Red Bandana Blues Lyrics by Adam Carroll
Adam Carroll Lyrics
Red Bandana Blues Lyrics
Two tie-dyed brain fried misfits who lived in a shack in the back of the Bodark Wood
A Caddo guy and a Crockett girl worked hard at staying stoned as best they could
Coming up at night they were high as a Christmas moon
Coming down was the fear and the four walls of their room
They were two hard-core junkies
And they stayed drunker than a bunch of monkeys
And they were barrels of laughter with no time left to lose
They had nightmares and needles
With the Stones and the Beatles
And they kept all the straightlaced businessmen confused
And the days went by with the red bandanna blues
Well, ivy was grown o'er their heavenly home
And their only companions were the chickens and the doves
When the law had ‘em made they got laid in the shade
On their face was the grace from the good Lord up above
Making love in the woods was peaceful most of the time
The revolution was the last thing on their mind
They were tough, foul-mouthed, and lazy
They ate biscuits and gravy
They wore blue bell bottom jeans and platform shoes
They slapped at the insects while they laughed at the rednecks
They kept all the straightlaced businessmen confused
And the days went by with the red bandanna blues
Alright...
They wore black suspenders on all day benders
And the world was changing and the kids were running wild
They got gray haired, sat in rocking chairs and built a great big cradle for a newborn flower child
And they never grew up and they never moved to town
But they kinda faded away when the Bodarks got cut down
They had bad luck and good times and cold beer and pork rinds
And the Sunday funnies were the only worthy news
They had nightmares and needles with the Stones and the Beatles
They kept all the straightlaced businessmen confused
Yeah, they were lowdown and worthless but they were nice on the surface
They got by just fine on whatever they could use
And in trouble they got deeper when they grew their crops of reefer
‘Cause business and pleasure were two words they got confused
And the days went by with the red bandanna blues
Hey...
[Thanks to david_wendell1 for correcting these lyrics]
A Caddo guy and a Crockett girl worked hard at staying stoned as best they could
Coming up at night they were high as a Christmas moon
Coming down was the fear and the four walls of their room
They were two hard-core junkies
And they stayed drunker than a bunch of monkeys
And they were barrels of laughter with no time left to lose
They had nightmares and needles
With the Stones and the Beatles
And they kept all the straightlaced businessmen confused
And the days went by with the red bandanna blues
Well, ivy was grown o'er their heavenly home
And their only companions were the chickens and the doves
When the law had ‘em made they got laid in the shade
On their face was the grace from the good Lord up above
Making love in the woods was peaceful most of the time
The revolution was the last thing on their mind
They were tough, foul-mouthed, and lazy
They ate biscuits and gravy
They wore blue bell bottom jeans and platform shoes
They slapped at the insects while they laughed at the rednecks
They kept all the straightlaced businessmen confused
And the days went by with the red bandanna blues
Alright...
They wore black suspenders on all day benders
And the world was changing and the kids were running wild
They got gray haired, sat in rocking chairs and built a great big cradle for a newborn flower child
And they never grew up and they never moved to town
But they kinda faded away when the Bodarks got cut down
They had bad luck and good times and cold beer and pork rinds
And the Sunday funnies were the only worthy news
They had nightmares and needles with the Stones and the Beatles
They kept all the straightlaced businessmen confused
Yeah, they were lowdown and worthless but they were nice on the surface
They got by just fine on whatever they could use
And in trouble they got deeper when they grew their crops of reefer
‘Cause business and pleasure were two words they got confused
And the days went by with the red bandanna blues
Hey...
[Thanks to david_wendell1 for correcting these lyrics]
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