歌手: Jerry Reed
时长: 02:32
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:00:01]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:00:03]
Uhh [00:00:05]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:00:06]
Go ahead home [00:00:07]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:00:08]
Up in Appaloosa county [00:00:09]
There's a place called Ko-ko Ridge [00:00:11]
Sittin' right on the bend [00:00:14]
On the Etowah River[00:00:15]
Where the water washed away the bridge [00:00:16]
Cotton Mouth Country [00:00:18]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:00:19]
A river rat's knee high [00:00:21]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:00:22]
Way up around the back border [00:00:23]
Lived a man [00:00:24]
That the river folks talked about [00:00:25]
They said you better stay away from Ko-ko Joe [00:00:27]
Cause he's crazy no account [00:00:30]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:00:32]
Ko-ko Joe[00:00:33]
They called him the Etowah River swamp rat [00:00:34]
The folks despised him [00:00:37]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:00:38]
Ko-ko Joe [00:00:40]
He was an awfully peculiar man [00:00:42]
The river was his only friend [00:00:44]
And the folks didn't understand [00:00:46]
The man called Ko-ko Joe [00:00:48]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:00:51]
He'd eat monkey meat and mashed potatoes [00:00:53]
He drunk a brew called Mo-jo Claw [00:00:56]
That he beat outa roots from old dead stumps [00:00:58]
On the banks of the Etowah [00:01:00]
Made him walk a little funny[00:01:03]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:01:04]
Made his breath smell funky [00:01:05]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:01:07]
Well he never come across the river [00:01:07]
'Cause the folks didn't like him in town [00:01:10]
They said his hair was long [00:01:12]
His clothes were dirty [00:01:13]
They didn't want him hangin' around [00:01:15]
Ko-ko Joe Ko-ko Joe[00:01:17]
They called him the Etowah River rat [00:01:19]
The folks despised him [00:01:20]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:01:23]
Ko-ko Joe [00:01:25]
He was an awfully peculiar man [00:01:26]
The river was his only friend [00:01:28]
And the folks didn't understand [00:01:31]
The man called Ko-ko Joe [00:01:33]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:01:35]
Well it happened a year ago Sunday [00:01:38]
And they still talk about it today [00:01:40]
How the dam broke loose [00:01:43]
On the Etowah River[00:01:43]
Nearly washin' everybody away [00:01:45]
The river water rising [00:01:47]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:01:49]
Washin' up all the bushes [00:01:50]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:01:51]
Well the headlines said [00:01:52]
How a mother said my son woulda lost his life [00:01:53]
But he was pulled from the mud in the Etowah River [00:01:57]
By the man y'all despised [00:01:59]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:02:01]
Ko-ko Joe [00:02:02]
They called him the Etowah River rat [00:02:03]
The folks despised him [00:02:05]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:02:07]
Ko-ko Joe [00:02:10]
So be careful what you say my friend [00:02:11]
About folks you don't understand [00:02:13]
Someday you might need a man like Ko-ko Joe [00:02:16]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:02:18]
Go ahead home son [00:02:20]
(Ko-ko Joe)[00:02:22]
Ko-ko Joe [00:02:24]
They called him the Etowah River rat [00:02:24]
The folks despised him[00:02:27]