Sure As I'm Sittin' Here

Album: Hard Labor (1974)
Charted: 16
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  • Git up, ya git down
    Ya git lost and then ya git found
    Sure as I'm sittin' here
    Sure as I'm sittin' here

    Ya git a laugh, ya git a cry
    Git'em all before you die
    Sure as I'm sittin' here
    Sure as I'm sittin' here

    Come on, sit down, git down
    A come on, sit down, git down
    Sure as I'm sittin' here
    Sure as I'm sittin' here

    You git the truth, ya git a lie
    'nough to make a grown man cry
    Sure as I'm sittin' here
    Sure as I'm sittin' here

    You git the light, you git the dark
    Fall in love, it breaks your heart
    Sure as I'm sittin' here
    Sure as I'm sittin' here

    Come on, sit down, git down
    A come on, sit down, git down
    Sure as I'm sittin' here
    Sure as I'm sittin' here

    All the ladies hypnotize you
    And all your friend
    Well they just patronize you
    Don't God look forgot?
    He's just sittin' here
    And I think he's got a plan
    But it's not too clear

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    Come on, sit down, git down
    A come on, sit down, git down
    Sure as I'm sittin' here
    Sure as I'm sittin' here

    Come on, sit down, git down
    A come on, sit down, git down
    Sure as I'm sittin' here
    Sure as I'm sittin' here come on Writer/s: JOHN HIATT
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 23rd 1974, "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" by Three Dog Night entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #88; and on August 4th it peaked at #16 (for 2 weeks) and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #18 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart...
    Between 1969 and 1975 the group had twenty-one Top 100 records; eleven made the Top 10 with three reaching #1, "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" (for 2 weeks ion 1970), "Joy to the World" (for 6 weeks in 1971), and "Black and White" (for 1 week in 1972)...
    R.I.P. bassist Joe Schermie (1946 - 2002).
  • B.l. from Barry, TxNever heard the "toliet" effect in this song, but I'll definitely listen for it from now on! Whatever the case, a really great TDN song.
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