Hell In A Bucket

Grateful Dead

Well, I was drinkin' last night with a biker
And I showed him a picture of you
I said, "Pal get to know her, you'll like her"
Seemed like the least I could do
'Cause when he's chargin' his chopper
Up and down your carpeted halls
You will think me by contrast quite proper
Never mind how I stumble and fall
Never mind how I stumble and fall

You imagine me sipping champagne from your boot
For a taste of your elegant pride
I may be going to hell in a bucket, babe
But at least I'm enjoying the ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride, yeah
At least I'm enjoying the ride, yeah

Now miss sweet little soft-core pretender
Somehow baby got hard as it gets
With her black leather chrome-spiked suspenders
Her chain and her whip and her pets

Well we know you're the reincarnation
Of the ravenous Catherine the Great
And we know how you love your ovations
And the Z-rated scenes you create, yeah
Z-rated scenes you create

You imagine me sipping champagne from your boot
For a taste of your elegant pride
I may be going to hell in a bucket, babe
But at least I'm enjoying the ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride, yeah
At least I'm enjoying the ride

You analyze me, pretend to despise me
You laugh when I stumble and fall
There may come a day I will dance on your grave
Unable to dance, I will crawl across it
Unable to dance, I'll crawl, yeah
Unable to dance, I'll crawl, yeah

You must really consider the circus
'Cause it just might be your kind of zoo
I can't think of a place that's more perfect
For a person as perfect as you

And it's not like I'm leaving you lonely
'Cause I wouldn't know where to begin
But I know that you'll think of me only
When the snakes come marching in, yeah
When the snakes come marching in

You imagine me sipping champagne from your boot
For a taste of your elegant pride
I may be going to hell in a bucket, babe
But at least I'm enjoying the ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride
Ride, ride, ride, ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride
Ride, ride, ride, ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride
Ride, ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride
Ride, ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride
Ride, ride, ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride
Ride, ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride
Ride, ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride


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Hell In a Bucket Lyrics as written by John Barlow Brent Richard Mydland

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    These lyrics are wrong. Bob Weir... what a perfect person.

    Astronautson June 20, 2006   Link

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