Althea -- Grateful Dead (Hunter/Garcia)

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I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction.

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Althea told me upon scrutiny that my back might need protection.

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I told Althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb.

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Althea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy Jim.

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You may be Saturday's child, all 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 another pretty face.

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You may meet in the fate of Ophelia sleeping and penchant to dream.

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Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme.

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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 but baby don't get burned.

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When the smoke has cleared, she said, that's what she said to me.

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Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy.

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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.

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I told Althea I'm a roving son, and I was born to be a bachelor.

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Althea told me, okay, that's fine so now I'm trying to catch her.

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Can't talk to you about talking to me,

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We're 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.