Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands

<br>By Bill Anderson<br><br>Dedication: To Whispering Bill Anderson and a friendship I value as much as any other because of his talent and also his inspiration. To Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Porter Wagoner, Ernest Tub, Hank Snow, Marty Robbins and Lefty Frizzell for singing prison songs when I was still a prisoner.<br><br>WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY DADDY USED TO SAY TO ME, SON,<br><br>WE GOT A LOT OF LAND, WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE<br><br>GO GET YOUR MARBLES, PUT`EM IN THE HOUSE<br><br>TEAR DOWN YOUR CASTLES IN THE SAND<br><br>COME WITH YOUR POPPY TO THE COTTON PATCH<br><br>GET A LITTLE DIRT ON YOUR HANDS<br><br> <br><br>GET A LITTLE DIRT ON YOUR HANDS, SON <br><br>IF YOUR GONNA GROW UP TO BE A BIG BIG MAN<br><br>A LITTLE DIRT ON YOUR HANDS<br><br> <br><br>WELL I REACHED TWENTY ONE AND I THOUGHT I WAS A PRETTY BIG WHEEL<br><br>I LEFT THE COUNTRY FOR THE CITY, MET A SLICKER WITH A SHADY DEAL<br><br>HE SAID HOLD UP THE BANK BOY AND TAKE ALL THE MONEY<br><br>AND RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN<br><br>THE ONLY WAY YOU`LL EVER GET ALONG IN THIS WORLD<br><br>IS TO GET A LITTLE DIRT ON YOUR HANDS<br><br>GET A LITTLE DIRT ON YOUR HANDS<br><br> <br><br>WELL ITS FOUR IN THE MORNING` AND THE WARDEN IS CALLING` MY NAME<br><br>HE SAID HE`S TEACHING` ME A LESSON NOW HE`S MAKING` ME GO WORK IN THE RAIN<br><br>DIG THAT DITCH BOY FILL IT UP<br><br>IM WANTING` YOU TO UNDERSTAND<br><br>THE ONLY WAY TO STRAIGHTEN OUT A GUY LIKE YOU <br><br>IS TO GET A LITTLE DIRT ON YOUR HANDS<br><br>GET A LITTLE DIRT ON YOUR HANDS<br><br> <br><br>HEY DAVID GOT TO GET A LITTLE DIRT ON THOSE HANDS BOY<br><br>YEAH IF YOU WANT TO GROW UP TO BE A BIG BIG MAN<br><br>YOU BETTER REMEMBER WHAT OLD WHISPERING BILL TOLD YOU IN THIS SONG<br><br>GET A LITTLE DIRT ON THOSE HANDS