The good book goes out the window
Came in early one night, find his pretty wife
It hides the truth but it bleeds through
Hymn singing, back breaker all of his life
There's a big ole long red tail
Now old man Taylor was a fourth generation
It hides the truth, but it bleeds through
There's hell to pay when a good ole boy goes bad
Don't give a damn no more
Wantin' money but there wasn't none
In a smoke filled late night club by the river
It hides the truth but it bleeds through
When times get hard
It hides the truth but it bleeds through
Nobody sees a thing when a good ole boy goes bad
With his maker in the promise land
They caught the fella cheatin'
His give a damn to be a righteous man
Sometimes a good ole boy goes bad
When the gloves go to the floor
By fall he had the cold hard cash
A God fearing fence clearing, hay slinging
Don't give a damn no more
There's a big ole long red tail
Under that blue collar
The good book goes out the window
Under that blue collar
Under that blue collar
In the arms of another man
Sat a stranger dealing five card stud
There's a big ole long red tail
When a good ole boy goes bad
Don't give a damn no more
When night came he watered
His give a damn to be a righteous man
When a good ole boy goes bad
The good book goes out the window
His give a damn to be a righteous man
So they set him up a meeting
When a good ole boy goes bad
When the gloves go to the floor
Crop growin' son of a gun
There to take the money and run
One dry summer Uncle Sam come a runnin'
He put a crop in the hollar
He was a big talkin', fast walkin' fly by nighter
When the gloves go to the floor
