| 词条 | Simple Man (Charlie Daniels song) | ||
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| name = Simple Man | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Charlie Daniels | album = Simple Man | B-side = Ill Wind | released = August 1989 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Southern rock, blues rock, hard rock, | length = 3:24 | label = Epic | writer = Charlie Daniels, Taz DiGregorio, Jack Gavin, Charles Hayward | producer = James Stroud | prev_title = Midnight Train | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = Mister DJ | next_year = 1990 }} "Simple Man", is a song written and recorded by the Charlie Daniels Band. It was released in August 1989 as the lead single from their album of the same name. [1] ContentThe song is the lament of a self-proclaimed honest man, who expresses frustration at barely getting by despite making an honest living, while dishonest politicians and criminals are allowed to get away with anything. Expressing frustration at a judicial system that he believes is too lenient with drug dealers, rapists and child abusers, he suggests more severe forms of justice, such as hanging ("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") and allowing swamp animals such as alligators to eat convicted criminals ("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"). The man blames a society that has forsaken God and as a result has become a lawless society, then reaffirms his support of the death penalty for the most severe crimes ("The Good Book says it so I know it's the truth/An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth"). Music videoThe music video was directed by Larry Boothby and premiered in late 1989. Chart performance
References1. ^{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|isbn=0-89820-177-2}} {{Charlie Daniels}} 6 : 1989 singles|Charlie Daniels songs|Songs written by Charlie Daniels|Song recordings produced by James Stroud|Epic Records singles|1989 songs |
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