and defended affirmative action. marshal served on th court until 1991, he died two years later on this date, he broke barriers. i'll see you here tomorrow night i'm julie banderas, thanks for watching. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee! [ applause ] >> mike: hello welcome. what a great audience today. welcome -- welcome. the brash and vulgar rahm emanuel has stepped down as white house chief of staff to run for mayor of chicago. in a huckabee exclusive, we are going to talk to another bold illinois politician, former governor rod blagojevich in his very first end view since emanuel's announcement. >> also, their future is on the lean.

even though the president and vice president have been out speaking at colleges this week, a lot of young peep are not that excited about this election. -- we are going to ask some college students, why not? >> plus, he loves america. he is not afraid to speak his mind or even sing about it. one of country music's biggest stars, toby keith is here with an exclusive performance. [ applause ] >> mike: no matter how large and loud the political dissatisfaction becomes, it appears that many entrenched washington insiders still can't read the signs. the mistake that the democrats in power seem to be making is assuming the tea party is made up of a been. well-organized republicans in some phony grass roots movement it has been dismissed than her royal highest in speaker nancy pelosi. she has called them astroturf.

barney frank blames it on talk radio and cable news channels. the mistake the republicans have made is thinking that america loves them. and they just can't wait to put them back in power in somewhat modest proposals and the recently released pledge to america, they were nice. but they lacked the bold initiatives that would have caused americans to believe that they were deadly serious about changing the institutions of power and decentralizing the government at the federal level. for example, proposing strict term limits on members of congress, just like we did on the president. ending congressional pensions and letting the members pay into the same social security and 401(k) programs that the rest of us have to do. promising a balanced budget amendment. maybe forbidding members of congress from lobbying for a three year period after they leave office. here's within i like: an growing to a 5% annual pay

cut every year at that time budget isn't balanced. those are the kind of serious reforms that i think would give the public some meat instead of milk. >> americans aren't just made at democrats and they aren't in love with republicans yet. what they are angry is that some in both parties who have become what i like to call, toe crat. it is an elected official who takes that which does not belong him, keeps it or give it to someone he can win favor with for future votes. the kleptocrat doesn't think his actions are wrong. can readily justify stealing from those who worked and earned and giving to those who didn't by using words like fair , compassion and rights. many americans are sick of the

kleptocrats. and the good news, there's plenty of it. what i believe to be the god inspired genius and brilliance of our founders. america's constitution created us to be like a self-cleaning oven. every now and then, we have to turn up the heat to a really high level and burn off all the junk that's gotta be cleaned. come november 2nd, it is going to be time open the oven door, clean out the ashes and remean ourselves that we really did live in a great country. on election day, let's say, good-bye to the kleptocrats! [ applause ] >> mike: that's my view and i welcome yours. i'd love hear from you. go to mikehuckabee.com. you can follow me on twitter, sign up for facebook at mikehuckabee.com. >> you ever wondered what

happen to the neighborhood bully butch from the old our gang and little rascal series? he went and himself elected to congress. look at the resemblance. see it? in a fox news exclusive, we phone butch, pass kerr raiding as congressman alan grayson of the 8th district of florida. >> if you have insurance, den get sick, if you are sick den get sick, just don't get sick. that's what republicans have in mine for you america. that's the republicans' health care plan. i think the republicans understand that plan isn't always going to work it is not foolproof. the have payback- in case you did get sick if you get sick in america this is what the republicans want you to do. if you get sick america, the republicans health care plan is this. die quickly!

that's right, the republicans want you to die quickly, if you get sick. >> mike: if those comments don't seem out reigning just enough, grayson is now under fire for his political ad against his republican challenger in a hotly contested race for florida's 8th congressional district. >> announcer: reledge just fanatics try take away our freedom right here in central florida. daniel webster wants to impose his radical fundamental. on us. webster tried to deny battered women medicare and the right to -- he wants to force raped women to bear the child. taliban dan webster, hands off our bodies and our laws. >> mike: joining us with his reaction, dan webster. good to have you here. [ applause ] >> mike: dan i want our audience to know, i've known you for many years in a way of

full dis sure. i've been supporting you. i think you are one of the great guys. it is personal with me. i watched that ad and i'm thinking, i know dan webster, that's not dan webster. what was your reaction when you first saw the taliban dan ad on television? >> i was shock. i was shocked because i knew i had not said that i couldn't remember where he that. i certainly had to do some digging to find it. but i knew i had not said what he thought i said. >> mike: let's see what really happened at that speech. >> write a journal. second, find a verse. i have a verse for my wife. i have verses for my wife. don't pick the ones that say she should submit to me. that's in the bible. but, pick the ones that you're supposed to do. so instead -- instead, love

your wife even as christ loved the church and gave himself for it. as opposed to weaves submit your service to your husband. she can pray that if she wants to, but den you pray it. hike >> mike: that the polar -- polar opposite. he put together things that weren't true. >> yes it can be a lot . i was ly out of context, reversed, 1 aty°, it was absolutely -- 180° it was absolutely opposite of what i said. >> mike: the context was you were at a ministry conference, a gerring of christian people. it was not out of the ordinary. this was not a campaign speech this was a number of years ago. read genoa you say. >> write a journal, i have verses for my wife den pick the ones that say, she should

submit me. that's in the bible. but pick the ones you're supposed to do. instead, love your wife even as christ loved the church and gave himself for it. as posed to wives submit yourself your own husband. expect pray that if she wants to, but den you pray it. >> mike: by the way your lovely wife sandy is here. that you -- thank you for standing up and putting up with all the nonsense that you have had to put up with. we asked alan grayson to be on the program and he declined, what a surprise. he did give us a statement. i want to share what he said. he said at a right wing institute for basic life principles conference in 2009 which teaches a literal interpretation of the bible that women should submit to their husbands dan webster shows he agreed with their extreme beliefs. in his 28 years as a career dan webster has always pushed an agenda that is is

anti-women. if elected he would do again. i've been to the conference. i consider myself within who in the -- one who believes in the literal interpretation of the bible. when you read alan's statement and hear that what is your response to his defense of what he has done? >> i would think he doesn't believe the truth. truth is almost every media outlet, liberal, moderate and conservative, lots of public policy institutes or one step away from politics have judged this to be absolutely not only false, but downright mean, dirty politics. mike meek you've had amazing reaction not just from your supporters but even people who aren't big dan webster guys. tell me some of the reaction you have had since grayson ran this ad? >> even the public policy

center for the university of pennsylvania who did an in-depth study of the entire commercial went through each of the facts, called both sides, looked into it and say, second time, in a week, he's done it again. this is a new low. this is the lowest. this is the worst campaign ad we've seen thus far. >> mike: dan you could have responded with an equally incendiary ad, you wanted to? >> i probably wanted to, i did. >> mike: good, you are a normal human being. but you didn't, why not? >> i believe this election is about issues. there are issues i could sum up with this one statement: washington is broken. if you look at the economy, we are spiralling there. stimulus package didn't work. in our congressional district unemployment is 12%. higher than the national average and it is bad there.

not only that, the reaction is -- we're not even gonna read the bills. the process is broken, the economy is broken and we are borrowing four billions a day and spending and overspending all that. included in that, washington is broken, is the way we run races. it is. that's broken too. to say that we are going make it as person fall, we are going to burn bridges and burn the earth and scorch the earth with commercials just to say in an office? it is wrong. it is just as much wrong and broken as those other things i talked about. >> mike: if a person is dishonest in the manner in which he gets a he will probably be dishonest in the manner in which he carries it you. what you spokened is an ad unlike what most of us would have wanted to do or done. this is the ad you used to spoken to the taliban dan ad. >> i'm daniel webster. you want to know why

washington is broken? here are three numbers, four billion what they are borrowing everyday. 2.6 million that's how many jobs we've lost. 98% that's how often my opponent has voted with nancy pelosi. together we will cut spending, jumpstart the economy and restore the promise. america is not broken, washington is. >> announcer: webster serious about sending congress a message. >> mike: dan, thank you for being here. what a pleasure to have you and i wish you the best. i think a lot of people are butting for you. an extraordinary uptick in your contributions on lean since gray son did what he did. >> in lets they say as ohio goes being so guess the nation. we'll break down the key mid western state and find out why it impacts the whole country, next. host: could switching to go really save you 15% or more on car insurance?

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[ applause ] >> mike: with the medicine term elections a month away president obama has been spending a lot of time in ohio. in fact he's made 10 trips to the buckeye state. he's another major rally planned before photograph 2nd. why is ohio so -- before november 2nd. so why is ohio so important? skwrepbg me michael barone. -- [ applause ] mike make we have known that ohio is a big deal in presidential elections. everyone shifts based on ohio. i want us to talk about how this affects all of us in terms of why ohio is so important? why the president is stepping so much time there? >> well, governor, ohio has gotteny electoral votes right now, 18 congressional disseconds one of the 10 largest states. -- districts, within of the 10

largest states. it has been close in past he s. in 2004 when george w. bush was -- running for reelection it was a top target state for george w. bush and john kerry. it went for by 51-49 mar swreupb. john kerry, -- margin. john kerry say the veries were manipulated bush carried it by more than 100,000 votes. kerry carried cleft land, the old steel producing area. -- he carry franklin count that includes columbus, hess for cal low, a republican area. the rural counties, small town councilties went heavily for bush including this area where which is the 8th district represented bee the house republican leader boehner within of the most republican congressional districts outside the south. >> i want us to talk -- take a quick look at the 2008 graph.

i want briefly touch upon it i want to get to the gubernatorial race four years ago. the same happened in 2008. >> another close election. we had barack obama carried it 51-47. nationally he 53% of the vote ñ he just 51%. you can see from that map, he makes headway on a few more counties, carrying most of that industrial northeast around toledo. this county down here ohio university that's small population area dom eighted by university people. they 10 to vote left wing democrats. obama also carry the counties that have columbus and cincinnati. cincinnati historically, a ran townhome of republican president taft. hamilton coony -- county went for barack obama. by making those gaines he was able to trance kerry's 49%

into -- in this governor , if you had looked from the point of view of just coming off the 2008 election you would think the democrats would be all right. governor strictland elected in 2006. he had been a congressman. he was elected by a 60-37% par engine. he swept most of the state. -- when we look at how he has been doing in terms of his rating from the public in his race against kasich the former ran congressman from columbus, we see that up through the end of 2010 "-- 2009, strictland was ahead in the polls. he had a reputation as a somewhat bipartisan governor who time there. now we see in the current survey this is the average of recent polls, a four point edge for john kasich over strictland this is emblem pat tick of how the -- emblematic

of the big issues. mike meek michael, the president has investigation it ised ohio 10 times. he's going to do it within more time before the election. do you think these visits are helping or hurting strict:and the democrats in ohio? >> right now they are hurting strictland and the democrats. because the president's job rating is below 50% positive in the state. and because they bring out those issues of do we want this vast increase in the size and scope of government? i think the polling evidence is clear that people in ohio like most americans, don't want it any more. president obama's appearance this state tends highlight that issue. perhaps mr. strict ran will have a delay until -- strickland will have a delay until november 3rd. >> tang. meek mike in 2008, young voters headed to the polls in droves. they barack obama to the

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mid s? no. >> why? >> don't you care about the deck of our country. obama extended health care for people today up to the 26: >> i don't really care. >> mike: i hope he's not a political science major. maybe he's in accounting. any way it is sad when people say they don't care. obviously, there are a lot of students this student is at a prestigious university who says he doesn't care. let's get some more reactions. >> reporter: are you voting in the midterm? >> i am. i'm still doing all ofñud research. i'm not sure what i'm going to be doing because i want to make sure i get as much information as i can before i just, you know vote for anyone. >> mike: that's refreshing. somebody who wants to think about who she going to vote

for and what that person believes and stands for. i hope there are more not just young ones but older ones. let's see what some other students had to say. >> reporter: are you going to vote in the midterm? >> yes. it is important to be involved and aware of legislation that is being passed and thing making sure that you have the right person in for the job. >> reporter: since you are from pittsburgh are you going back there to vote? >> no. i still need mail it out. but i have the form for my absentee ballot. i will be sending that back in soon. >> mike: that's an important point. if you can't be in your voting precinct on november 2nd, doesn't mean you can't vote. there's early voting in most every state that is simple. absentee voting. most states now have absentee voting and early votes that means you can do it without an excuse, you done have to file an affidavit -- you don't have to file an affidavit that says

you can't be there on election day. google now vote in and then name your state. it is as simple as that. how to vote in ohio. now vote in idaho. wherever you live. google that or call your local county election coordinator. make sure you know where to vote and make sure you vote. let's see what some other students had to say. are they gonna vote? >> yeah. i'm going to vote. i live in upstate new york. they want to start natural gas drilling and i'm against that. i'm going to vote for the green party. >> reporter: what about you? >> i'm not going to. i would like to. since i haven't been keeping up with as much of the political news in miami, i don't feel like i should vote on things i'm not aware about. >> reporter: maybe you can convince her to vote, you think so? >> i'll try. >> mike: looks like one friend helping another maybe that's two votes counted as one. >> reporter: are you going to vote in the midterm elects

coming up? >> no. >> reporter: why? >> i'm not informed because i'm away at school. >> reporter: have you thought about the absentee ballot? i did in '08. right now there's a lot going on so i don't have the time. >> mike: don't have the time. too busy to vote. congress isn't too busy to work you over with your -- [ laughter ] >> mike: we have one more. >> reporter: are you going to vote? >> yes. >> reporter: what about you? >> definitely. >> reporter: why? >> i just think that now i'm 18 it is a really important thing and my right as a citizen it is important to get involved and have my voice heard. >> i just registered went through all the trouble to register now is time to be part of democracy. >> mike: well good, i'm glad at last those guys understand their patriotic and civic duty to go and are you going to

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thousands gathering on the national mall this afternoon. they call the demonstration one nation working together. many were affiliated with progressive and civil rights groups, unions and religious organizations. organizers hope to energize the liberal base before november's mid term elections. i'm julie banderas now back to huckabee. [ applause ] >> mike: the high turnover as senior staff members of the white house continues with the most significant being announced by the president on friday. >> the president: on the one hand we are all very excited for rahm as he takes on a new challenge for which he is extraordinarily well qualified. but we are also losing a leader of our staff and one who we are going to miss very much. >> mike: rahm emanuel quitting

as chief of staff to pursue his dream job, mayor of the windy city. if elected it is probably blowing more window than ever in chicago. what does it mean for chicago and the administration? we ask former governor rod blagojevich. were you surprised by the decision? >> no, i wasn't. rahm is a very ambitious guy. he indicated months before that he was interested in running for mayor. it didn't surprise me that mayor daley chose not to run again. in fact, four days after president obama was elected rahm and i had a telephone conversation where i was surprised, expressed my surprise to him that he was going to be the chief of staff. i thought he was on path to become speaker of the house. he indicated he only wanted to do the job as chief of staff for two years and hoped to have a place holder and might get a cabinet position and we would come back and get his

congressional seat. the fact he has come back to run for mayor is no surprise. i think he'll be a competitive candidate for mayor. >> mike: the race is in february. in january something big is happening in chicago that involves you. the trial that you will be going back through. one of the questions that we have for you, this is, i think significant to hear on our show, first time you have talked about this, since rahm's announcement. is he gonna be called to testify in your trial? >> well, rahm is a central figure in the political discussions and the political deal that i was trying to put together. a deal that would have created 500,000 jobs through indevelopment in infrastructure something you ran and advocated as a candidate for president. health care for up to 300,000 people. the option of getting health care if they could afford it. and a written guarantee nod -- not to raise taxes. rahm agreed to be the go between me and the democratic house speak was blocking those initiatives. today the chicago tribune

released evidence was supposed to be barred by court order, indicating that rahm talked to my chief of staff as the go between. which raises questions about the propriety of some people who are releasing information i believe in an effort to hurt rahm emanuel. rahm emanuel in his conversations with me and his actions that would have put together the deal didn't do anything wrong. he will be a central figure and a star witness for us to testify to what happened. i want to challenge these prosecutors who are persecuting me and may be trying to do this to other people, to release the evidence on the days before my res. let the people see what i was doing on december 8th, the day before they realized me on -- release all the tapes and all the fbi interviews and evidence. let's see what rahm emanuel, axelrod, durbin, reid, menendez and all the other works with me to put this deal together had to say. they were engaged in routine

politics, not corrupt politics. i believe there ought to be a special prosecutor appointed to have that evidence released if the government won't agree to release. >> mike: if that evidence gets released, are we going to find out there were dirty hands on the parts of these people or is it going to exonerate everybody, including you? >> it going to exonerate everybody, including me and will remove the cloud over rahm emanuel. it is very interesting what is happening. two weeks ago congressman jackson indicated he wanted to run for mayor he's a layer involved in these allegations as well. they didn't charge him. they didn't charge rahm emanuel. they didn't charge harry reid, but they charged me. when jesse jackson, jr. said bring any evidence if you have any. the next day, more evidence was released to the press that embarrassed congressman jackson about his personal relationships that was sealed. someone is releasing evidence in violation of a court order.

there ought to be a special prosecutor that ought to at last go into court and investigate why the government decided to arrest me when i was not involved in what the prosecutor said was a crime spree that lincoln would roll over in his grave. release the evidence it will show he lied and i've been telling the truth and rahm emanuel was helping me put together a deal that would help a lot of people. >> mike: are you going to be voting for rahm emanuel when he runs for mayor? >> i don't know yet who going to be in the race. i will reserve judgment. i've run in 14 elections i never lost any. the people are going to get this right. this is a very important election. the city of chicago faces serious challenges. the last thing they need, are these politically motivated prosecutors who are trying to determine an outcome of an election. they've undid an election when it came to me being removed from office. they undid the will of the people. now being involved in information relating to rahm emanuel trying to shape an

election or congressman jackson trying to shape an election that is not what these pros s are supposed to be. that is one of the reasons why the "wall street journal" advocated the prosecutor persecuting me should be removed from office. >> mike: chicago politics is never boring, maybe dirty, rough-and-tumble, but never boring. what is up for you -- up with you you have something going these days? >> my wife patty and you are fighting through this, doing the best we can to rebuild our lives. samuel if the psalms, you would appreciate this as a minister, when goliath approaches to attack you have to do what david did, run out and quickly meet him. we've been trying to do that in he have city step of the way. as we fight through this, we are trying to rebuild our lives. one of the things did the other day was film a national commercial for a product, which is a different world. >> mike: what is the product?

>> i have a contract mike, i can't say it yet. but it was an interesting experience. and interestingly, it is a product that my wife patty and i have used for years long before i was asked to do this. so i feel comfortable not only advocating a product but one we like. >> mike: you know everybody thinks it is going to be shampoo. great to have you with me, thank you for joining me today, and best wishes. >> thank you, mike. >> mike: platinum selling country artist and patriot toby keith is next, stay with us. hey, guys, i know i've been bad at this in the past,

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. [ applause ] >> mike: he's a platinum-selling artist having recorded 28 number one country hits. he's pat why it tick having performed for -- patriotic having performed for our

troops and ever on several uso tours. [ cheering ] [ applause ] >> mike: when i talk about you not being afraid to say what you think that's been the hallmark of who you have been. is that something that comes natural for to you just blurt out what you're thinking? you like that? >> i think, you know first of all it is great to be on your show. >> mike: thank you, the honor is mine. i've been a big fan for a long time. >> we come from the same neck of the woods, right? >> mike: yes, we do. that is worth a little applause, come on. [ applause ] >> i actually lived in arkansas for three, four years. when i come in here today i was doing what they do, calling the hogs in what the

5x arkansas does. >> mike: new yorkers do that all the time. i walk the streets and they are all saying pig suey. >> first if you feel like you are right about something and somebody asks your opinion your answer honestly. when i saw pore the troops, i never saw that as being political. the media and extreme left and extreme right make it political in the media and among people that watch that kind of stuff. but, at the same time, my dad was a veteran. i never sawr,%8 supporting the troops being political. i just thought you are supposed to support those people. >> mike: we a great piece of an interview that you were doing. you give your thoughts on politics a ever ran for office,

what key issues would you base your campaign on? >> i hate politics. politics suck. but there's a certain amount of good and bad on both sides. i could never be a politician, because they lie too much. i wouldn't like the political side of having to have somebody tell me a lie and lie to me and then me have to still campaign for them or be their friend or be agenda-driven. i don't think that has any place in my life ever. i get asked that question all the time. but guess what, i got a great night gig. [ applause ] >> mike: yeah have a great night gig. if i could write and sing like you i probably would never had done flits -- done politics either. >> i didn't say you lied. >> mike: look, i don't want to argue with you about it. i think that's why people are

cynical about a lot of the politics. it comes across as being phony. people aren't saying what they really feel. when you write sons and when you sing them and when you do -- write songs and we you sing them and we you do interviews like that, what people find attractive about you, you act like i don't care whether you like it or not, you asked me a question, here's the answer. does it get you in trouble? >> that's why i couldn't be a politician. i wouldn't feel good about going against my own word for the sake of an agenda and walk back with my own people and have to look 'em in the face they would be going wow, we don't operate to the extreme like that. it would be very difficult to do. i mean, when i did courtesy of red, white and blue, four, five days after 911 i wrote the song. my father passed await previous march, unexpectedly in a car accident. in the fall that happened.

three, four days later, i scribbled that down 20 minutes, i 160 uso shows, i thought this would be great when i'm over there let the band take a break and me do this acoustic. general jones national security adviser now, was commandant in the marine corp at the time. i was doing a private show for the 4,000 shipping out to afghanistan. the ban hadn't even her the song. this was late -- late 2002 or something. i started playing. there wasn't a dry eye or unclinched fist in my room, how can we get a copy of that? i said i didn't record it. he said if you record it we can all get a copy, please record that song and he stayed on me about it. we game very good friends. as an after thought i put it on one of my albums and radio stations it and started playing it. then for the next two, three

years it was just solid right wing, left wing, extremists they were either pumping me up or trying to take me down and i got caught in the crossfire. >> mike: it is a patriotic song it is not a political song. i think the audience wants to hear toby keith sing and play. [ applause ] >> mike: he's got a new album. >> governor is going to play bass. >> mike: we are going to do a cut from the new album and talk about some of your other music. all of that and more when toby keith and i come right back. stay with us. .

[ applause ] >> mike: we are back with toby keith. he's got a grand new album called "bullets in the gun" and it comes next tuesday. you can get it wherever music is sold. store, amazon.com, but be sure to get it. tell them mike sent you. you've done so many hits. 28 number one. i mean, that's just an amazing number of songs. now you had a big break-out hit called "i should have been a cowboy." >> yeah, 1993. >> mike: and that song, did you know that was going to be

a hit. >> i didn't know what a hit felt like, i never had a hit. never had a song released. i wrote it, i was in dodge city, north of oklahoma in kansas on a pheasant hunting trip and wrote it while i was up there. i got it home and the more i messed with it the better i liked with it. i said why don't i put it on the first album. the label fell in love with it. >> mike: let's play a chorus of that for the fun of us. >> ♪ should have been a cowboy ♪ ♪ should have learned to rope and ride ♪ ♪ with my six-shooter, riding my pony on a cattle drive ♪ ♪ stealing the young girls' hearts, just like gene and roy ♪ ♪ singing those campfire songs ♪ ♪ should have been a cowboy ♪

[ applause ] >> mike: all right. i had a bunch of your songs in my own ipod, that i've downloaded. one of which i like a lot. it's called "how do you like me now." one of your big hits. i have always wanted to ask you, how much of this song is biographical? >> never! >> mike: was there a girl back there you tried so hard to impress and she gave you the cold shoulder? >> it's not about me or my life. i'm dating a valedictorian. >> mike: so we know it really didn't happen. there has to be a hint of that song. >> well, i think everybody has people in their life who -- you know, what is amazing is they thought it would be a real guy song. it had so many girls and women out there come and say you know my boss told me this, and i ended up buying that company, and firing his rear, you know.

people used it as a catch-all for different situations other than just somebody breaking their heart. >> mike: i think everybody that has ever been put down or told you'll never amount to anything, loves this song. as do i. at least knock out a chorus of it. >> all right. ♪ ♪ how do you like me now ♪ now that i'm on my way ♪ you still think i'm crazy ♪ standing here today ♪ could not make you love me ♪ ♪ but i always dreamed about ♪ ♪ living in your radio ♪ how do you like me now [ applause ] >> mike: the new album that you've got "bullets in the gun." the title song from that. >> all right. hang in there. >> mike: i'm going to try. [ laughter ] >> you're scared. >> that's what i'll do. ♪ ♪ ♪ they used to call me

lightning ♪ ♪ i was always quick to strike ♪ ♪ had everything i own ♪ in the saddles on my bike ♪ i had a reputation ♪ for never staying very long ♪ ♪ just like a wild and restless drifter ♪ ♪ like a cowboy in a song ♪ ♪ ♪ i met a dark-haired beauty ♪ ♪ where they lay the whiskey down ♪ ♪ in southern arizona ♪ in a little border town ♪ she had to dance for money ♪ ♪ in that dusty old saloon ♪ i dropped a dollar in the jukebox ♪ ♪ played that girl a tune, ♪ yeah ♪ never see it comes ♪ just hits you by surprise ♪'s that cold place in your soul ♪ ♪ that fire in her eyes ♪ makes you come together like wild horses when they run ♪ ♪ now the cards are on the table and the bullets in the

gun ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ she was sitting on my lap ♪ we still had shots to kill ♪ ♪ when a man pulled up who owned the bar in a cadillac deville ♪ ♪ he grabbed her by her raven hair and threw her on the floor ♪ ♪ said no free ride for the cowboy ♪ ♪ that ain't what i pay you for ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ she jumped up and grabbed my pistol and stuck it in the fat man's back ♪ ♪ said open up your safe and put your money in the sack ♪ ♪ then tied his hands behind him ♪ ♪ blindfolded his eyes ♪ said if you're dumb enough to chase us, you're dumb enough to die ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ never see it coming ♪ just hits you by surprise ♪ it's that cold place in your soul ♪ ♪ and that fire in her eyes ♪ makes you come together ♪ like wild horses when they

run ♪ ♪ now the cards are on the table ♪ ♪ and the bullets in the gun ♪ ♪ ♪ >> now outlaw. you're making it. >> mike: i am. ♪ ♪ we rode across the border down into mexico ♪ ♪ when you're running from the law, ain't that where everybody goes ♪ ♪ we came upon a town ♪ with a name i couldn't spell ♪ ♪ she gave me what i came for ♪ ♪ in that mexican motel ♪ i woke up beside her ♪ to the sound of running feet ♪ ♪ 50 federales locked and loaded in the street ♪ ♪ she grabbed my .44 ♪ i grabbed the money in the sack ♪ ♪ she kissed me for the last time ♪ ♪ and we headed out the back ♪ ♪ they everyone was on us ♪ every heartbeat pounded ♪ only one thing left to do

when they've got you all sur rounded ♪ ♪ she fired that old pistol but he didn't stand a prayer ♪ ♪ money hit the gravel and bullets filled the air ♪ ♪ never see it coming ♪ just hits you by surprise ♪ it's that cold place in your soul ♪ and that fire in her eyes ♪ ♪ makous come together ♪ like wild horses when they run ♪ ♪ now the cards are on the table and the bullets in the gun ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ bullets in the gun ♪ bullets in gun [ cheers and applause ] >> mike: toby keith! the album called "bullets in the gun." you're going to want it. thank you for joining us. >> you get a gig on the bass

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