First Battalion Lyrics

Well, I'd like to sing a song about the chain gang (whap!) And swingin' twelve pound hammers all the day, (whap!) And how a I'd like to kill my captain (whap!) And how a black man ...Read Full Lyrics

I was waitin' in Rosie's RestaurantWhen the waiter came up and said, "What do you want?"I looked at the menu -- it looked so niceTill he said, "Let me give you some advice"He said,...Read Full Lyrics

When Johnny comes marching home again...harro...harroGive him a hearty welcome then...harro...harroAll the boys will sing and the girls will shoutAnd the ladies they will all turn ...Read Full Lyrics

Some men need some killer weedand some men need cocaine.Some men need some cactus juiceto purify their brain.Some man need 2 women,and some need alcohol.Everybody needs a little so...Read Full Lyrics

Once there was a giving tree who loved a little boy.And everyday the boy would come to playSwinging from the branches, sleeping in the shadeLaughing all the summer’s hours away.A...Read Full Lyrics

Well, when I was a boy,I played in a band,The virtuoso of the slide trombone.I always thought that I possessedA perfectly golden mellow tone.But then one night things got tight and...Read Full Lyrics

How did I hurt that woman?She never done me wrongI run away and left her forA redhead Amazon.I got no brains, I got no sense.I never had no class.So I'm goin' down to TexasAnd be o...Read Full Lyrics

Ooh, ooh, I gotta get rid of this band.They're rockin' too hard for a country music man.I preach 'em and I teach 'em but they don't understand.I tell you folks, I gotta get rid of ...Read Full Lyrics

It was a drizzly, drinkin' Nashville nightAnd everything was wrong.My beer was flat and the jukebox cranked outSomebody else's song.I turned my head and down the barStarin' straigh...Read Full Lyrics

Mama mama me oh myI don't want no catfish eyesI don't want no lizard spleensGimme greasy grit gravy and gizzard greensGreasy grit gravy and gizzard greensBig fat pie and mobo beans...Read Full Lyrics