BOB DYLAN LYRICS - Delia

"Delia"



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'd 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's looking high, Curtis's looking low

He shot poor Delia down with a cruel forty-four.



All the friends I ever had are gone.



High upon 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, trying 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 jailhouse, 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 could it be?

You wanted all them rounders, never had time for me.



All the friends I ever had are gone.