Charlie Daniels - Simple Man lyrics

I ain't nothing but a simple man

Call me a redneck, I reckon that I am

But there's things goin' on that make me mad down to the core

I have to work like a dog to make ends meet

There's crooked politicians and crime in the street

And I'm madder than hell and I ain't gonna take it no more

We tell our kids to just say no

And then some panty waist judge lets a drug dealer go

And he slaps him on the wrist and he turns him back out on the town

Well, if I had my way with people sellin' dope

I'd take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope

And hang 'em up high and let 'em swing till the sun goes down

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Well you know what's wrong with the world today

People done gone and put their Bibles away

There livin' by law of the jungle not the law of the land

Well the good book says it, so I know it's the truth

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

You'd better watch where you go

And remember where you've been

That's the way I see it I'm a simple man

Now, I'm the kind of man that wouldn't harm a mouse

But if I catch somebody breakin' in my house

I've got a twelve gauge shotgun waitin' on the other side

So don't go pushin' me against my will

I don't want to have to fight you but I durn sure will

So if you don't want trouble that you'd better just pass me on by

As far as I'm concerned there ain't no excuse

For the raping and the killing and the child abuse

And I've got a way to put and end to all that mess

You just take those rascals out in the swamp

Put them on their knees and tie 'em to a stump

And let the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest

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