All the friends I ever had are gone... Bob Dylan, "Delia" - Newcastle 19.09.2000


Delia was a gambling girl
gambled all around
Delia was a gambling girl
she laid her money down
all the friends I ever had are gone

Delia's dear ol' mother
took a trip out west
when she returned
little Delia gone to rest
all the friends I ever had are gone

Delia's daddy weeped
Delia's momma moaned
wouldn't have been so bad
if the poor girl died at home
all the friends I ever had are gone

Curtis looking high
Curtis looking low
he shot poor Delia down
with a cruel forty-four
all the friends I ever had are gone

high up on the housetops
high as I can see,
looking for them rounders
looking out for me
all the friends I ever had are gone

Men in Atlanta
tryin' to pass for white
Delia's in the graveyard boys
six feet out of sight.
all the friends I ever had are gone

judge says to Curtis
what's this noise about?
all about them rounders judge
tryin' to cut me out
all the friends I ever had are gone

Curtis said to the judge
what might be my fine?
judge says poor boy
you got ninety-nine
all the friends I ever had are gone

Curtis' in the jail house
drinking from an old tin cup
Delia's in the graveyard
she ain't gettin' up
all the friends I ever had are gone

Delia oh Delia
how can it be?
you loved all them rounders
never did love me
all the friends I ever had are gone

Delia oh Delia
how can it be?
you wanted all them rounders
never had time for me
all the friends I ever had are gone



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