[Verse 1]

I ain't nothin' but a simple man

They call me a redneck I reckon that I am

But there's things goin' on that make me mad down to the core

I have to work like a dog to make ends meet

There's crooked politicians and crime in the street

And I'm madder than hell, and I ain't a-gonna take it no more

[Verse 2]

We tell our kids to "Just say no"

And then some panty-waist judge lets a drug dealer go

He slaps him on the wrist and he turns him back out on the town

But if I had my way with people sellin' dope

I'd take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope

I'd hang 'em up high and let 'em swing 'til the sun goes down

[Chorus]

Well, you know what's wrong with the world today

People done gone and put their Bibles away

They're livin' by the law of the jungle not the law of the land

Well, the Good Book says it so I know it's the truth

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

You better watch where you go and remember where you been

That's the way I see it, I'm a simple man

[Verse 3]

Now I'm the kinda man wouldn't-a harm a mouse

But if I catch somebody breakin' in my house

I got twelve-gauge shotgun waitin' on the other side

So don't go pushin' me against my will

I don't want to have to fight you but I dern sure will

If you don't want trouble then you'd better just pass me on by

[Verse 4]

As far as I'm concerned there ain't no excuse

For the rapin' and the killin' and the child abuse

But I got a way to put an end to all that fast

You just take them rascals out in the swamp

Put 'em on their knees and tie 'em to a stump

Let the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest

[Chorus]

Well, you know what's wrong with the world today

People done gone and put their Bibles away

They're livin' by the law of the jungle not the law of the land

Well, the Good Book says it so I know it's the truth

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

You better watch where you go and remember where you been

That's the way I see it, I'm a simple man

[Outro]

Watch where you go and remember where you been

That's the way I see it, I'm a simple man