Ben The Bootlegger

By Marty Falle (2011)
On album Bloody Coal (2018), Redneck Roadrunner (2011)

Bloody Coal
Deputy - Did ya hear that?

Sheriff Yea, hes runnin

Ben Combs hails from the Bluegrass Hills down in Wolfman Hollow, got a moonshine still

Hes 84 years old now, cant drive no more, but back in the day he could make an engine roar

Old Ben was the king of the ridge runner scene hauling bootleg whiskey in a mean machine

66 dodge Coronet w/ a Hemi, when it hits a 170MPH, its gonna get deadly

Coal painI cant take no more

Coal pain
Rotgut to the core

Big steel springs to conceal the load, gotta make sure so nobody knows

22 cases of cat daddy wine to the Mossy Bottom past the Pike County Line

Deputy - Sherriff, I got him, hes coming 23 Southbound

Sheriff I see the Son of a bitch

Deputy I clocked him close to 170, Jesus Christ! Hes really moving!

What burns blue make my blues go away, but the Pikeville cops dont see it that way

Big Bad Bear waitin in the weedsthey better be packin cause theyll never catch me

Coal painI cant take no more

Coal pain
Rotten to the core

Big steel springs to conceal the load, gotta make sure so nobody knows

22 cases of cat daddy wine to the Mossy Bottom past the Pike County Line

Dispatcher Deputy, whats your 10-20?

Deputy Yea CentralI am two miles north of Mossy Bottom
It looks like we got us a Mr. Ben the Bootlegger passing the Pike County line

Dispatcher Officer 32we are setting up Roadblock in Pikeville We have three units in the vicinity of 23

Sheriff Negative, we are gonna take him down this time

Dispatcher Officer 32 10-9 Clarifydid you say take down?

Sheriff - You heard me10-4

(GUNFIRE)

Dispatch Officer 3210-72 we have reports of gunfire on Mossy Bottomplease confirm

Sheriff Thats a big 10-4, gun shots were fired

Deputy I think we shot him Sherriff
We shot the son of a bitchwait correction hes on the move

Showdown time in the Middle of the night. Lawman Shines a Big Spotlight

Ole Ben Pulls off Coal Run Road, Out Here there aint no Postal Code

Deputy Sheriff, I got that slimy bastard in my sights
Im gonna take a shot!

Sheriff Stand down Deputy, he is mine

Hypersonic, a 440 horse, right on course, no remorse

Old Ben hits the toggle on his back tail lights He couldnt see Ben in a telescope site

Lawmen ends in a roadside ditch, rollers flipped over, now aint that a bitch

Old Ben is laughing on a roadside hill, makes a lot of money w/ that moonshine still

Sheriff Deputy, You aint gonna believe this, but my squad car is completely rolled over in a ditch. Tell me he didnt get away again.

Deputy - Say again, I did not copy thatdid you say he got away?

Sheriff Yea! He got away

Deputy I think you are right Sheriff, he drove right by meand lookhe is sitting on top of that hillhe is laughing at us

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