The other night while I was mowing the lawn, I was listening to Charlie Daniels on my MP3 player. After a while, the song Simple Man came on. I have always liked this song but as I listened to the lyrics, I realized how closely it describes me. So now, in addition to being an angry white man, I’m also a simple man.
For those who have never heard the song before, here are the lyrics.
I ain’t nothing but a simple man
Call me a redneck, I reckon that I am
But there’s things goin’ on that make me mad down to the core
I have to work like a dog to make ends meet
There’s crooked politicians and crime in the street
And I’m madder than hell and I ain’t gonna take it no more
We tell our kids to just say no
And then some panty waist judge lets a drug dealer go
And he slaps him on the wrist and he turns him back out on the town
Well, if I had my way with people sellin’ dope
I’d take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope
And hang ‘em up high and let ‘em swing till the sun goes down
