GRATEFUL DEAD - Althea lyrics

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I told althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction.<br>Althea told me upon scrutiny that my back might need protection.<br>I told althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb.<br>Althea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy jim.<br><br>You may be saturday's child, all alone, moving with a tinge of grace.<br>You may be a clown in the burying ground, or just another pretty face.<br>You may meet the fate on ophelia, sleeping and penchence to dream.<br>Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme.<br><br>Ain't nobody messing with you, but you, your friends are getting most concerned.<br>Loose with the truth, baby, it's your fire, but baby don't get burned.<br>When the smoke has cleared, she said, that's what she said to me.<br>Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy.<br><br>There are things you can replace, and others you cannot.<br>The time has come to weigh those things.<br>This space is getting hot, you know this space is getting hot.<br><br>I told althea I'm a roving son, and I was born to be a bachelor.<br>Althea told me, okay, that's fine, so now I'm trying to catch her.<br>Can't talk to you without talking to me, we're guilty of the same old thing.<br>Been talking alot about less and less and forgetting the love we bring.