Drive-By Truckers - Cottonseed
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- Drive-By Truckers - Cottonseed Lyrics
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I came to tell my story to all these young and eager minds
To look in their unspoiled faces and their curious bright eyes
Stories of corruption, crime and killing, yes it's true
Greed and fixed elections, guns and drugs and whores and booze
It's been a while since I put on a suit of my own clothes
And even longer since I cast my shadow on a church house door
They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong
I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
I used to have a wad of hundred dollar bills in the back pocket of my suit
I had a .45 underneath my coat and another one in my boot
I drove a big ole Cadillac, bought a new one anytime I pleased
And I put more lawmen in the ground than Alabama put cottonseed
I spent a few years on vacation, sanctioned by the state I mentioned
But a man like me don't do no time too hard to come back from
The meanest of the mean, I see you lock away and toss the key
But they're all just loud mouth punks to me, I've scraped meaner off my shoe
Somewhere, I ain't saying, there's a hole that holds a judge
The last one that I dug myself
And I must admit I was sad to lay him in it, but I did the best I could
Once his Honor grows a conscience, well folks, that there just ain't no good
There's a pretty girl out there said "Daddy, you stay cool tonight
All I need from you is to come home and be here by my side
Say what you gotta say to shut their Bibles and their mouths
If they was to tie a noose, they'd have to lay their Bibles down"
I ain't here to save no souls and even if I could
I could never save enough to put back half the ones I took
So if they rest in torment you can't say it's cause of me
They'd long been bought and paid for like that fool's in Tennessee
Mike Cooley / Drive-By Truckers © Wayward Johnson's Music (BMI)
What a shame more people don't know about this great song.
the best song writing in the business PERIOD ... a band that always stays true to its roots, and keeps integrity in its music .... refreshing ....
this band changed my life
this song proves mike cooley is one of the best song writers in the past 20 years.. this song gives me chills the way he tells the story and plays the guitar amazing song.
Fred been in the freezer- start looking for the weezer- talk to the Caesar and then keep off my f’n sweater
@@lucaspeden3727pppp
The ghost of Sleepy Waters stirs in those lyrics. A good guy when those were rare amongst the power brokers of 1970's Atlanta. Thank you Sleepy, I will never forget what you did. Your life and story would make a damn good book, maybe I should write it.
Fell out of love with music for a while but in mid 2006 discovered dbt and never looked back thanks to the dirty south
mike cooley is the goddamn man.
" and I put more law men in the ground that Alabama put cottonseed "
Love this song and the story, these guys are professions in the construction of interesting concepts
It's like Charley Daniels and Nick Drake. Brilliant.
Nick Drake Nice!
Tuscaloosa college radio still plays this song, Jacksonville also.
Oh it's still alive & well in Athens, GA, where they cut their teeth & made their best music.
I can just read the words of the song...
And Im beyond satisfied,
Great piece of southern rock
Cooley is the man!
While doing research on the dixie-mob all afternoon I hit this song. It's the cream and strawberry on an already great cake of stories. The writer got perfectly into the mind of a sociopath -killer. Next to surf should be Bufford Stick I guess, having heard Boys From Alabama first. Thanks for posting this.
Aalbert Tunderman sociopath? The song starts with a warning to children. Some mother fuckers got to die, but you don't have to feel bad
Holy shit! This is amazing man!
I'm not much for country music, but I love these guys.
they are not southern rock either
Sound pretty much Southern Gothic Rock to me..
Neither of yall know a goddamn thing about country music
. That's because it's not.
59 people wouldn't know good music if Buford beat em in the face for playing it
And that's just the record executives! What's worse is the sud titles, I've seen DBT a few times and know the lyrics pretty good, but what's popping up is no where close to what he is actually sayin'.
It’s 68 morons now
@@doggmansnapperdude3405 f..king 95 now no accounting for taste this is an amazing tune
Stare at the cover picture.........awesome!!!!
well this sure takes me back to early Steve Earle !! So pleased its still all happen`in around the place.............excellent. Roll it on to the UK, give em all somethin to think about!!!
walking tall meets 1883. apex level storytelling and musicianship. DBTs rule
This is awesome
I love stories about unapologetically bad,bad men 🖤
And I put more lawmen in the ground than Alabama put cottonseed
best music I ever herd
Stroker Aces masterpiece, but I got to put Women Without Whiskey next to it.
They were at there pinnacle during Decoration Day and This work of art!!!! # ax attack. Man's a fabulous picker, stand on left stage when there in town just to watch Cooley tear it down!
If you want to go Cooley, zip city is where it's at
Great song..
Love it
my fave cooley song
boy the sub sonic booms really add an ominous tone to this one doesnt it?
Really needs to be on the Justified Soundtrack this season.
History is history and truth is truth and when the spirts awaken there will be no stopping them. We can look back on all history has told us and really have the brilliance to ask why?? Really??
I think I'm responsible for half of these 1,500 views.
I'm the other half lol
i put more lawmen in the ground than alabama put cottonseed
@KholmXanatov Sometimes I think it's good to be created balance between people ''with'' music taste and those without it. It's good to know that there is someone else with the same opinion about little thing called good music.
Greetings from Europe! ;)
DBT!
THis guy was the devils bounty hunter.
Reminds me of Firefly.
+LeObviousTroll Good gorram show!
good work
Genius
The Tao Te Cooley is Mighty. :)
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The Best
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itsmy belief that this song is about dewitt dawson i grew up and still live in colbert county so i know the history
Philip Foreman I think it might be an amalgamation of the Dawson brothers, with Dewitt as the main draw. But, I think you're 99% right. Most folks don't know the story even though The NY Times and DC Post wrote outlaw pieces that would've made John Gotti and Billy the Kid jealous
Tim Brackeen you sound smart and easy going
yep.
TRUTH
Bright Eyes - Bowl of Cottonseed
Cooley is the Keef of DBT, which I guess that makes Patterson Mick ? Nah, Patterson is way cooler than Mick...
Hard ass pick bro
Stones forever
@karmacrab nice job ;)
thank fuck music that actually means something.
This song reminds me of Gadsden Alabama.
Bill Cahill yeah it does
..or Phenix City in the 40s & 50s.
My main genre is black metal, but this if fuckin great!
Grow up and lose the name, phoney.
and me for the rest :D
it's one of those "JESUS! SON!" songs....even if you don't believe lol
Grantland
This song makes me want to get thrown on the chain gang
and I put more law men in the ground than Alabama put Cottonseed.
Hell yeah...ftw Mike Cooley!
yo
1:09-1:47 bout my life right now
or a good fibber :D
Is it anti-Baptist commentary or just the southern mind set after reconstruction? I do know it's good
well he certainly got the fixed election part right --- lets go brandon
Jason musta been hammered and forgot that line
K$H PATEL
kash patel rocks, but why u wanna f white kids
You judges and shit taking peoples homes and property in Douglas county Ga ought to listen to this and take heed. You are lucky Earl aint with us no more.....or are you?
#FWK
Duane Anderson you must follow the bad huh? Let’s go Brandon doesn’t fit with this bad go listen to Ted nugent hes all about that
this is butt