1.Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On
Johnny got up one morning; he went down to the company store
Got him a big box of bullets to fit into his .44
The store man said, 'son, are you gonna work？ you know you owe
me too much to stop.'
John said, 'i got a little workin' to do but i ain't goin' by
your clock.'
People said john was a slacker, 'cause he wouldn't fight in
their war
A man wasn't much if he wouldn't fight back in 1940 and 4
The doctor said john was just too sick to go, but the people
said that he was a coward
And one of the men makin' fun of him was a fellow named milton
howard
Milton was down at the cold spring, a-drinkin' from a mason jar
He said, 'john, you better get yourself to work or you're gonna
fool around 'til you get fired.'
John blew the dust from his old .44, put two holes in milton's
head
When johnny walked off to get some more shootin' done, that ol'
cold spring was a-runnin' red
Next guy he met was a stigall boy, and the boy had a hammer in
his hand
John said 'son, you should've built yourself a box, 'cause
you're a headed for the promised land.'
Stigall fell down to his knees to pray, and he cried 'lord,
johnny please don't shoot!'
Before he got halfway to saying 'amen', well old johnny shot him
out of his boots
Word went out through the county, that old john had lost his
head
The people were runnin' and screamin'; there were seven of 'em
lyin' there dead
Johnny hid out in a farmhouse; he had satisfaction in his eyes
He said 'i know they're coming to get me, boys, but they ain't
a-gonna take me alive.'
People gathered 'round that old farmhouse; it was the relatives
of all them dead
Now john said, 'if the sheriff comes through that door i'm gonna
fill him plumb full of lead.'
The sheriff kicked down that old farmhouse door, but old john's
gun would not shoot
Johnny just smiled at the sheriff and said, 'the lord must think
a lot of you.'
They took old john to the jailhouse; he entered in a guilty plea
The judge said death in the electric chair, 'cause it's murder
in the first degree
John's last meal was a lot of fried chicken, cold beans and baby
squash
He ate every bite that they brought him, then he smiled and
said, 'i thank you all a lot.'
They put old john in the electric chair; they shaved his ankles
and his head
The preacher said, 'son, have you got something to say; in a
minute you're a-gonna be dead.'
John said, 'i ain't no coward, and the people know that i won't
run.'
Then johnny smiled up at the warden and said, 'turn it on, turn
it on, turn it on!'
2.Souvenirs
Take these arms of mine, throw them away
They're just souvenirs of some other day
Take these lips of mine, they're useless to me
They're just souvenirs of things that used to be
(chorus)
They're just souvenirs and who needs 'em now
They're just bits and pieces of my yesterday, anyhow
Take this old heart of mine, it's been beating too long
It's just a souvenir of something that went wrong
Take my yesterdays, the minutes, the hours
They're just souvenirs, they'll fade like the flowers
Take these eyes before i see her again
They're just souvenirs of things that might have been
(chorus)
Ol' t's just a souvenir of something that went wrong
3.Pamela Brown
I'm the guy who didn't marry pretty pamela brown
Educated, well-intentioned, good girl in our town
I wonder where i'd be today if she had loved me too
Probably be driving kids to school
(chorus)
I guess i owe it all to pamela brown
All of my good times and all my roamin' around
One of these days i might come ramblin' through your town
And i guess i owe it all to pamela brown
I've seen the lights of cites and i've been inside their doors
I've sailed to foreign countries and i've walked upon their
shores
I guess the guy she married was the best part of my luck
She dug him 'cause he drove a pick-up truck
(chorus)
I don't have to tell you just how beautiful she was
Everything it takes to get a country boy in love
Lord, i hope she's happy 'cause she sure deserves to be
Especially for what she did for me
(chorus)
4.Bourbon Man
5.The Promise And The Dream
6.She Gave Her Heart To Jethro
I guess you know jethro went crazy; we've all been crazy
sometimes
They fixed up his lungs and his fever; but they could not fix up
his mind
He married a beautiful redhead; of women they say she's a pearl
She gave her heart to jethro, and her body to the whole damn
world
Well, jethro had someone to talk to; they were monsters and
little green men
He never talked to his woman; naw, he spent all his time with
his friends
In the evenings she'd drive off and leave him; she tossed back
her long, pretty curls
She gave her heart to jethro, and her body to the whole damn
world
Some friends came and begged her to leave him; they said,
'jethro belongs in a home.'
She said, 'my heart is jethro's, but my god-given body is my
own.'
Now some of her lovers were strangers; she gave everybody a
whirl
She gave her heart to jethro, and her body to the whole damn
world
I know some will condemn me for writin' this song of a man and
his wife
A man's not writin' if he can't relate all the things that he
sees in his life
I know some will condemn me for cursin', but much can be said
for this girl
Who gave her heart to ol' jethro, and her body to the whole damn
world
7.Coot Marseilles Blues
8.The Monkey That Became President
I was there on the day the monkey came into this world
His face was round and reddish and his hair was slightly curled
He didn't look too different from the others i had seen
Who'd-a-thought he was the answer to the nation's dream？
At first he didn't seem to be intelligent at all
Each time he'd start to walk about he'd stumble and he'd fall
My first impression was to be a most mistaken thought
Lord a'mighty, what's this little hairy monkey wrought？
Because i witnessed his departure from his mother's womb
I felt inclined to check his progress every afternoon
One day the keeper of the zoo called in the live tv
'frankly said, i think you'll be amazed at what you see'.
The monkey walked and talked and waved his arms about his head
In the corner was the stack of books that he had read
'an educated monkey!' said the papers 'cross the land
It was more than weary sociologists could stand
Oh, his fame was universal, he was on the carson how
People talked about him kindly everywhere he'd go
His insight was amazing, his philosophy was fair
He became a politician welcome everywhere
His wit was not to be compared with any mind intact
He'd lace a phrase with irony and blend it all with fact
Conservatives applauded and the liberals were entranced
The bigots and the integrationists were in his camp
Nobody dared to meet him in an open press debate
He was nominated by the folks from every state
Yes, a monkey was the president, though maybe not the first
And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe
The dream i had last night has been related as it came
As for interpretation, well, it's really very plain
Would you rather have a monkey up in washington, d.c.
Or have those people making monkeys out of you and me？
9.Pratt Street
10.High Steppin' Proud
11.Me And Jesus
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