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Box Of Rain
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Look out of any window
any morning, any evening, any day
Maybe the sun is shining
birds are winging or
rain is falling from a heavy sky--
What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
For this is all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago
Walk out of any doorway
feel your way, feel your way
like the day before
Maybe you'll find direction
around some corner
where it's been waiting to meet you--
What do you want me to do,
to watch for you while you're sleeping?
Well, please don't be surprised
when you find me dreamin' too
Look into any eyes
you find by you, you can see
clear to another day
I know it's been seen before
through other eyes on other days
while goin' home--
What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
It's all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago |
Walk into splintered sunlight
Inch your way through dead dreams
to another land
Maybe you're tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted
with words half spoken
and thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
A box of rain will ease the pain
and love will see you through
Just a box of rain
wind and water
believe it if you need it
if you don't just pass it on
Sun and shower, wind and rain
in and out the window
like a moth before the flame
It's just a box of rain
I don't know who put it there
Believe it if you need it
or leave it if you dare
But it's just a box of rain
or a ribbon for your hair
Such a long, long time to be gone
and a short time to be there
"Phil Lesh wanted a song to sing to his dying father
and had composed a piece complete with every vocal nuance but the words.
If ever a lyric 'wrote itself' this did -- as fast as the pen would pull."
-- Robert Hunter
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Friend
Of The Devil
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I lit out from Reno
I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didn't get to sleep that night
Till the morning came around
I set out running but I take my time
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I might get some sleep tonight
I ran into the Devil, babe
He loaned me twenty bills
I spent that night in Utah
In a cave up in the hills
I set out running but I take my time
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I might get some sleep tonight
I ran down to the levee
But the Devil caught me there
He took my twenty-dollar bill
And he vanished in the air
I set out running but I take my time
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I might get some sleep tonight |
Got two reasons why I cry
away each lonely night
First one's named sweet Anne Marie
and she's my heart's delight
Second one is prison, baby
the sheriff's on my trail
If he catches up with me
I'll spend my life in jail
Got a wife in Chino, babe
And one in Cherokee
First one says she's got my child
But it don't look like me
I set out running but I take my time
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I might get some sleep tonight
You can borrow from the Devil
You can borrow from a friend
But the Devil will give you twenty
When your friend got only ten
I set out running but I take my time
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I might get some sleep tonight
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| Sugar
Magnolia |
Sugar Magnolia blossom's bloomin'
Head's 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 skimming 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
She can dance a Cajun rhythm
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 blue bell
Caught up in sunlight |
Come on out singing
I'll walk you 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 in the summer night moonlight
Crazy 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 you the tall trees
Going where the wind goes
Blooming like a red rose
Breathing more freely
Light out singing
I'll walk you in the morning sunshine
Sunshine daydream
Walk you in the sunshine
Sunshine daydream
Lyrics in italics were written by Bob Weir.
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| Candyman |
Come all you pretty women
with your hair hanging down
Open up your windows 'cause
the Candyman's in town
Come on, boys, and gamble
Roll those laughing bones
Seven come eleven, boys
I'll take your money home
Look out
Look out
The Candyman
Here he come
and he's gone again
Pretty lady ain't
got no friend
Till the Candyman
come 'round again
I come in from Memphis
where I learned to talk the jive
When I get back to Memphis
be one less man alive.
Good mornin', Mr. Benson
I see you're doin' well
If I had me a shotgun
I'd blow you straight to Hell |
Look out
Look out
The Candyman
Here he come
and he's gone again
Pretty lady ain't
got no friend
Till the Candyman
come 'round again
Come on, boys, and wager
if you have got the mind
If you got a dollar, boys
lay it on the line
Hand me my old guitar
Pass the whiskey 'round
Want you to tell everybody you meet
the Candyman's in town
Look out
Look out
The Candyman
Here he come
and he's gone again
Pretty lady ain't
got no friend
Till the Candyman
come 'round again
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| Ripple |
If my words did glow
with the gold of sunshine
and my tunes were played
on the harp unstrung
would you hear my voice
come through the music
would you hold it near
as it were your own?
It's a hand-me-down
The thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better
left unsung
I don't know
Don't really care
Let there be songs
to fill the air
Ripple in still water
when there is no pebble tossed
nor wind to blow
Reach out your hand
if your cup be empty
If your cup is full
may it be again |
Let it be known
there is a fountain
that was not made
by the hands of men
There is a road
no simple highway
between the dawn
and the dark of night
And if you go
no one may follow
That path is for
your steps alone
Ripple in still water
when there is no pebble tossed
nor wind to blow
You who choose
to lead must follow
but if you fall
you fall alone
If you should stand
then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way
I would take you home
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| Broke-Down
Palace |
Fare you well, my honey
Fare you well my only true one
All the birds that were singing
Have flown except you alone
Going to leave this broke-down palace
On my hands and my knees I will roll, roll, roll
Make myself a bed by the waterside
In my time -- in my time -- I will roll, roll, roll
In a bed, in a bed
by the waterside I will lay my head
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul
River gonna take me
Sing me sweet and sleepy
Sing me sweet and sleepy
all the way back home |
It's a far-gone lullaby
sung many years ago
Mama, Mama many worlds I've come
since I first left home
Going home, going home
by the waterside I will rest my bones
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul
Going to plant a weeping willow
On the bank's green edge, it will grow, grow, grow
Sing a lullaby beside the water
Lovers come and go -- the river roll, roll, roll.
Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul
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| Till
The Morning Comes |
Till the morning comes
It'll do you fine
Till 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
Till 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 |
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
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| Attics
Of My Life |
In the attics of my life
Full of cloudy dreams unreal
Full of tastes no tongue can know
And lights no eye can see
When there was no ear to hear
You sang to me
I have spent my life
Seeking all that's still unsung
Bent my ear to hear the tune
And closed my eyes to see
When there were no strings to play
You played to me
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In the book of love's own dream
Where all the print is blood
Where all the pages are my days
And all my lights grow old
When I had no wings to fly
You flew to me
You... flew... to me
In the secret space of dreams
Where I dreaming lay amazed
When the secrets all are told
And the petals all unfold
When there was no dream of mine
You dreamed of me
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| Truckin' |
Truckin' -- got my chips cashed in
Keep Truckin' -- like the doodah man
Together -- more or less in line
Just keep Truckin' on
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street
Chicago, New York, Detroit, 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 -- got the ways and means
but just won't let you be
Most of the cats that you meet on the street speak of
True Love
Most of the time they're sittin' and cryin' at home
One of these days they know they gotta get goin'
out of the door and down to the street all alone
Truckin' -- like the doodah man
once told me you got to play your hand
sometime -- the cards ain't worth a dime
if you don't lay 'em down
Sometimes the light's all shining on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long strange trip it's been
What in the world ever became of sweet Jane?
She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
Living on reds, 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
Takes time -- you pick a place to go
and just keep Truckin' on
Sitting and staring out of a hotel window
Got a tip they're gonna kick the door in again
I'd 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 gets to wearing thin
They just won't let you be
You're sick of hanging around and you'd like to travel
Tired of travel, you want to settle down
I guess they can't revoke your soul for trying
Get out of the door -- light out and look all around
Sometimes the light's all shining on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
what a long strange trip it's been
Truckin' -- I'm goin' home
Whoa-oh, baby, back where I belong
Back home -- sit down and patch my bones
and get back Truckin' on
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