Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

[fox69]

"Rocky Top"
(originally by The Osborne Brothers)

"Rocky Top"
(originally by The Osborne Brothers)



Wish that I was on ole rocky top,
Down in the tennessee hills.
Ain't no smoggy smoke on rocky top,
Ain't no telephone bills.

Once there was a girl on rocky top,
Half bear the other half cat.
Wild as a mink, sweet as soda pop,
I still dream about that.

Rocky top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me.
Good ole rocky top,
Rocky top tennessee, rocky top tennessee.

Once two strangers climbed on rocky top,
Lookin' for a moonshine still.
Strangers ain't come back from rocky top,
Guess they never will.

Corn won't grow at all on rocky top,
Dirt's too rocky by far.
That's why all the folks on rocky top
Get their corn from a jar.

Rocky top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me.
Good ole rocky top,
Rocky top tennessee, rocky top tennessee.

Now I've had years of cramped up city life,
Trapped like a duck in a pen.
Now all I know is it's a pity life
Can't be simple again.

Rocky top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me.
Good ole rocky top,
Rocky top tennessee, rocky top tennessee.

Rocky top tennessee, rocky top tennessee.
Yeah rocky top tennesee eee eee eee.

 

[fox69]

"Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms"

"Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms"


I roll in my sweet baby's arms
I roll in my sweet baby's arms
I lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
And I roll in my sweet baby's ...

Well, I ain't gonna work on no railroad, baby
Ain't gonna work on no farm
I'm gonna lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
And I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms.

I roll in my sweet baby's arms
Roll in my sweet baby's arms
I come lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
And I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms.

My mama was a beauty operator
Sister could sew and could spin
My daddy owned an interest in that new cotton ...
Just-a watchin' all that money rollin' in.

I roll in my sweet baby's arms
Roll in my sweet baby's arms
I come lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
And I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms.

Oh, I know that your parents they don't like me
They roll me away from your door
Help me find my life to live over
And I never go there no more.

I roll in my sweet baby's arms
Roll in my sweet baby's arms
I come lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
And I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms.

Well now, where were you last Saturday night, baby?
While I was lyin' around down in jail?
[?] walking with another man
He wouldn't even go my bail, so now ...

I roll in my sweet baby's arms
Roll in my sweet baby's arms
I come lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
And I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms.

I roll in my sweet baby's arms
Roll in my sweet baby's arms
I come lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
And I'm rollin' in my sweet baby, rollin' in my sweet baby, rollin' in my sweet babys arms.

 

[fox69]

"Roll The Stone Away"

"Roll The Stone Away"



You can swim in this old river
It's been delivered
Since the factory shut down
And like the river I'm waiting
For resurrection
Since I lost your affection
And love left town

There'll be no more crying
There's no one left to blame
Love will come out standing
So roll that stone away
We were good
But we could have been better
And the best is what we're after
When it comes right down to love
You were always the strong one
Bright as the setting sun
Go shine somewhere else my love
Some brand new world (some brand new world)

There'll be no more crying
There's no one left to blame
Love will come out standing
So roll that stone away

And like that river I'm waiting
For resurrection
Since I lost your affection
And love left town (and love left town)

There'll be no more crying
There's no one left to blame
Love will come out standing
So roll that stone roll that stone
Roll that stone away

 

[fox69]

"Run With Me"

"Run With Me"



Two story prisons in a line
Livin' in this town
Is a whole lot like dying
I want to see what's still left to see

And you really oughta run with me
Baby, I knew right from the start
You're just a discontented romantic at heart
And you're tired of all that you see
And you really oughta run with me

Come on run with me
This ol' town is no good place to be
Wasted days just come and go
While everything we know
Slowly dies before our eyes

I'll fulfill your every desire
We'll run around together
And set this world on fire
Baby baby we're free
And you really oughta run with me

(Oohoohoohooh)
(Oohoohoohooh)

Whoa, I'll fulfill your every desire
We'll run around together
And set this world on fire
Baby baby we're free
And you really oughta run with me

(Oohoohoohooh)
Yeah you really oughta run with me
(Oohoohoohooh)
Oh you really oughta run with me
Come on Baby (oohoohoohooh)
Oh you really oughta run with me

 

[fox69]

"Safe Back Home"

"Safe Back Home"


I put on her colors with honor
And carried them over the sea
To battle at the mouth of the devil's tunnels
Are you safe back home praying for me
And do you still use the same words you taught me
That you learned at the Dear Savior's knee
On that sweet morning there in the garden
And are you safe back home praying for me

How long (how long)
How long (how long)
Will the words of this prayer be my hope
If it be His will and I'm the leopard that will
We'll say Amen together I know

On patrol in the cold of this desert
I trembled as I waited for my relief
And I picture a circle of family
Are you safe back home praying for me

[Chorus]

How long (how long)
How long (how long)
How long (how long)
How long (how long)
How long (how long)
How long

 

[fox69]

"Santa Rosa"

"Santa Rosa"



Seems like ten years ago
Though today my mind is slow
Me and Mickey Craig
Were running west from Idaho

Robbed a bank to get some bread
Seems like fifteen men lay dead
In a path that led us straight
To Santa Rosa

Now and then ol' Mick'd say
Boy, at home you should of stayed
Than to follow me and learn the life
Of looking back

But he'd spit and slap his side
Just to see if he's alive
Then he'd sing his banjo song
Of Santa Rosa

He said, whoa
Singing, oh, Santa Rosa
Whoa, high and low

Then one day, sang ol' Craig
I'll be free to go my way
And be standing by the bay
At Santa Rosa

Now one time late at night
Mickey lit no fire light
'Cause he feared the posse close behind
Might flush us out

But he picked a bit 'fore sleep
To the tune of Cripple Creek
He was murdered by a man
From Santa Rosa, they shot him

He said, whoa
Singing, oh, Santa Rosa
Whoa, high and low

'Til I come once again
With my banjo pickin' friend
We'll be, oh, high and low
In Santa Rosa

 

[fox69]

"Sarah In The Summer"

"Sarah In The Summer"



I've driven this road as a stranger
I've driven this road as a friend
I've driven this road as a slack jawed tourist
And I'm drivin' on it once again

It might be cold and long and lonely
But she's waiting on the other side
And I'm an hour closer to Sarah in the summer
And joyfully I ride, joyfully I ride

I climb through George Town, Silver Plume
The tunnel at Loveland's cold
The lake on the left is a little low
Route nine is the Breckenridge road
There's a sign right below Copper Mountain
Telling whether Independence runs free

And I'm an hour closer to Sarah in the summer
And that's where I wanna be, that's where I wanna be

In the evening shadow of Red Butte
Up the lane from the Slaughter House bridge
The first cabin the moonlight strikes
As it crests the cleft in Hunter Crick Ridge
Up from between old Red and Smuggler
Rising high on a piano bench there

And I'm an hour closer to Sarah in the summer
And what lies between beware, what lies between beware

Oh, and the red sandstone sentinels rising high on either side
As I follow the eagle valley through the canyon where the saints reside
In Mt. Snowmass's majesty south and east out of Glennwood springs
And I'm an hour closer to Sarah in the summer
Where the Roaring river sings, the Roaring river sings

I've driven this road as a stranger
I've driven this road as a friend
I've driven this road as a slack jawed tourist
And I'm drivin' on it once again

It might be cold and long and lonely
But she's waiting on the other side
And I'm an hour closer to Sarah in the summer
And joyfully I ride, joyfully I ride, joyfully I ride

 

[fox69]

"Save It, Save It"

"Save It, Save It"



Got anything good, you better save it, save it
Got anything good, you better save it, save it
Got anything good, you better save it, save it
Baby, I might need it some day.

They say your cooking is the best in town
Everybody's been talking around
If it's so I'm a-coming to town
I'll let you turn my damper down.

Got anything good, you better save it, save it
Got anything good, you better save it, save it
Got anything good, you better save it, save it
Baby, I might need it some day.

Now stop your honky tonking around
Stop your painting up the town
Change your way from what you did
If you don't stop I'll blow my lid.

Got anything good, you better save it, save it
Got anything good, you better save it, save it
Got anything good, you better save it, save it
Baby, I might need it some day.

There'll come a day when you're old and gray
When all your friends have strayed away
Then I'll look at you and say
You had it but it got away.

Got anything good, you better save it, save it
Got anything good, you better save it, save it
Got anything good, you better save it, save it
Baby, I might need it some day
Baby, I might need it some day.

 

[fox69]

"Shadow Dream Song"

"Shadow Dream Song"



I meant to call her name
I meant to take her hand
I meant to be the same and understand
Just what was happening in the evening
Between the princess and the prince

I can't be bothered now
And I can't eat or drink
I can't remember how I used to think
What was the song she sang before the morning rang
Bringing the princess to the prince

It's a crystal ringing way
She has about her in the day
But she's a laughing dappled shadow
She's a laughing dappled shadow in my night

If I could hear her voice
If I could see her face
If I could have my choice I'd be in the place
Where I saw her last on the evening past
Of the princess and the prince

It's a crystal ringing way
She has about her in the day
But she's a laughing dappled shadow
She's a laughing dappled shadow in my night

 

[fox69]

"She"

"She"



She-e-e
She came from the land of the cotton
A land that was nearly forgotten
By everyone

She-e-e
She worked and she slaved so hard
Big old field was her backyard
In the delta sun

Oh oh she sure could sing
Oh my she sure could sing

And he-e-e
Looked down and took a little pity
Whole town swore, he decided
He would help us out

And he-e-e
Didn't mind that she wasn't very pretty
Cause deep inside his heart he knew
She was the only one

Oh oh she sure could sing
Hey-ey she sure could sing

She had faith
She had believing
She led all the people together in singing
And she prayed every night
To the Lord up above
Singing Hallelujah

They-ey
Used to walk, singing songs by the river
Even when she knew for sure
She'd have to go away

She-e-e
Never knew what a life was to give her
Never had to worry about it
For one single day

Oh my she sure could sing
Oh yeah she sure could sing

She was singing, singing Hallelujah

And she-e-e
She came from the land of the cotton
A land that was nearly forgotten
By everyone

She-e-e
She worked and she slaved so hard
The big old field was her backyard
In the delta sun

Oh oh she sure could sing
Yeah-ah she sure could sing
Oh yeah she sure could sing
Yeah-ah she sure could sing-ing-ay-ay