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Navajo Rug (I. Tyson​/​T. Russell)

from Ghosts out in the Rain by Hound of the Buskervilles

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Words and music by Ian Tyson and Tom Russell.
Performed by Hound of the Buskervilles.
Recording licensed through easysonglicensing.com

lyrics

“Navajo Rug”
By Tom Russell and Ian Tyson

Well it's two eggs up on whiskey toast
And home fries on the side
Wash it down with the road house coffee
Burns up your insides
It was a Canyon-Colorado Diner
And a little waitress I did love
We’d sit out back neath an old stuffed bear
And a worn out Navajo rug
Well Old Jack, the boss, he left at six
And it's Katie bar the door
She'd pull down that Navajo rug
And she'd spread it across the floor
Hey, I saw lightning cross the sacred mountains
Saw woven turtle doves
I was sittin' next to Katie
On that old Navajo rug

Chorus
Aye, Aye, Aye, Katie
Shades of red and blue
Aye, Aye, Aye, Katie
Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you
Katie, shades of red and blue

Well I ran into Jack about a year ago
He said the place burned to the ground
And all he saved was an old bear tooth
And Katie, she's left town
But Katie, she got her souvenir too
Jack spat a tobacco plug
You oughta seen her runnin’ through the smoke
Haulin’ that Navajo rug

Chorus

Now every time I cross the sacred mountains
And lightning breaks above
It always takes me back in time
To my long lost Katie love
But everything keeps on a-moving
Yeah, everybody's on the go
You don't find things that last anymore
Like an old woven Navajo

Chorus

credits

from Ghosts out in the Rain, released July 3, 2020
Dan Boone, mandolin; Eddie Hysinger, harmonica; Phil Ragland, lead guitar; Marty Rosen, vocals/guitar.

Produced, recorded, and mixed by Dan Boone.
Recording licensed through easysonglicensing.com

Cover art: Tom Russell
Band photo: Lou TIngle

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Hound of the Buskervilles Louisville, Kentucky

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Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Hound of the Buskervilles searches out interesting, well-wrought songs by writers across the English-speaking world, and interprets them in a distinctively collaborative musical style that highlights the virtuosity of listening.
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