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I Need A Miracle

This version of I Need A Miracle was released by Grateful Dead in 1978.

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I need a woman ’bout twice my age
A lady of nobility, gentility and rage
Splendor in the dark, lightning on the draw
We’ll go right through the book and break each and every law.

I got a feeling and it won’t go away, oh no
Just one thing then I’ll be ok
I need a miracle every day.

I need a woman ’bout twice my height
Statuesque, raven-dressed, a goddess of the night.
Her secret incantations, a candle burning blue
We’ll consult the spirits maybe they’ll know what to do.

And it’s real and it won’t go away, oh no
I can’t get around and I can’t run away
I need a miracle every day.

I need a woman ’bout twice my weight
A ton of fun who packs a gun with all her freight
Find her in a sideshow leave her in L.A.
Ride her like a surfer running on a tidal wave.

And it’s real, believe what I say, yeah
Just one thing I got to say
I need a miracle every day.

It takes dynamite to get me up
Too much of everything is just enough
One more thing I just got to say
I need a miracle every day,
I need a miracle every day,
I need a miracle every day, (got to be the only way)
I need a miracle

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