Drive-By Truckers - The Boys from Alabama lyrics

We're gonna take you up
To McNairy County, Tennessee
Back in the days when Sheriff Buford
Pusser ran things around there
Sheriff Buford Pusser
Was tryin' to clean up McNairy County
Tennessee from all them
Bootleggers that was bringin' crime
And corruption and illegal
Liquor into his little dry county and for
His troubles, he got ambushed
And his wife was
Murdered and his house got blown up
And they made a movie about
It called Walking Tall
This is the other side of that story:

Well, they caught you smoking grass and
The judge threw the book
And I saw a little opportunism in your look
You can take it from me, boy


Take it from a crook
I got friends on the inside
And friends on the outside
They'll sneak up beside you so
Keep on their good side

I can see you standing there
Staring down at your shoes
Thinking about your Mom and Dad
And wondering what to do
Well you best look inside yourself, boy
We're all watching you
We got friends in jail who
Can see you through
Boy, don't forget, no matter what you do
Don't piss off the Boys from Alabama
You know we won't let it slide
They might find your body
In the Tennessee River
Or they might not find it at all
There'll be no place to run and hide
And your family ain't safe at all
So don't piss off the Boys from Alabama
We're keeping an eye on you

We're keeping an eye on you

Don't piss off the Boys from Alabama
Better take it like a man
Ain't nobody gonna stick anything up your ass
If you remember who your friends are
We got good help down in Franklin County
They'll hunt you like a dog
You can take your fall or lose it all
The choice is up to you

I wouldn't piss off the Boys from
Alabama if I was you