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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded as The Dirt Band. Constant members since the early times are singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and drummer Jimmie Fadden. Multi-instrumentalist John McEuen was with the band from 1966 to 1986 and returned during 2001. Keyboardist Bob Carpenter joined the band in 1977. The band is often cited as instrumental to the progression of contemporary country and roots music. more »

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I gotta bent up truck, gotta fix-it-up

So I set it on the backyard lawn

Put the radio loud in the window 

I tuned it into rock

Now I'm patiently waitin' on music

But the DJ rambled and sang

And it was blowin' in a brass sky

But it won't rain



A bright-eyed woman on the hour

Brings a glass of tea

And I can tell she's as pretty as a flower

When she comes to me

She winds away the water 

From my eyes and soothes my brain

And it was blowin' in a brass sky

But it won't rain



And it won't rain for tryin' 

And it won't rain for beans

There's fear in the sky

A big storm is what it means



Waitin' out the weather

By workin' on the truck

We get to hang out together

Can't believe this luck



Glass is fine by the hour

But don't match with mine

It got wrecked playin' sailor in the shower

Last Christmas time

The song's written in another language

But the weather forecast is plain

It was blowin' in a brass sky

But it won't rain



And it won't rain for tryin'

And it won't rain for beans

Well it's a bad day for flyin'

But they won't fly with me 

Starin' at the boats and planes

That are stayin' on the ground

Another won't leave it's hidin'

Til the wind turns 'round



A bright-eyed woman in the kitchen

Cooks up a kiss of death

Boilin' up mango, crab and coconut

And includin' cinnamon bread

But she drops the pan and says

Paranoia is out and breeds like a runaway train

And it was blowin' in a brass sky

But it won't rain



And it won't rain for tryin'

And it won't rain for beans

Well it's a bad day for flyin'

They won't fly with me, no

Starin' at the boats and planes

Stayin' on the ground

Another won't leave it's hidin'

Til the wind turns 'round

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