Johnny Cash

Nasty Dan

Johnny Cash


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    Nasty Dan was the meanest man I ever knew,
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    he'd stomp and scream and be real mean the whole day through,
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    he'd frown a bunch, he ate nails for lunch and he'd never laugh,
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    he'd growl and yell and I heard tell that he never took a bath.
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    Nasty Dan was a nasty man, hard to understand that Nasty Dan.

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   Now, Nasty Dan was a nasty man the whole day long,
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   he'd go where he could and he'd try real good to make things go wrong.
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    He'd jump for joy when a little boy would trip and fall,
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    and the only words that he ever said were, “I don't like you at all.”
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    Nasty Dan was a nasty man, hard to understand that Nasty Dan.

Now a real interesting thing that I want you to know about
is this here because it's the most important thing it concerns a girl
and things like that.

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    Now, Nasty Pearl was a nasty girl that met Dan somehow,
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    she said you like me rotten as can be, let's get married now.
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    So they went and they did and had a nasty kid and I must confess,
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    that Dan

pretty much leaves everyone alone now ,
and he doesn't bother anybody anymore
'cause he just lives  in his nasty ol' house with his nasty ol' wife
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    and his nasty ol' kid in nasty happiness.
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    Nasty Dan he’s a nasty man, hard to understand that Nasty Dan.