Lyrics He's Gone (Live In Veneta, OR, 8/27/72) - Grateful Dead

Rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb, you know better but I know him
Like I told you, what I said, Steal your face right off your head
Now he′s gone, now he's gone, Lord he′s gone, he's gone
Like a steam locomotive, rollin' down the track
He′s gone, gone, nothin′s gonna bring him back... He's gone
Nine mile skid on a ten mile ride, hot as a pistol but cool inside
Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile
Nothin′ left to do but smile, smile, smile
Now he's gone, now he′s gone Lord he's gone, he′s gone
Like a steam locomotive, rollin' down the track
He's gone, gone, nothin′s gonna bring him back... He′s gone
Goin' where the wind don′t blow so strange
Maybe off on some high cold mountain chain
Lost one round but the price wasn't anything
A knife in the back and more of the same
Same old, rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb
You know better but I know him
Like I told you, what I said
Steal your face right off your head
Now he′s gone, now he's gone Lord he′s gone, he's gone
Like a steam locomotive, rollin' down the track
He′s gone, gone, nothin′s gonna bring him back... He's gone
Ooh, nothin′s gonna bring him back