Ol' Red

Song Ol' Red
Artist Blake Shelton
Album Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton

Lyrics

[00:14.53] Well I caught my wife with another man
[00:17.52] And it cost me ninety nine
[00:22.39] On a prison farm in Georgia
[00:25.93] Close to the Florida line
[00:30.48] Well I'd been here for two long years
[00:33.88] I finally made the warden my friend
[00:38.30] And so he sentenced me to a life of ease
[00:42.38] Taking care of Ol Red
[00:46.62] Now Ol'Red he's the damnedest dog that I've ever seen
[00:54.52] Got a nose that can smell a two day trail
[00:57.80] He's a four legged tracking machine
[01:02.30] You can consider yourself mighty lucky
[01:05.22] To get past the gators and the quicksand beds
[01:10.26] But all these years that I've been here
[01:13.96] Ain't nobody got past Red
[01:17.53] And the warden sang
[01:18.70] Come on somebody
[01:20.28] Why don't you run
[01:21.88] Ol'Red's itchin'to have a little fun
[01:24.96] Get my lantern
[01:26.66] Get my gun
[01:28.31] Red'll have you treed before the morning comes
[01:37.07] Well I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter
[01:40.30] To my cousin up in Tennessee
[01:45.02] Oh and he brought down a blue tick hound
[01:47.98] She was pretty as she could be
[01:52.35] Well they penned her up in the swampland
[01:56.24] 'Bout a mile just south of the gate
[02:01.04] And I'd take Ol'Red for his evening run
[02:04.23] I'd just drop him off and wait
[02:07.92] And the warden sang
[02:09.11] Come on somebody
[02:10.68] Why don't you run
[02:12.30] Ol'Red's itchin'to have a little fun
[02:15.45] Get my lantern
[02:17.06] Get my gun
[02:18.71] Red'll have you treed before the mornin'comes
[02:33.76] Now Ol'Red got real used to seeing
[02:36.99] His lady every night
[02:41.82] And so I kept him away for three or four days
[02:45.10] And waited till the time got right
[02:49.88] Well I made my run with the evenin'sun
[02:53.02] And I smiled when I heard 'em let Red out
[02:57.58] 'Cause I was headed north to Tennessee
[03:00.68] And Ol'Red was headed south
[03:04.82] And the warden sang
[03:05.88] Come on somebody
[03:07.47] Why don't you run
[03:09.12] Ol'Red's itchin'to have a little fun
[03:12.22] Get my lantern
[03:13.84] Get my gun
[03:15.49] Red'll have you treed before the mornin'comes
[03:19.90]
[03:21.04] Now there's red haired blue ticks all in the South
[03:24.36] Love got me in here and love got me out
[03:33.15]