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Best Things Lyrics by Clint Eastwood

Paint Your Wagon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

1969

[PARDNER]
The earth is pure muck
[BEN RUMSON]
Muck's a good thing
[PARDNER]
And oozing with mud
[BEN RUMSON]
Mud is just fine
[PARDNER]
It's drownin' in bog
[BEN RUMSON]
Bog is good luck
[PARDNER]
And crawlin' with crud
[BEN RUMSON]
Crud's a good sign
The poor, they got hope
The rich can buy soap
[PARDNER]
The rainbows, they got a pot of
And I, ain't got a spot of
A few feet down, there's a lot of
[BEN RUMSON]
Just waitin' to buy, tobacco and rye
From now till I die
[BEN AND PARDNER]
The best things in life are dirty
And nothing in life is...
[BEN RUMSON]
Better to owe than dab in gold
Both:
The best things in life are filthy dirty
Hunks of gold, gold, gold
[PARDNER]
There's more than just gold
[BEN RUMSON]
Gold is enough
[PARDNER]
That's buried below
[BEN RUMSON]
Beautiful gold
[PARDNER]
There's seed in the ground
[BEN RUMSON]
Lovable gold
[PARDNER]
Just waitin' to grow
[BEN RUMSON]
Spendable gold
A man has his creed
And mine is all greed
[ALL]
Well bite that bogey 'en hound dog
And gold I ain't got an ounce of
Below there's endless amounts of
[BEN RUMSON]
Just dirty ol' trash
That turns in a flash
To dirty ol' cash
[ALL]
The best things in life are dirty
The worst thing in life is...
[BEN RUMSON]
Wakin' up clean, without a bean
[ALL]
The best things in life are filthy dirty
Hunks of gold, gold, gold
The best things in life are dirty
The worst thing in life is...
Being content, without a cent
The best things is life are filthy dirty
Hunks of gold, gold, gold, gold
Stinkin', rotten, chunks of
Grimy, slimy, lousy, lovely
[BEN AND PARDNER]
Gold
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Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

About “Best Things” by Clint Eastwood

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"Best Things" appears on "Paint Your Wagon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" in 1969.

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