If the folks next door to me weren't so good

I'd do all the mean things anybody could

I'd drink and I'd gamble and I'd louse around

I'd be the meanest man in this whole town



If I hadn't seen the light in that old lady's eyes

I'd try to be a man you would hate and despise

I'd rave and I'd rant and I'd scream and yell

And I'd chase my neighbors from here to hell



If I hadn't heard those kids laugh playing games

I'd have nervous fits, I'd go insane

I'd turpentine cats and tin can dogs

I'd smother people to death inside of hollow logs



If the people around me wasn't so nice

I'd freeze my heart into a cake of ice

Steal money from soldiers and working folks too

I'd lend you a dollar and take back two



If my wife didn't kiss me the way she does

I'd carry four or five daggers and three or four guns

I'd shoot craps and ramble and hang out late

I'd steal baby buggies and Cadillac Eights



If my friends didn't write me those letters I get

I'd be a dictator, the worse one yet

I'd be the only smart bird, you'd all be fools

Send you all away to war and I'd stay home and rule



If it wasn't for them songs I hear you all sing

I'd put a crown on my dome and I'd say I'm your king

I'd kidnap some and blackmail others

I'd peddle black market stuff and rob sisters and brothers



If it weren't for your talking I hear on the street

I'd be the orneriest man that you ever did meet

I'd preach the gospel of hate and I'd drink your blood

But I can't be this bad because my folks are too good

No I can't be this bad because my folks are too good




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» Alone
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» Ashes Of American Flags
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» At My Window Sad And Lonely
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» Black Wind Blowing
» Blasting Fonda
» Blood Of The Lamb
» Blue Eyed Soul
» Box Full Of Letters
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» Can't Stand It
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» Casino Queen
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» Company in My Back
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» Don't You Honey Me
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» Eisler On The Go
» Elt
» Far Far Away
» Feed Of Man
» Forget The Flowers
» Handshake Drugs
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» Hell Is Chrome
» Hesitating Beauty
» Hoodoo Voodoo
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» Hotel Arizona
» How To Fight Loneliness
» How To Fight Lonliness
» Hummingbird
» I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
» I Can't Stand It
» I Got You
» I Got You At The End Of The Century
» I Guess I Planted
» I Must Be High
» I Thought I Held You
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» I'm The Man Who Loves You
» In A Future Age
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» Late Greats
» Less Than You Think
» Magazine Called Sunset
» Meanest Man
» Misunderstood
» Monday
» Muzzle of Bees
» My Darling
» My Flying Saucer
» Not For The Season
» Nothing Up My Sleeve
» Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again)
» Nothing's Ever Gonna Stand In My Way Again
» Nothings Ever Gonna Stand In My Way Again
» NothingsevergonnastandinmywayAgain
» One By One
» Outta Mind Outta Sight
» Outtasite (Outta Mind)
» Outtasite Outtamind
» Passenger Side
» Pecan Pie
» Pick Up The Change
» Pieholden Suite
» Poor Places
» Pot Kettle Black
» Radio Cure
» Red Eyed And Blue
» Red-Eyed And Blue
» Remember The Mountain Bed
» Reservations
» Rhythm
» Say You Miss Me
» Secrets Of The Sea
» She Came Along To Me
» She's A Jar
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» Shouldn't Be Ashamed
» Someday Some Morning Sometime
» Someday Soon
» Someone Else's Song
» Spiders (Kidsmoke)
» Stetson Kennedy
» Summer Teeth
» Sunken Treasure
» That's Not The Issue
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» The Lonely 1
» The Lonely One
» The Unwelcome Guest
» Theologians
» Too Far Apart
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» Walk Where He Walked
» War On War
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