Stagger Lee (Live at Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, March 27, 1988) The Grateful Dead

[Verse 1]
1948, Christmas Eve, with a full moon over town
Stagger Lee met Billy DeLions
And he blew that poor boy down
Do you know what he shot him for?
What do you make of that?
Billy DeLions threw the lucky dice
Won Stagger Lee's Stetson hat
Bayo, Bayo, tell me how can this be?
You arrest the girls for turning tricks
But you're scared of Stagger Lee
Stagger Lee's a bad man and he shot my Billy D
Bayo, go get him or give the job to me

[Verse 2]
Delia DeLions, oh, sweet Delia D
How the hell could I arrest him? He's twice as big as me
Don't ask me to go downtown, I won't come back alive
Not only is that mother big, hе packs a .45
Bayo, Delia said, just give me your gun
Hе shot my Billy dead, now I'm gonna see him hung
She went into the DeLions' club through Billy DeLions blood
Stepped up to Stagger Lee at the bar
Said, "Buy me a gin fizz, love"

[Instrumental break]