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Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues lyrics
Red and white, blue suede shoes, i'm uncle sam, how do you do?
Gimme five, i'm still alive, ain't no luck, i learned to duck.
Check my pulse, it don't change. stay seventy-two come shine or rain.
Wave the flag, pop the bag, rock the boat, skin the goat.
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.

I'm uncle sam, that's who i am; been hidin' out in a rock and roll band.
Shake the hand that shook the hand of p.t. barnum and charlie chan.
Shine your shoes, light your fuse. can you use them ol' u.s. blues?
I'll drink your health, share your wealth, run your life, steal your wife.
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.

Back to back chicken shack. son of a gun, better change your act.
We're all confused, what's to lose?
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.
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Songwriters: JEROME J. GARCIA, ROBERT C. HUNTER
U.S. Blues lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    I think this song is mainly a fun and very cleaver playing with words. The theme has to do with America, the flag and Uncle Sam and perhaps he isn't as good a guy as he's made out to be; I'll run your life, steal your wife. I think the writer just had a lot of fun with rhymes in this song. Back to back, chicken shack, son of a gun, better change your act. This song is another of many gems that the Grateful Dead came up with, brilliant lyrics.
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