Losin' You (Might Be The Best Thing Yet)

In 1971 The Nity Gritty Dirt Band, a group of young country-rockers, recorded a set of songs with some not-so-young country-western and bluegrass artists. The following year, they released a selection of these recordings on an album called "Will The Circle Be Unbroken". And here's one of my favorite songs from that album.

This one features Jimmy Martin singing a love song which he wrote with Edria A. Humphrey. Jimmy plays guitar on this and is accompanied by:

Vassar Clements: Fiddle
John McEuen: Banjo
Les Thompson: Mandolin
Jimmie Fadden: Harmonica
Roy "Junior" Huskey: Bass
Jim Ibbotson: Snare

There's no such thing as sleep for jealous fools
And being jealous about someone like you is sort of foolish too
The life you chose is the life you want I guess
Losin' you might be the best thing yet

The longest day I live I'll still be sufferin' from the shame
In the gutter you were makin' yourself quite a name
I wanted you and you wanted anyone you could get
Losin' you might be the best thing yet

Patiently I sit alone and wait
Wonderin' where you are and what you are doin'
has turned my love to hate
My loneliness is all that I regret
Losin' you might be the best thing yet

The longest day I live I'll still be sufferin' from the shame
In the gutter you were makin' yourself quite a name
I wanted you and you wanted anyone you could get
Losin' you might be the best thing yet
Losin' you might be the best thing yet