What we're doing is we're
stalling for time
while he changes his broken string.
Now what I think I'll do
is I'll take this opportunity
to tell y 'all a story.
Because y 'all haven't heard it yet.
And it goes like...
It goes like this.
There was a fella
and he had a dog, a pet dog.
And he used to walk his dog around
every now and again.
And anyway, well,
it was a hot summer day
and he was walking his dog
and he thought he'd stop off at the bar
and have himself a beer
and he did just that.
He walked into the bar
and he walked up to the bar
and he put his change on the bar
and he said to the bartender,
I'd like a glass of beer.
The bartender said, certainly, sir,
coming right up.
Meanwhile,
while he was waiting for his beer,
he looked down the bar
and there was this
A fella sitting down the bar
with a big, black, slick,
mean -looking dog.
Now the fella down the other
side of the bar
with a short, fat, squat,
ugly little yellow dog said, Nothing.
But the guy with the big, black, slick,
mean -looking dog
looked down the bar,
the guy with the short, fat, squat,
ugly little yellow dog said, Hey,
that sure is an ugly little dog
you got there, mister.
All short, fat, squat, ugly, and yellow.
Well, the guy with the short, fat, squat,
ugly, little, yeller dog said
to the guy with the big, black, sleek,
mean -looking dog said,
Yeah, well, he may be ugly,
but he sure can fight.
And the guy with the big, black, sleek,
mean -looking dog said to the guy with the short,
fat, squat,
ugly, little, yeller dog said, Yeah.
The guy with the short, fat, squat,
ugly, yeller dog said, Yeah.
So they decided they'd take them
both out back behind the bar
and let them fight it out.
I'll put a five on mine, you put a five on yours,
winner take home the bucks.
They figured that was a good idea
and they did just that.
They took them out in the back
and they let them fight it out.
And the short, fat, squat,
ugly little yeller dog
just kicked you -know -what out
of the big, black, slick, mean -looking dog.
And when the fight was over,
the big, black, slick, mean -looking dog
was over in the corner licking his wounds.
Short, fat, squat,
ugly little yeller dog
was hopping around.
The guy with the big, black, slick,
mean -looking dog
allowed his, uh...
Yeah, the short, fat, squat,
ugly little yeller dog
sure could fight.
But... I never seen a dog
look like that before.
All short, fat, squat,
ugly little and yeller.
What kind of dog is that anyway?
The guy with the short, fat,
squat, yellow dog
instead of the guy with the big, black,
slick,
mean -looking dog.
Yeah, well, it used to be an alligator
before I cut his tail off
and painted him yellow. work.
The Grateful Dead 
