Jerry Garcia - Run For The Roses Lyrics. Grateful Dead:Jack-A-Roe Lyrics. Grateful Dead There was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwellHe had a beautiful daughter, the truth to you I'll tellOh, the truth to you I'll tell She had sweethearts aplenty, and men of high degreeBut none but Jack the sailor, her true love there could beOh, her true love there could be Jackie's gone a-sailing with trouble on his mindHe's left his native country, and his darling girl behindOh, his darling girl behind She went down to a tailor's shop and dressed in mens' arrayShe climbed on board a vessel to convey herself awayOh, to convey herself away.
Before you get on board, sir, your name we'd like to knowShe smiled all in her countenance, "They call me Jack-A-Roe. " I see your waist is slender, your fingers they are smallYour cheeks too red and rosy to face the cannonball.Oh, to face the cannonball. I know my waist is slender, my fingers, they are smallBut it would not make me tremble to see ten thousand fallOh, to see ten thousand fall. The Annotated "Jack Straw" "We used to play for silver, now we play for life" An installment in The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics.
By David Dodd Research Associate, Music Dept., University of California, Santa Cruz Copyright notice "Jack Straw" Words by Robert Hunter; music by Bob Weir Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission We can share the women We can share the wine We can share what we got of yours 'Cause we done shared all of mine Keep a rolling Just a mile to go Keep on rolling, my old buddy You're moving much too slow I just jumped the watchman Right outside the fence Took his ring, four bucks in change Now ain't that heaven sent? The Annotated "Terrapin Station" An installment in The Grateful Dead Lyrics.
By David Dodd Research Associate, Music Dept., University of California, Santa Cruz Copyright notice Deadlit topics 22 and 100 on the WELL are about "Terrapin Station. " Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission. Let my inspiration flow. The Annotated "China Cat Sunflower" An installment in the Grateful Dead Lyrics. By David Dodd 1997-1998 Research Associate, Music Dept., University of California Santa Cruz Copyright notice China Cat Sunflower Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission. Look for awhile at the China Cat Sunflower proud-walking jingle in the midnight sun Copper-dome Bodhi drip a silver kimono like a crazy-quilt stargown through a dream night wind Krazy Kat peeking through a lace bandana. The Annotated "Franklin's Tower" The Annotated "Fire On the Mountain" "You gave all you had, why you want to give more?
" An installment in The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics. By David Dodd 1997-1998 Research Associate, Music Dept., University of California, Santa Cruz "Fire On the Mountain" Words by Robert Hunter; music by Mickey Hart Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission. Long distance runner what you standing there for? The Annotated "Scarlet Begonias" Two days later, the group began recording From the Mars Hotel, on which the song appears.
(DeadBase) Blair Jackson, in Grateful Dead: the Music Never Stopped, says this about the song: "`Scarlet Begonias" remains one of Hunter and Garcia's very best songs, with its intricate percolating rhythm...a bright, tuneful melody, and dreamy lyrics: `The wind in the willows played "Tea for Two'/The sky was yellow and the sun was blue,' the final verse begins, continuing with a wonderfully worded sentiment that describes the bond between Deadheads and the band--`Strangers stoppin' strangers/just to shake their hand/Everybody's playing in the heart of gold band.' If there is one sentiment that is repeated over and over again by both Deadheads and the band, it is that they feel they are all actually part of the same animal, in the same sense that a Grateful Dead show is a giant gestalt in which the band and the audience support each other.
The Annotated "Dark Star" "Shall we go, you and I while we can?
" Another in the Annotated Grateful Dead lyrics series. by David Dodd 1997-98 Research Associate, Music Dept., University of California, Santa Cruz Copyright notice Steven Skaggs' essay: "Dark Star As an Example of Transcendental Aesthetics. "Reader comments are available. See Dwight Holmes' Starbase site for a project which will ultimately annotate every live version of "Dark Star. " A look at the prosody of the lyric. Dark Star words by Robert Hunter; music by Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, and Weir Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission. Dark star crashes pouring its light into ashes Reason tatters the forces tear loose from the axis Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion shall we go, you and I While we can?
Dark Star What can I say about "Dark Star"? First recorded as a single, available on What a Long Strange Trip it's Been. Covers: Tom Constanten on Fresh Tracks in Real Time (1989) and on Nightfall of Diamonds. Rob. The Annotated "That's It For The Other One" "The bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began" An installment in The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics.
By David Dodd Research Associate, Music Department University of California, Santa Cruz. Copyright notice Some interpretations: contributions from the WELL Deadlit conference.