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Good Old Boys
by Randy Newman
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Overall Rating:
3.6343
Avg. Critic Score:
3.8500
Good Old Boys Lyrics
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- Last night I saw Lester Maddox on a TV show
- With some smart-ass New York Jew
- And the Jew laughed at Lester Maddox
- And the audience laughed at Lester Maddox too
- Well, he may be a fool but he's our fool
- If they think they're better than him they're wrong
- So I went to the park and I took some paper along
- And that's where I made this song
- We talk real funny down here
- We drink too much and we laugh too loud
- We're too dumb to make it in no Northern town
- And we're keepin' the niggers down
- We got no-necked oilmen from Texas
- And good ol' boys from Tennessee
- And colleges men from LSU
- Went in dumb - come out dumb too
- Hustlin' 'round Atlanta in their alligator shoes
- Gettin' drunk every weekend at the barbecues
- And they're keepin' the niggers down
- CHORUS
- We're rednecks, rednecks
- And we don't know our ass from a hole in the ground
- We're rednecks, we're rednecks
- And we're keeping the niggers down
- Now your northern nigger's a Negro
- You see he's got his dignity
- Down here we're too ignorant to realize
- That the North has set the nigger free
- Yes he's free to be put in a cage
- In Harlem in New York City
- And he's free to be put in a cage in the South-Side of Chicago
- And the West-Side
- And he's free to be put in a cage in Hough in Cleveland
- And he's free to be put in a cage in East St. Louis
- And he's free to be put in a cage in Fillmore in San Francisco
- And he's free to be put in a cage in Roxbury in Boston
- They're gatherin' 'em up from miles around
- Keepin' the niggers down
- CHORUS
- Got a wife, got a family
- Earn my livin' with my hand
- I'm a roller in a steel mill
- In downtown Birmingham
- My daddy was a barber
- And a most unsightly man
- He was born in Tuscaloosa
- But he died right here in Birmingham
- CHORUS
- Birmingham, Birmingham
- The greatest city in Alabam'
- You can travel 'cross this entire land
- But there's no place like Birmingham
- Wife's named Mary
- But she's called Marie
- We live in a three room house
- With a pepper tree
- I work all day in the factory
- That's alright with me
- Got a big black dog
- Whose name is Dan
- Lives in my backyard in Birmingham
- He is the meanest dog in Alabam'
- Get 'em Dan
- CHORUS
- You looked like a princess the night we met
- With your hair piled up high
- I will never forget
- I'm drunk right now baby
- But I've got to be
- Or I never could tell you
- What you mean to me
- CHORUS
- I loved you the first time I saw you
- And I always will love you Marie
- I loved you the first time I saw you
- And I always will love you Marie
- You're the song that the trees sing when the wind blows
- You're a flower, you're a river, you're a rainbow
- Sometimes I'm crazy
- But I guess you know
- And I'm weak and I'm lazy
- And I've hurt you so
- And I don't listen to a word you say
- When you're in trouble I just turn away
- CHORUS
- We've taken all you've given
- But it's gettin' hard to make a livin'
- Mr. President have pity on the working man
- We're not asking you to love us
- You may place yourself high above us
- Mr. President have pity on the working man
- I know it may sound funny
- But people ev'ry where are runnin' out of money
- We just can't make it by ourself
- It is cold and the wind is blowing
- We need something to keep us gong
- Mr. President have pity on the working man
- Maybe you've cheated
- Maybe you've lied
- Maybe you have lost your mind
- Maybe you're only thinking 'bout yourself
- Too late to run. Too late to cry now
- The time has come for us to say good-bye now
- Mr. President have pity on the working man
- Mr. President have pity on the working man
- Yes, baby, I been drinkin'
- And I shouldn't come by I know
- But I found myself in trouble
- And I had nowhere else to go
- Got some whisky from the barman
- Got some cocaine from a friend
- I just had to keep on movin'
- Til I was back in your arms again
- Guilty, baby I'm guilty
- And I'll be guilty the rest of my life
- How come I never do what I'm supposed to do
- How come nothin' that I try to do ever turns out right?
- You know, you know how it is with me baby
- You know, I just can't stand myself
- And it takes a whole lot of medicine
- For me to pretend that I'm somebody else
- What has happened down here is the wind have changed
- Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain
- Rained real hard and rained for a real long time
- Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
- The river rose all day
- The river rose all night
- Some people got lost in the flood
- Some people got away alright
- The river have busted through cleard down to Plaquemines
- Six feet of water in the streets of Evangelne
- CHORUS
- Louisiana, Louisiana
- They're tyrin' to wash us away
- They're tryin' to wash us away
- Louisiana, Louisiana
- They're tryin' to wash us away
- They're tryin' to wash us away
- President Coolidge came down in a railroad train
- With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand
- The President say, ";Little fat man isn't it a shame what the river has
- done
- To this poor crackers land.";
- CHORUS
- Why weep or slumber America
- Land of brave and true
- With castles and clothing and food for all
- All belongs to you
- Ev'ry man a king, ev'ry man a king
- For you can be a millionaire
- But there's something belonging to others
- There's enough for all people to share
- When it's sunny June and December too
- Or in the winter time or spring
- There'll be peace without end
- Ev'ry neighbor a friend
- With ev'ry man a king
- There's a hundred-thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans
- In New Orleans there are Frenchmen everywhere
- But your house could fall down
- Your baby could drown
- Wouldn't none of those Frenchmen care
- Everybody gather 'round
- Loosen up your suspenders
- Hunker down on the ground
- I'm a cracker
- And you are too
- But don't I take good care of you
- Who built the highway to Baton Rouge?
- Who put up the hospital and built you schools?
- Who looks after shit-kickers like you?
- The Kingfish do
- Who gave a party at the Roosevelt Hotel?
- And invited the whole north half of the state down there for free
- The people in the city
- Had their eyes bugging out
- Cause everyone of you
- Looked just like me
- Kingfish, Kingfish
- Everybody sing
- Kingfish, Kingfish
- Every man a king
- Who took on the Standard Oil men
- And whipped their ass
- Just like he promised he'd do?
- Ain't no Standard Oil men gonna run this state
- Gonna be run by little folks like me and you
- Kingfish, Kingfish
- Friend of the working man
- Kingfish, Kingfish
- The Kingfish gonna save this land
- Old lady lost in the city
- In the middle of a cold, cold night
- It was fourteen below and the wind start to blow
- There wasn't a boy scout in sight
- Pull down the shades cause he's comin'
- Turn out the lights cause he's here
- Runnin' hard down the street
- Through the snow and the sleet
- On the coldest night of the year
- CHORUS
- Beware, beware, beware of the Naked Man
- Old lady head up toward Broad Street
- Shufflin' uptown against the wind
- She had started to cry-wiped a tear from her eye
- And looked back to see where she had been
- Old lady stand on the corner
- With a purse in her hand
- She does not know but in a minute or so
- She will be robbed by a naked man
- CHORUS
- Old lady lean against a lamppost
- Starin' down at the ground on which she stand
- She look up and scream
- For the lamplight's beam
- There stood the famous Naked Man
- He say, ";They found out about my sister
- And kicked me out of the Navy,
- They would have strung me up if they could.
- I tried to explain that we were both of us lazy
- And were doing the best we could.";
- He faked to the left and he faked to the right
- And he snatched the purse fromere hand
- ";Someone stop me,"; he cried,
- As he faded from sight,
- ";Won't nobody help a naked man?";
- ";Won't nobody help a naked man?";
- CHORUS
- There she is sitting there
- Out behind the smoke-house in her rocking chair
- She don't do nothin'
- She don't say nothin'
- She don't feel nothin'
- She don't know nothin'
- Maybe she's crazy, I don't know
- But maybe that's why I love her so
- Her papa was a midget
- Her mama was a whore
- Her grandad was a newsboy 'til he was eighty-four
- Man don't you think I know she hates me
- Man don't you think I know that she's no good
- If she knew how she'd be unfaithful to me
- I think she'd kill me if she could
- Maybe she's crazy I don't know
- But maybe that's why I love her so
- I'm not afraid of the greywolf
- Who stalks through our forest at dawn
- As long as I have her beside me
- I have the strength to carry on
- Today we will be married
- And all the freaks that she knows will be there
- And all the people from the village will be there
- To congratulate us
- I will carry her across the threshold
- I will make dim the light
- I will attempt to spend my love within her
- But though I try with all my might
- She will laugh at my mighty sword
- She will laugh at my mighty sword
- Why must everybody laugh at my mighty sword?
- Lord, hep me if you will
- Maybe we're both crazy, I don't know
- Maybe that's why I love her so
- Doctor, let me tell you something about myself
- I'm a college man and I'm very wealthy
- I've got no time to trifle with trash like you
- Cause I must be 'bout my business
- My brother's a machinist in a textile mill
- And he makes more money than you ever will
- He just got married to a Polish girl
- With a space between her teeth
- My sister's a dancer up in Baltimore
- At a small cafe on Main
- But she ran off with a Negro from the Eastern Shore
- Dr., she didn't even know his name
- CHORUS
- Get me back on my feet again
- Back on my feet again
- Open the door and set me free
- Get me back on my feet again
- He took her down to Mobile in a railroad train
- He said, ";Driver, take me to the Hotel Paree.";
- He went into the washroom
- Washed his face and hands
- Dr., when he come out he was white as you and me
- He said, ";Girl, I'm not a Negro I'm a millionaire
- As you can plainly see
- So many women love my money
- But you have proved that you love only me.
- ";I'm going to teach you to play polo and how to water ski
- And you won't have to dance no more
- And I no longer must pretend to be
- A Negro from the Eastern Shore.";
- Doctor, doctor, what you say
- How 'bout letting me out today?
- Ain't no reason for me to stay
- Everybody's so far away
- CHORUS
- I never drink in the afternoon
- I never drink alone
- But I sure do like a drink or two
- When I get home
- Let me tell you what I do
- I sit here in this chair
- I pour myself some whiskey
- And watch my troubls vanish into the air
- CHORUS
- Rollin', rollin'
- Ain't gonna worry no more
- Rollin', rollin'
- Ain't gonna worry no more
- Used to worry about gamblin'
- Throwin' my money away
- Used to worry about wastin' time
- And layin' round the house all day
- But I'm all right now
- I'm all right now
- I never thought I'd make it
- But I always do somehow
- I'm all right
- CHORUS
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