Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs - Bootleg

I’m going back to the promised land
Where the creek turns back in the holler in Tennessee
I tried to drink myself to death in Oklahoma
But the whiskey wasn’t strong enough for me

I’ve been ramblin’ for a thousand miles
Trying to gamble my way back to the county line
I get to drinking and eating them pills
Make my way on up to the Tennessee hills

Drinking that bootleg, appalachian gold
Hillbilly fire, that real McCoy
I’d see seven stars on the Cherokee County line
That’s it boys, I’m drinking corn whiskey tonight

Daddy was a preacher, but he’d go out at night
He’s a good man but he never really liked to do the Lord right
He’d get to drinking and eating them pills
I remember when my daddy showed me how to work a liquor still

Making that bootleg, appalachian gold
Hillbilly fire, that real McCoy
I’d see seven stars on the Cherokee County line
That’s it boys, I’m drinking corn whiskey tonight

Well I quit drinking, back in ‘95
I had to switch to beer just to stay alive
But I keep a jar underneath my bed
So I can have one more swig before I wind up dead

Drinking that bootleg, appalachian gold
Hillbilly fire, that real McCoy
I’d see seven stars on the Cherokee County line
That’s it boys, I’m drinking corn whiskey tonight

Written by:
Joshua Moore, Lena Schiffer, Ethan Demarais, Matthew Demarais, Brian Kassay

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Lyrics © Songtrust Ave

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