Monday, December 1, 2014

ATF: Dogs and Cats

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Lobo]


Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
Lobo
I remember to this day
The bright red Georgia clay
How it stuck to the tires
After the summer rain
Will-power made that old car go
A woman's mind told me that it's so
Oh how I wish we were
Back on the road again

Me and you
And a dog named Boo
Travellin' and livin' off the land
Me and you
And a dog named Boo
How I love bein'
A free man

I can still recall
The wheat fields of St. Paul
And the mornin' we got caught
Robbin' from an old hen
Old MacDonald made us work
But then he paid us for what it was worth
Another tank of gas
And back on the road again

Me and you
And a dog named Boo
Travellin' and livin' off the land
Me and you
And a dog named Boo
How I love bein'
A free man

I'll never forget that day
We motored stately into big L.A.
The lights of the city put
Settlin' down in my brain
Though it's only been a month or so
That old car's buggin' us to go
You gotta get away
And get back on the road again

Me and you
And a dog named Boo
Travellin' and livin' off the land
Me and you
And a dog named Boo
How I love bein'
A free man
Me and you
And a dog named Boo
Travellin' and livin' off the land
Me and you
And a dog named Boo
How I love bein'
A free man
Me and you
And a dog named Boo
Travellin' and livin' off the land
Me and you
And a dog named Boo
How I love bein'
A free man



Della and the Dealer
Hoyt Axton
It was Della and a dealer
And a dog named Jake
And a cat named Kalamazoo
Left the city in a pickup truck
Gonna make some dreams come true
Yeah they rolled out west
Where the wild sun sets
And the coyote bays at the moon
Della and a dealer
And a dog named Jake
And a cat named Kalamazoo

If that cat could talk
What tales he'd tell
About Della and the dealer
And the dog as well
But the cat was cool
And he never said a mumblin' word

Down Tucson way
There's a small cafe
Where they play a little cowboy tune
And the guitar picker was a friend of mine
By the name of Randy Boone
Yeah Randy played her a sweet love song
And Della got a fire in her eyes
The dealer had a knife
And the dog had a gun
And the cat had a shot of rye

If that cat could talk
What tales he'd tell
About Della and the dealer
And the dog as well
But the cat was cool
And he never said a mumblin' word

Yeah the dealer was a killer
He was evil and mean
And he was jealous of the fire in her eyes
He snorted his coke
Through a century note
And swore that Boone would die
And the stage was set
When the lights went out
There was death in Tucson town
Two shadows ran for the bar back door
But one stayed on the ground

If that cat could talk
What tales he'd tell
About Della and the dealer
And the dog as well
But the cat was cool
And he never said a mumblin' word
If that cat could talk
What tales he'd tell
About Della and the dealer
And the dog as well
But the cat was cool
And he never said a mumblin' word

Two shadows ran from the bar that night
And a dog and a cat ran too
And the tires got hot on the pickup truck
As down the road they flew
It was Della and her lover
And a dog named Jake
And a cat named Kalamazoo
Left Tucson in a pickup truck
Gonna make some dreams come true

Yeah yeah yeah

If that cat could talk
What tales he'd tell
About Della and the dealer
And the dog as well
But the cat was cool
And he never said a mumblin' word
If that cat could talk
What tales he'd tell
About Della and the dealer
And the dog as well
But the cat was cool
And he never said a mumblin' word
If that cat could talk
What tales he'd tell
About Della and the dealer
And the dog as well
But the cat was cool
And he never said a mumblin' word

Lyrics From: [AllTheLyrics.com]

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18 comments:

  1. I haven't heard Me and You and a Dog Named Boo in decades. Brings back some great (albeit fuzzy) memories.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Elsie!!! Hey, I have fuzzy memories about what happened just yesterday! (LOL?) In any event, I am really glad you enjoyed this.

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  2. That first one is a real blast from the past

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! For years, I thought the dog was named, "Blue." Sigh.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Adullamite!!! Jealous?

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  4. These songs take me back to a wonderful place and time. Thanks for the Time Travel.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Stephen!!! Please don't forget to tip the porter on your way out. The next trip might not be so pleasant if you don't.

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  5. What a good start to my day is listening to Hoyt Axton! :)

    I love "Me and a Dog Named Boo", too.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! Can you relate to Hoyt's Boney Fingers?

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    2. I just love that kind of basic, good, fun music....I guess that's what I relate to...and yes...the lyrics of Boney Fingers kind of say it all, don't they! lol I've given up working my fingers to the bone...too bloody bone lazy nowadays...life gets teejus, don't it? ;)

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    3. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Lee!!! It do. It do. Sigh.

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  6. Always enjoyed Mr. Axton, and Lobo, but... That's what Lobo looked like???

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Silver Fox!!! Evidently. I always thought "Lobo" was the name of a band--not just him!

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  7. I think we are batting from the same team, Dog named boo, remember it well, couldn't remember who sung it though.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Alistair!!! I sure hope we win!

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  8. Dear Jerry, I certainly remember the first song; though not the second song.
    Catherine

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Catherine!!! Hoyt's Della and the Dealer came out in '79, mostly on the country side of the radio dial (I think).

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