Don Williams - Good Ole Boy Like Me Lyrics
When I was a kid Uncle Remus would put me to bed,With a picture of Stonewall Jackson above my head.Then Daddy came in to kiss his little man,With gin on his breath and a bible in his hand,And he talked about honor and things I should know.Then he'd stagger a little as he went out the door.[Chorus]I can still hear the soft southern winds in the live oak treesAnd Those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me,Hank and Tennessee.I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be,So what do you do with good ol' boys like me?Nothing makes a sound in the night like the wind does,But you ain't afraid if you're washed in the blood like I was.The smell of cape jasmine through the window screen,John R. and The Wolfman kept me companyBy the light of the radio by my bed,With Thomas Wolfe whispering in my head.[Chorus]When I was in school I ran with a kid down the street,And I watched him burn himself up on bourbon and speed,But I was smarter than most, and I could choose.Learned to talk like the man on the six o'clock news.When I was eighteen, lord, I hit the roadBut it really doesn't matter how far I go.[Chorus]Yeah, what do you do with good ol' boys like me?
