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Released
on Places I’ve Been, 2008, performed
by the Redwood Canyon Ramblers reunion band plus my added dobro-style
resonator guitar. The Ramblers (myself on guitar, Scott Hambly
on mandolin, and Neil Rosenberg on banjo) became the Bay Area’s
first bluegrass band in 1959. Tom Glass joined us on bass fiddle
for our biggest season, the summer of 1960 and Ed Neff has
joined us on fiddle for important gigs since 1991.
The phrase “I hate to eat and run, but I’m still
hungry,” came from Joe Hickerson when we were both Folklore
grad students at Indiana University. A few years later I took
the phrase as a metaphor and ran with it, quite possibly to the
wrong goalposts after reversing my direction several times — there
I go again!
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CHORUS
Well I hate to eat and run but I’m still hungry
I’m sure you did the very best you could
Well I may be kind of dumb, but back where I come from
The frosting off the cake don’t count for food
The proof
of the pudding’s in the eating, so they say
But you won’t let me have one little taste
You only let me see what’s on the surface of your mind
And all my hopes and plans have gone to waste
CHO
I like to have a solid meal before I eat dessert
I’ve always been a meat-and-‘taters guy
But you’ve been acting lately like our little love
affaire
Is nothing but a piece of cherry pie
CHO
If you’re as anxious as you claim to keep me hanging ‘round
Just open up your arms and let me near
Stop showing off your looks and fancy manners all the time
And show me that you’re glad to have me here
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