different
Than you did the drink before
But since they’re giving last call it can’t hurt at all
If I drink one more
Hellfire and Brimstone
(John Wheeler, Quentin Pulliam & James Lambert)
from the Kerosene Brothers album “Choose Your Own Title” (2003)
When you said you loved me and took me by the hand
You should have kept on talking and told me about your other man
Now you say that he’s your husband but you say that he don’t care
He may wear the pants in the family but you don’t wear no underwear
Hellfire and brimstone is all that I can see
Hellfire and brimstone is waiting there for me
You ask me how I know this, I’m drunk and so I’ll tell
Cause what I’ve done will surely send me to the gates of hell
Hellfire and brimstone is all that I can see
Hellfire and brimstone is waiting there for me
My heart could never share your love and it overtook my mind
But he never saw it coming when I crept up from behind
Hellfire and brimstone is all that I can see
Hellfire and brimstone is waiting there for me
Old Lucifer keeps calling me each time you speak my name
It sounds like your voice talking but I hear his just the same
Hellfire and brimstone is all that I can see
Hellfire and brimstone is waiting there for me
I’m Gonna Lie
(John Wheeler & Robert Jetton)
from the Kerosene Brothers album “Choose Your Own Title” (2003)
I’m gonna say I want you
I’m gonna say I love you
I’m gonna say until the end of time I’ll never say goodbye
I’m gonna say I need you
And that I’ll never leave you
To tell you the truth I’m gonna lie
I know you want to hold me
But I could never be held down
Tonight I’ll swear it’s true
I’m so in love with you
But tomorrow I’ll be rolling out of town
I’m gonna say I want you
I’m gonna say I love you
I’m gonna say until the end of time I’ll never say goodbye
I’m gonna say I need you
And that I’ll never leave you
To tell you the truth I’m gonna lie
You are just as close to heaven
As I can get tonight
So forgive me if I say
What I need to say
To keep you in my arms till the morning light
I’m gonna say I want you
I’m gonna say I love you
I’m gonna say until the end of time I’ll never say goodbye
I’m gonna say I need you
And that I’ll never leave you
To tell you the truth I’m gonna lie
Yeah to tell you the truth I’m gonna lie
I’m Keeping Your Poop
(John Wheeler)
from the Hayseed Dixie albums “Mountain Love” (2002) and “Let There Be Rockgrass” (2004)
I’m keeping your poop in a jar
Till the day you come back
So I won’t forget just what you are
I’m keeping your poop in a jar
You thought you took everything
But you left something behind for me
I scooped it out and bottled it up
Now it’s there on the stand by the bed to remind me
In case I ever forget
You’re just a piece of poop
I’m keeping your poop in a jar
Till the day you come back
So I won’t forget just what you are
I’m keeping your poop in a jar
I had a moment of weakness once
So I opened the lid for a smell
And it all came back to me
In one vapourous rush I remembered you well
How could I ever forget
You’re just a piece of poop
I’m keeping your poop in a jar
Till the day you come back
So I won’t forget just what you are
I’m keeping your poop in a jar
Yeah I’m keeping your poop in a jar
The Perfect Woman
(John Wheeler & Robert Jetton)
from the Hayseed Dixie album “Mountain Love” (2002)
She’s the perfect woman
She won’t blow my cover when push comes to fight
She’s the perfect woman
And I wouldn’t take her home to mama
But mama ain’t home tonight
I love a woman when she’s someone else’s angel
She gets up before the morning, she’s got someplace to go
And it sure feels good to know I’m out of danger
Cause she won’t tell my woman what she don’t need to know
She’s the perfect woman
She won’t blow my cover when push comes to fight
She’s the perfect woman
And I wouldn’t take her home to mama
But mama ain’t home tonight
She needs love and I’ve got plenty to give her
But we go inch by inch, she don’t try to take a mile
And love between us flows just like a river
But we both know where the dam is, it can only last a while
She’s the perfect woman
She won’t blow my cover when push comes to fight
She’s the perfect woman
And I wouldn’t take her home to mama
But mama ain’t home tonight