Big & Rich Album

Somebody's got to be unafraid to lead the freak parade
Somebody's got to be unafraid to lead the freak parade
Somebody's got to be unafraid to lead the freak parade

Written by John D. Rich and Kenny Alphin

Well, we're comin' to your city.
Gonna play our guitars an' sing you a country song.
We'll all be flyin' higher than a jet airliner.
An' if you wanna little bang in your Ying-Yang, come along.

Well we flew through Cincinatti, an' we all got really happy.
Grabbed a bowl of that skyline chilli along the way.
Then we rolled on into Canton, scared the hell out of Marylin Manson,
And the party started happenin', hey, hey, hey.
An' in the middle of a Charleston night, we ran into Jesco White,
An' a little moonshine got us right from smack insane.

An' we're comin' to your city.
Gonna play our guitars an' sing you a country song.
We'll all be flyin' higher than a jet airliner.
An' if you wanna little bang in your Ying-Yang, come along.

Well, we broke down in Greenville in the middle of a hay field,
But a Bud Light truck pulled up an' helped us out.
So we dead-headed up to Philly, partied down like real hillbillies,
Brought the music mafia an' rocked it out.
Oh, an Chippewa's where we go when we're up in Buffalo:
Don't you know, those Yankees drink enough to drown.

Yeah, we're comin' to your city.
Gonna play our guitars an' sing you a country song.
We'll all be flyin' higher than a jet airliner.
An' if you wanna little bang in your Ying-Yang, come along,
Come along.

Instrumental break.

Listen up:
Now, LA's got the freaks an' finks an' fifteen dollar drinks.
An' San Antonio is a wild, wild rodeo.
An' in Phoenix, Arizona, we drink way too much Corona,
An' we woke up by the river in Jeff City, MO.

An' we're comin' to your city.
Gonna play our guitars an' sing you a country song.
We'll all be flyin' higher than a jet airliner.
An' if you wanna little bang in your Ying-Yang, come along.

Yeah, yeah, we're comin' to your city.
We're gonna play our guitars an' sing you a country song.
We'll all be flyin' higher than a jet airliner.
An' if you wanna little bang in your Ying-Yang;
If you wanna little zing in your zang-zang;
If you wanna little ching in your chang-chang, come along.
Come along.
Come along.
Come along.

Baby don't you know I'm a real soul shaker
Baby don't you know I'm gonna catch your world on fire
Gonna take you so high we'll be tearing a hole in the sky
I'm a dynamite daddy, I'll put the rhythm in your blues
I'm not a wishy washy boy like you're ude to

[Chorus:]
I'm a real soul shaker
I'm a true love maker
I'm a giver and a taker
Yeah, when I give you what I got, you're going to rock
Ain't gonna wam bam, thank you ma'am
I ain't gonna be just another heart breaker
Baby don't you know I'm a real soul shaker

Momma always said, I'd run into a girl like you.
Sweet and smart and stronger than a hundred proof.
You're so fine you'd make a bulldog break his chain.
I gonna wrap you up in love like a hurricane.
And blow you away.

[Chorus]

You're like perfect peaches in a tree
(you're like perfect peaches in a tree)
You won't find a better honeybee
A better honey be then me, cuz

[Chorus]

I'm a true love maker
I'm a girlfriend taker
Yeah, when I give you what I got, you're going to rock
Ain't gonna wam bam, thank you ma'am
I ain't gonna be just another heart breaker

If you see me on the street
Looking like I ain't slept in a week (hey) don't worry baby.
Find me closing down the bar
Catch me crawling to my car (hey), just look the other way.
And if I'm by myself with a twisted face
Filling up on comfortable space.

Never mind me (I'll be fine just talking to myself)
Never mind me (sitting all alone inside my personal hell)
I'm going just fine, never mind me.

Well if you just can't comprehend why I'd be kissing your best friend (hey)
Just keep on walking baby.
If you see me sitting on the edge of a twenty story ledge (oh)
But don't try to save me (no)
I'm probably looking at the sky just trying to find the reason why (why)

Never mind me (I'll be fine just talking to myself)
Never mind me (sitting all alone inside my personal hell)
I'm going just fine
Never mind me.
Don't remind me
I'm not crazy don't rewind me then replay me I'm just fine.
Never mind me (I'll be find just talking to myself)
Never mind me (sitting all alone inside my personal hell)
I'm going just fine
Never mind me hey I'll be fine just talking to myself never mind me (ooo)
(Sitting all alone inside my personal hell)

She was sittin' at a bar in LAX, readin' Cosmo "how to have good sex"
When she saw him walking through the security check
Well she gave him a wink, said, "come over here, hey hey good lookin'
Can I buy you a beer?" It's like Nelly said, "It's gettin hot in here!"
She said, "I'm headin' out to Vegas on a 747 in 35 minutes down at gate 11
If you wanna get lucky I'll take you to Heaven
He said, "I got a million dollar meeting up in New York City
If I ain't there it'll be a cryin' pity, but somethin' 'bout you's too damn
pretty!"

[Chorus:]

Yeah, they got a caught up in the moment, couldn't help themselves
They got caught up in the moment, got wild as hell
It was everything they wanted right then and there
They got caught up in the moment, caught up, caught up

At 20,000 feet on a South West flight she whispered to him, "We ain't got all
night"
So he reached up and turned off the overhead light
And by the time they landed sure enough it was more than lust, but less then
love
Ther were full-fledged members of the "you know what club"!

[Chorus]

He was 10 grand up at a blackjack table, she was dressed to the nines
Drinkin' fine Black Label he said, "I think I'm gonna cash out and buy you a
diamond ring"
So they headed down the strip to the wedding chapel in a stretch limousine that
was
Candy Apple, got married by a preacher man that looked just like the king!

I put myself on a limb
And I feel it giving way from the weight of the rain
If I brake or I bend
I get myself together again, put my face to the wind

[Chorus:]
It might be a long, long way to my golden day
That's a chance I'm willing to take
There's no chain, no cage that I won't brake
In this long, long leap of faith
I close my eyes
And I walk right to the edge, throw my hand up to the sky
Oh, I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid to live this life through my dreaming eyes

[Chorus]

TO a rocket I've been tied, I'm ready for the screaming ride
It's full of fuel and I just lit the fuse
I'm a raging burning ring of fire and I get hotter as I get higher
And I'm tearing a hole right through this sky of blue
Oh, There's no chain no cage that I won't break
In this long, long leap of faith
To a rocket I've been tied, I'm ready for the screaming ride
It's full of fuel and I just lit the fuse
I'm a raging burning ring of fire and I get hotter as I get higher
And I'm tearing a hole right through this sky of blue
I'm a raging burning ring of fire and I get hotter as I get higher
And I'm tearing a hole right through this sky of blue
I'm a raging burning ring of fire and I get hotter as I get higher
And I'm tearing a hole right through this sky of blue

Sometimes when I sleep
I can see you walkin' back to me
Sometimes I wake up
'Cause I swear I felt your touch
Then emotions over come me
And the darkness is so cold

[Chorus]

I light a candle, watch it burn
I feel the angels come and fill this room
Oh, when you're gone I miss you so much
I do the only thing I can do
I pray for you
I pray for you

Every minute of the day
I can clearly see your face
And every minute we're apart
Oh, you know it just breaks my heart
I'm so lonely, but I'm OK
'Ccause I know we'll be together again

[Chorus]

Oh, I pray for you
Please hold her and protect her
'Til she's back here in my arms again
Oh and Tell her how I love her
And I'll be waitin' right here forever, AMEN
I feel the angels come and fill this room
Oh, when you're gone I miss you so much
I do the only thing I can do
I pray for you

Everybody's trying to get filthy rich off of somebody else's money
Grandma worked her whole life sewing at a shirt factory
She was saving for retirement, she had 'em take a little out every week
But then a big man up in a high rise, he cashed in his options and run
Well, took all her money and buddy that ain't funny
Now Granny's work will never be done

Chorus:
'Cause, everybody's trying to get filthy rich off somebody else's money
Hey, me and my friends we were talking 'bout that, ole Freddy, Bill and
Sonny
How with all my brains and all your cash, we could make a million, you can bet your ass
Everybody's trying to get filthy rich off of someone else's money

I saw a preacher on the TV with big diamond rings on his hand
He was begging for some money, he said to send us every penny you can
I guess the good Lord's got a mortgage and a payment on yacht in the Keys
So we better keep sending our hard earned living to those God fearing folks on TV

**repeat the Chorus**

Yeah with all my brains and all your cash, we could make a million, you can bet your ass
Everybody's trying to get filthy rich off of someone else's money
Everybody's trying to get big and rich off of someone esle's money

Well I got a girlfriend, her name is Maria
Sexy, spicy hot senorita
She like to two-step, she like to mambo
Heats it up like a Texas jalapeno
Whoo
Jalapeno Man
Whoo
Well I get so hot everytime I kiss her
Spin me around like an Amarillo twister
So I take her fore a ride in my El Camino
You know I like my ladies hot - like Jalapeno
Whoo
Jalapeno brother
Whoo
Say everybody wanna heat it up, wanna eat it up
Wanna sing along with me, Big and Rich is where the party be
Say everybody wanna heat it up, wanna eat it up
Wanna sing along with me Big and Rich is where the party, where the party be!
Well my baby lets the tequila do the talkin'
Long as she knows that everybody's watchin
Shakin' that thing like a wild bandito
You know she burns the whole place up like jalapeno
Whoo
Jalapeno man
Whoo
Jalapeno whoo

There's a boy named Billy
He's from up there in Virginia
He makes that lightnin' holler in them hills
He's got a recipe handed down from his pappy
In a shiny 50-gallon copper still
There's a boy name Jose
Makes the best guacamole
And the hottest hot tamales in the land
He knows how to grow habeneros
And he plays in the mariachi band

[Chorus:]

I'll trade you 20 Margaritas for your moonshine
'Cause I like to have a party all the time
I'll trade you 20 margaritas for your moonshine
'Cause I hear that stuff can really blow your mind

When Jose met Billy he was tequila crazy
In a honky tok getting cowboy drunk on a moonlight starry night
Jose said, "Billy we ought to have us a party
ANd invite all them senoritas and just watch that full moon shine"

[Chorus]

Now Jose and Billy became the best of buddies
And rasied a lot of hell around the world
But they'll never drink and drive cause they wanna stay alive
And have time to kiss all the lovely girls

[Chorus]

Tell me brother, sisters do you listen when it rains
Are you worried something's going to end it all today
Is there anything that you had wished that you had said
Or is it all just bouncing like a buble in your head
Run, run 'til you're far away
Run, run 'til you're far away
'Cause if you want to blw my mind
Blow my mind, blow my mind
If you want to blow my mind
Blow my mind, blow my mind

[Chorus:]

Boom boom diddy diddy
Boom boom diddy diddy
Boom boom diddy diddy
Hey!
Boom boom diddy diddy
Boom boom diddy diddy
Boom boom diddy diddy boom
Hey!

Heart's a moter bigger than a super nova train
Shame it's got to deal with all the demons in your brain
Tell me when you're ready we can kiss and say goodbye
Or if you want to, me and a few friends are gonna fly
Run, run 'til you're far away
Run, run 'til you're far away
'Cause if you want to blow my mind
Blow my mind, blow my mind
If you want to blow my mind
Blow my mind, blow my mind

[Chorus]

If you want to blow my mind it's time for you to start the show
If you want to blow my mind it's time for you to let it go

I got a crack in my windshield
I know exactly how it feels
It's comin' apart the hard way
It gets a little more shattered each day

[Chorus:]

Oh oh oh, I'm breaking slow motion
Oh oh oh, how did it hit me so fast
It hurts so bad, it hurts so bad
Somebody tell me how long it will last
'Cause oh oh oh, I'm breaking in slow motion
Feels like I'm frozen in a dream
I can't run, can't even scream
I'm trying to fight but I can't get my fist up
How does somebody get so messed up

[Chorus]

Let go, let go
Why can't I make myself do it
I don't know
Oh...

[Chorus]

Said goodbye to his momma as he left South Dakota
To fight for the red, what and blue
He was 19 and green with a new M-16
Just doing what he had to do
He was dropped in the jungle where the choppers would rumble
With the smell of napalm in the air
And the sergant said...look up ahead
Like a dark evil cloud, 1,200 came down on him and 29 more
They fought for their lives but most of them died in the 173rd Airborne

[Chorus:]

On the 8th of November the angels were crying
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire raining down and the hell all around
There were few men left standing that day
Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
1965, the 8th of November

Now he's 58 and his pony tail's gray
But the battle still plays in his head
He limps when he walks but he's strong when he talks
About the Shrapnel they left in his leg
He puts on a gray suit over his Airborne tattoo
And he ties it on one time a year
And remebers that fallen as he orders a tall one
And swallows it down with tears

[Chorus]

Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
1965...
On the 8th of November the angels were crying
As they carried his brother away
With the fire raining down and the hell all around
THere were few men left standing that day

[Chorus]

Said goodbye to his momma as he left South Dakota
TO fight for the red, white and blue
He was nineteen and green with a new M-16

(w/ Gretchen Wilson & Cowboy Troy)

Wilson: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect
Union
Cowboy Troy: I have a dream, a dream that one day
Rich: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal
And they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights
Big Kenny: That among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
B&R/GW: Oh say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we
hailed at the twilight's last gleaming
Cowboy Troy: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America
B&R/GW: Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
Cowboy Troy: And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God
B&R/GW: And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there
Cowboy Troy: Indivisible
B&R/GW: O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
Cowboy Troy: With liberty and justice for all