Six Of One

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: David Nelson

A new Hunter/Nelson song played by the New Riders of the Purple Sage in 2009.

I got up this morning and I went right back to bed
I got up this morning and I went right back to bed
The dream I was having, it wouldn't let go of my head

I dreamed I was dancing on a penthouse window sill
Forty five stories in the air with a girl named Lil
If you're going to wake babe, I might be dancing there still

Six of one, half a dozen of the rest
Six of one, half a dozen of the rest
Why do you complain when you know I'm doing my best

I bet on a pony called Loser for to place and show
I bet on a pony called Loser for to place and show
Well that horse ran backwards as fast as he could go

I bet on another called Sleepy Time Girl to win
I was playing a hunch, I bet a double sawbuck and a fin (note 1)
And that's twenty five dollars I won't ever see again

Six of one, half a dozen of the rest
Six of one, half a dozen of the rest
Why do you complain when you know I'm doing my best

Took a dog for a walk, write how I've been wrong
Took a dog for a walk, write another line for this song
Well I could use the exercise, this one's already too long

Some of these days I'm gonna park my car in your space
If you drive up baby, I just wanna see your face
My busted up Chevy in your BMW place

Six of one, half a dozen of the rest
Six of one, half a dozen of the rest
Why do you complain when you know I'm doing my best

I got up this morning and I went right back to bed
I got up this morning and I went right back to bed
The dream I was having, it wouldn't let go of my head

I dreamed I was dancing on a penthouse window sill
Forty five stories in the air with a girl named Lil
If you're going away babe, I might be dancing there still

Six of one, half a dozen of the rest
Six of one, half a dozen of the rest
Why do you complain when you know I'm doing my best
Why do you complain when you know I'm doing my best