Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

[fox69]

"Catch The Next Dream"

"Catch The Next Dream"



Hey baby, it's beginning to feel
Like we've been spinning our wheels
Hangin' round this town too long.

Why don't we catch a ride?
Sail away on the outbound tide?
It's time that we be movin' on.

Let's catch the next dream outta here
Close our eyes and disappear
We'll say so long and we'll be gone
On the next dream outta here.

We’re as free as the night is young
To go as far as our hearts can run
Let's set our sights on paradise.

Throw caution to the wind
And never look back again
We'll ride our love on through the night.

Let's catch the next dream outta here
Close our eyes and disappear
We'll say so long and we'll be gone
On the next dream outta here.

We'll say so long and we'll be gone
On the next dream outta here.

On the next dream
On the next dream
On the next dream
On the next dream
Just close your eyes and we can ride
Oooh ...

On the next dream
On the next dream outta here
We can ride
Oooh ...

 

[fox69]

"Catfish John"

"Catfish John"



Mama said: 'Don't go near that river'
'Don't be hanging around old Catfish John'
'Come the morning, I'd always be there'
'Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn'.

Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg, traded for a chestnut mare
Lord, he never spoke in anger though his load was hard to bear.

Mama said: 'Don't go near that river'
'Don't be hanging around old Catfish John'
'Come the morning, I'd always be there'
'Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn'.

Catfish John was a river hobo who lived and died by the river bed
Thinking back, I still remember I was proud to be his friend.

Mama said: 'Don't go near that river'
'Don't be hanging around old Catfish John'
'Come the morning, I'd always be there'
'Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn'.

Let me dream in another morning, to a time so long ago
When the sweet magnolia blossomed, cotton fields as white as snow.

Mama said: 'Don't go near that river'
'Don't be hanging around old Catfish John'
'Come the morning, I'd always be there'
'Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn'.

'Come the morning, I'd always be there'
'Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn'.

 

[fox69]

"Christmas Dinner"

"Christmas Dinner"



Now there's a big fat turkey, or maybe a ham
Brown fluffy biscuits all covered with jam
Blackberry, huckleberry, mince and pumpkin pies
If you don't watch out you're gonna double your size
Mommy's in the kitchen and Daddy's at the tree
Little boys and girls all shouting with glee
Granny sets the table, everyone's in place
When she says "Come and get it"
You really see a race
Look at the giblet gravy (ummm-hmmm)
And the big brown drumstick (ummm-hmmm)
Daddy says don't get the tummy ache
Here comes your mother with a big fruit cake
There's a floating custard and pudding too
Oodles and oodles for me and you
I'll say one thing and you must agree
What a happy, happy time Christmas dinner can be

Look at the giblet gravy (ummm-hmmm)
And the big brown drumstick (ummm-hmmm)
Daddy says don't get the tummy ache
Here comes your mother with a big fruit cake
There's a floating custard and pudding too
Oodles and oodles for me and you
I'll say one thing and you must agree
What a happy happy time Christmas dinner will be
Now we're all together, what a bountiful fare
Mother sits down next to baby's highchair
Daddy folds his hands and bows his head
Let's all give thanks for the blessings we have

 

[fox69]

"Circular Man"

"Circular Man"



Darling, what are we goin' through?
It's no secret what I do
Always through revolving doors
Each time's harder than before.

What goes around comes around
I'll be with you when I can
I know it's hard to understand
But I am a circular, I am a circular man.

Seems I'm gone before I left
Always just one step ahead
For you it's longer, marking time
Lovin' me as I pass by.

What goes around comes around
I'll be with you when I can
I know it's hard to understand
But I am a circular, I am a circular man.

When daddy's on the doorstep
He won't take you for granted
It's better than the very first time
You can count on me, eventually.

Can't make up for the time we've lost
Stolen from myself the most
I keep your picture close to me
Take it out for the boys to see.

What goes around comes around
I'll be home when I can
Sometimes it's hard to understand
But I am a circular, I am a circular
I am a circular man, ooh, mmm.

What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
Around and ‘round and ‘round.

 

[fox69]

"Colorado Christmas"

"Colorado Christmas"



Looking out the window of this hollywood hotel,
You'd never know that it was christmas eve.
The billboards and the neon took the place of silver bells,
And the temperature is 84 degrees.
I can hear the traffic on the crowded strip below
As the palm trees poke their heads above the scene
There's not a single reindeer and it hardly ever snows,
And santa drives a rolls royce limosine.

But all along the rockies you can feel it in the air
From telluride to boulder down below
The closest thing to heaven on this planet anywhere
Is a quiet christmas morning in the colorado snow

I remember christmases when I was just a boy
In the morning I would run to see the tree.
And the carolers on the hillside sang their songs of christmas joy
Well, I always thought they sang them just for me.
Now the sun is setting in the california sky
And I can't find the spirit anywhere
So I think it's time for me to tell los angeles goodbye
I'm going back home toook for christmas there

But all along the rockies you can feel it in the air
From telluride to boulder down below
The closest thing to heaven on this planet anywhere
Is a quiet christmas morning in the colorado snow

 

[fox69]

"Corduroy Road"

"Corduroy Road"



Sometimes you're up
Sometimes you're down
Sometimes fate can kick you around
When it's winter up here
It's summer down under
Sometimes clear skies
Sometimes thunder

Life is a Corduroy Road
Life is a Corduroy Road

Well me and my honey
And my 61 'vette now
I had to sell everything else
To get out of debt now
I always dreamed about
Cruisin' down Route 66 yeah
Well I finally got to do it
But there ain't much left now

Life is a Corduroy Road
Life is a Corduroy Road

What's goin' on
As you get a little older
Feel a little bolder
Got no time to lose
Who wants to die
With a quiver full of arrows
Pull the string back now
Let'em all loose, yeah

Life is a Corduroy Road
Life is a Corduroy Road
Life is a Corduroy Road
Life is a Corduroy Road
That's right
Look out now

 

[fox69]

"Cornbread And 'Lasses (Sassafras Tea)"

"Cornbread And 'Lasses (Sassafras Tea)"



Come here girls and listen to my noise
Don't you marry an Arkansas boy
Marry a feller from Tennessee, eat
Cornbread, and 'lasses and sassafras tea
Cornbread, and 'lasses and sassafras tea.

Traveled all over this whole wide world
Eat a lotta cookin' from a lotta pretty girls
But there's none like Tennessee
With cornbread, and 'lasses and sassafras tea
Cornbread, 'lasses and sassafras tea.

Well, Grandpa Snazzy lives on the hill
He ain't never died and I guess he never will
The neighbours all around say he's ninety three
The old man's happy as he can be eatin'
Cornbread, 'lasses and sassafras tea
Cornbread, 'lasses and sassafras tea.

Well, old Uncle Bill on his dyin' bed
He called 'em all around and then he said
My last request, please, let it be
Cornbread, 'lasses and sassafras tea
Cornbread, 'lasses and sassafras tea.

Well, come here, girls, and listen to my noise
Don't you marry an Arkansas boy
Marry a feller from Tennessee, eat
Cornbread, and 'lasses and sassafras tea
Cornbread, and 'lasses and sassafras tea.

 

[fox69]

"Cosmic Cowboy (Part 1)"

"Cosmic Cowboy (Part 1)"



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 a cosmic cowboy
I just wanna ride and rope and hoot (hoot!)
Well, I just wanna be a cosmic cowboy
And a supernatural country rockin' galoot.

Well, skinny dippin' and Lone Star sippin' and steel guitar
Are just the same as Hollywood and them boogie-woogie bars
I'm gonna buy me a vest and a head out West, my woman and myself
And when we come to town the people gather ‘round and marvel at the little baby's health.

And I just wanna be a cosmic cowboy
I just wanna ride and rope and hoot (hoot!)
Well, I just wanna be a cosmic cowboy
A supernatural country rockin' galoot.

Ah, steel guitar!

Well, a big raccoon and a harvest moon keep rolling through my mind
Well, I got a woman ........
So don't bury me on the lone prairie, I'd rather play there alive
Well, I'm doing my best I keep my farm in the West, my little bronco in over-drive.

And I just wanna be a cosmic cowboy
I just wanna ride and rope and hoot (hoot!)
Well, I just wanna be a cosmic cowboy
A supernatural country rockin' galoot
And there is not a way I want to shoot
La la la la ...

 

[fox69]

"Crossfire"

"Crossfire"



You wanted to be street wise
Went and got involved
Now you're trapped and helpless
Problems you can't solve.

One side and the other
There's no shelter in a crossfire.

Had to play with big boys
Grew up much too fast
They ran and left you facing
Things you can't resist.

Better keep your head down
Finally had your showdown, crossfire.

You and I, friends long gone
Lies on lies, on and on and on.

You and I, bridges burn
Lies on lies.

Who's gonna rescue you?
Tell me, who's gonna?

Who's gonna wear the bleeding heart, put it on the line
When you gonna pay attention, sentence fits the crime
Can't hold out much longer
Shots are coming closer, crossfire.

And it's one side and the other
There's no shelter in a crossfire.

Oh it's one side and the other
There's no shelter.

Crossfire, crossfire, crossfire
Crossfire, crossfire
Crossfire, crossfire.

Crossfire.

1, 2, 3, 4.

 

[fox69]

"Daddy Was A Sailor"

"Daddy Was A Sailor"



Daddy was a sailor, join the Navy, see the world
Daddy was a sailor, boy, he liked the pretty girls.

Taught me how to dance, taught me that jitter bug groove
Taught me how to make romance, my daddy taught me how to move.

Daddy was a lover, he traveled all around the world
Daddy was a lover, be he loved the pretty girls.

Taught me how to cuss, some folks didn't approve
Taught me how to fight and fuss, my daddy taught me how to move.

Daddy wasn't always at home that much
But somehow he managed to keep in touch
Well, he sent me a hula girl post card from Hawaii, he did
And that was just enough for that six year kid.

Well, I never joined the navy but you know I've been around the world
‘Cause something that he gave me pleases all the little girls.

Move a little closer, baby, please, say yes, no, don't say maybe
The time is right and it feels good tonight
I really think we're gonna move
I really think we're gonna move
I really think we're gonna move
I really think we're gonna move
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