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Artist: Grateful Dead
Track: Cosmic Charlie

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Cosmic Charlie, how do you do?
Trucking in style along the avenue
Dum de dum de doodley do
Go on home your mamas calling you

Kalico, kahlia, come tell me the news
Calamity's waiting for a way to get to her
Rosy red and electric blue
I bought you a paddle for your paper canoe

Say you'll come back when you can
Whenever your airplane happens to land
Maybe I'll be back here too
It all depends on what's with you

Hung up waiting for a windy day
Kite one ice since the first of February
Mama keeps saying that the wind might blow
But standing here I say I just don't know

New ones coming as the old ones go
Everything's moving here but much
Too slow now
A little bit quicker and we might have time
To say
"How do you do?" before we're left behind

Calliope wail like a seaside zoo
The very last lately inquired about you
It's really very one or two
The first you wanted, the last I knew

I just wonder if you shouldn't feel
Less concerned about the people unreal
The very first word is, "How do you do?"
The last go home your mamas calling you
Calling you, calling you, calling you
Calling you

Go on home your mama's calling you
Go on home your mama's calling you
Go on home your mama's calling you
Go on home your mama's calling you
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The Grateful Dead – Cosmic Charlie
[Verse 1] / Cosmic Charlie, how do you do? / Trucking in style along the avenue / Dum de dum de doodley do / Go on home your mamas calling you / [Verse 2] / Kalico, kahlia, come
The Grateful Dead – Cosmic Charlie (Live at Capital Center, Landover, MD, September 25, 1976)
[Verse 1] / Cosmic Charlie, how do you do? / Trucking in style along the avenue / Dum de dum de doodley do / Go on home, your mama's calling you / Kalico, Kahlia, come tell me the
The Grateful Dead – Cosmic Charlie (Live at the Fillmore East, New York City, May 15, 1970)
[Verse 1] / Cosmic Charlie, how do you do? / Trucking in style along the avenue / Dum de dum de doodley do / Go on home, your mama's calling you / Kalico, Kahlia, come tell me the
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Genius Q&A
Q:Who wrote “Cosmic Charlie” by The Grateful Dead?
“Cosmic Charlie” by The Grateful Dead was written by Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter.
Q:When did The Grateful Dead release “Cosmic Charlie (Live at Capital Center, Landover, MD, September 25, 1976)”?
The Grateful Dead released “Cosmic Charlie (Live at Capital Center, Landover, MD, September 25, 1976)” on January 23, 2001.
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