Althea

Grateful Dead

(Hunter/Garcia)

[Intro]

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Verse 1:

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I told Al	thea I was	feeling los	t,

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lacking in	some di	rection.

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Althea told	me upon	scrutin	y that my

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back migh	t need pro	tection.

Chorus-1

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I	told Althea that	treachery was

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tearing me	limb from limb.

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Al	thea told me better	cool down	boy,

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settle back,	easy Jim.

Verse-2:

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You may be	Saturday’s	child, al	l alone,

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Moving with	a tinge of	grace.

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You may be	a clown in	the burying	ground,

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Or just anothe	r pretty	face.

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You may meet in the fate of O	phelia

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sleeping and penchant to	dream.

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Honest to the point of	recklessness,

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self-centere	d in the	extreme.

Verse-3:

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Ain’t nobody	messing with	you, but	you,

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Your friends are	getting most	concerned.

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Loose with the	truth baby	it’s your	fire

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but baby	don’t get	burned.

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When the smoke has	cleared, she said,

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that’s what she said	to me.

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Gonna want a bed to	lay your head

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and a littl	e sympathy.

Bridge:

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There are things you can replace,	and others you cannot.

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The time has come to	weigh those things.

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This space is getting hot,	you know this	space is getting	hot.

Verse-4:

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I told Al	thea I’m a	roving	son,

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and I was	born to be a ba	chelor.

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Althea told	me, okay,	that’s fine

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so now	I’m trying to	catch her.

Chrous-4

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Can’t talk to you about	talking to me, We’re

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guilty of the same old thing.

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Been talking a lot about	less and less

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And forgetting	the love we	bring.