Wrote this about a friend of mine who was pretty wild in his younger days.He used to run a tavern,was always rowdy,and now ended up being Mayor of our town.
I'm just a 56 year old cement mixer driver who gets laid off every winter for 3 months.I enjoy writing songs and recording them myself at home on my 8 track Boss BR864 recorder.It's just another one of my many hobbies.I just do it for kicks.Just laid back musical enjoyment.
I have lots of originals and collabs on my page.My originals are are true stories about me,or people I know,or how I feel about things.Collabs are all efforts of me and my Soundclick friends.Doing collabs is my favorite thing here on Soundclick.Hope ya enjoy some of the tunes.
Story behind the song
Like writting songs about people and in this case there was plenty to write about.
Lyrics
LEGEND OF CRAZY RAY 9 MARCH 2004
LAUREL VARNER
WELL I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY GOSSIP,OR RUMORS AROUND TODAY
SO LET ME THROW A COUPLE AT YOU,ABOUT A GUY NAMED CRAZY RAY
HE LIKES TO DRINK AND PARTY ,AND RUMBLE NOW AND THEN
AND I CANT RECALL EVER HEAR'IN,ANYBODY GOT THE BEST OF HIM
HE'S ALWAYS PUSHED THINGS TO THE LIMIT,TO SEE HOW FAR HE COULD GO
RAIS'IN HELL AND CHAS'IN WOMEN,IS WHAT OLD CRAZY RAY LIVES FO
WHEN PEOPLE WENT INTO OLD CRAZY'S BAR
THE ATMOSPHERE HAD A DIFFERENT FEELING
THEY COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE,THE PANTIES AND BRA'S
HANG'IN OFF THE BARROOM CEILING
BUT NOBODY EVER ACCUSED THAT BAR
OF BEING NORMAL FOR THEM DAYS
AFTER ALL IT WAS RUN,FOR LAUGHTER AND FUN
BUY A GUY NAMED CRAZY RAY
HE LIKES TO DRINK AND PARTY,HE LIKES TO JOKE AND DANCE
HE DONT GO LOOK'IN FOR TROUBLE,IT JUST SEEMS TO FIND HIM BY CHANCE
BUT THOSE WHO TRIED TO TAKE HIM DOWN,SHOULD OF HAD A BETTER PLAN
THEY USUALLY ENDED UP,ON THE FLOOR IN THE DUST,FROM A BLOW FROM CRAZY RAYS' HAND
(LEAD)
ONE TIME OUT BEHIND THE SMOKESHOP,THE LAW WAS TRY'IN TO TAKE HIM IN
BUT HE WAS SO DRUNKED UP,HE DIDN'T KNOW,THEY HAD A HOLD OF HIM
HE DRUG THAT COP FOR A HALF A BLOCK,LIKE A LEAF BLOW'IN IN THE BREESE
WHEN HE FINALLY STOPPED,THE COP GOT UP ,HAD HOLES IN BOTH HIS KNEES
NOW SCRAP'IN DIDN'T STOP WITH PEOPLE,LIKE EVERYBODY THINKS
I RECALL IN HIS FLY'IN DAYS,WHEN HE ALMOST MASHED HIS BRAIN
HE CRALLED OUT OF THAT CRUMPLED MESS,BLOOD ALL OVER HIS FACE
AND CUSSED ,AND KICKED THE SHIT OUT OF ,WHAT WAS LEFT OF THAT AIRPLANE
HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD NATURED CUSS,REGARDLESS OF RUMORS SPREAD
HE'D RATHER BE HAV'IN A GOOD TIME ,THAN BEAT'IN ON SOMEBODYS HEAD
ONE TIME WHEN WE WAS LAUGH'IN AND JOK'IN,HE SAID I GOT NEWS FOR YOU
JUST THE BONES IN THIS BIG OLD BODY OF MINE,WEIGH MORE THAN YOUR SKINNY ASS DO
NOW THIS STORY MIGHT LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE,HE MIGHT BE SLOW'IN DOWN
CAUSE HE JUST BECAME THE MAYOR ,OF OUR LITTLE OLD TOWN
BUT I DONT THINK HE'S SLOW'IN DOWN ,HIS ROWDY WAYS ARE HERE TO STAY
BE'IN MAYOR IS A POLITICAL COVER UP , USED BY CRAZY RAY
HE STILL LIKES TO DRINK AND RAISE HELL ,HE LIKES TO JOKE AND DANCE
HE DONT GO LOOK'IN FOR TROUBLE ,IT JUST SEEMS TO FIND HIM BY CHANCE
BUT THOSE WHO TRIED TO TAKE HIM DOWN ,SHOULD OF HAD A BETTER PLAN
THEY USUALLY ENDED UP,ON THE FLOOR IN THE DUST,FROM A BLOW FROM CRAZY RAYS' HAND
THEY USUALLY ENDED UP,ON THE FLOOR IN THE DUST,FROM A BLOW FROM CRAZY RAYS HAND
