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On a hill far away is an old wooden stage
and a band playing just out of tune.
In the meadow below the folks party down by the light of a silvery moon.
Now ain't that about a good time
and around and around the fire they dance
leading the weaving bodies to love
What should it be if it shouldn't be fun?
Well she ain't the first and she aint the worst
and he ain't the best of the rest.
Back and forth this pain and pleasure
love and hate so close together
Looney bin reject on the telephone
Obscene calls to the old folk's home
Well it's wrong if you don't do right
Boy must play bag pipe or die
Contracting life ol Dan ol John
What should it be if it shouldn't be fun?
All i am is a hole in the air
Surrounded all around by teeth and air
And which you throw your coat in there
What should it be if it shouldn't be fun?
Well it seems like everything is making me mad
Last night was the most fun we'd ever had
But it won't go on and it won't go on
What should it be if it shouldn't be fun
And now it seems compared to last night
Nothing oh nothing oh nothings seems right
Why can't we jump up and down all the time?
The morning after is so unkind
And it won't go on and it won't go on
What should it be if it shouldn't be fun
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- Miscellaneous
- Gentle On My Mind (Live - La Oct 18Th 1970) [Remastered]
- RCA Country Legends: John Hartford
- Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City
- Live from Mountain Stage
- Gum Tree Canoe
- Me Oh My How the Time Does Fly
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- Live At College Station Pennsylvania
- Me Oh My, How the Time Does Fly - A John Hartford Anthology
- John Hartford: Live From Mountain Stage
- Looks At Life / Earthwords & Music
- RCA Country Legends
- Earthwords & Music
- Looks At Life/Earthwords And Music
- John Hartford
- The Walls We Bounce Off Of
- Walls We Bounce Off Of
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Music from the Motion Picture)