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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Drive-By Truckers
Drive-By Truckers
Performer
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Guitar
Brad Morgan
Brad Morgan
Performer
Mike Cooley
Mike Cooley
Guitar
Patterson Hood
Patterson Hood
Guitar
Shonna Tucker
Shonna Tucker
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Agnello
John Agnello
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Let this be a lesson to you, girl
Don't come around where you know you don't belong
They're riding on the avenue, they're prob'ly coming after you
And they all look mean and strong
[Verse 2]
Mean and strong like liquor
Mean and strong like fear
Strong like the people from South Alabama
And mean like the people from here
[Verse 3]
Take it from me
We ain't never gonna change
[Verse 4]
Daddy used to empty out his shotgun shells
And fill 'em full of black-eyed peas
He'd aim real low, and he'd tear out your ankles
And rip right through your knees
[Verse 5]
There ain't much traffic on the highway
There ain't much traffic on the lake
'Cause the ATF and the ABI
Got everything they could take
[Verse 6]
Take it from me
They didn't take it from me
Take it from me
[Verse 7]
We ain't never gonna change
We ain't doin' nothin' wrong
We ain't never gonna change
So shut your mouth and play along
[Verse 8]
Well, I thought about going in the army
I thought about going overseas
I wouldn't have trouble with a piss test
Only problem is my bad left knee
[Verse 9]
My brother got picked up at Parker's
Got him a ride in a new Crown Vic
They said that he was movin' on a federal level
But they couldn't really make it stick
[Verse 10]
Take it from me
[Verse 11]
We ain't never gonna change
We ain't doin' nothin' wrong
We ain't never gonna change
So shut your mouth and play along
[Verse 12]
You can throw me in the Colbert County jailhouse
You can throw me off the Wilson Dam
But there ain't much difference in the man I wanna be
And the man that I really am
[Verse 13]
We ain't never gonna change
We ain't doin' nothin' wrong
We ain't never gonna change
So shut your mouth and play along
[Verse 14]
We ain't never gonna change
We ain't never gonna change
We ain't never gonna change
We ain't never gonna change
Written by: Jason Isbell
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