Where Have All the Honest People Gone Songtext
von Charley Crockett

The people in this city call me country
Because of how I walk and talk and smile
Well, I don′t mind them laughing in the city
But the country folks all say I'm citified

The fighting men may say that I′m a coward
Because I never push no one around
Gentle people call me trouble maker
'Cause I'll always fight and stand my ground

Funny I don′t fit
Where have all the honest people gone?


Some pious people point and call me sinner
Because to them I′ve never seen the lights
Other folks think of me as a preacher
I'm just doing what I think is right

Wealthy people think that I am a hobo
Lean and hungry, writing mournful songs
And the poor, poor people think I am a rich man
But really, I′m just trying to get along

Yes it's funny I don′t fit
Tell me where have all the honest people gone?

And the government has given me a number
To simplify my birth and life and death
And still somebody thinks I'm awful important
That′s enough if she's all I got left


Yeah, it's funny I don′t fit
Where have all the honest people gone?
It′s funny I don't fit
Where have all the honest people gone?