GRATEFUL DEAD - Stagger Lee lyrics
rate me1948, xmas eve, with a full moon over town<br>Stagger lee shot billy delions<br>And he blew that poor boy down.<br>Do you know what he shot him for? <br>What do you make of that? <br>Cause billy delions threw the lucky dice<br>Won stagger lee's stetson hat.<br><br>Bayo, bayo, tell me how can this be? <br>You arrest the girls for turning tricks<br>But you're scared of stagger lee.<br>Stagger lee is a madman and he shot my billy d.<br>Bayo go get him or give the job to me.<br><br>Delia delions, dear sweet delia-d<br>How the hell can I arrest him? he's twice as big as me.<br>Well don't ask me to go downtown, I won't come back alive [no more].<br>Not only is that mother big but he packs a .45 [four].<br><br>Bayo, delia said, just give me a gun<br>He shot my billy dead now I'm gonna see him hung.<br>She went into the delion's club through billy delions blood<br>Stepped up to stagger lee at the bar,<br>Said, buy me a gin fizz, love.<br><br>As stagger lee lit a cigarette she shot him in the balls<br>Blew the smoke off her revolver, had him dragged to city hall<br>Bayo, bayo, see you hang him high<br>He shot my billy dead and now he's got to die.<br><br>Delia went a walking down on singapore street<br>A three-piece band on the corner played near my God to thee<br>But delia whistled a different tune, what tune could it be? <br><br>The song that woman sung was look out stagger lee.<br>The song that delia sung was look out stagger lee.
