Grateful Dead - Wharf Rat - Live Lyrics

Lyrics Wharf Rat - Live - Grateful Dead



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 hear his story
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 come to no good, I knew I would pearly, believe them
Half of my life, I spent doin' time for some other fucker's crime
The other half found me stumbling 'round drunk on Burgundy wine
But I'll get back on my feet someday
The good old Lord willin', if He says I may
I know that the life I'm livin'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 dyin' day he said
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, wandered downtown
Nowhere to go but just hang around
I've got a girl, named Bonnie Lee, I know that girl's been true to me
I know she's been, I'm sure she's been true to me



Writer(s): Robert C Christie Hunter, Jerome J Garcia


Grateful Dead - Ladies and Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead - Fillmore East, New York City, April 1971

1 Truckin' (Live)
2 Bertha - Live
3 Next Time You See Me (Live)
4 Beat It On Down the Line (Live)
5 Bird Song [Live]
6 Dark Hollow [Live]
7 Second That Emotion (Live)
8 Me and My Uncle (Live)
9 Cumberland Blues (Live)
10 Good Lovin' (1) [Live]
11 Drums (1) [Live]
12 Good Lovin' (2) [Live]
13 Sugar Magnolia (Live)
14 Loser (Live)
15 Ain't It Crazy (The Rub) [Live]
16 El Paso (Live)
17 I'm a King Bee (Live)
18 Ripple [Live]
19 Me and Bobby McGee (Live)
20 Uncle John's Band (Live)
21 Turn On Your Lovelight (Live)
22 China Cat Sunflower (Live)
23 I Know You Rider (Live)
24 It Hurts Me Too (Live)
25 Sing Me Back Home (Live)
26 Hard to Handle (Live)
27 Dark Star (With Tom Constanten) [Live]
28 St. Stephen (With Tom Constanten) [Live]
29 Not Fade Away (1) [With Tom Constanten] {Live}
30 Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad (1) [With Tom Constanten] {Live}
31 Not Fade Away (2) [With Tom Constanten] {Live}
32 Morning Dew - Live
33 New Minglewood Blues (Live)
34 Wharf Rat - Live
35 Alligator (Live)
36 Drums (2) [Live]
37 Jam (Live)
38 Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad (2) [Live]
39 Cold Rain and Snow (Live)
40 Casey Jones (Live)
41 In the Midnight Hour (Live)
42 We Bid You Goodnight (Live)




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