David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe
David Allan Coeis an American songwriter, outlaw country music singer, and guitarist who achieved popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. As a singer, his biggest hits were "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile", "The Ride", "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", "She Used to Love Me a Lot", and "Longhaired Redneck". His best-known compositions are the No. 1 successes "Would You Lay With Me"and "Take This Job and Shove It"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth6 September 1939
CountryUnited States of America
Now I lay me down to cheat on the woman I love so, and if I die between these sheets I pray to God she'll never know.
Marty Robbins once sang you give me a mountain, I've been given a few mountains in my life
Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away.
I've never wanted anybody to like me because I had long hair or short hair, or that they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I smile.
I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.
Anybody who goes searching can find enough artistic things I've done that nobody can ever say I sold out.
You don't have to call me 'Mister', Mister; The whole world called me 'Hank'!
My long hair just can't cover up my redneck.
Teach my children to love! They'll learn to hate on their own
It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.
All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality.
One thing is certain, You can't shake hands with a fist.
The Beatles were just the beginning of everything music could be, just like the Stones I was Rolling along like a ship lost out on the sea.
If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination