David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe
Autobiographically, this song focuses on examples from Coe’s life as a traveling musician. The song is a great example of the fierce independence that is a hallmark of Outlaw Country Music.
[Verse 1]
Country DJs knows that I'm an outlaw
They'd never come to see me in this dive
Where bikers stare at cowboys, who are laughing at the hippies
Who are praying they'll get out of here alive
[Verse 2]
The loud mouth in the corner's getting to me
Talking 'bout my earrings and my hair
I guess he ain't read the signs that say that I been to prison
Someone ought to warn him 'fore I knock him off his chair
[Verse 3]
Because my long hair just can't cover up my red neck
I've won every fight I've ever fought
Hey, I don't need some turkey telling me that I ain't country
And saying I ain't worth the damned old ticket that he bought
[Chorus]
'Cause I can sing all them songs about Texas
And I still do all the sad ones that I know
They tell me I look like Merle Haggard
And sound a lot like David Allan Coe
[Verse 4]
And the barmaid in the last town that we played in
Knew the words to every song I'd wrote
She said Jimmy Rabbit turned her on to my last album
Just about the time the jukebox broke
[Verse 5]
Yeah, Johnny Cash helped me get out of prison
Long before Rodriguez stole that goat
I've been the Rhinestone Cowboy for so long I can't remember
And I can do you every song Hank Williams ever wrote
[Chorus]
And I can sing all them songs about Texas
And I still do all the sad ones that I know
I can't help it, I look like Merle Haggard
And I sound a lot like David Allan Coe
[Refrain]
But the country DJs all think I'm an outlaw
And they'd never come to see me in this dive
Where bikers stare at cowboys, who are laughing at the hippies
Who are praying they'll get out of here alive
[Outro]
The loud mouth in the corner's getting to me
Talking 'bout my earrings and my hair...
Longhaired Redneck was written by David Allan Coe.
Longhaired Redneck was produced by Ron Bledsoe.
David Allan Coe released Longhaired Redneck on Mon Mar 01 1976.