![]() … What is it accomplishing? I mean, who is it really helping?” ““If tearing them down did any good, I’d be all for it,” he said in the interview. They believe that a call for law and order isn’t a violent threat or intended to invoke a crime against the innocent, but rather that it is a promise to protect the innocent from crime. And most of all, they believe that in a world of growing complexity, the greatest truths might actually be the simplest.Īlthough Daniels was an opponent of tearing down Confederate statues, in a 2018 interview with The Morning Call, he was contemplative about the rationale for his opinion. A vast majority of Americans that support President Trump don’t have hate in their heart, they have deeply rooted beliefs in what is wrong and right. These beliefs are not shaped by what the media tells them, but what they learn from their parents, their pastors, and their bibles. This is what a good portion of the political establishment, especially Democrats, fail to understand. The very same feelings shared by many Americans who want to, in President Trump’s terms, make America great again. In fact, what Daniels tried to express in many of his later-career lyrics was the voice of Americans that feel frustrated and unheard, yet principled and patriotic. They don’t believe people are bad, but they do believe bad actions demand consequences. In fact, the opposite is true - a vast majority of those like-minded individuals are earnest in their belief in the value of the words of the Bible they were raised on and the virtues they reflect. And while many political leaders, especially many Democrats, might view the people who share Daniel’s “Simple Man” sentiments as misguided “rednecks” or “deplorables,” that is an unfair characterization. Many in the President’s party feel, especially in 2020, that crime is going unpunished, the swamp is still not finished being drained, and wrongs done to America have still not yet been corrected. You better watch where you go and remember where you been – that's the way I see it I'm a simple man.”ĭespite never officially endorsing President Trump, in the “Simple Man” lyrics Daniels captures the sentiments of a good portion of President Trump’s current base of support. The Good Book says it so I know it's the truth An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth. They're living by the law of the jungle not the law of the land. “You know what's wrong with the world today? People done gone and put their Bible's away. ![]() He'd pour it all out on the floor of his shackĪnd they picked him up off of the ground. The old man didn't care about people anyway He never did do a lot of harm in the world, The old man lived in the Wooley Swamp way back in Booger Woods. There's somethings in this world you just 'Cause I never would have listened to nobody else. There's things out there in the middle of them woodsĪnd things that creep around on the ground.Īnd they say the ghost of Lucius Clay gets up and he walks around. Well, if you ever go back into Wooley Swamp, The Legend of Wooley Swamp (Songwriters: Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, "Taz" DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, James W. Oh, and the ghosts of all involved who come out at night. The story is the sort you heard around the campfire when you were young: an old rich miser living in the woods, some young, foolish bad guys ("white trash" in the song) who kill him for his money, and the poetic justice that snares them. While this song didn't do very well on the country charts, it became a big crossover hit in 1980, taking the song well into the Top 40, and the album platinum. ![]() Perhaps it's better to say "Southern Rock". ![]()
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