Posted on 01/16/2009 10:05:18 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
But without Garcia there is no Dead.
Better the Dead (even without Jerry) than the hip hop rap trash that much of The One’s constituency listen to.
But still a very strange choice.
“Blues For Allah”
Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia
Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission.
Arabian wind
The Needle’s Eye is thin
The Ships of State sail on mirage
but drown in sand
in No-Man’s Land
where ALLAH does command
What good is spilling
blood? It will not
grow a thing
“TASTE ETERNITY”
the sword sings Blues for ALLAH
In’sh’ALLAH
They lie where they fall
There’s nothing more to say
The desert stars are bright tonight,
let’s meet as friends
The flower of Islam
The fruit of Abraham
The thousand stories have
come round to one again
Arabian Night
our gods pursue their fight
What fatal flowers of
darkness spring from
seeds of light
Bird of Paradise - Fly
In white sky
Blues for ALLAH
In’sh’ALLAH
Let’s see with our heart
these things our eyes have seen
and know the truth will still lie
somewhere in between
Under eternity
Under eternity
Under eternity
Blue
Bird of Paradise
Fly
In white sky
Under eternity
Blues
for ALLAH
In’sh’ALLAH
“Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo”
Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia
Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission
On the day that I was born
Daddy sat down and cried
I had the mark just as plain as day
which could not be denied
They say that Cain caught Abel
rolling loaded dice,
ace of spades behind his ear
and him not thinking twice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0877FWNLZ98
Friend of the Devil - Grateful Dead featuring Jerry Garcia ;o)
I wish the 60’s would be over already!
Okay. I’ve figured out why they wanted the Dead to sing. They wanted this song as the anthem for their administration...
“Ship of Fools”
Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia
Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission.
Went to see the captain
strangest I could find
Layed my proposition down
Layed it on the line;
I won’t slave for beggar’s pay
likewise gold and jewels
but I would slave to learn the way
to sink your ship of fools
Ship of fools
on a cruel sea
Ship of fools
sail away from me
It was later than I thought
when I first believed you
now I cannot share your laughter
Ship of Fools
Saw your first ship sink and drown
from rocking of the boat
and all that could not sink or swim
was just left there to float
I won’t leave you drifting down
but woah it makes me wild
with thirty years upon my head
to have you call me child
Ship of fools
on a cruel sea
Ship of fools
sail away from me
It was later than I thought
when I first believed you
now I cannot share your laughter
Ship of Fools
The bottles stand as empty
as they were filled before
Time there was and plenty
but from that cup no more
Though I could not caution all I yet may warn a few:
Don’t lend your hand to raise no flag
atop no ship of fools
Ship of fools
on a cruel sea
Ship of fools
sail away from me
It was later than I thought
when I first believed you
now I cannot share your laughter
Ship of Fools
No I cannot share your laughter
Ship of Fools
That'll work.
I am not suprised. There is something about the whole Obama phenomenon that seems like Woodstock redux. I have a feeling it won’t be long before the real world delivers a rude awakening to these aging adolescents.
“The Grateful Dead doesn’t exist without Garcia, period”
You are right and if Obama has him there, I’ll be impressed.
Yeah, but when the 60's rehash is finally over next in line will be a rehash of the 70's and that can only mean one thing: a return of Disco......>>>>>shudder<<<<<<
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