B-52's, The - Dry County Lyrics
It's one of those lazy days
I've got nothing to do
Let the wind blow round my head
Let a cloud be my bed
When the blues whomp you up on the side of the head
When the blues kick you in the head
And you roll out of bed in the morning
Just sit on the porch and swing
Sit on the porch and swing
The heat of the day's got me in a haze
Those lazy days of summer are here
When the blues whomp you up on the side of the head
Throw 'em to the floor and kick 'em out the door
And you roll out of bed in the morning
Just sit on the porch and swing
Sit on the porch and swing
Just let the breezes flow,
Through your mind,
I feel so fine
When the blues whomp you up on the side of the head
Throw 'em to the floor and kick 'em out the door
When the blues kick you in the head
And you roll out of bed in the morning
Just sit on the porch and swing
Sit on the porch and swing
Here come the girls up the road
What they want to do they can't do
Cause it's a... Dry County
Kicking stones and laughing low
Nowhere to go. It's a dry, dry, such a dry, dry,
Dust devils blowing in your hair but what do you care
When there's nowhere to go
It's a dry, dry, county
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B-52's, The Dry County Comments
My pick me up song! Makes me happy!
Clarke Co, Oconee County were dry counties for many years! Sunday sales of beer was established in 2010! Love me some B52's
We were kids having fun
One word : 40 Watt ! Gyro Wrap, Smoothie King! I guess that's 6 words
I miss my home in Bogart Ga
Best song off the Cosmic Thing album and that's saying a lot because there are a lot great songs off the album!
Reminds me of summers in Florida during my senior year of college. Obscenely hot sun and nothing to do. Dry as hell. Just like the song ♥️
I was a hard core hip hop fan. On a long drive from DC to Atlanta, my future bride put this album on, and by the time we got to N.C., I was bopping my head and singing along like a teeny bopper lol
Kicking stones and laughing low...
Their songs always had such vivid imagery in the lyrics. Each one would kind of take you on a little adventure. A nice way to escape for a while.
Love it!
oh yea sweat it out down south
They ALWAYS gonna´ be one of the coolest underrated and greatest band of all times. Love them.
Yea man just sit on the porch and swing
Aaahhh yes this song has some interesting sounds n great production 😁😁😁😁
A Classic👌
The bass line!!!
Dang, the groove in this song is dynamite, pure dynamite. Makes me wanna get outta my porch swing and dance.
Those Lazy Days Of Summer, Are Here.
It's about a place where you can't get alcohol.
amazing song
Here come the girls...
Love them
Living in Little 5 Points ATL that summer, college buddy Audrey and I advertised the "First Annual Last day of the Finest Summer of Our Life" Party by taping Dry Country on the voice answering machine (yes, answering machines were really a thing then) "Here come the girls...what they want to do, they can't do..." but we did anyway!!
Soy del 94 como me encanta este grupo estoy demasiado retro
They can harmonize like bosses. And Kate Pierson is a goddess, so fk'n hotttttt..
one of my favs!!!
Love me some B52's anytime.
Saw them in london 1990. Great, I was 21, time flies.
I saw them in Paris in 1990. Same tour. Fabulous!
What the hells happened to the format YouTube?????!!!My iPad and tablet will NOT let me use full screen anymore?!?
I forgot how good this track is. I haven't heard it for years. Just makes you realise how good the B52s were.
No Auto tune here.....pure talent!
Riff is so damn catchy,,,and btw Ms L,Lewis when it first came out I did same thing,,,!!!
What they wanna do... they can't do...
One of Cosmic Thing's best songs. Have never heard this anywhere other than my own listening (cassette, then CD).
lol im only eleven and what I mostly invest my time in is retrotech,80's and 90's consoles,and vintage records/cassette tapes and I have no regrets this song is on my first b52s tape its awesome.....
You are on your way, my son.
It's good to see someone taking a healthy interest in music!
This is what i call FEELGOODMUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This song always makes me feel good.
This song sounds so gay....and I mean that as a compliment.
old ppl
5 dislikes? what a travesty!
Heather Hogue
All 5 thmubs down are prolly from The Brady Kids
Those dislikes are probably because the song ends and they forgot that they can replay it!
Seriously, are those backing vocals halfway through Prince's?
no, actually Prince couldn't sing. He whined and screamed.
Potato Fishcakes I wanna know, sounds like prince is involved to me, super stacked
SharkSport Negro plz, you must be out of your mind.
just sit on the porch and.....swing
Sit on the porch ... and swing
I thought it was sleeep not swing lol
here come the girls
they here!
Sit on the porch and swing....
I used to listen to this car driving with my dad in his Chevy bel air. I still listen to it in my 370z. Love this song and band.
I would marry this song
Quite possibly the greatest group of our generation. The 40's Club.
Beautiful Harmony Thank you Kurt Loder.
orintha38
Hurt Scroder
Summer 1990...25 years ago...this in constant play on the tape deck in our old Honda Accord...I must have listened to this album 10,000 times that hot hot summer.
+BettinaBalser SUPER CLASS
autumn 2017, present day, alpine radio with USB in my old Nissan 100NX and me shaking like idiot listening this...
Just joyous singing, and the drive is tremendous! If the song doesn't make you smile, you're probably deaf -or dead...
Well said. I put this song on and cruse. Puts me in a great mood.
Every instrument and sound in this song is just a bit off sequence of every other sound, very complex, somehow it works together. They amaze me.
This song makes me so happy!!! Perfect after a gloomy school day.
although the subject matter is quite dark
@Michael Chambers hm how so?
Such a perfect happy summer song.............here come the girls!
how about the live version..." don't see no girls but some might fine ladies"
I need to make an 80s summer compilation that starts with Don Henley's Boys Of Summer and this song. And ends with Summer Of Love.
My favorite
Driving through the city streets in the afternoon, this song blasting from the CD player... what a great feeling!
7th time through... no sign of stopping...
"..........Here come the girls..................here come the girls...............here come the girls......(it's so hot).....(it's so hot).......................here come the girls (up the road)....what they wanna do they can't do 'cause it's a dry county.....................dry county, dry county......................."
This and legal tender
dirty back road
Fav song by them hands down
When this song first came out, I would open up my windows, turn up the volume and dance around my living room !! I probably hit the 'repeat' button 50 times! This song still makes me happy and makes me want to dance. Just love The B-52's! Must have seen them in concert 15 times!
Did you ever swin
Linda Lewis You need to go on the porch and swing till you fall out and roll on the floor laughing!
Linda Lewis
That is so interesting.
I never liked this song. To me it captured the boredom and who wants that?
The here come the girls part is cool I guess
It's just so interesting to me that someone can so love something and someone else just doesn't
For me,cosmic thing, junebug, topaz, roam, and bushfire were my favorites.
Listening now it is an interesting song
I can't for the life of me figure out what instruments are used on it
Which is kind of cool. It has a bit of a different sound than the rest of the album.
Linda Lewis wait are u talking about deadbeat club or dry count?
This is the most hippest, awesomest, extremely addictive song I've ever. I can never stop listening to it
sometimes the songs they never played on the radio were better than the ones they always played, i like this song way better than love shack
@William B oh yeesh like bushfire awsoooooome
Loooooooooove this song
I can't find this song on I-tunes :(
Just sit on the porch.....and swing.
Perfect for lazy days, whatever the season.
I never thought about that. Excellent observation!
IT'S BATTER TO HAVE HAVE THEN BE SAD AND SO DICK SOTLED MY RING.
best summer album ever!!!! drive and chill!!! well thought out album a classic missed by millions!!!
have always loved this song, but realizing all these years later it was The B-52's take on Prince's late 80s instrumentation and style...that's very cool though.
Beautiful image. It's like they sent out a dog whistle that only a select few could hear.
nauort23 I love the way you phrased that! PERFECT description!
Oh wow, that's sweet. Really beautiful. I had times just like that. You think you're alone but you know, in a way, you're not.
Yeah, me too...
OMG I forgot how bad ass this song was....great memories from H.S./College years....I'm gonna listen to it again.....
this sounds like a stripper song.
The Police, Clash, Elvis Costello, & Pretenders may have been(And Rightfully so) the leaders of what was then called "New Wave", but The Fabulous B-52s gave it it's unique edge while still staying in touch with the rock basis.
yeah, i love it. summer memories. (i love you david.)
me too!
One of my favorite songs ever by the B's!