Somewhere tonight down in Dixieland
At a roadside bar there's a pretty good band
But somebody's messing with somebody's woman
Might be a bad sign some kind of omen
And it's a nice night for a knife fight
Leave the guns in the pickup and do it up right
Somebody's getting wound up just a too tight
It's a nice night for a knife fight
Some guys still settle things hand to hand
Eye to eye and man to man
But if somebody gets too big for their britches
They might wind up with a few more stitches
And it's a nice night for a knife fight
Leave the guns in the pickup and do it up right
Somebody's getting wound up just a too tight
It's a nice night for a knife fight
Now it's a crying shame I'm telling y'all
How kids these days are losing their Southern Drawl
Gotta nip it in the bud grab 'em by the sleeve
Say listen close child repeat after me
It's a nice night for a knife fight
Leave the guns in the pickup and do it up right
Somebody's getting wound up just a too tight
And it's a nice night for a knife fight
It's a nice night for a knife fight