Lyrics to
I’ve Been All Around This World

This version of I’Ve Been All Around This World was released by Grateful Dead in 1973.

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Up on the Blue Ridge Mountains, there I’ll take my stand.
Up on the Blue Ridge Mountains, there I’ll take my stand.
A rifle on my shoulder, six shooter in my hand;
Oh Lord, I been all around this world.

Lulu, my Lulu come and open the door.
Lulu, my Lulu come and open the door.
Before I have to walk in with my old ‘forty-four’.
Oh Lord, I been all around this world.

Mama and Papa, little sister makes three.
Mama and Papa, little sister makes three.
They’re comin’ in the mornin’ ; that’s the last you’ll see of me.
Oh Lord, I been all around this world.

Hang me, oh, hang me, so I’ll be dead and gone.
Hang me, oh, hang me, so I’ll be dead and gone.
I wouldn’t mind your hangin’, boys but you wait in jail so long.
Oh Lord, I been all around this world.

Up on the Blue Ridge Mountains, there I’ll take my stand.
Up on the Blue Ridge Mountains, there I’ll take my stand.
A rifle on my shoulder, six shooter in my hand;
Oh Lord, I been all around this world.

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The lyrics to I’Ve Been All Around This World are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Grateful Dead in 1973. Elements of the lyrics to I’Ve Been All Around This World are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Grateful Dead and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for I’Ve Been All Around This World back when it was created.

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