• Song:

    Deep Elem Blues

  • Artist:

    Grateful Dead

  • Album:

    Reckoning

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1. Well if you go down to Deep Elem, put your money in your shoes
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Women in Deep Elem got them Deep Elem blues
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Oh sweet mama, your daddy's got them Deep Elem blues
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Oh sweet mama, your daddy's got them Deep Elem blues

2. Once I had a girlfriend, she meant the world to me
She went down to Deep Elem, now she ain't what she used to be
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3. When you go down to Deep Elem, have a little fun
Have that ten dollars ready when the police man comes
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4. Once I knew a preacher, preached the bible through and through
Went down to Deep Elem now his preaching days are through
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5. When you go down to Deep Elem, put your money in your pants
The women in Deep Elem they don't give a man a chance
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6. When you go down to Deep Elem, put your money in your socks
The redheads in Deep Elem, they'll put you on the rocks
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