Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me can't catch me
Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me, can't catch me

Ride my bike down that old dirt hill (can't catch me)
First time without my trainin' wheels
First time I kissed you I lost my legs (can't catch me)
Bring that beat back to me again

Screamin', shoutin', louder innocence
Days when all we did would never end

Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me can't catch me
Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me can't catch me

Smokin' on the railroad bridge
I used to ride my bike down that old dirt hill
The first time I kissed you I lost my legs
Bring that beat back to me again

Screamin', shoutin', louder innocence
Days when all we did would never end

Screamin' down that old dirt hill
Bring that beat back to me again

Oh when it gets hard
That's when the days I remember seem so far
When I was just a kid that's what I miss
When I was just a kid that's what I miss
Take me back, Take me back to that beat again

Smokin' on the railroad bridge
Bring that beat back to me again (again)
Bring that beat back to me again (can't catch me)
Bring that beat back to me again
First time all we were was good friends
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again (can't catch me)
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again


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Old Dirt Hill (Bring That Beat Back) Lyrics as written by Carter A. Beauford Boyd C. Tinsley

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    It seems haunting to me..the old dirt hill is a review of daves life...his grave of sorts. on a more deeper side. theres three enemies of man. three hills or mountains of power. think of man as a city surrounded by three mountains. three enemies. the world, flesh and devil.

    dave is seen riding on these hills up to the top and down in their valleys. also seen riding on a bridge interconnectng them and third seen as floating above them without legs. three enemies to be overcome. the first as we ride with our training wheels. the second with our training wheels and lastly floating without wheels (legs). as we listen as dave calls out to us to follow.."cant catch me".

    think of "when the world ends". dave discribes floating above the very same mountaintops until they all fade away. if your of the biblical sort..think of the parable of the sower and its three enemies or the child, young man and father stages of understanding..or in revelations..the seven mountains of babylon..well think of just one mountain..it all describes the same old thing ..that old dirt hill.

    daves deep even in the most simplest songs..

    Me2on May 26, 2005   Link

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