NASTY DAN
(Jeffrey Moss)

Johnny Cash - 1975



Nasty Dan was the meanest man I ever knew 
He'd stomp and scream and be real mean the whole day through 
He'd frown a bunch, he ate nails for lunch and he'd never laugh 
He'd growl and yell and I heard tell that he never took a bath 

Nasty Dan 
Was a nasty man 
Hard to understand 
that Nasty Dan 

Now, Nasty Dan was a nasty man the whole day long 
He'd go where he could and he'd try real good to make things go wrong 
He'd jump for joy when a little boy would trip and fall 
And the only words that he ever said were "I don't like you at all" 

Nasty Dan 
Was a nasty man 
Hard to understand
That Nasty Dan 

(SPOKEN: Now a real int'resting thing that I want you to know about is this here, because it's the most important thing. It concerns a girl and things like that.) 

Now, Nasty Pearl was a nasty girl that met Dan somehow 
She said, "You're like me, rotten as can be, let's get married now" 
So they went and they did and had a nasty kid and I must confess 
That Dan pretty much leaves everyone alone now 
And he doesn't bother anybody anymore 
'Cause he just uh-lives in his uh-nasty old house 
With his nasty old wife 
And his nasty old kid
In nasty happiness 

Nasty Dan 
He's a nasty man 
Hard to understand
That Nasty Dan


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2010)