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Jack_DeLeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 03:14 AM
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Anyone listen to the "Drive-By Truckers"
They do sort of country/rock type thing.

I'm listening to this song called Puttin' People on the Moon.

Mary Alice had a baby and he looked just like I did
We got married on a Monday and I been working ever since
Every week down at the Ford Plant but now they say they're shutting down
Goddamned Reagan in the White House and no one there gives a damn

Double Digit unemployment, TVA be shutting soon
While over there in Huntsville, They puttin' people on the moon

So I took to runnin' numbers for this man I used to know
And I sell a few narcotics and I sell a little blow
I ain't getting rich now but I'm gettin' more than by
It's really tough to make a living but a man just got to try

If I died in Colbert County, Would it make the evening news?
They too busy blowin' rockets, Puttin' people on the moon

Mary Alice quit askin' why I do the things I do
I ain't sayin' that she likes it, but what else I'm gonna do?
If I could solve the world's problems I'd probably start with hers and mine
But they can put a man on the moon
And I'm stuck in Muscle Shoals just barely scraping by

Mary Alice got cancer just like everybody here
Seems everyone I know is gettin' cancer every year
And we can't afford no insurance, I been 10 years unemployed
So she didn't get no chemo so our lives was destroyed
And nothin' ever changes, the cemetery gets more full
And now over there in Huntsville, even NASA's shut down too

Another Joker in the White House, said a change was comin' round
But I'm still workin' at The Wal Mart and Mary Alice, in the ground
And all them politicians, they all lyin' sacks of shit
They say better days upon us but I'm sucking left hind tit
And the preacher on the TV says it ain't too late for me
But I bet he drives a Cadillac and I'm broke with some hungry mouths to feed

I wish I'z still an outlaw, was a better way of life
I could clothe and feed my family still have time to love my pretty wife
And if you say I'm being punished. Ain't he got better things to do?
Turnin' mountains into oceans Puttin' people on the moon

Turnin' mountains into oceans Puttin' people on the moon
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southlandshari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 03:54 AM
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1. DBT's ROCK!
:D
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 04:07 AM
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2. They are SUCH a great band!
If you haven't, see 'em live. WOW.
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two gun sid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 06:35 AM
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3. Great band. Best country lyrics I've ever heard. And I'm ...
not a country fan.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 08:48 AM
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4. DBT is fuckin' awesome!
:D

You should see them live! :thumbsup:
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 10:00 AM
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5. have their new cd in my car player NOW
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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 10:20 AM
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6. Yes they are very good
I love Carl Perkins' Cadillac
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 10:50 AM
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7. Me! Me! Went and saw them several days ago, too.
Great live band as well.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 10:58 AM
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8. nevermind
Edited on Sat Nov-12-05 11:03 AM by DS1
i was on a complaint about complainers, which didn't make much sense
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