Tired of Being Johnny B. Good

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I don't like instant ice tea And I ain't crazy about dollar a gallon self-service gasoline They nearly broke me with the high price of beef And the funny thing is they think they're putting this over on me [Verse 2] I've always been an upstanding citizen But I am getting fed up now, my friends And if you don't understand what I've said I'm tired of being Johnny B Good and I'm gonna be Johnny Reb [Chorus 1] Yeah, I'm gonna be Johnny Reb 'Cause I don't believe everything I've seen and read And I work like hell just to keep a roof and a bed I'm tired of being Johnny B Good and I'm gonna be Johnny Reb [Verse 3] This country's gettin' in a kinda bad shape When the gasoline profits are up, up and away And I can barely live on my take home pay There's a whole lot of people that agree to what I say [Verse 4] Don't tell me to ride a bus and turn down my thermostat When you're all runnin' around in jets and Cadillacs I can't take this lying down, we gotta try and fight back 'till they believe what we said We're tired of being Johnny B Good and we gotta be Johnny Rebs [Chorus 2] Yeah, we're gonna be Johnny Rebs 'Cause we don't believe everything we've seen and read And we work like hell just to keep a roof and a bed We're tired of being Johnny B Good and we gotta be Johnny Rebs [Refrain] We're tired of being Johnny B Good and we gotta be Johnny Rebs