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Wharf Rat
Grateful Dead
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Old man down
Way down, down, down by the docks of the city
Blind and dirty
Asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee
I got no dime, but I got some time to be restocking
My name is August West, and I love my
Pearly Baker best, more than my wine
More than my wine
More than my maker, though he's no friend of mine
Everyone said
I'd get to no good, I knew I would, who would believe them?
Half of my life
I spent doing time for some other fucker's crime
The other half found me stumbling around drunk on burgundy wine
But I'll get back on my feet someday
The good Lord willing, if he says that I may
I know that the life I'm living's no good
I'll get a new start, live the life I should
I'll get up and fly away
I'll get up and fly away, fly away
Pearly's been true
True to me, true to my dying day, see
I said to him
I said to him, "I'm sure she's been"
I said to him, "I'm sure she's been true to you"
I got up and wandered
I wandered downtown, nowhere to go, but just to hang around
I've got a girl
And I believe, I know that girl's been true to me
I know she's been, I'm sure she's been true to me
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