Della And The Dealer - Hoyt Axton

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It was Della and a Dealer and a dog named Jake and a cat named Kalamazoo
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Left the city in a pick-up truck, gonna make some dreams come true
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Yeah they rolled out west where the wild sun sets and the coyote bays at the moon
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Della and the Dealer and a dog named Jake and a cat named Kalamazoo


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If that cat could talk what tales he'd tell
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About Della and the Dealer and the dog as well
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But the cat was cool
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And he never said a mumblin' word


Down Tucson way there's a small cafe where they play a little cowboy tune
And the guitar picker was a friend of mine by the name of Randy Boone
Well Randy played her a sweet love song and Della got a fire in her eyes
The Dealer had a knife and the dog had a gun and the cat had a shot of rye

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Tthe Dealer was a killer; he was evil and mean and he was jealous of the fire in her eyes
He snorted his coke through a century note and he swore that Boone would die
And the stage was set when the lights went out there was death in Tucson town
Two shadows ran for the bar back door, but one stayed on the ground

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Two shadows ran from the bar that night and a dog and a cat ran too
And tires got hot on the pickup truck as down the road they flew
It was Della and her lover and a dog named Jake and a cat named Kalamazoo
Left Tucson in a pickup truck, gonna make some dreams come true

Chorus twice