Carter Boys

"It's a song about my brothers. We lived in Carter County, so we were

called the Carter Boys. There were five of us and we just raised hell all

the time."

The Carter boys were born one and after another

In a little old country place

I was the last and the death of my mother

And I know it was a pretty bad trace.

We'd get to drinking I'd do the singing

And they taught me to chase girls and cuss

We played poker I'd do the dealing

I was the only one we could trust.

And there were six of us all together

And that's how we stood all the time

Six of us all together

The Carter boys were brothers of mine.

We had an old car that we kept tied together

With pieces of baling wire and hope

Well they knew when we got there and they knew when we left

They could tell by the noise and the smoke.

Anytime the sheriff had nothing to do

He'd get out and chase us around

The old women prayed the old men laughed

And the middle aged people all frowned.

There were six of us all together

And that's how we stood all the time

Six of us all together

The Carter boys were brothers of mine.

Daddy was a preacher and the Lord knows he tried

Gave us everything he could afford

We lost a lotta battles but daddy always said

The only thing we feared was the Lord.

Well as I look back through the long lean years

I wonder how we ever survived

All of that hard work all of those women

And all of those pistols and knives.

There were six of us all together

And that's how we stood all the time

Six of us all together

The Carter boys were brothers of mine.

There were six of us all together

And that's how we stood all the time

Six of us all together

The Carter boys were brothers of mine...