Dusty Old Dust

Dusty Old Dust - Woody Guthrie with his Guitar

I've sung this song

But I'll sing it again

Of the place that

I lived on the wild windy plains

In the month called April

County called Gray

And here's what all of the people there say:

So long it's been good to know yuh;

So long it's been good to know yuh;

So long it's been good to know yuh

This dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home

And I got to be driftin' along

A dust storm hit an' it hit like thunder;

It dusted us over an' it covered us under;

Blocked out the traffic

An' blocked out the sun

Straight for home all the people did run

Saying So long been good to know yuh;

So long it's been good to know yuh;

So long it's been good to know yuh

This dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home

I've got to be driftin' along

We talked of the year the world and then

We'd sing a song an' then sing it again

We'd sit for an hour an' not say a word

And then these words would be heard:

So long it's been good to know yuh;

So long it's been good to know yuh;

So long it's been good to know yuh

This dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home

And I got to be driftin' along

Sweethearts sat in the dark and sparked

They hugged and kissed

In that dusty old dark

They sighed and cried

Hugged and kissed

Instead of marriage

They talked like this:

"Honey"

So long been good to know yuh;

So long it's been good to know yuh;

So long it's been good to know yuh

This dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home

And I got to be driftin' along

Now the telephone rang

An' it jumped off the wall

That was the preacher

A-makin' his call

He said "Kind friend

This may be the end;

An' you got your last chance

Of salvation of sin "

The churches was jammed

And the churches was packed

An' that dusty old dust

Storm blowed so black

Preacher could not read

A word of his text

An' he folded his specs

An' he took up collection

Said So long been good to know yuh;

So long it's been good to know yuh;

So long it's been good to know yuh

This dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home

And I got to be driftin' along