Laid Back Country Picker Lyrics - Singles - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson

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