Della And The Dealer

Hoyt Axton

Words and music Hoyt Axton



It was Della and the Dealer and a dog named Jake

And a cat named Kalamazoo.

Left the city in a pick up truck,

Gonna make some dreams come true.



Yea,they rolled out west where the wild sun sets

And the coyote bays at the moon.

Della and the Dealer and a dog named Jake

and a cat named Kalamazoo



Chorus:

If that cat could talk what tales he'd tell

About Della and the Dealer and the dog

as well

But the cat was cool, and he never said a mumblin word.



Down Tucson way there's a small cafe

Where they play a little cowboy tune.

And the guitar picker was a friend of mine

By the name of Randy Boone.



Yea, Randy played her a sweet love song

And Della got a fire in her eye

The Dealer had a knife and the dog had a gun

and the cat had a shot of Rye.



Repeat CHORUS



Yea , the dealer was a killer,

He was evil and mean

And he was jealous of the fire in her eyes.



He snorted his coke through a century note

And swore that Boone would die.



The stage was set when the lights went out.

There was death in Tucson town.

Two shadows ran for the bar back door

And one stayed on the ground



Repeat CHORUS



Two shadows ran from the bar that night

And dog and cat ran too.

And the tires got hot on the pick up truck

As down the road they flew.



It was Della and her lover and a dog named Jake

And a cat named Kalamazoo.

Left Tucson in a pick-up truck

Gonna make some dreams come true.



CHORUS



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