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Candyman

year:
1970

lyrics:

Come all you pretty women
with your hair a-hanging down
Open up your windows 'cause
the Candyman's in town
Come on, boys, and gamble
Roll those laughing bones
Seven come eleven, boys
I'll take your money home

[Chorus]
Look out
Look out
The Candyman
Here he come
and he's gone again
Pretty lady ain't
got no friend
till the Candyman
come 'round again

I come in from Memphis
where I learned to talk the jive
When I get back to Memphis
be one less man alive
Good mornin', Mr. Benson
I see you're doin' well
If I had me a shotgun
I'd blow you straight to Hell

[Chorus]

Come on, boys, and wager
if you have got the mind
If you got a dollar, boys
lay it on the line
Hand me my old guitar
Pass the whiskey 'round
Want you to tell everybody you meet
the Candyman's in town

[Chorus]

words by:
Robert Hunter

music by:
Jerry Garcia

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