Alabama Wild Man Lyrics - Jerry Reed

Alright, watch out 

Now my daddy was hard shelled Alabama preacher 

My momma was a dedicated Sunday school teacher 

My brother went to college and got a PHD 

Daddy said the only dud in the family was me 

He said â??Boy you ain't never going to amount to a thing 

You set around with that silly looking guitar and sing 

You hang around them juke joints all the time 

Making music like some wild man done lost his mind 

Sock it to me 

Well what's that supposed to mean 

Boy you just a wild manâ?? 

Well then one day daddy told me â??Boy I've had enough 

Now you just pack up that guitar you just pack up your stuffâ?? 

So I left home and organized myself a band 

Called myself the Alabama wild man 

Well I worked all them joints from the east to the west 

Never making no money and a-starving to death 

A-living on coffee and cold sardines 

Soda crackers and pork n beans 

But I finally went to Music City USA 

Said I'm the Alabama wild man and I'm here to stay 

Took my guitar and showed â??em what I'm talking about 

So we made a little record and we put it out 

With me going 

Sock it to me honey 

Ha ha hook it boy 

Play that guitar 

Well now I'm driving the Cadillacs a city block long 

The Alabama wild man could do no wrong 

â??Cause I'm selling them records 

And I'm working them shows 

And people love me everywhere I go 

But a funny thing happened about a week or so back 

I was a showing my home town and the place was packed 

Guess who was sitting on the front row seat 

Was my daddy grinning up at me batting at me 

Yelling 

â??Sock it your daddy wild man 

Hook it boy, hook it 

Play that guitar show â??em son 

Yeah that's my boy alright 

Taught him everything he knows 

Bought him his first guitar 

Ah sock it to your daddy son 

Go ahead put it to me put it to me 

Keep them checks coming in boy 

We going to pave the drive next weekâ??