No. 58

Fishin' In The Dark - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1987) Video - No song takes me back to summers growing up in Kansas quite like this one. The song is about plotting all winter to take a girl fishing all night. When it says, "It don't matter if we sit forever and the fish don't bite", I thought until I read the lyrics a few minutes ago that it said "Fall River" instead of "Forever" because I grew up on Fall River. Unapologetic country at its best. I love it! Though at age 5 when I first heard this song, I didn't have a girl to take and was just learning to fish, I could imagine that having both at the same time was just about as good as it could get.

"Lazy yellow moon coming up tonight shining through the trees, crickets are singing and the lightning bugs are floating on the breeze, baby get ready.

Across the field where the creek turns back by the old stone road, I'm going to take you to a special place that nobody knows, baby get ready.

You and me going fishing in the dark, lying on our backs and counting the stars where the cool grass grows. Down by the river in the full moonlight, we'll be falling in the middle of the night just moving slow. Staying the whole night through, feels so good to be with you.

Spring is almost over and the summer's come and the days are getting long, waited all winter for the time to be right just to take you along, baby get ready.

And it don't matter if we sit forever and the fish don't bite. Jump in the river and cool ourselves from the heat of the night, baby get ready.

You and me going fishing in the dark, lying on our backs and counting the stars where the cool grass grows. Down by the river in the full moonlight, we'll be falling in the middle of the night just moving slow. Staying the whole night through, feels so good to be with you. "