Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands Lyrics - David Allan Coe

When I was a little boy 

Daddy used to say to me "Son," 

"We got a lot of land 

We got a lot of work to be done" 

Go get your marbles, put 'em in the house 

Tear down your castles in the sand 

Come with your pappy to the cotton patch 

Get a little dirt on your hands 

Get a little dirt on your hands 

Get a little dirt on your hands, son 

Get a little dirt on your hands 

If you're gonna grow up to be a big, big man 

Get a little dirt on your hands 

Get a little dirt on your hands 

Well, I reached twenty-one 

And I thought I was a pretty big wheel 

I left the country for the city 

Met a slicker with a shady deal 

He said, "hold up the bank, boy and take all the money 

And run as fast as you can 

The only way you'll ever get along in this world 

Is to get a little dirt on your hands 

Get a little dirt on your hands 

Get a little dirt on your hands, son 

Get a little dirt on your hands 

If you want to grow up to be a big, big man 

Get a little dirt on your hands 

Get a little dirt on your hands" 

Well, it's four in the morning 

And the warden is calling' my name 

He said he's teaching' me a lesson 

Now he's making' me go work in the rain 

Dig that ditch, boy, fill it up 

I'm wanting you to understand 

The only way to straighten out a guy like you 

Is to get a little dirt on his hands 

Get a little dirt on his hands 

Hey, David 

Got to get a little dirt on those hands, boy 

Yeah, if you want to grow up to be a big, big man (if you wanna grow up to be a big, big man) 

You better remember what old Whispering Bill told you in his song (you got to get a little dirt on your hands) 

Get a little dirt on those hands 

Little dirt on your hands, son 

Get a little dirt on your hands 

If you want to grow up to be a big, big man 

Get a little dirt on your hands 

Get a little dirt on your hands 

Get a little dirt on your hands, son 

I got a little dirt on my hands 

Get a little dirt on your hands