I Love an Evening

I love an evening

Of laughter and meaning

Where the stars lead us back home

To a campground on a country road, ya

There were big tents and small ones

And an RV named Large Marge

And I met a guy named Red Bird

And a couple from Chicago

She laughed at all the right parts of my song

And we both smiled as a young boy danced along

So I set out to find Ruckus

You know Ruckus Rickus

Come on Ruckus

Where you at?

I'm lookin' for a cat

With overalls and a bandana

You know the one

Who plays that clarinet

I love, I said I love

And then there's Rosie

She real cozy

She got the kids in bed

Sittin' outside the tent

With a childhood friend

Roll 'em up Rosie

So I look up in the sky

I can see the Big Dipper

Then I hear someone cry

Nikki got her hair stuck in the zipper

Her tent's so small

She can barely get in

She got her hair up in a bun

And it got stuck again

I love an evening

Of laughter and meaning

Where the stars lead us back home

To a campground on a country road, ya

On Father's Day I saw a man playing chess with his son

And I got to play in the beer tent with Adam Gottlieb

He was Seeger and I was Broonzy

And after the show I gave my CD to Cliff the sound guy

And I said, "Hey man, here's something to remember me by."

And Cliff said, "Trust me. We all gonna remember you."

Is that good or should I be singin' the blues?

I love, I said I love

And I can't wait to get back to mine

But I hope next year about this time

I'll be campin' under the same old apple tree

At the one place I long to be

The Buttermilk Jamboree

I love, I said I love

I love an evening

Of laughter and meaning

Where the stars lead us back home

To a campground on a country road, ya