Dire Wolf by The Grateful Dead
Dire Wolf by The Grateful Dead

Dire Wolf

The Grateful Dead * Track #3 On Workingman’s Dead

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Dire Wolf by The Grateful Dead

Release Date
Sun Jun 14 1970
Performed by
The Grateful Dead
Produced by
Betty Cantor & Bob Matthews & The Grateful Dead
Writed by
Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia
About

The Grateful Dead’s lyricist, Robert Hunter, was inspired for this tale of a mythical, dark beast in quite the appropriate place: a dream. As Hunter recalls:

The imagery occurred to me in a dream. I woke up and grabbed a pencil before I was entirely awake and wrote the whole song down. I think I ma...

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Dire Wolf Lyrics

[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 my supper
It was 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
Don't murder me

[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

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

[Outro]
No, no, no
Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please don't murder me
Please don't murder me

Dire Wolf Q&A

Who wrote Dire Wolf's ?

Dire Wolf was written by Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia.

Who produced Dire Wolf's ?

Dire Wolf was produced by Betty Cantor & Bob Matthews & The Grateful Dead.

When did The Grateful Dead release Dire Wolf?

The Grateful Dead released Dire Wolf on Sun Jun 14 1970.

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