I ain't nothin' but a simple man
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They call me a redneck I reckon that I am
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But there's things going on
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That make me mad down to the core.
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I have to work like a dog to make ends meet
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There's crooked politicians and crime in the street
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And I'm madder'n hell and I ain't gonna take it no more.
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We tell our kids to just say no
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Then some panty waist judge lets a drug dealer go
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Slaps him on the wrist and then he turns him back out on the town.
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Now if I had my way with people sellin' dope
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I'd take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope
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I'd hang 'em up high and let 'em swing 'til the sun goes down
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Well, you know what's wrong with the world today
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People done gone and put their Bible's away
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They're living by the law of the jungle not the law of the land
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The good book says it so I know it's the truth
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An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth
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You better watch where you go and remember where you been
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That's the way I see it I'm a Simple Man.
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Now I'm the kinda man that'd not harm a mouse
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But if I catch somebody breakin in my house
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I've got twelve guage shotgun waiting on the other side
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So don't go pushing me against my will
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I don't want to have to fight you but I dern sure will
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So if you don't want trouble then you'd better just pass me on by
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As far as I'm concerned there ain't no excuse
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For the raping and the killing and the child abuse
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And I've got a way to put an end to all that mess
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Just take them rascals out in the swamp
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Put 'em on their knees and tie 'em to a stump
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Let the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest
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You know what's wrong with the world today
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People done gone and put their Bible's away
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They're living by the law of the jungle not the law of the land
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The Good Book says it so I know it's the truth
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An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth
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You better watch where you go and remember where you been
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That's the way I see it I'm a Simple Man
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Simple Man
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| The Charlie Daniels Band |
