Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Last updated: Wednesday 12. June 1996

Cadillac Ranch

Back there she sits buddy gleaming in the sun
How to greet a working man when the tour is done
I'm gonna pack my pa and I'm gonna pack my aunt
I'm gonna take them down to the Cadillac Ranch

Eldorado fins, whitewalls and skirts
Drives just like a little bit of heaven here on earth
Well buddy when I die throw my body in the back
And take me to the junkyard in my Cadillac

(Chorus)
Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark, shiny and black
Open up them engines let `em roar
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur

James Dean in that Mercury `49
Junior Johnson tearin' up the woods of Caroline
Even Burt Reynolds in that black Trans Am
All gonna meet down at the Cadillac Ranch

(Repeat chorus)

Hey pretty girlie in the blue jeans so tight
Drivin' me insane in ever' night
You're my last love, baby you're my last chance
Don't let `em take me to the Cadillac Ranch

(Repeat chorus twice)

Dance Little Jean

I played a wedding for the money,
And I wished that I could told the bride and groom
Just what I think of marriage
And what's in store after their honeymoon
And I was grumblin' to the dancers
'bout how men and women ought to live apart
And how a promise never made can not be broken
And can never break a heart

When sudenly from out of nowhere
A little girl came dancing 'cross the floor
All her crinolines were billowing
Beneath the skirt of calico that she wore
Oh what a joy fell on the honored guests
As each of them was drawn into her dream
And they laughed and stand and clapped their hands
And hollered at her "Dance little Jean"

(Chorus)
Dance, little Jean, this day is for you
Two people you love, stood up and said "I do"
Dance little Jean, the prayer that you had
Was answered today
Your mama's marrying your dad

Well, my cynical heart just melted
'Cause I figured what this get together meant
How it ended year of tears and sad confusion
That the little girl had spent
Well they told the band to pack it up
About the time the couple cut the cake
But we played as long as they stayed
For love and laughs and little Jeanie's sake

(Repeat chorus)

It was answered today
Your mama's marrying your dad

Fishing In The Dark

Lazy yellow moon comin' up tonight, shinin' thru the trees
Crickets are singin' and lightning bugs are floatin' on the breeze
Baby get ready
Across the field where the creek turns back by the ole stump road
I'm gonna take you to a special place that nobody knows
Baby get ready, OooooooOooo

(Chorus)
You and me going fishing in the dark
Lying on our backs and counting the stars
Where the cool grass grows
Down by the river in the full moon light
We'll be fallin' in love in the middle of the night
Just movin' slow
Stayin' the whole night thru, feels so good to be with you

Spring is almost over and the summer's come
And the days are gettin' long
Waited all winter for the time to be right, just to take you along
Baby get ready
And it don't matter if we sit forever and the fish don't bite
Jump in the river and cool ourselves from the heat of the night
Baby get ready, OoooooooOoo