Up On The Hill

Written by: John Hartford

Times Played 2
First Played 04-06-2007
Last Played  09-21-2007

Lyrics:

  • Down in the city it's a pity what's there.
  • All the kids in the gutter runnin' really bare
  • How much money do I have to get
  • To get me set where the jet set gets

  • Chorus:
  • Up on the hill where they do the boogie
  • (dododododododo, the boogie)
  • I wonder what they're doin' when they dodo the boogie
  • And I wonder what I'm doin' here

  • Down in the city if a-you ain't dead
  • You better watch that man, he gonna bust your head
  • Throw you over and leave you aloone
  • He's a-twenty minutes late, He's gotta be back home

  • (Chorus)

  • The rat's in the alley and a roach on the floor
  • A businessman huntin' for a two-bit whore
  • I thought I heard some housewife say
  • I gotta go up the hill for the PTA

  • (Chorus)

  • A-Some folks say that a hippie won't steal
  • But I caught three in my corn field
  • One had a flag and the other had a bomb
  • And the third ol' boy was a-gettin' on home

  • (Chorus)

  • Now all I know about is a-what I read
  • A-see it comin' at me on the TV screen
  • Every time they boogie well it gives me a thrill
  • But they always seem to do it way up on the hill

  • (Chorus)

  • dodododododododododododododododododododdo do dodod dodo