I can hear that old clock ticking, passing time up on the wall i can hear the faucet dripin in the kicthc down the hall to the one that i keep missing every night and every day There’s things you learn to live with now thats all but i’ll never get used to living without […]
I packed my bags and bought myself a ticket For the land of the tall palm tree Aloha old milwaukee, hello waikiki I just stepped down from the airplane When i thought i heard her say Waka waka nuka nuka, waka waka nuka nuka Would you like a lei? eh? Let’s talk dirty in hawaiian […]
Killybegs - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
My heart was warm with family love as i slipped into a chair Beside my uncle john, my daughters ‘cross the table there I’d walked the docks in misty rain, a pain was in my legs But i’d seen the dream of kinsmen in the boats of killybegs The banter of my uncle and my […]
Jambalaya - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Goodbye joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou My yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh Son of a gun, we’ll have good fun on the bayou Jambalaya, a-crawfish pie and-a fillet gumbo ’cause tonight i’m gonna see my machez amio Pick guitar, fill […]
From rustler’s rhapsody soundtrack, warner bros. 1985 I’ll drink a cold one with you and laugh the night away, ’cause i ride hard when i’m working and i work hard when i play. But any misconception oughta stop before it starts I’ll be leaving in the morning, girl, I break horses not hearts. I’ve broken […]
Hello, i am your heart And you’ve got me broken one too many times Oh, hello, this is your heart speaking And you’ve got me hurt boy one too many times Goin’ away on a little vacation I’ll be gone quite a while You won’t have you no lovemakin’ You just have that ten cent […]
Honky Tonkin - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
When you are sad and lonely and have no place to go Call me up, sweet baby, and bring along some dough And we’ll go honky tonkin’, honky tonkin’ Honky tonkin’, honey baby We’ll go honky tonkin’ ’round this town. When you and your baby have a fallin’ out Just call me up sweet mama […]
Come and listen to my story if you will i’m gonna tell About a gang of fellers from down at nashville First i’ll start with old red foley doin’ the "chattanooga shoe" We can’t forget hank williams with them good old "lovesick blues" It’s time for roy acuff to go to memphis on his train […]
Fish Song - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Sat here by this stony brook until the grey day turned to dust When up swam a fish with a children’s book thought that i was lost. He was on his way to the salmon hop, that’s where they go to breed Saw me sitting on this log and thought i’d like to read. The […]
Merry-go-rounds and burial grounds Are all the same to me. Horses on post and kids and ghosts Are spirits that we ought to set free. Then city slicker pickers got a lot of Slicker licks than me. But ridin’ the range and acting strange Is where i want to be. And i just wanna be […]
