South bound out of Shreveport heading hell bent for his grave

He reads a sign on the barn door that says the good lord Jesus saves

But I don't think Jesus knows him 'cause he ain't the Jesus kind

He's a laid back country picker with a laid back country mind He gave the folks a good show at the Shreveport Coliseum

They all heard he's dying, so they all come out to see

Friends and neighbors make him happy

Lord them snuff queens treat him kind

He's a laid back country picker with a laid back country mind Uppers, downers, turn arounders picked him up and laid him down

His old troubles keep on swimming 'cause their to damn mean to drown

He keeps looking for an answer I know he's never gonna find

He's a laid back country picker with a laid back country mind Big Bertha, back in Beaumont says he really turns her on

She hits the floor a dancing, when the DJ plays his song

You can see somebody loves him, or at least they did one time

He's a laid back country picker with a laid back country mind Uppers, downers, turn arounders picked him up and laid him down

His old troubles keep on swimming 'cause their to damn mean to drown

He keeps looking for an answer I know he's never gonna find

He's a laid back country picker with a laid back country mind