Karaoké Uneasy Rider The Charlie Daniels Band

I was taking a trip out to LA.

Tooling along in my Chevrolet

Toking on a number and digging on the radio

Just as I crossed the Mississippi line

I heard that highway start to whine

And I knew that left rear tire was about to go

Well the spare was flat and I got uptight

'Cos there wasn't a filling station in sight

So I just limped on down the shoulder on the rim

I went as far as I could and when I stopped the car

It was right in front of this little bar

Kind of a redneck looking joint

Called the Dew Drop Inn

Well I stuffed my hair up under my hat

And told the bartender that I had a flat

And would he be kind enough to give me change for a one

There was one thing

I was sure proud to see

There wasn't a soul in the place except for him and me

He just looked disgusted and pointed toward the telephone

I called up the station down the road a ways

He said he wasn't very busy today

And he could have somebody there in just about ten minutes or so

He said "Now, you just stay right where you're at!"

And I didn't bother to tell the darn fool

That I sure as hell didn't have anyplace else to go

I just ordered up a beer and sat down at the bar when some guy walked in

And said "Who owns this car with the peace sign and the mag wheels and four on the floor?"

Well he looked at me and I damn near died

And I decided that I'd just wait outside

So I laid a dollar on the bar and headed for the door

Just when I thought

I'd get out of there with my skin

These five big dudes come strolling in

With this one old drunk chick and some fella with green teeth

And I was almost to the door when the biggest one said:

"You tip your hat to this lady son"

And when I did all that hair fell out from underneath

Now the last thing I wanted was to get into a fight

In Jackson Mississippi on a Saturday night

Especially when there was three of them and only one of me

But they all started laughing and I felt kinda sick

And I knew I better think of something pretty quick

So I just reached out and kicked old green teeth right in the knee

Now he let out a yell that'd curl your hair

But before he could move

I grabbed me a chair

And said "Watch him folk 'cos he's a thoroughly dangerous man!"

"You may not know it but this man is a spy

He's a undercover agent for the FBI

And he's been sent down here to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan"

He was still bent over holding on to his knee but everybody else was looking and listening to me

And I laid it on thicker and heavier as I went

I said: "Would you believe this man has gone as far as tearing Wallace stickers off the bumpers of cars

And he voted for

George McGovern for President"

"Well he's a friend of them long haired hippy-type pinko fags!

I bet you he's even got a commie flag

Tacked up on the wall inside of his garage"

"He's a snake in the grass

I tell you guys

He may look dumb but that's just a disguise

He's a mastermind in the ways of espionage"

They all started looking real suspicious at him

And he jumped up and said

"Now just wait a minute Jim!

You know he's lying

I been living here all of my life!"

"I'm a faithful follower of Brother John Birch and I belong to the Antioch

Baptist Church

And I ain't even got a garage you can call home and ask my wife"

Then he started saying something about the way I was dressed

But I didn't wait around to hear the rest

I was too busy moving

And hoping

I didn't run out of luck

And when I hit the ground

I was making tracks and they were just taking my car down off the jacks

So I threw the man a twenty and jumped in and fired that mother up

Mario Andretti would have be sure been proud of the way I was moving when I passed that crowd

Coming out the door and headed toward me in a trot

And I guess I should of gone ahead and run but somehow I just couldn't resist the fun

Of chasing them all just once around the parking lot

Well they headed for their car but I hit the gas and spun around and headed them off at the pass

I was slinging gravel and putting a ton of dust in the air

Ha ha ha

I had them all out there stepping and fetching like their heads was on fire and their asses was catching

But I figured I had better go ahead and split before the cops got there

When I hit the road

I was really wheeling

Had gravel flying and rubber squealing

And I didn't slow down 'till I was almost to Arkansas

Well I think I'm going to reroute my trip

I wonder if anybody'd think I'd flipped

If I went to L.A by Omaha