Charlie Daniels Band, The - Willie Jones Lyrics
Willie Jones was a man I met when I lived in Baltimore
I was a guard and he was doing time
In the three long years he stayed there I got to know him well
Willie Jones he was a friend of mine
Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there
And he talked about the southland though he'd drifted from its shores
I never seen a man who loved it more
He talked about the whippoorwills in the Alabama night
Honeysuckle vine and sugar cane
Swimming holes and fishing poles and early morning frost
And sleeping under a tin roof when it rained
He talked about a country road and a cabin in the pines
He talked about the beauty of his Blue Ridge Mountain home
And darn near made me think that I was there
He used to say buddy you know where I'm going when they let me out of here
Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there
When a man ain't got no freedom the time sure passes slow
Willie Jones had ten long years to go
It's been almost a years now since that hot night in July
Willie hit the guard and jumped the fence
I had my rifle ready but I couldn't let it fly
I shot over his head and we ain't seen him since
Then last week the postman brought a letter to my door
Marked No Return Address and No Reply
It just said nobody north of Birmingham is gonna see this boy again
But if you're ever down our way won't you please drop by
He used to say buddy you know where I'm going when they let me out of here
Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there
And he talked about the southland though he'd drifted from its shores
I never seen a man who loved it more
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Charlie Daniels Band, The Willie Jones Comments
Love this band
sleeping under a tin roof when rains
I'd first heard the version he'd done with Bobby Bare back in 82 or so.
I was today old when I heard this version
I. Had this on 8 track.Dam Good Tunes
Back when Charlie Daniels really brought it. GREAT ALBUM
"Buddy you know where I'm going when they let me out of here..."
Southern Rock at its finest....
A damn Calvin Klein commercial before Charlie Daniel's "Willie Jones"???!!! Arew the ad folks at youtube drunk all the time?!?!?
FAV. 2nd SWEET LOUISIANA
Great story teller!
My favorite CDB album traveling around the country as a young man I'd get in the truck and crank it up
I worked with young men in late 70s, one held a knife to my throat. He followed the muslim Allah.
Silly Christian, religion is for drunks and suckers.
Love CDB, pre-1980's
esto es música para cobardes yiiiiiiiha!
First heard this song on the country navy band Country Current back in the early 80's with the Great Bill Emerson playing...
Love This Song, Thanks to an old buddy played it for me! Long Hair!
Back when the CDB rocked....
He still can. He put on a great show and put the much younger opening acts to shame
To Jonny,
No, You didn't do it!
Man, this must be of a re-mastered CD, as it is LOADS faster than the original on vinyl. This album helped me make it through an uptight prim and proper private college in the mid 70's.
kept my mind clear on the job of ducking bullets for 4 yrs
This is where it's really at on YouTube 'n anywhere else in cyber world.
takes me back great song
Hey, I apologize for ranting, but I really loved this band. I HATE rap and anything that sounds like it. I'm an OLD rock and roll fan. Old like Elvis, Motown, Stone Ponys, Poco, Springfield, all the way to Def Leppard, and I'm telling you good people that the CDB were a DIFFERENT genre of music. For this creativity, they were ostrasized (sp) from GREATNESS. Crain and Olsen's work should have been played all over rock and roll AND country radio in the ninties, but you never heard it.
Great story!
They don't make like this anymore:(
this song always make me think of my big brother, he was a guard but I think he had a Willie Jones too