Listen to Hell In a Bucket by Grateful Dead

Hell In a Bucket

Grateful Dead

Rock

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Bob Weir

Vocals

Phil Lesh

Bass Guitar

Bill Kreutzmann

Bill Kreutzmann

Drums

Mickey Hart

Drums

Jerry Garcia

Lead Guitar

Brent Mydland

Keyboards

Bob Bralove

Programming

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Bob Weir

Songwriter

John Barlow

Songwriter

Brent Mydland

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Dan Healy

Additional Engineer

David Roberts

Additional Engineer

Jeff Sterling

Additional Engineer

Jeffrey Norman

Additional Engineer

Justin Kreutzmann

Justin Kreutzmann

Additional Engineer

Guy Charbonneau

Guy Charbonneau

Engineer

Jon Cutler

Producer

Bill Candelario

Bill Candelario

Equipment Technician

Billy Grillo

Equipment Technician

Jerry Garcia

Producer

James Austin

Reissue Producer

Joe Gaswirt

Additional Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Well, I was drinkin' last night with a biker

And I showed him a picture of you

I said, Pal, get to know her, you'll like her

Seemed like the least I could do

'Cause when he's chargin' his chopper

Up and down your carpeted halls

You will think me, by contrast, quite proper

Never mind how I stumble and fall

Never mind how I stumble and fall

[Verse 2]

You imagine me sipping champagne from your boot

For a taste of your elegant pride

I may be going to hell in a bucket, babe

But at least I'm enjoying the ride

Least I'm enjoying the ride

Yeah, least I'm enjoying the ride

Yeah

[Verse 3]

Now this sweet little soft-core pretender

Somehow, babe, it got hot as it gets

With her black leather and gold spike suspenders

Her chair and her whip and her pets

[Verse 4]

Well, we know you're the reincarnation

Of the ravenous Catherine the Great

And we know how you love the ovations

And the Z-rated scenes you create

Yeah, Z-rated scenes you create

[Verse 5]

You imagine me sipping champagne from your boot

For a taste of your elegant pride

I may be going to hell in a bucket, babe

But at least I'm enjoying the ride

Least I'm enjoying the ride

Yeah, least I'm enjoying the ride

[Verse 6]

You analyze me, tend to despise me

You laugh when I stumble and fall

There may come a day I will dance on your grave

If unable to dance, I will crawl 'cross it

Unable to dance I will crawl

Yeah, unable to dance, I'll crawl

Yeah

[Verse 7]

You must really consider the circus

It just might be your kind of zoo

I can't think of a place that's more perfect

For a person as perfect as you

[Verse 8]

And it's not like I'm leaving you lonely

'Cause I wouldn't know where to begin

Well I know that you think of me only

When the snakes come marching in

Yeah, when the snakes come marching in

[Verse 9]

You imagine me sipping champagne from your boot

For a taste of your elegant pride

I may be going to hell in a bucket, babe

But at least I'm enjoying the ride

Least I'm enjoying the ride

Ride, ride, ride, ride

Least I'm enjoying the ride

Ride, ride, ride, ride

Least I'm enjoying the ride

Ride, ride

Least I'm enjoying the ride

Ride, ride

Least I'm enjoying the ride

Ride, ride, ride,

Least I'm enjoying the ride

Ride, ride

Least I'm enjoying the ride

Least I'm enjoying the ride

Least I'm enjoying the ride

Least I'm enjoying the ride

Least I'm enjoying the ride

Ride, ride

Least I'm enjoying the ride

Written by: Bob Weir, Brent Mydland, John Barlow

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