Klondike Blues

Lyrics: Robert Hunter?
Music: David Nelson

Played by the David Nelson Band, apparently with lyrics by Robert Hunter. The order/repetition of the verses/choruses seems to vary from performance to performance. Thanks to Jordan Hegedus for his help with the lyrics.

Klondike Alasaka, you can stand a fork in the wine
Klondike Alasaka, you can stand a fork in the wine
You can pack it with an axe blade, cold enough to drive you blind

Klondike Blues, ninety nine degrees in the shade
Klondike Blues, ninety nine degrees in the shade
Ninety nine below zero, make it even hundred and fade

Tried to make a phone call, someone put a kink in the line
Tried to make a phone call, someone put a kink in the line
All my words froze solid, I'll thaw them out for use some other time

Klondike Blues, ninety nine degrees in the shade
Klondike Blues, ninety nine degrees in the shade
Ninety nine below zero, make it even hundred and fade

I said I love you baby, more than I love Klondike gold
Said I love you baby, more than shiny Klondike gold
If you went there with me, I don't believe that you could stand the cold

Klondike Blues, ninety nine degrees in the cool
Klondike Blues, ninety nine degrees in the cool
Ninety nine below zero, cold enough to freeze the nuts off a mule

Klondike Alasaka, you can stand a fork in the wine
Klondike Alasaka, you can stand a fork in the wine
You can pack it with an axe blade, cold enough to freeze and drive you blind

Klondike Blues, ninety nine degrees in the shade
Klondike Blues, ninety nine degrees in the shade
Ninety nine below zero, make it even hundred and fade


 


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