(Garcia/Hunter)
[Intro]
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1940, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town
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Stagger Lee met Billy DeLion
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And he blew that poor boy down.
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Do you know what he shot him for?
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What do you make of that?
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Cause Billy DeLion threw lucky dice
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Won Stagger Lee's Stetson hat.
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Bayou, Bayou, tell me how can this be?
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You arrest the girls for turning tricks
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But you're scared of Stagger Lee.
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Stagger Lee is a madman and he shot my Billy D.
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Bayou go get him or give the job to me.
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Delia DeLions, oh sweet Delia-D
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How the hell can I arrest him? He's twice as big as me.
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Well don't ask me to go downtown, I won't come back alive
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Not only is that mother big but he packs a .45
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Bayou, Delia said, just give me a gun
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He shot my Billy dead now I'm gonna see him hung.
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She went into the DeLion's club through Billy DeLions blood
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Stepped up to Stagger Lee at the bar,
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Said, "Buy me a gin fizz, love."
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As Stagger Lee lit a cigarette she shot him in the balls
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Blew the smoke off her revolver, had him dragged to city hall
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Bayou, Bayou, see you hang him high
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He shot my Billy dead and now he's got to die.
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Delia went a walking down on Singapore Street
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A three-piece band on the corner played "Near My God to Thee"
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But Delia whistled a different tune, what tune could it be?
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The song that woman sung was "Look Out Stagger Lee".
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The song that Delia sung was "Look Out Stagger Lee".