Stay Off The Green Grass

Stay off of the green grass.
The grass ain't no greener
On the other side.
You can stay on the bluegrass.
Cause the bluegrass gets bluer
The longer you listen.

Take a little Bill Monroe..
Blue moon of Kentucky.
Take a little Jimmy Martin.
Take a little Flatt's & Scruggs.
Roll In My sweet Baby's Arms.
Take a little Stanley Brothers.
Play that Angel Band.

Stay off of the green grass
The grass ain't no greener
On the other side.
You can stay on the bluegrass.
But the bluegrass gets bluer
The longer you listen.

Take a little Hazel Dickens.
Please play that Mama's Hand.
Take a little Laurie Lewis.
Take a little Del McCoury
I'll feel the blues moving in.
Take a little Ricky Skaggs
Play River of Jordon.

Stay off of the green grass.
The grass ain't no greener
On the other side.
You can stay on the bluegrass.
Cause the bluegrass gets bluer
The longer you listen.

Take a little Johnson Mountain Boys
Listen to my better years
Take a little Bailey Brothers
Take a little Claire Lynch
Feel that second wind.
Take a little Tony Rice.
Play cold on the shoulder.

Stay off of the green grass.
The grass ain't no greener
On the other side.
You can stay on the bluegrass.
Cause the bluegrass gets bluer
The longer you listen.

Copyright © 2014 Larry Gordon Killam (SOCAN/ASCAP)

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