The Grateful Dead
Dire Wolf (Live at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University, Durham, NC, 4/12/78)
[Verse 1]
In the timbers of Fennario the wolves are running 'round
The winter was so hard and cold, froze ten feet 'neath the ground

[Chorus]
Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please don't murder me

[Verse 2]
I sat down to supper, 'twas a bottle of red whiskey
I said my prayers and went to bed, that's the last they saw of me

[Chorus]
Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please don't murder me

[Verse 3]
When I awoke, the dire wolf, six hundred pounds of sin
Was grinning at my window, all I said was "Come on in"

[Chorus]
Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please don't murder me
[Verse 4]
The wolf came in, I got my cards, we sat down for a game
I cut my deck to the queen of spades but the cards were all the same

[Chorus]
Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please don't murder me

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]
In the backwash of Fennario, the black and bloody mire
The dire wolf collects his due while the boys sing 'round the fire

[Chorus]
Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please don't murder me
Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please don't murder me

[Outro]
Please don't murder me