Best Of The Rest

(ronnie vanzant -- allen collins -- gary rossington)

Well ever since i met you babe you've been running around
Spendin' my hard earned money on any ol' man in town
I've been your fool
Oh i've been your fool
I've been a fool ever since mama i met you

Now i got something to you mama, ain't gonna say no lie
Ain't gonna stand no runnin' around, don't wanna hear no alibi
I've been your fool
Oh i've been your fool
I've been a fool ever since mama i met you

You've taken every thing i had, you hurt me deep inside
Money wasn't good enough, you had to take my pride
I've been your fool
Oh i've been your fool
I've been a fool ever since mama i met you

Oh, i've been a fool baby
Yes i have

Now i got something to you mama, ain't gonna say no lie
Ain't gonna stand no runnin' around, don't wanna hear no alibi
I've been your fool
Oh i've been your fool
I've been a fool ever since mama i met you

You've taken every thing i had, you hurt me deep inside
Money wasn't good enough, you had to take my pride
I've been your fool
Oh i've been your fool
I've been a fool ever since mama i met you

(ronnie vanzant -- allen collins -- gary rossington)

I don't care who you are baby
Don't care about all the friends that you know
And why you chose me
Lord, sweet mama don't want to know
Can't tie me down baby
Don't bring me down
Chains can't hold me, i gotta go

I don't want your money baby
Don't care for your fancy clothes
And how you people live together
I say lord in heaven only knows
Can't tie me down people
Don't bring me down
Oh the man can't stop me, i gotta go
Gonna hit that road
Buy me some coke

You can take all your charm baby
Yea sweet daddy knows where it goes
Yes it does
You can tell your big sister thanks alot for the hole
Can't tie me down baby
Don't bring me down
Chains can't hold me, i gotta go
Gonna hit that road
I gotta go, don't hold me baby

(jimmy rodgers)

Give me a t for texas, give me a t for tennessee
Give me a t for texas, give me a t for tennessee
Give me a t for thelma, woman made a fool out of me

If you don't want me baby, mama you sure don't got to stall
If you don't want me baby, mama you sure don't got to stall
I've had more pretty women than a passenger train could haul

I'm gonna buy myself a shotgun, one with a long shiny barrel
I'm gonna buy myself a shotgun, one with a long shiny barrel
I'm gonna shoot me a rounder oh that stole away my gal

I'd rather drink your muddy water, sleep down in a hollow log
I'd rather drink your muddy water, sleep down in a hollow log
Than to be in atlanta, georgia, treat me like a dirty dog
(i don't have to go for that)

If you don't want me baby, mama you sure don't got to stall
If you don't want me baby, mama you sure don't got to stall
'cause i've had more pretty women than a passenger train could haul
And that ain't all

I'd rather drink your muddy water, sleep down in a hollow log
I'd rather drink your muddy water, sleep down in a hollow log
Than to be in atlanta, georgia, treated like a dirty dog

Oh give me a t for texas, give me a t for tennessee
Give me a t for thelma, woman made a fool out of me
Give me a t for texas, give me that t for tennessee
Give me a t for thelma, woman made a fool out of me
One more time

Give me a t for thelma, oh that woman made a fool...
I said said oh, that woman made a fool
Out of me, yeah

(allen collins - ronnie vanzant)

New york city is a thousand miles away
And if you ask me, i'll tell you that's ok
Now i'm not trying to put the big apple down
'cause they don't need a man like me in town
I pick cotton down on the dixie line
Work hard all day tryin' to make a dime
But that's allright, that's ok by me
'cause that's the way that it was meant to be

Big city, hard times don't bother me
I'm a country boy, i'm as happy as i can be

I don't like smoke chokin' up my air
And some of those city folks well they don't care
I don't like cars buzzing around
I don't even want a piece of concrete in my town
I like sunshine, fresh clean air
Makes me feel like you wouldn't care but
That's all right, each to his own
But one smell from the city
And this country boy is gone
Big city, hard times don't bother me
I'm a country boy, i'm as happy as i can be

Well, i don't want to even read about it

Let me tell you something, let me tell you true
What's right for me might not be right for you
Well, you live your way, i'll live mine
And i hope that your happy all the time
I pick cotton down on the dixie line
Work hard all day tryin' to make a dime
But that's all right, that's ok by me
'cause that's the way that it was supposed to be


Big city, hard times never bother me
I'm a country boy, i'm as happy as i can be

Let me tell ya, ... i said
Big city, hard times never bother me
I'm a country boy, i'm as happy as i can be
Ooh, that's my way, baby
I don't want you to even tell me about the big city
I don't want to read about it...