paroles de chanson Wharf Rat (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) - Grateful Dead

Old man down
Way down, down, down by the docks of the river there
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 doing time for some other fucker's crime
The other half found me
Stumblin' around drunk on burgundy wine

But I'll get back on my feet someday
The good Lord willing, if he says 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," he said
I said to him
"I'm sure she's been, I'm sure she's been"
I said to him, "I'm sure she's been true to you"

Got up and wandered
I wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just to hang around
I've got a girl
Named Bonny Lee, I know that girl's been true to me
I know she's been, sure she's been true to me