Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler

He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler

Comin' and goin', low and high

Rock and rollin', hayseed hustler

With his honky tonk wings and his old snake eye

Drivin' down the West Coast highway

The songs out the window, was all he had to lose

Cuttin' heads on the chitlins circuit

But he couldn't kick the red dirt off of his, alligator shoes

He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler

Comin' and goin', ain't never gonna stay

Midnight jivin' red dirt hustler

Livin' that low down ol' Red River way

And he did it with a bible, and he did it with a gun

Tryin' to get away from the damage that he done

And he did it with a guitar, late into the night

Tryin' to live just like the songs that he would write

Snortin' cocaine off a buck knife

3.2 drinkin', playin' 4/4 time

Tried his best but he could never act right

With a honky tonk angel hangin' on, every single line

He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler

Comin' and goin', low and high

Midnight jivin' hayseed hustler

With a suitcase full of Dust Bowl lullabyes

He did it with a friend of mine

He did it on the Texas line

Said he wouldn't have it any other way

Turqoise rings on his index fingers

Blowin' the doors off with his blacks and whites

Down the backroads of Muskogee

Slippin' it to, some old hayseed's wife

He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler

He's always leavin', he ain't never gonna stay

Tells the truth but he's a hustler

Livin' that low down

Dust Bowl preachin'

Red Dirt jivin'

3.2 drinkin'

4/4 timin'

Rockin' and a rollin'

Indian gamblin'

Old heart travelin'

Red River way