Lyrics Deep Elem Blues - Alternate Live Version - Grateful Dead

If you go down to Deep Elem
Put your money in your shoes
The women in Deep Elem
They give you the Deep Elem blues

Oh, sweet mama
Your daddy′s got them Deep Elem blues

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

Once I knew a preacher
Preached the bible thru and thru
He went down to Deep Elem
Now his preaching days are through

When you go down to Deep Elem to have a little fun
Have your ten dollars ready when the policeman comes

When you go down to Deep Elem
Put your money in your pants
′Cause the women in Deep Elem
They don't give a man a chance