Don Williams
Don Williams
Don Williams
Don Williams
Don Williams
Don Williams
Don Williams
Don Williams
Don Williams
Don Williams
“Good Ole Boys Like Me” is a song written by Bob McDill, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in March 1980 as the second single from the album Portrait. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
[Verse 1]
When I was a kid Uncle Remus he 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
He talked about honor and things I should know
Then he staggered a little as he went out the door
[Chorus]
I can still hear the soft southern winds in the live oak trees
And 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 ole boys like me?
[Verse 2]
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 company
By the light of the radio by my bed
With Thomas Wolfe whispering in my head
[Chorus]
I can still hear the soft southern winds in the live oak trees
And 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 ole boys like me?
[Verse 3]
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 road
But it really doesn't matter how far I go
[Chorus]
I can still hear the soft southern winds in the live oak trees
And 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 ole boys like me?
Yeah, what do you do with good ole boys like me?
Good Ole Boys Like Me was written by Bob McDill.
Good Ole Boys Like Me was produced by Garth Fundis & Don Williams.
Don Williams released Good Ole Boys Like Me on Sat Mar 29 1980.
McDill said he got the idea for “Good Ole Boys” after reading Robert Penn Warren’s A Place to Come To, a novel he said he ranked second only to All the King’s Men in the Warren canon.