He's Gone (Grateful Dead)

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Rat in a drain ditch, Caught on a limb
You know better but I know him
Like I told ya, what I said
Steal your face right off your head

Now he's gone
He's gone
Lord, he's gone
He's gone

Nine miles skiddin on a ten-mile ride
Hot as a pistol but cool inside
Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile
Nothing left to but smile, smile, smile

Now he's gone
He's gone
Lord, he's gone
He's gone

Like a steam locomotive rolling down the track
He's gone, he's gone and nothing's gonna bring him back
He's gone

Going where the wind don't blow so strange
Maybe off in some high cold mountain chain
I lost one round but the prize wasn't anything
A knife in the back and more of the same

Same old rat in drain ditch, caught on a limb
You know better but I know him
Like I told ya, what I said
Steal your face right off your head

Now he's gone
He's gone
Lord, he's gone
He's gone

Like a steam locomotive rolling down the track
He's gone, he's gone and nothing's gonna bring him back
He's gone

Steam locomotive rolling down the track
He's gone, he's gone and nothing's gonna bring him back
He's gone

Oooh... nothing's gonna bring him back
Oooh... nothing's gonna bring him back...