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SINGER: The Grateful Dead
SONG:Staggerlee
1940 xmas evening with a full moon over town staggerlee met bill delyon and he blew that poor boy down do you know what he shot him for? what do you make of that? 'cause billy delyon threw lucky dice, won staggerlee's stetson hat Baio, baio, tell me how can this be? you arrest the girls for turning tricks but you're scared of staggerlee staggerlee is a madman and he shot my billy dead baio you go get him or give the job to me Delia delyon, dear sweet delia-d how the hell can i arrest him when he's twice as big as me? don't ask me to go downtown-i wouldn't come back alive not only is that mother big, but he packs a .45 Baio delia said just give me the gun he shot my billy dead now i'm gonna see him hung she waded to delyon's club, through billy delyon's blood she stepped up to staggerlee at the bar said buy me a gin fizz, love As staggerlee lit a cigarette she shot him in the balls blew the smoke off her revolver, had him dragged to city hall baio, baio, see you hang him high he shot my billy dead and now he's got to die Delia went a-walking down on singapore street a three-piece band on the corner played "nearer my god to thee" but delia whistled a different tune....what tune could it be? The song that woman sung was look out staggerlee the song that woman sung was look out staggerlee the song that woman sung was look out staggerlee the song that woman sung was look out staggerlee
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