Loaded Gun In The Closet Drive-By Truckers

He kept a loaded gun in the closet And another one in the dresser drawer Just in case the one in the closet Didn't make a big enough hole She has breakfast ready every morning And his lunch in a box sitting

Nine Bullets Drive-By Truckers

My roommate's gun got nine bullets in it Nine bullets in my roommate's gun My roommate's gun got nine bullets in it Gonna find a use for every last one One for the love who chose to betray me A real fine

Margo and Harold Drive-By Truckers

I don't like the way he looks at you, and the way she looks at me, Way they look at each other, like we're just part of some private joke.

Sink Hole Drive-By Truckers

was my daddy's and his daddy's before And his daddy's before and his daddy's before Five generations and an unlocked door And a loaded burglar alarm Lots of pictures of my purdy family Lots of pictures

One of These Days Drive-By Truckers

If I had a dime for every time I heard my old man say one of these days I wouldn't be like my old man today Talking 'bout places that he'd been Back in his younger days that he was gonna go back To again

Shut Up And Get On The Plane Drive-By Truckers

Your bad dreams and intuitions Are about as much good to me right now as a brand new set of golf clubs We've been this close to death before, we were just too drunk to know it Guess the price of being

Zip City Drive-By Truckers

"Your Daddy was mad as hell He was mad at me and you As he tied that chain to the front of my car and pulled me out of that ditch that we slid into Don't know what his problem is Why he keeps dragging

Guitar Man Upstairs Drive-By Truckers

and drinkin' that hard liquor down I've been living in this city since the day I was born I've seen good times come and go and I've seen bad times drag on I've seen white and black folks alike get treated

Truckers Atlas modest mouse

Truckers Atlas I'm going to Colorado to unload my head I'm going to New York City and that's in New York,friends I'm going to Arizona sex on the rocks all warm and red and we bled and the writing

Loaded Gun The Dead 60s

You got a beat on your rifle, it's called survival And I don't mind if they see it all when you discover That she's got a loaded gun That she's got a loaded gun And it's pointing at me There's nowhere

The Deeper In Drive-By Truckers

By the time you were born, there were four other siblings With your mama awaiting your daddy in jail And your oldest brother was away at a home And you didn't meet him 'til you were nineteen years old

Where The Devil Don't Stay Drive-By Truckers

My Daddy played poker on a stump in the woods back in his younger days Prohibition was the talk, but the rich folks walked to the woods where my Daddy stayed Jugs and jars from shiners, these old boys

The President's Penis Is Missing Drive-By Truckers

(scene: the press corps have descended upon the White House, a spokesperson begins to speak:) They looked in the White House and Capitol Hill They looked everywhere for Buffalo Bill We called every scholar

Birmingham Drive-By Truckers

"Economics shut the furnace down Bull Connor hosing children down George Wallace stared them Yankee's down In Birmingham Take a left on the interstate In the middle of this sultry state I can't wait to

Days Of Graduation Drive-By Truckers

"Bobby went out for a joy ride with my best girl Left me at the party, He was my best friend and I miss him. It was almost June and the moon illuminated the rain-soaked streets like a candy wrapper.

Angels And Fuselage Drive-By Truckers

"Looking out the window, the trees are getting closer it seems. Thinking bout you Darling. Adding up the cost of these dreams. Strapped to this projectile, just a blink ago I was back in school.

Three Great Alabama Icons Drive-By Truckers

"I grew up in North Alabama, back in the 1970's, When dinosaurs still roamed the earth Speaking Of course of the Three Great Alabama Icons George Wallace, Bear Bryant and Ronnie Van Zant Now Ronnie Van

Life In The Factory Drive-By Truckers

Practiced twelve hours a day in the Hell House In the swamps out side of town. 100 degrees without no open windows Heat radiating off the tin.

Loaded Seal

Oh, little girl What have we done One of us came undone Which one Lost in the moment My despair Maybe we just don't care I care Put it one me But baby not this much It happened with just one touch The

The Sands Of Iwo Jima Drive-By Truckers

George A. was at the movies in December '41 They announced it in the lobby what had just gone on He drove up from Birmingham, back to the family's farm Thought he'd get him a deferment, there's was much

Buttholeville Drive-By Truckers

Tired of living in Buttholeville Tired of my job and my wife Lucille Tired of my kids, Ronnie and Neil Tired of my '68 Bonneville Working down at Billy Bob's Bar and Grille The food here tastes like the

Daddy's Cup Drive-By Truckers

crazy fools with racing in their blood He would put me on his lap when he'd drive and I'd take the wheel He'd say "What do you think about that son?

Cassie's Brother Drive-By Truckers

Can my brother sit in? (X2) Well there's a hole in the band and as a favor to Cassie we'll let her brother come and jam. If he ain't no good, we'll just leave him right out of the mix.

My Sweet Annette Drive-By Truckers

Child, as I look in your eyes You know my life seems like a minute There I find living proof Of all the wonder life hold in it In the past I thought I had to learn Any good that comes from this life we're

Box of Spiders Drive-By Truckers

Gran Gran keeps a box of spiders Says they're on me when I sleep Waiting in the out-house for me Underneath the seat Great-grandmothers 'bout ninety-seven She is sure when she gets to heaven Old St.

Loaded Minds Spirit Of The West

young boy is killed by a gun toting driver he caught him cuase the kid went too far when the mad was asked why he replied with conviction i caught the young punk throwing stones at my car stones at my

Let There Be Rock Drive-By Truckers

On my way home, got pulled over in Rogersville Alabama, with a half-ounce of weed and a case of Sterling BI' mouth. My buddy Gene was driving, he just barely turned sixteen.

Panties In Your Purse Drive-By Truckers

Saw you standing in the hallway, red plastic cup And one of them big long cigarettes You asked me if I could play you some Dylan I said,?Dylan, who??

Do It Yourself Drive-By Truckers

My Daddy called me on a Friday morning So sad to tell me just what you've done You tried so hard to make us all hate you But in the end you was the only one Sick, tired, pissed and wired You never thought

Puttin' People On The Moon Drive-By Truckers

the White House and no one there gives a damn Double Digit unemployment, TVA be shutting soon While over there in Huntsville, They puttin' people on the moon So I took to runnin' numbers for this man

Heathens Drive-By Truckers

Something about the wrinkle in your forehead Tells me there's a fit about to get thrown If we get the van out of the ditch before morning Ain't nobody got to know what I done And I never hear a single

Sandwiches for the Road Drive-By Truckers

All packed to go, baloney and mayonnaise sandwiches for the road Lay them out across the dash in the August sun And if they turn green don't be afraid Nothing can hurt you but yourself Nothing can hurt

Decoration Day Drive-By Truckers

knew how it all got started A problem with Holland before we were born And I don't know the name of that boy we tied down And beat till he just couldn't walk anymore But I know the caliber in Daddy's

Cottonseed Drive-By Truckers

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

The Boys From Alabama Drive-By Truckers

We gonna take you up to McMary county Tennessee Back in the days when Sheriff Buford Busted around things around there Sheriff Buford Pusser Was tryin to clean up McMary county Tennessee From all them

Demonic Possession Drive-By Truckers

(chorus) Demonic Possession His court's in session I sign my confession Demonic Possession It was raining on the day she told me them things that fella sold me Mama wasn't thee to scold me No prison or

Tornadoes Drive-By Truckers

The clouds started forming, five o'clock pm The funnel clouds touched down five miles north of Russellville The siren's were blowing, clouds spat rain And as the thing came through, I swear, it sounded

Outfit Drive-By Truckers

You want to grow up to paint houses like me A trailer in my yard till you're 23 You want to be old after 42 years Keep dropping the hammer and grinding the gears Well, I used to go out in a Mustang A 302

Ronnie And Neil Drive-By Truckers

"Church blew up in Birmingham Four little black girls killed for no goddamn good reason All this hate and violence can't come to no good end A stain on the good name.

Loaded Gun The Living End

With a loaded gun, With a loaded gun, In our hands. We can end life. We can decide, The fate of a man. (Yeah!) Did you hear what happened, to that poor man, at the station tonight?

Never Gonna Change Drive-By Truckers

, mean and strong like fear Strong like the people from South Alabama And mean like the people from here Take it from me, we ain't never gonna change And Daddy used to empty out his shotgun shells And

The Southern Thing Drive-By Truckers

Ain't about my pistol Ain't about my boots Ain't about no northern drives Ain't about my southern roots Ain't about my guitars, ain't about my big old amps "It ain't rained in weeks, but the weather sure

Hell No, I Ain't Happy Drive-By Truckers

bad, too bad at all, pick up the phone if I ever call Hell No, I Ain’t Happy.

Wallace Drive-By Truckers

"Throw another log on the fire, boys, George Wallace is coming to stay When he met St. Peter at the pearly gates, I'd like to think that a black man stood in the way.

The Tough Sell Drive-By Truckers

She's a beauty, yes sir she is, said EZ Dan Fifty five, a bad age, smelling of Brut from Fabrege' and sweat EZ Dan don't bathe a lot these days And why the hell should he anyway?

Carl Perkins' Cadillac Drive-By Truckers

Life ain't nothing but a blending up of all the ups and downs Dammit Elvis, don't you know You made your Mama so proud Before you ever made that record, before there ever was a Sun Before you ever lost

The Company I Keep Drive-By Truckers

told me, you need to get a life My third wife told me to get another wife I brought a bottle and the van's parked by that tree So come on out with me, if you want to be number four Sometimes I feel like

Plastic Flowers On The Highway Drive-By Truckers

"He was ready for the big trip, he was moving to the city; He had packed his prize possessions and gave away the rest. He was almost doing ninety, the sky was blue, sun was shining.

Greenville To Baton Rouge Drive-By Truckers

"One more night, one more show, four down, eighty-four to go This ain't no time for moving slow Greenville to Baton Rouge I'll call you up when I get through The life I live is the life I choose Greenville

Sounds Better In The Song Drive-By Truckers

to say a thing When she opened up her mouth And that sweet voice came out I lost track of my own name Now she's found herself and I lost mine And I'm just another guy Who can't give her anything Well the