Lyrics David Allan Coe

David Allan Coe

Lay Me Down Some Rails

Hey, lay me down some rails boys

don't put me in jail boys

and if I make a little noise

just leave me alone

I've been known to party some

but I anit never hurt noone

I've been ashamed of what I've done

especially when I'm stoned

I've spent most of my life in honest thinking

and I never cared too much for serious drinking

marijuana makes my eyes start blinking

and incense make my sinuses drain

So, lay me down some rails boys

don't put me in jail boys

and if I make a little noise

just leave me alone

I've been known to party some

but I anit never hurt noone

I've been ashamed of what I've done

especially when I'm stoned

Now women make me think of consolation

prison makes me think of isolation

niggers made me vote for segregation

and cocaine makes me hard as a rock

So, lay me down some rails boys

don't put me in jail boys

and if I make a little noise

just leave me alone

I've been known to party some

but I anit never hurt noone

I've been ashamed of what I've done

especially when I'm stoned

Well it's hard to work for a dollar a week

and the Ku Klux Klan is bigger

so take the sheets of of your bed

and let's go hang a nigger

And lay me down some rails boys

don't put me in jail boys

and if I make a little noise

just leave me alone

I've been known to party some

but I anit never hurt noone

I've been ashamed of what I've done

especially when I'm stoned