Charlie Daniels Band Simple Man lyrics

I ain't nothin' but a simple man<br />
They call me a redneck, I reckon that I am<br />
But there's things going on that make me mad down to the core<br />
I have to work like a dog to make ends meet<br />
And there's crooked politicians and crime in the street<br />
And I'm madder an' hell and I ain't gonna take it no more<br />
<br />
We tell our kids to just say no<br />
Then some panty waist judge lets a drug dealer go<br />
Slaps him on the wrist and then he turns him back out on the town<br />
Now if I had my way with people sellin' dope<br />
I'd take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope<br />
I'd hang 'em up high and let 'em swing 'til the sun goes down<br />
<br />
Well, you know what's wrong with the world today<br />
People done gone and put their bible's away<br />
And they're living by the law of the jungle not the law of the land<br />
The good book says it so I know it's the truth<br />
An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth<br />
You better watch where you're going and remember where you been<br />
That's the way I see it, I'm a simple man<br />
<br />
Now I'm the kinda man that'd not harm a mouse<br />
But if I catch somebody breakin' in my house<br />

I've got twelve gage shotgun waiting on the other side<br />
So don't go pushing me against my will<br />
I don't want to have to fight you but I dern sure will<br />
So if you don't want trouble then you'd better just pass me on by<br />
<br />
As far as I'm concerned there ain't no excuse<br />
For the raping and the killing and the child abuse<br />
And I've got a way to put an end to all of that mess<br />
Yeah just take them rascals out in the swamp<br />
You put 'em on their knees and tie 'em to a stump<br />
Let the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest<br />
<br />
Well you know what's wrong with the world today<br />
People done gone and put their bible's away<br />
They're living by the law of the jungle not the law of the land<br />
The good book says it so I know it's the truth<br />
An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth<br />
You better watch where you're going and remember where you been<br />
That's the way I see it, I'm a simple man<br />
Better watch where you're going and remember where you been<br />
That's the way I see it, I'm a simple man