BE NICE TO EVERYBODY
(Charlie Williams / Scott Turner)


Buddy Cagle - 1966
Kay Adams - 1966
Jean Shepard - 1967



There you go drivin' in your big long car
You got a house overlookin' the town
But be nice to everybody on the way up
You're gonna need 'em again comin' down

You don't even speak when we pass on the street
You don't even know your old friends
But don't get too proud, you're gonna need the old crowd
Cause we all remember you when

Well there you go drivin' in your big long car
You got a house overlookin' the town
But be nice to everybody on the way up
You're gonna need 'em again comin' down

(Instrumental Break)

Not long ago you crossed over the tracks
And now you don't know me at all
It takes a long time you know for a big tree to grow
But just a few seconds to fall

Well there you go drivin' in your big long car
You got a house overlookin' the town
But be nice to everybody on the way up
You're gonna need 'em again comin' down

Yeah there you go drivin' in your big long car
You got a house overlookin' the town
But be nice to everybody on the way up
You're gonna need 'em again comin' down
You're gonna need 'em again comin' down
You're gonna need 'em again comin' down



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2017)