lkk@mit-eddie.UUCP (Larry Kolodney) (05/12/85)
Stella Blue by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter 10/76
All the years combine,
they melt into a dream,
a broken angel sings
from a guitar.
In the end there's just a song,
comes crying up the night
thru all the broken dreams and vanished years.
Stella blue. Stella blue.
When all the cards are down,
there's nothing left to see,
there's just the pavement left
and broken dreams.
In the end there's still that song,
comes crying like the wind
down every lonely street that's ever been.
Stella blue. Stella blue.
I've stayed in every blue-light cheap hotel,
can't win for trying.
Dust off those rusty strings just one more time,
gonna make them shine, shine.
It all rolls into one
and nothing comes for free,
there's nothing you can hold,
for very long.
And when you hear that song
crying like the wind,
it seems like all this life was just a dream.
Stella blue. Stella blue.
Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, and Robert Hunter 4/75
When they come to take you down
When they bring that wagon around
When they come to call on you
And drag your poor body down
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me
You thought you was the cool fool
Never could do no wrong
Had everything sewed up tight
How come you lay awake all night long
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me
Well in spite of all you gained
You still had to stand out in the pouring rain
One last voice is calling you
And I guess it's time you go
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me
Well shake it up now Sugaree
I'll meet you at the jubillee
And if that jubillee don't come
Maybe I'll meet you on the run
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name, my darling Sugaree
Shake it, shake it Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me
Sugar Magnolia by Bob Weir and Robert Hunter 8/74
Sugar magnolia, blossoms bloomin',
heads' all empty, and I don't care,
saw my baby down by the river,
knew she'd have to come up soon for air.
Sweet blossom come on, under the willow,
we can have high times if you'll abide,
we can discover the wonders of nature,
rolling in the rushes down by the riverside.
She's got everything delightful,
she's got everything I need,
takes the wheel when I'm seeing double,
pays my ticket when I speed.
She comes skimmin' through rays of violet,
she can wade in a drop of dew,
she don't come and I don't follow,
waits backstage while I sing to you.
Well, she can dance a cajun rythymn,
Jump like a Willys in four wheel drive.
She's a summer love in the spring, fall and winter;
She can make happy any man alive.
Sugar magnolia, ringing that bluebird,
Caught up in sunlight, come on out
Singing and walking in the sunshine,
Come on honey, come along with me.
She's got everything delightful,
She's got everything I need,
a breeze in the pines and the sun and bright moonlight,
lazin' in the sunlight, yes indeed.
Sometimes when the cuckoo's crying,
when the moon is half way down,
sometimes when the night is dying,
I take me out and I wander round, I wander round.
Sunshine, daydream,
walkin' in the tall trees,
going where the wind goes,
blooming like a red rose,
feeling more freely,
ride out singin', I'll walk you in the morning sunshine,
sunshine, daydream
sunshine, daydream
Sunrise by Donna Godchaux
Gazing at the fire,
Burning by the water
Before he speaks the world around us quiets.
With eyes as sharp as arrows
And turning to the fire
He clears the air and cuts it with a feather.
Many in the circle
Slowly round the fire
When he is gone I want to know him better.
No one is forsaken
No one is a liar,
He plants the tree of life on our foreheads
With water.
He hums, there are drums,
Four winds, rising suns,
We are singing and praying,
I hear our bodies saying.
I remember breezes
>From winds inside your body
Keep me high...
Like I told you,
I'll sing to them this story
And know why.
Tennessee Jed by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter 4/75
Cold iron shackles, ball and chain,
listen to the whistle of the evening train.
You know you bound to wind up dead,
You don't head back to Tennessee, Jed.
Rich man step on my poor head,
when you get back you better butter my bread,
Well, do you know it's like I said,
you better head back to Tennessee, Jed.
Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be,
Baby, won't you carry me back to Tennessee?
Drink all day and rock all night,
the law come to get ya if you don't walk right,
got a letter this morning, baby, all it read,
"You better head back to Tennessee, Jed".
I dropped four flights and cracked my spine,
buddy, come quick with the iodine,
catch a few winks, baby, under the bed
then ya head back to Tennessee, Jed.
Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be,
Baby, won't you carry me back to Tennessee?
I run in ta Charlie Ford,
He blacked my eye and he kicked my dog,
my dog he turned to me and he said,
"Let's head back to Tennessee, Jed."
I woke up a feeling mean,
I went down to play the slot machine,
the wheels turned around, and the letters read,
you better head back to Tennessee, Jed.
Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be,
Baby, won't you carry me back to Tennessee?
Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be,
Baby, won't you carry me back to Tennessee?
Terrapin: Lady With a Fan by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter 9/78
Let my inspiration flow in token rhyme
suggesting rhythm that will not forsake me
til my tale is told and done
While the firelight's aglow
strange shadows from the flames will grow
til things we've never seen will seem familiar
Shadows of the sailor forming
winds both foul and fair all swarm
down in Carlisle he loved a lady many years ago
Here beside him stands a man
a soldier from the looks of him
who came through many fights but lost at love
While the storyteller speaks
a door within the fire creaks
suddenly flies open and a girl is standing there
Eyes alight with glowing hair
all that fancy paints as fair
she takes her fan and throws it in the lion's den
Which of you to gain me, tell
will risk uncertain pains of hell
I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance
The sailor gave at least a try
the soldier being much too wise
strategy was his strength and not disaster
The sailor coming out again
the lady fairly lept at him
that's how it stands today
you decide if he was wise
The storyteller makes no choice
soon you will not hear his voice
his job is to shed light
and not to master
Since the end is never told
we pay the teller off in gold
in hopes he will come back
but he can not be bought or sold
Terrapin Station by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter 11/78
Inspiration move me brightly
like a song with scents and colors
hold away despair
More than this I will not ask
faced with mystery's dark advance
statements just seem vain at last
Some rise, some fall, some climb
to get to Terrapin
Counting stars by candelight
all are dim but one is bright,
The spiral light of Venus
rising first and shining best
Oh! from the northwest corner
of a brand new crescent moon
crickets and cicadas sing
and play a different tune: Terrapin Station
in the shadow of the moon: Terrapin Station
and I know we'll be there soon
Terrapin! I can't figure out
Terrapin! if it's the end or beginning
Terrapin! but the train's put its brakes on
and the whistle is screaming
Terrapin by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter
While you were gone
these spaces filled with darkness
the obvious was hid
with nothing to believe in
the compass always points to Terrapin
Solemn wings of fortune beat like rain
You're back in Terrapin for good or ill again
for good or ill again
Terrapin!
Terrapin!
Terrapin!
Terrapin!
That's It For the Other One by Jerry Garcia 11/78
The other day they waited, the sky was dark and faded,
solemnly they stated, "He has to die, you know he has to die."
All the children learnin', from books that they were burnin',
every leaf was turnin'; to watch him die, you know he had to die.
The summer sun looked down on him, his mother could but frown on him,
And all the others sound on him, but it doesn't seem to matter.
And when the day had ended, with rainbow colors blended,
his mind remained unbended, he had to die, you know he had to die.
A spanish lady comes to me, she lays on me this rose.
It's rainbows spiral round and round and tremble then explode.
It left a smokin' crater of my mind I'd like to have blown away.
The heat came round and busted me for smilin' on a cloudy day.
Comin', comin', comin' around, comin' around,
comin' around, in a circle
Comin', comin', comin' around, comin' around, in a circle,
Comin', comin', comin' around, comin' in a circle.
Escaping through the lilly fields I came across an empty space,
it trembled then exploded, left a busstop in it's place.
The bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began,
There was cowboy Neal at the wheel and the bus to never-never land.
Comin', comin', comin' around, comin' around,
comin' around, in a circle
Comin', comin', comin' around, comin' around, in a circle,
Comin', comin', comin' around, comin' in a circle.
And when the day had ended, with rainbow colors blended,
their minds remained unbended,
He had to die, Oh, you know he had to die.
They Love Each Other by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter 3/76
Mary run around, sailin' up and down,
looking for a shore in some direction.
Got it from the top, it's nothing you can stop,
Lord, you know they made a fine connection.
They love each other,
Lord you can see that it's true,
Lord you can see that it's true,
Lord you can see that it's true.
He could pass his time, around some other line
but you know he choose this place beside her.
Don't get in their way, there's nothing you can say,
nothing that you need to add or do.
They love each other,
Lord you can see that it's true,
Lord you can see that it's true,
Lord you can see that it's true.
It's nothing, they explain, it's like a diesel train
you better not be there when it runs over,
and when that train rolls in, you wonder where it's been,
ya gotta try and see a little further.
They love each other,
Lord you can see that it's true,
Lord you can see that it's true,
Lord you can see that it's true.
Til the Morning Comes by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter 8/74
Til the morning comes, it'll do you fine,
til the morning comes, like a highway sign,
showing you the way, leaving no doubt,
of the way on in or the way back out.
Tell you what I'll do, I'll watch out for you,
you're my woman now, make yourself easy,
make yourself easy, make yourself easy.
Til we all fall down, it'll do you fine,
don't think about what you left behind,
the way you came or the way you go,
let your tracks be lost in the dark and snow.
Tell you what I'll do, I'll watch out for you,
you're my woman now, make yourself easy,
make yourself easy, make yourself easy.
When the shadows grow, it'll do you fine,
when the cold winds blow, it'll ease your mind,
the shape it takes could be yours to choose,
what you may win, what you may lose.
Tell you what I'll do, I'll watch out for you,
you're my woman now, make yourself easy,
make yourself easy, make yourself easy.
You're my woman now, make yourself easy.
You're my woman now, make yourself easy.
You're my woman now, make yourself easy.
You're my woman now, make yourself easy.
To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter and Bill Kreutzmann 10/74
To lay me down, once more, to lay me down
with my head in sparklin' clover
let the world go by, all lost in dreamin'
to lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
To be with you, once more, to be with you.
with our bodies close together
let the world go by, like clouds a'streamin'
to lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
to lay me down, to lay me down
to lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
to lie with you, once more, to lie with you
with our dreams entwined together
to wake beside you, my love still sleepin'
to tell sweet lies, one last time and say good night
to lay me down, to lay me down
to lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
to lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
to lay me down, to lay me down
to lay me down, to lay me down
to lay me down
Tore Up Over You by Hank Ballard
Ever since you been gone
I just cried the whole night long
Since the day you said goodbye
Left me sore, no lie, no lie
Tore up over you, and I just can't find my way.
Tore up! Yeah, yeah, yeah, tore up,
Woh-oh-oh tore up! Yeah, yeah, yeah, tore up,
Tore up over you, and I just can't find my way.
Never loved me like ya told me so
If you did how could you go?
It was you, not me, that left
And went away with someone else
Tore up over you, and I just can't find my way.
Tore up! Yeah, yeah, yeah, tore up,
Woh-oh-oh tore up! Yeah, yeah, yeah, tore up,
Tore up over you, and I just can't find my way.
Tell me what did I do
To make you go away?
Tell me what can I do
To make you come back to stay?
Tore up over you, and I just can't find my way.
Tore up! Yeah, yeah, yeah, tore up,
Woh-oh-oh tore up! Yeah, yeah, yeah, tore up,
Tore up over you, and I just can't find my way.
Truckin' by Jerry Garcia,Bob Weir,Phil Lesh,and Robert Hunter 8/74
Truckin', got my chips cashed in,
Keep truckin', like the do-dah man
Together, more or less in line,
Just keep truckin' on.
Arrows of neon and flashin' marquees out on main street,
Chicago, New York, Detroit and it's all on the same street.
Your typical city involved in a typical daydream.
Hang it up and see what tommorrow brings.
Dallas, got a soft machine;
Houston, too close to New Orleans;
New York's got the ways and means;
But just won't let you be, oh no.
Most of the cats that you meet on the streets speak of true love.
Most of the time they're sittin' and cryin' at home.
One of these days they know they better get goin'
Out of the door and down on the street all alone.
Truckin', like the do-dah man
Once told me "Gotta play your hand.
Sometimes your cards ain't worth a dime
If you don't lay'em down."
Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me;
Other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip it's been.
Now what in the world ever became of sweet Jane?
She's lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same.
Livin' on reds, and vitamin C, and cocaine,
All a friend can say is ain't it a shame.
Truckin', up to Buffalo,
Been thinkin' you got to mellow slow.
It takes time, you pick a place to go
And just keep truckin' on.
Sittin' and starin' out of the hotel window.
Got a tip they're gonna kick the door in again.
I like to get some sleep before I travel,
But if you got a warrant, I guess you're gonna come in.
Busted, down on Bourbon Street.
Set up, like a bowling pin.
Knocked down, it get's to wearin' thin,
They just won't let you be, oh no.
You're sick of hangin' around and you'd like to travel;
Get tired of travelin' and you want to settle down.
I guess they can't revoke your soul for tryin',
Get out of the door and light out and look all around.
Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me;
Other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip it's been.
Truckin' , I'm a goin' home,
Whoa whoa baby, back where I belong,
Back home, sit down and patch my bones
And git back truckin' on.
Hey now git back truckin' home.
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larry kolodney (The Devil's Advocate)
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