| 1948, Christmas eve, with a full moon over town
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| Stagger Lee shot Billy DeLions
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| And he blew that poor boy down
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| Do you know what he shot him for?
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| What do you make of that?
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| Because Billy DeLions threw the lucky dice
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| Won Stagger Lee’s Stetson hat
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| Bayo, Bayo, tell me how can this be?
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| You arrest the girls for turning tricks
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| But you’re scared of Stagger Lee
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| Stagger Lee is a madman and he shot my Billy D
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| Bayo go get him or give the job to me
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| Delia DeLions, dear sweet Delia-D
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| How the hell can I arrest him? |
| He’s twice as big as me
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| Well don’t ask me to go downtown, I won’t come back alive
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| Not only is that mother big but he packs a .45
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| Bayo, Delia said, just give me a gun
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| He shot my Billy dead now I’m going to see him hung
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| She went into the DeLion’s club through Billy DeLions blood
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| Stepped up to Stagger Lee at the bar
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| Said, «Buy me a gin fizz, love.»
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| As Stagger Lee lit a cigarette she shot him in the balls
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| Blew the smoke off her revolver, had him dragged to city hall
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| Bayo, Bayo, see you hang him high
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| He shot my Billy dead and now he’s got to die
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| Delia went a walking down on Singapore Street
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| A three-piece band on the corner played «Near My God to Thee»
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| But Delia whistled a different tune, what tune could it be?
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| The song that woman sung was «Look Out Stagger Lee»
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| The song that Delia sung was «Look Out Stagger Lee» |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Stagger Lee , by - Grateful Dead. Song from the album Dick's Picks Vol. 21: Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA 11/1/1985, in the genre Иностранный рок