Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

[fox69]

"Never Together (But Close Sometimes)"

"Never Together (But Close Sometimes)"



There's a song in your eye that's as blue as the sky
And just looking at you keeps me singing it
There's this music and wine don't it sparkle and shine
And it's one for your money and two to quit.

And every day it's getting less hard to be
Never together but close sometimes
Windows and rain, blue birds and planes
They're never together but they're close sometimes.

A girl in New York once captured my heart
But her winter was cold so I had to split
Sweet Tennessee spoke softly to me
Home is your home when you're loving it.

And every day it's getting less hard to be
Never together but close sometimes
Windows and rain, blue birds and planes
They're never together but they're close sometimes.

They're never together but they're close sometimes
They're never together but they're close sometimes.

They're never together but they're close sometimes.

They're never together but they're close sometimes.

 

[fox69]

"New Orleans"

"New Orleans"



I said a hey, hey, hey yeah
I said a hey, hey, hey yeah.

Come on everybody, take a trip with me
Well, down the Mississippi down to New Orleans
They got the Honey Suckle's bloomin' on the Honey Suckle vine
And love is a-blooming there all the time.

You know every Southern Bell is a Mississippi Queen
Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans.

Yeah
I said a hey, hey, hey yeah.

Come on take a stroll down to Basin Street
Yeah, listen to the music with the dixieland beat
A-where the magnolia blossoms fill the air
Yeah, and if you ain't been to heaven then you ain't been there.

They got the French moss hangin' from a big oak tree
Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans.

I said a hey, hey, hey yeah
I said a hey, hey, hey yeah.

Come on everybody, take a trip with me, yeah
Well, down the Mississippi down to New Orleans
They got the Honey Suckle's bloomin' on the Honey Suckle vine
Yeah, and the love is a-blooming there all the time.

You know every Southern Bell is a Mississippi Queen
Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans, New Orleans.

I said a hey, hey, hey yeah
New Orleans
...

 

[fox69]

"Nickel In The Well"

"Nickel In The Well"



I got a four leaf clover
Hung a horseshoe on the wall
Threw salt over my left shoulder
I'll try anything at all
To get lucky with you
I want you so much
Until you want me too
I ain't gonna give up

I'll throw another nickel in the well
Tell myself this time maybe it'll help
To make my dreams come true
I'll make another wish upon a star
Just in case you're out in your backyard
Lookin' up there too
With a lot of love and a little luck
You'll fall like I fell
I'll just cross my fingers
And throw another nickel in the well

If I could get Houdini
To teach me a trick or two
Then maybe you would see me
In the way I want you to
I'm gonna knock on wood
It ain't been easy
I've done everything I could
To make you need me

I'll throw another nickel in the well
Tell myself this time maybe it'll help
To make my dreams come true
I'll make another wish upon a star
Just in case you're out in your backyard
Lookin' up there too
With a lot of love and a little luck
You'll fall like I fell
I'll just cross my fingers
And throw another nickel in the well

With a lot of love and a little luck
You'll fall like I fell
I'll just cross my fingers
And throw another nickel in the well
I'll just cross my fingers
And throw another nickel in the well

 

[fox69]

"Nine Pound Hammer"

"Nine Pound Hammer"



This Nine Pound Hammer,
Is a little too heavy,
For my side, baby for my side.

I'm a-goin' to the mountain,
Gonna see my baby.
But i ain't comin' back,
No. I ain't comin' back.

Roll on, buddy,
Don't ya roll so slow.
How, can I roll,
When my wheels won't go.

Well. it's a long way to Harlan,
It's a long way to Hazard,
Just to get a little brew,
Just to get a little brew.

When I'm long gone,
Don't you make my tombstone,
Outta number nine coal,
Outta number nine coal.

 

[fox69]

"Not Fade Away"

"Not Fade Away"



I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
I'm a-gonna love you night and day
You know my lovin' not fade away
You know my lovin' not fade away

My love is bigger than a Cadillac
I try to show it when you drive me back
Your love for me has got to be real
For you to know just how I feel
Well, love for real not fade away
Love for real not fade away

I'm a-gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
A love to last more than one day
You know my lovin' not fade away
Well you know my lovin' not fade away

Not fade away
Not fade away
Not fade away

 

[fox69]

"Oh Boy"
(originally by Buddy Holly)

"Oh Boy"
(originally by Buddy Holly)



All my love, all my kissing
You don't know what you've been a-missing
Oh boy, when you're with me
Oh boy, the world will see that you were meant for me.

All my life, I've been a-waiting
Tonight there'll be no hesitating
Oh boy, when you're with me
Oh boy, the world will see that you were meant for me.

Stars apear and the shadow is a-falling
I can hear my heart a-calling
A little bit of lovin' make everything right
I'm gonna see my baby tonight.

All my life, I've been a-waiting
Tonight there'll be no hesitating
Oh boy, when you're with me
Oh boy, the world will see that you were meant for me.

Stars apear and the shadow is a-falling
I can hear my heart a-calling.
A little bit of lovin' make everything right
I'm gonna see my baby tonight.

All my love, all my kissing
You don't know what you've been a-missing
Oh boy, when you're with me
Oh boy, the world will see that you were meant for me
That you were meant for me
That you were meant for me.

 

[fox69]

"Oh What A Love"

"Oh What A Love"


Oh what a love, that'll bind the wounds of a loss and heal my heart
Oh what a love, to cast away the pain
Oh what a love, that'll bear for me the cost of a brand new start
Oh what a love, to let me begin again

Oh what a life, that'll brighten up the corners of a lonely life
Oh what a life, to cast away the rain
Oh what a life to remove the gloom I face in the dark alone
Oh what a life, I believe I can see again

I remember the day
We walked on the beach till sunset, then we sang
And the songs we played were a promise of love that'll last beyond the grave

Oh what a song, learned from the sea taught slowly to the young
Oh what a song, to cast away the rain
Oh what a song, to break the bonds of fear and still the sound
Oh what a song, I believe I can sing again

I remember the day we met at a place of hope, I took what you gave
And the words we'd say were a promise of love that'll honor beyond the grave

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Oh, Cumberland"

"Oh, Cumberland"



Fire on the asphalt, L.A. freeway
Santa Anna windstorm, come blow me away
'Cause this rearview mirror could use some adjustment
Some other reflection, some other place.

Oh, Cumberland, I'm a faithful son
No matter where I go, I hear you calling me
The Mississippi's wide long, St. Paul to New Orleans
But my heart's resting on your banks in Tennessee.

Lazy ol' river, not a lick of ambition
Get to Kentucky then you roll on home
If you were a highway, you wouldn't go nowhere
And I wouldn't be lost and all alone.

Oh, Cumberland, I'm a faithful son
No matter where I go, I hear you calling me
The Mississippi's wide long, St. Paul to New Orleans
But my heart's resting on your banks in Tennessee.

There's a stolen river in the San Fernando
Down in the valley, in the shadow of greed
But I have a memory, knee deep in salvation
That old muddy water that once washed me clean.

Oh, Cumberland, I'm a faithful son
No matter where I go, I hear you calling me
Mississippi's wide long, St. Paul to New Orleans
But my heart's resting on your banks in Tennessee.

Oh, Cumberland
Oh, Cumberland.

 

[fox69]

"Old Time's Sake"

"Old Time's Sake"



If this is our last dance
Let's take it slow-owly
Let's let our hearts break
Just for old time's sake
For old time's sake

I don't want to be the one
To say the night is over
I don't want to be the one
To say goodbye
Let's face the music
There's no turning back
Just take my hand

If this is our la-a-a-ast dance
Let's take it slow-owly
Let's let our hearts break
Just for old time's sake
For old time's sake

Baby let me waltz away
The memories of hard times
Let me wipe away
The tears from your eyes
Can we be tender
Just one more time
We have tonight

If this is our la-a-a-ast dance
Let's take it slow-owly
Let's let our hearts break
Just for old time's sake
For old time's sake

For old time's sake (For old time's sake)
Let me walk you home to your door
For old time's sake (For old time's sake)
Let's have one more night together
For old time's sake (For old time's sake)
Let me waltz you around across the floor
For old time's sake (For old time's sake)

 

[fox69]

"Old Upright Piano"

"Old Upright Piano"



For as long as I remember, when friday night came round
The family would gather out at grandpa's house.
With supper over and the dishes done
It was then the best time came
At an old upright piano that only grandma played.

She played beautiful dreamer, my wild irish rose;
She never played 'em perfect, but there was love in every note.
Grandpa sat beside her, in harmony they sang,
At the old upright piano that only grandma played.

Grandpa was a stubborn man, they said it was his style.
Grandma called him ornery, but she said it with a smile.
Even he could not disguise the love he felt so strong;
We all could see it in his eyes when she played his favorite song.

She played beautiful dreamer, my wild irish rose;
She never played 'em perfect, but there was love in every note.
Grandpa sat beside her, in harmony they sang,
At the old upright piano that only grandma played.

I was almost 17 when my grandma died;
I stayed all night with grandpa; the old man never cried.
He sat at her piano, there was nothing we could say
It was the first time in my life I ever heard my grandpa play.

It wasn't beautiful dreamer or my wild irish rose
It was a song he played from memory & he never missed a note
I sat right there beside him until the morning came
What a friend we have in jesus was the only song he played.

She played beautiful dreamer, my wild irish rose;
She never played 'em perfect, but there was love in every note.
Grandpa sat beside her, in harmony they sang,
At the old upright piano that only grandma played.