Ko-Ko Joe-Jerry Reed

[ti:Ko-Ko Joe] [ar:Jerry Reed] [al:The Essential Jerry Reed] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ko-Ko Joe - Jerry Reed [00:03.83](Ko-ko Joe) [00:05.02]Uhh [00:06.14](Ko-ko Joe) [00:07.45]Go ahead home [00:08.58](Ko-ko Joe) [00:09.57]Up in Appaloosa county [00:11.63]There＇s a place called Ko-ko Ridge [00:14.12]Sittin＇ right on the bend [00:15.43]On the Etowah River [00:16.74]Where the water washed away the bridge [00:18.99]Cotton Mouth Country [00:19.99](Ko-ko Joe) [00:21.12]A river rat＇s knee high [00:22.49](Ko-ko Joe) [00:23.43]Way up around the back border [00:24.86]Lived a man [00:25.93]That the river folks talked about [00:27.86]They said you better stay away from Ko-ko Joe [00:30.31]Cause he＇s crazy no account [00:31.75] [00:32.55](Ko-ko Joe) [00:33.93]Ko-ko Joe [00:34.74]They called him the Etowah River swamp rat [00:37.12]The folks despised him [00:38.96](Ko-ko Joe) [00:40.95]Ko-ko Joe [00:41.65] [00:42.22]He was an awfully peculiar man [00:44.41]The river was his only friend [00:46.84]And the folks didn＇t understand [00:48.65]The man called Ko-ko Joe [00:51.27](Ko-ko Joe) [00:53.96]He＇d eat monkey meat and mashed potatoes [00:56.21]He drunk a brew called Mo-jo Claw [00:58.65]That he beat outa roots from old dead stumps [01:00.96]On the banks of the Etowah [01:03.40]Made him walk a little funny [01:04.84](Ko-ko Joe) [01:05.65]Made his breath smell funky [01:07.03](Ko-ko Joe) [01:07.89]Well he never come across the river [01:10.07]＇Cause the folks didn＇t like him in town [01:12.51]They said his hair was long [01:13.89]His clothes were dirty [01:15.08]They didn＇t want him hangin＇ around [01:17.01]Ko-ko Joe Ko-ko Joe [01:18.45] [01:19.29]They called him the Etowah River rat [01:20.98]The folks despised him [01:23.42](Ko-ko Joe) [01:25.42]Ko-ko Joe [01:26.61]He was an awfully peculiar man [01:28.11] [01:28.93]The river was his only friend [01:31.44]And the folks didn＇t understand [01:33.35]The man called Ko-ko Joe [01:34.29] [01:35.93](Ko-ko Joe) [01:38.61]Well it happened a year ago Sunday [01:40.80]And they still talk about it today [01:43.17]How the dam broke loose [01:43.91]On the Etowah River [01:45.34]Nearly washin＇ everybody away [01:47.47]The river water rising [01:49.33](Ko-ko Joe) [01:50.33]Washin＇ up all the bushes [01:51.77](Ko-ko Joe) [01:52.47]Well the headlines said [01:53.72]How a mother said my son woulda lost his life [01:57.04]But he was pulled from the mud in the Etowah River [01:59.79]By the man y＇all despised [02:01.54](Ko-ko Joe) [02:02.82]Ko-ko Joe [02:03.88]They called him the Etowah River rat [02:05.99]The folks despised him [02:07.99](Ko-ko Joe) [02:10.12]Ko-ko Joe [02:11.24]So be careful what you say my friend [02:13.55]About folks you don＇t understand [02:15.05] [02:16.04]Someday you might need a man like Ko-ko Joe [02:18.82](Ko-ko Joe) [02:20.20]Go ahead home son [02:22.79](Ko-ko Joe) [02:24.10]Ko-ko Joe [02:24.90]They called him the Etowah River rat [02:27.15]The folks despised him