Solid Ground Songtext
von The Smith Sisters

He had a pretty hard life, he didn′t think about it much
Just tried to keep his feet in touch with the solid ground
She was a real new wife, they had a little bit of land
They decided to make their stand on the solid ground

Ooh, they get a little shook up sometimes
That'll tend to happen with the Orford lines
Then they feel it leaving like a real low south
And they′d have to get their feet back down on the solid ground

That summer when the wind got dry in the middle of the drought
He looked down and gave a great big shout at the solid ground
He was cursing when she happened by
Soon both of them were yelling at the dust
Then they laughed until they thought they'd bust on the solid ground


Ooh, they get a little shook up sometimes
That'll tend to happen with the Orford lines
Then they feel it leaving like a real low south
And they′d have to get their feet back down on the solid ground

So when the crop came in, it was a little bit shy
But somehow they still got by on the solid ground
It ain′t the things you got, it ain't the money in your hand
That gives you the legs to stand on the solid ground

Ooh, they get a little shook up sometimes
That′ll tend to happen with the Orford lines
Then they feel it leaving like a real low south
And they'd have to get their feet back down on the solid ground

It ain′t the things you got, it ain't the money in your hand
That gives you the legs to stand on the solid ground
They were standing on a love as strong as the solid ground
They stood on a love so strong in the solid ground


I′m going to be using another instrument on this next song
It's an Irish bodhrán. I used to be in an all-women Irish
Group called The Hags. That's where I learned to play it
And actually, if you think The Hags is bad, one time they
Misprinted it in the Washington Post and it came out "The Hogs."