Ridgetop

Album: Song For Juli (1973)
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  • Well, I live on a ridgetop

    And, Lord knows, I like it just fine

    Where it's windy and foggy

    And quiet most all the time

    Yeah, my lawn is pine needles

    And my driveway is old funky dirt
    And my front pathway markers

    Are pieces of granite and chert

    Now, my taxes are high

    But I don't believe it's a sin
    I've got hundred foot pine trees
    That just love to dance in the wind
    And a yard full of bushes

    That turn into pie in July
    Between blue jays and hoot owls
    I've got twenty-four hour singing sky
    Now, when I built my house

    I cut six trees to clear out the land
    But there's thirty or more left

    And you know that they're gonna stand
    It's a squirrel sanctuary
    They think this woods is their home

    And as long as I'm here
    I'll make sure people leave us all alone
    Yes, the hill that I live on is steep

    And the road's full of ruts

    And the people who live in the flatlands

    Think we folks are nuts

    But the ruts in my road and the curves

    Keep the tourists at bay

    And it's lonesome and peaceful

    And you know I like it that way

    Now, I work in the city
    I think my job is a gas

    And I know it's good for me

    To travel and get off my ass
    But the nervous parts of each trip
    Is the Golden Gate Bridge

    And the road like a snake

    That will lead me back home to my ridge
    Ah, ridgetop


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Comments: 3

  • Bootooyoo from WisconsinThis is truly an awful song. It's like a parody, as if The Onion wrote songs.
  • Todd K from GeorgiaElaborating on the comment by Ch from Texas... that line goes "But the very best part of each trip is the Golden Gate Bridge".
  • Ch from TexasThe line towards the end is "But the very best parts of each trip"
    The word "nervous" is incorrect.
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