[ti:Grandma's Feather Bed] [ar:John Denver] [al:An Evening With John Denver] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Grandma's Feather Bed (Live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA - August/September 1974) - John Denver [00:08.16]When I was a little bitty boy [00:10.13]Just up off-a floor [00:12.25]We used to go down to Grandma's house [00:14.00]Every month end or so [00:15.75] [00:16.43]We had chicken pie and country ham [00:18.43]And homemade butter on the bread [00:20.74]But the best darn thing about Grandma's house [00:22.55]Was her great big feather bed [00:24.36] [00:25.04]It was nine feet high and six feet wide [00:27.41]Soft as a downy chick [00:28.91] [00:29.47]It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese [00:31.85]Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick [00:33.97]It'd hold eight kids four hound dogs [00:35.84]And a piggy we stole from the shed [00:38.27]We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun [00:41.33]On Grandma's feather bed [00:43.27]After the supper we'd sit around the fire [00:45.14]The old folks'd spit and chew [00:47.38]Pa would talk about the farm and the war [00:49.57]And Granny'd sing a ballad or two [00:51.50]I'd sit and listen and watch the fire [00:53.81]Till the cobwebs filled my head [00:55.93]Next thing I knew I'd wake up in the morning [00:58.43]In the middle of the old feather bed [01:00.24]It was nine feet high and six feet wide [01:02.80]Soft as a downy chick [01:04.73]It was made from the feathers of forty'leven geese [01:07.04]Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick [01:09.79]It'd hold eight kids four hound dogs [01:11.35]And a piggy we stole from the shed [01:13.16]We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun [01:16.15]On Grandma's feather bed [01:18.90] [01:23.45]Well I love my Ma an' I love my Pa [01:26.07]Love Granny and Grandpa too [01:27.82]Been fishing with my uncle I wrestled with my cousin [01:30.13]I even kissed Aunt Lou oooh [01:32.00] [01:32.81]But if ever had to make a choice [01:34.62]I guess it ought to be said [01:36.37]That I'd trade them all plus the gal down the road [01:39.31]For Grandma's feather bed [01:41.74] [01:51.60]It was nine feet high and six feet wide [01:53.97]Soft as a downy chick [01:55.91]It was made from the feathers of forty'leven geese [01:57.84]Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick [02:00.27]It'd hold eight kids four hound dogs [02:02.14]And a piggy we stole from the shed [02:04.58]We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun [02:07.14]On Grandma's feather bed