Charlie Daniels Band - Uneasy Rider(1973) C

Words & Music by Charlie Daniels, William J. Digregorio
John Crain, John Louis Gavin & Charles Fred Hayward
From The Album "Honey In The Rock" 1973
Charts: US No.9 CAN No.18
Country Charts: US No. 67 CAN No.69
Kar by Geoff Carter 4th April 2026
For PC MIDI Player sounds best with Timbres of Heaven
Sound fonts loaded via Coolsoft Virtual Midi Synth
Available free from midkar.com

I was takin a trip out to L. A...
Toolin' along in my chevrolet..
Tokin' on a number
and diggin on the radio~...

Just as I crossed
the Mississippi line~..
I heard that highway~..
startin' to whine..
And I knew that left rear tire
was about to blow~...

Well the spare was flat
and I got uptight...
Cause there wasn't a
fillin' station in sight~...
So I just limped on down
the shoulder on the rim~...

I went as far as I could~..
and when I stopped the car~..
It was right in front
of this little bar...
A kind of a...
redneck lookin' joint
called the Dew Drop Inn~...

Well, I stuffed my hair~
up under my hat~..
And told the bartender
that I had a flat~...
And would he be kind enough
to give me change for a one~...

Well, there was one thing
I was sure proud to see
There wasn't a soul in the place..
'cept for him and me..
And he just looked disgusted and...
pointed to'ward the telephone...

I called up the station
down the road~ a ways~..
He said he wasn't very busy today..
And he could have somebody out there..
in just about ten minutes or so~...

He said, "Now, you just stay~
right where you're at!"
And I didn't bother
to tell the darn fool
That I sure as hell
didn't have anyplace else to go...

I just ordered up a beer
and sat down at the bar
When some guy walked in
and said, "Who owns this car
With the peace sign, the mag wheels~..
and the four on the floor?"

Well, He looked at me
and I damn near died~..
And I decided that
I'd just wait outside..
So I laid a dollar on the bar
and headed for the door~...

Just when I thought I'd get
outta there with my skin
These five big dudes
come strollin in..
With this one old drunk chick
and some fella with green teeth...

And, I was almost to the door~
when the biggest one
Said, "You tip your hat
to this lady, son!"
And when I did, all that...
hair fell out from underneath~...

Now the last thing I wanted
was to get in a fight
In Jackson Mississippi
on a Saturday night
'specially when
there was three of them
and only one of me...

But, they all started laughin..
and I felt kinda sick
And I knew I'd better think
of somethin' pretty quick..
So I just reached out
and kicked old green teeth
right in the knee...

Now he let out a yell
that would curl your hair~...
But before he could move
I grabbed me a chair
And said "Watch him Folks
cause he's a thoroughly
dangerous man!"

Well, "You may not know it
but this man is a spy...
He's an undercover agent
for the F.B.I...
And he's been sent down here..
to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan!"

He was still bent over
holdin' on to his knee..
But ev'rybody else was
lookin' and listnin' to me~..
And I'm lay'n it on thicker
and heavier as I went~...

I said..
"Would you believe this man..
has gone as far
As tearin' Wallace stickers
off the bumpers of cars?..
And he voted for
George McGovern for President...

"Well, he's a friend of them
long haired, hippytype, pink~o fags!
I bet you he's even got a commie flag~..
tacked up on the wall inside of his garage."...

"He's a snake in the grass
I'll tell you guys...
He may look dumb
but that's just a disguise..
He's a mastermind
in the ways of espionage"...

They all started lookin
real suspicious at him...
And he jumped up and said
"Now just wait a minute Jim!
You know he's ly'n'
I've been livin' here
all of my life!"

"I'm a faithful follower
of Brother John Birch
And I belong to the
Antioch Baptist Church...
And I ain't even got a garage
you can call home and ask my wife!"

Then he started sayin' somethin'
bout the way I was dressed~..
But I didn't wait around
to hear the rest
I was too busy movin'
and hopin' I didn't run outta luck...

And when I hit the ground
I was makin' tracks~..
And they were just takin'
my car down off the jacks..
So I threw the man a twenty
and jumped in
and fired that mother up...

Mario Andretti would~da
sure been proud...
Of the way I was movin'
when I passed that crowd
Comin' out the door
and headed to'ward me in a trot...

And I guess I should of
gone ahead and run
But somehow I just
couldn't resist the fun
Of chasing them all
just once around the parking lot...

Well they're headed for their car..
but I hit the gas..
And spun around
and headed them off at the pass..
I was slingin' gravel
and putting a ton of dust in the air...

Well I.. had 'em all out there
steppin' and fetchin'
Like their heads were on fire
and their asses was catchin'..
But I.. figured I'd better go ahead..
and split 'fore the cops got there...

When I hit the road
I was really wheelin
Had the gravel fly'n
and rubber squealin'
And I didn't slow down
'till I was almost to Arkansas...

Well, I think I'm goin'
to reroute my trip~...
I wonder if anybody'd
think I'd flipped
If I... went to L.A... via Omaha...

Created with Karakan version 8.3

Soft karaoke
Words
Charlie Daniels Band - Uneasy Rider(1973) C
Words & Music by Charlie Daniels, William J. Digregorio
John Crain, John Louis Gavin & Charles Fred Hayward
From The Album "Honey In The Rock" 1973
Charts: US No.9 CAN No.18
Country Charts: US No. 67 CAN No.69
Sequence by Geoff Carter 4th April 2026
For PC MIDI Player sounds best with Timbres of Heaven
Sound fonts loaded via Coolsoft Virtual Midi Synth
Available free from midkar.com
*************************
*************************
*************************