This is easily one of the most hilarious songs I've ever heard. Most people think of Charlie Daniels as Country to the core, but he gets his jabs every now and then and this is a classic story of a long-haired liberal guy turning the tables on some Mississippi rednecks using just his wits (and his car, a little bit).
I don't know how long Charlie worked on the lyrics, but he came up with some really funny phrases. His diatribe about the green-toothed man being a spy is laced with them, and then "havin' 'em all out there steppin' and fetchin' like their heads was on fire and their asses was catchin'," is totally a classic. I play this song so often in my car that I have it memorized and I never fail to end up with a huge smile on my face as I sing/talk along.
Some of the lyrics are specific to the time the song was written, but even if you don't get all the references it's still funny. I like Charlie's other songs but this one is my favorite.
This is easily one of the most hilarious songs I've ever heard. Most people think of Charlie Daniels as Country to the core, but he gets his jabs every now and then and this is a classic story of a long-haired liberal guy turning the tables on some Mississippi rednecks using just his wits (and his car, a little bit).
I don't know how long Charlie worked on the lyrics, but he came up with some really funny phrases. His diatribe about the green-toothed man being a spy is laced with them, and then "havin' 'em all out there steppin' and fetchin' like their heads was on fire and their asses was catchin'," is totally a classic. I play this song so often in my car that I have it memorized and I never fail to end up with a huge smile on my face as I sing/talk along.
Some of the lyrics are specific to the time the song was written, but even if you don't get all the references it's still funny. I like Charlie's other songs but this one is my favorite.