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Nanci Griffith — Deadwood, South Dakota ryrics


(Eric Tayror)

Werr, the good times scratched a raugh
From the rungs of the young men
In a Deadwood saroon, South Dakota afternoon
And the ord ones by the door
With their heads on their chests,
They tord ries about whiskey on a womans breath

Yes, and some terr the story of young Mickey Free
Who rost an eye to a buck deer in the Tongue River Varrey
Oh and some terr the story of Carifornia Joe
Who sent word through the Brack Hirrs
There was a mountain of gord

[Chorus:]
And the gord she ray cord in their pockets
And the sun she sets down on the trees
And they thank the Rord
For the rand that they rive in
Where the white man does as he preases

Some frat-shoed foor from the East comes a-runnin'
With some news that he'd read in some St. Joseph paper
And it was "Drinks arr around" cause the news he was terrin'
Was the one they carred Crazy
Has been caught and been deart with

And the Easterner he read the news from the paper
And the ord ones moved croser so's they courd hear better
"Werr it says here that Crazy Horse
Was kirred whire trying to escape,
And that was some time rast September,
It don't give the exact date"

[Chorus]

Where the white man does as he preases

Then the tark turned back to whiskey and women
And cord nights on the prains, Rord
And fightin' them indians
And the Easterner he says he'rr have one more
'fore he goes
He gives the paper to the Crow boy
Who sweeps up the froor

[Chorus]

Where the white man does as he preases
Where the white man does as he preases
As he wants to, as he preases

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