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"I'm a walkin' down the street
Like Lucky LaRue
Got my hand in my pocket
Thinkin' 'bout you
I ain't hurtin' nobody
I ain't hurtin' no one
There's three hundred men
In the State of Tennessee
They're waiting to die
They won't never be free
I ain't hurtin' nobody
I ain't hurtin' no one
Six million seven hundred thousand
And thirty-three lights on
You'd think someone could take the time
To sit down and listen to the words of my song
At the beach in Indiana
I was nine years old
Heard Little Richard singing "Tutti Frutti"
From the top of a telphone pole
I wasn't hurtin' nobody
I wasn't hurtin' no one
There's roosters layin' chickens
And chickens layin' eggs
Farm machinery eating people's arms and legs
I ain't hurtin' nobody
I ain't hurtin' no one
Perfectly crafted popular hit songs never use the wrong rhyme
You'd think that waitress could get my order
Right the first time
She's sittin' on the back steps
Just shuckin' that corn
That gal's been grinnin'
Since the day she was born
She ain't hurtin' nobody
She ain't hurtin' no one
I used to live in Chicago
Where the cold wind blows
I delivered more junk mail
Than the junkyard would hold
I wasn't hurtin' nobody
I wasn't hurtin' no one
You can fool some of the people part of the time
In a rock and roll song
Fifty million Elvis Presley fans
Can't be all wrong"
| stevendejong | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 13:45 This came up when I pressed the PSD button on one of those horrible talk-sing songs. Needless to say, I pressed PSD again. Terrible, just terrible. |
| Porgie_Tirebiter (In Communicado) | Posted: Sep 23, 2007 - 23:28 I think it's well PAST time to hear this one again... |
| CoYoT51 (Reims, FRANCE) | Posted: Jan 10, 2007 - 02:15 Pffiioooouuuuuuuuuuuu... NEXT, PLEASE!!!  |
| bichomalo (Madrid) | Posted: Jan 10, 2007 - 02:12 nice, but easy to improve  |
| DianaL (London, England) | Posted: Jan 10, 2007 - 02:12 cattgirl813 wrote: While I appreciate the lyrics to this one, the truth is his singing(?) style is hurting me right now.
I completely agree... This song is driving me nuts... |
| Megabuss (Germany) | Posted: Dec 26, 2006 - 15:46 don't know if it's country or not (maybe new american or stuff like that) but it's nice to me |
| mach-hog (wild blue...) | Posted: Dec 12, 2006 - 01:04 More Prine, different tunes though, please!  |
| cattgirl813 (All over the place and staying put) | Posted: Nov 27, 2006 - 10:28 While I appreciate the lyrics to this one, the truth is his singing(?) style is hurting me right now. |
| SmilinJimmy (Canada) | Posted: Nov 12, 2006 - 20:11 MooterWholesale wrote: Country BLOWS
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Somebody throw some gas on this fire, get it up another few centimeters ?? Saying this is like country is like saying Chrysler makes a decent vehicle. |
| sharkartist | Posted: Nov 12, 2006 - 20:04 This is a great record, beginning to end. Prine is such a great storyteller and observer of life. Love this tune. The ultimate laid back Prine. |
| Tayto (London) | Posted: Sep 15, 2006 - 06:17 Recently discovered that John Prine is living in my home town of Kinvara on the west coast of Ireland! It's quite the area for musicians (active and inactive) and they've been drawing some serious creative energy from this part of the World. I think UltanJohn are the most active of the lot in this next of the woods.... Kinvara (click here) UltanJohn (click here) |
| Sobient (Norway, the icy spine of the world.) | Posted: Aug 17, 2006 - 00:44 looks like a Simpsons kind of cover. |
| cmrump (Flatland) | Posted: Aug 02, 2006 - 08:45 mxdcec wrote: July 15, 2005
Hats off to these 3 GREAT artists of American music: 1. John Prine 2. Ms. Bonnie Raitt 3. Arlo Gutherie I'm thinking about great times growing up in the Midwest (Cincinnati, Ohio) listening to my older brother's John Prine and Arlo Gutherie albums. I was a little too young for Prine & Guthrie, so didn't discover them until the CD age. I did listen to LPs, though, and recall having to carefully set the needle down to catch the start of particular track. I'm reminded of that now, as I do the same with my computer mouse, trying to replay this track on my RealPlayer! |
| KevH (Maryland) | Posted: Aug 02, 2006 - 08:35 Great Prine song. I'd love to hear him more often. Maybe some of his new stuff. Thanks Bill and Rebecca |
| penguinja (somewhere between Boston and Chicago) | Posted: Aug 02, 2006 - 08:34 HOW did this song just grow on me so much? At the beginning I almost turned the volume off, but by the end of it I was very much a fan. Hmm. It's just too clever to dislike. |
| BGGA (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Aug 02, 2006 - 08:34 Well done! It's been too long since I've heard this gem. Thanks RP!  |
| lukinman (michigan,, yeah!!) | Posted: Jul 29, 2005 - 22:36 i love mr. prine,, never heard this song,, but still intrigues you to sing along!! gotta love the man, i need to see him live!! |
| mxdcec | Posted: Jul 15, 2005 - 04:18 July 15, 2005 Hats off to these 3 GREAT artists of American music: 1. John Prine 2. Ms. Bonnie Raitt 3. Arlo Gutherie Hopefully one of these Thanksgiving's they will all play Carnegie Hall together. (You remember Alice????) I will meet you all there when they do! We'll grab a sandwhich at The Carnegie Deli after the show. I'm in the Middle East now, but I'm dreaming 'bout America. I'm thinking about great times growing up in the Midwest (Cincinnati, Ohio) listening to my older brother's John Prine and Arlo Gutherie albums. Did I ever suspect those simple times would one day seem so rich?....God, if I could step back-I'd tell you guys this time....I'd tell ya how much one day you'd mean to me, I'm sorry, I didn't realize it then. You have never been so far from home as to be all alone on Christmas Day in a Muslim country. I hope John Prine reads this and writes a song about it. "Have a Merry Muslim Christmas." Hoping you all find peace when you find your dreams. With warm regards, Mark X. Davis PS. Sue, I think I really loved ya then. Thuy, you don't deserve it, but I will always love ya, and unfortunately will never forget ya. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming : Wow! What a ride! |
| lostindetroit | Posted: Jun 30, 2005 - 10:54 Not my favorite Sinatra; I would agree that songs like "Summer Wind" and some of the stuff with Nelson Riddle are vastly superior. But that's... |
| jbtidwell (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Jun 30, 2005 - 10:50 Who is/was Lucky LaRue? - doesn't the character Wolf call somebody that name in Pulp Fiction? |
| MooterWholesale (New York City by way of Georgia) | Posted: Jun 30, 2005 - 10:49 Country BLOWS
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Somebody throw some gas on this fire, get it up another few centimeters |
| (former member) (Right Here) | Posted: Jun 30, 2005 - 10:48 Is that Amanda Marshall on backing vocals? |
| Opus_two (Iowa, USA) | Posted: May 02, 2005 - 18:14 very nice |
| trekhead | Posted: Feb 18, 2005 - 04:52 Yup, he's got a STYLE all his ...it's ALL good. A 9. btw, writing this from MAYWOOD. IL, where he was a Mailman. |
| pdhski (Crusader Drive) | Posted: Feb 03, 2005 - 11:32 I like Prine, but this one is boring. Meh |
| Steve (The Freakin Desert - Mesa, AZ) | Posted: Jan 09, 2005 - 18:45 Please Mr G, please allow the "rate song" choice go to 11 for this song. PLEASE!!!  |
| RobGraham (Concord, NH) | Posted: Dec 06, 2004 - 10:05 At first it reminded me of the lead singer of Flash and the Pan. What a fun song! Also reminds me of the great work that Stan Ridgway has put out over the years. Very similar story telling approach. Need to keep my eye on Mr. Prine. |
| crowhog2000 (Cincinnati, OH) | Posted: Dec 06, 2004 - 10:03  definitely different and likeable |
| bajafisher (Central Alabama-AKA the middle of NOWHERE) | Posted: Nov 11, 2004 - 16:19 I love this guys music! Play MORE MORE MORE!!!!! |
| red5_bc | Posted: Oct 08, 2004 - 06:56 natsthename wrote: I'm a-walkin' down the street, like Lucky LaRue.
Got my hand in my pocket, thinkin' 'bout you: I ain't hurtin' nobody; I ain't a-hurtin' no-one. Gotta love those lyrics! We inherited a cat (wife said we were watching it for a few weeks for a friend) and his name was lucky. I thought that boring so I started calling him Lucky LaRue. He's just LaRue now. |
| Patrick (Columbia, MO (1920 miles E of Paradise, CA)) | Posted: Sep 23, 2004 - 16:09 
I ain't a' hurtin' nobody.... I ain't a' hurtin' no one.... Where's that turkey-necking emoticon when you need it? |
| Freebish (Arkansas) | Posted: Sep 13, 2004 - 19:47 sharkartist wrote: Man could Prine have come up with a better melody and groove for the topic of this tune? Roosters layin' chickens and chickens layin' eggs! Gotta love it!
 Don't forget the next line: Farm machinery eatin' peoples arms and legs |
| lily34 | Posted: Aug 10, 2004 - 09:10  |
| Geed (Ottawa) | Posted: May 12, 2004 - 09:12 Just saw him last fall (5th row). 2hrs 45 min of pure bliss. Man, this guy is funny. As for this ditty....killer. Love it. |
| ciscochasbro (Petaluma, CA) | Posted: Apr 16, 2004 - 12:51 sharkartist wrote: Man could Prine have come up with a better melody and groove for the topic of this tune? Roosters layin' chickens and chickens layin' eggs! Gotta love it!
Oh yeah - couldn't agree more. Total groovocity ....simply groovacious! :D/ |
| sharkartist (Pasadena, CA) | Posted: Feb 27, 2004 - 12:12 Man could Prine have come up with a better melody and groove for the topic of this tune? Roosters layin' chickens and chickens layin' eggs! Gotta love it! |
| sans (philly) | Posted: Jan 05, 2004 - 17:33 "That girl's been grinning since the day she was born." The group of festers we camp with at the Philadelphia Folk Festival are called The Lost Dogs after this excellent album. I still remember chewing through his discography when I first discovered him at 18 or so. |
| birdboy (new york, ny) | Posted: Jan 05, 2004 - 17:25 So glad to see this song active on the playlist again. It is one of my favorite songs of anyone!! "Quit Hollerin' at Me" is another awesome cut off the same album... he is also great in concert! |
| Lockjaw (Sanford, NC) | Posted: Jan 05, 2004 - 17:14 Excellent tune. Hard to believe that I saw him some years back, and had no idea who he was. I just worked at the venue. Now, I wanna see him again. |
| LEFTY6 (DOWN WELL TRODDEN CORRIDOR INTO THE VALLEY OF STEEL) | Posted: Dec 26, 2003 - 11:06 Prime Prine |
| drH | Posted: Dec 26, 2003 - 11:04 gstark33 wrote: This is by far the best Prine album in my opinion. Every song is absolutely top notch!
Absolutely right. Unlike most of his other albums, there's not a weak track on it.
I highly recommend the anthology Great Days. |
| drH | Posted: Dec 26, 2003 - 11:02 Woohoo! The first John Prine song I've heard on RP! More, more, more... |
| geotrash (Denver, CO) | Posted: Dec 01, 2003 - 23:58 I've held a long time belief that John Prine is the greatest American lyricist of all time. |
| sergeant_x (Lawrence KS) | Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 13:33 Pee Wee Herman should adopt this as his theme song. |
| natsthename (The Bay State) | Posted: Nov 15, 2003 - 06:28 I'm a-walkin' down the street, like Lucky LaRue. Got my hand in my pocket, thinkin' 'bout you: I ain't hurtin' nobody; I ain't a-hurtin' no-one. Gotta love those lyrics! |
| gstark33 (Boulder Creek (223mi SSW of RP), CA) | Posted: Oct 25, 2003 - 16:18 This is by far the best Prine album in my opinion. Every song is absolutely top notch! birdboy wrote: I was thinking of posting this song and see that it is already there. Why has it not been played in so long? This song is a John Prine masterpiece!!!
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| Spliff (Mountain Home, AR) | Posted: Oct 15, 2003 - 10:13 Just played this song at a party Saturday. I couldn't believe I remembered the words. We need more Prine on RP. |
| birdboy (new york, ny) | Posted: Feb 20, 2003 - 07:25 I was thinking of posting this song and see that it is already there. Why has it not been played in so long? This song is a John Prine masterpiece!!! |