Chinatown Shuffle
Lyrics and music: Ron McKernan (Pig Pen)
Reprinted with permissions: copyright Ice Nine Publishing
First performance: December 31, 1971, at Winterland in San Francisco.
Take it, you can have it
What I got baby I can't hold
If you find the secret
Tell me how to build a mold
And I can't handle your problems
So don't try to handle mine
Get yourself a shotgun a pocket full of shells
And we can while away the time
Look up at the wall, do it right
If you make a mistake, you're gonna pay for it twice
But if you need it, got to have it
Get yourself a shotgun and bring it back home
Look up at the wall, you know you gotta crawl
Before you start crawling get ready to fall
And if you fall in my direction
Don't expect no help at all
Get it right, do it nice
But if you make a mistake you're gonna pay for it twice
But if you need it, gotta have it
Get yourself a shotgun and bring it back home
Look up the walls
You know you gotta crawl
But if you start calling you're ready to fall
And if you fall in my direction
Don't expect no help at all
Don't expect no help at all
Don't expect no help at all
And if you fall in my direction
Don't expect no help at all
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Recordings - So Many Roads (1965-1995)