He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
Comin' and goin' / low and high
Rock and rollin' / hayseed hustler
With his honky tonk wings and his old snake eyes
verse 1
Drivin' down the West Coast highway
The songs out the window / was all he had to lose
Cuttin' heads on the chitlins circuit
But he couldn't kick the red dirt off of his / Alligator shoes
He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
Comin' and goin' / ain't never gonna stay
Midnight jivin' red dirt hustler
Livin' that low down ol' Red River way
Bridge
And he did it with a Bible / And he did it with a gun
Tryin' to get away from the damage that he done
And he did it with a guitar / Late into the night
Tryin' to live just like the songs that he would write
verse 2
Snortin' cocaine off a Buck knife
3.2 drinkin' / playin' 4/4 time
Tried his best but he could never act right
With a honky tonk angel hangin' on / Every single line
He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
Comin' and goin' / low and high
Midnight jivin' hayseed hustler
With a suitcase full of Dust Bowl lullabyes
Bridge
He did it with a friend of mine
He did it on the Texas line
Said he wouldn't have it any other way
verse 3
Turqoise rings on his index fingers
Blowin' the doors off with his blacks and whites
Down the backroads of Muskogee
Slippin' it to / some old hayseed's wife
He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
He's always leavin' / he ain't never gonna stay
Tells the truth but he's a hustler
Outro
Livin' that low down
Dust Bowl preachin'
Red Dirt jivin'
3.2 drinkin'
4/4 timin'
Rockin' and a Rollin'
Indian Gamblin'
Old heart travelin'
Red River way