 Genius Meanings
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The Grateful Dead – Sugaree
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“Sugaree” first appeared in 1972 on Garcia’s solo album. It makes references to an earlier song also called Sugaree. It’s a song about co-conspiration, forgiveness, and self
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Jerry Garcia – Sugaree
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[Verse 1] / When they come to take you down / When they bring that wagon 'round / When they come to call on you / And drag your poor body down / [Pre-Chorus] / Just one thing I ask
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The Grateful Dead – Sugaree - Live at Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis (Live Broadcast)
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[Verse 1: Jerry Garcia] / When they come to take you down / When they bring that wagon 'round / When they come to call on you / And drag your poor body down / [Pre-Chorus: Jerry
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The Grateful Dead – Sugaree (Live at the Palestra, Rochester, NY, October 26, 1971)
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[Verse 1] / When they come to take you down / When they bring that wagon 'round / When they come to call on you / And drag your poor body down / [Pre-Chorus] / Just one thing I ask
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The Grateful Dead – Sugaree (Live at Great American Music Hall, SF, 8/13/75)
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[Verse 1] / When they come to take you down / When they bring that wagon 'round / When they come to call on you / And drag your poor body down / [Pre-Chorus] / Just one thing I ask
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The Grateful Dead – Comes a Time (Live at Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, WA, July 21, 1972)
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[Chorus] / Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand, says "Don't you see? / Gotta make it somehow on the dreams you still believe." / Don't give it up, you got an empty cup
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The Grateful Dead – Tennessee Jed (Live at Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, WA, July 21, 1972)
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[Verse 1] / Cold iron shackles and ball and chain / Listen to the whistle of the evening train / You know you bound to wind up dead / If you don't head back to Tennessee, Jed / [
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Phosphorescent & Jenny Lewis (Ft. Jenny Lewis) – Sugaree
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[Verse 1] / When they come to take you down / When they bring that wagon 'round / When they come to call on you / And drag your body down / [Pre-Chorus] / Just one thing I ask of
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The Grateful Dead – Althea
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The instrumentality in “Althea” are among the favorites for many Dead Heads, including Senator Al Franken (he proclaims this in Episode 5 of Long Strange Trip).
Robert Hunter’s
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The Grateful Dead – China Cat Sunflower (Live in Veneta, Oregon, August 27, 1972)
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Look for a while at the china cat sunflower / Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun / Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono / Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream night
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The Grateful Dead – Greatest Story Ever Told (Live at Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, CA, December 28, 1979)
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[Verse 1] / Moses come riding up on a quasar / His spurs were jingling, the door was ajar / His buckle was silver, his manner was bold / I asked him to come on in out of the cold
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The Grateful Dead – Sage and Spirit (Live at Great American Music Hall, SF, 8/13/75)
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[Instrumental]
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The Grateful Dead (Ft. Bill Graham (Promoter)) – Introduction (Live at Great American Music Hall, SF, 8/13/75)
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[Announcer: Bill Graham] / Good evening, we welcome you, on behalf of the group / We should introduce... / On the piano, we have Mister Keith Godchaux / On the drums, on stage left
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The Grateful Dead – High Time (Live at Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, June 21, 1976)
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[Verse 1] / You told me goodbye, how was I to know / You didn't mean goodbye, you meant please don't let me go / [Chorus] / I was having a high time, living the good life / Well
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The Grateful Dead – Casey Jones - Live at Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis (Live Broadcast)
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Driving that train, high on cocaine / Casey Jones you'd better watch your speed / Trouble ahead, trouble behind / And you know that notion just crossed my mind / This old engine
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The Grateful Dead – Cryptical Envelopment
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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
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The Grateful Dead – Mind Left Body Jam
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[Instrumental]
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The Grateful Dead – Deal
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Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia
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The Grateful Dead – Loser (Live at Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO, December 10, 1971)
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[Verse 1] / If I had a gun for every ace I have drawn / I could arm a town the size of Abilene / Don't you push me, baby, 'cause I'm moaning low / And you know I'm only in it for
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The Grateful Dead – Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad (Live at the Palladium, NYC, April 30, 1977)
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[Chorus] / Goin' down the road feeling bad / Goin' down the road feeling bad / Goin' down the road feeling bad, bad, bad / I don't want to be treated this a-way / [Verse 1] / Going
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The Grateful Dead – Ramble on Rose
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Filled with many historical, literary, and musical references, “Ramble on Rose” is one of those Grateful Dead songs that raises more questions than it answers. Is the narrator
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The Grateful Dead – I Know You Rider (Live at Academy of Music, New York, NY, March 28, 1972)
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[Chorus] / I know you, rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone / I know you, rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone / Gonna miss your baby, from rolling in your arms / [Verse 1] / Laid down
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The Grateful Dead – Tennessee Jed [Live at Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD, 9/17/72]
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Cold iron shackles, ball and chain / Listen to the whistle of the evenin' train / You know you bound to wind up dead / If you don't head back to Tennessee Jed / Rich man step on my
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The Grateful Dead – Comes a Time
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[Chorus] / Comes a time when the blind-man takes your hand, says "Don't you see? / Gotta make it somehow on the dreams you still believe." / Don't give it up, you got an empty cup
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The Grateful Dead – They Love Each Other (Live at Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO, November 21, 1973)
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[Verse 1] / Merry run around, sailin' up and down / Looking for a shove in some direction / Got it from the top, it's nothing you can stop / Lord, you know they made a fine
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The Grateful Dead – Tennessee Jed (Live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, May 19, 1974)
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[Verse 1] / Cold iron shackles and ball and chain / Listen to the whistle of the evening train / You know you bound to wind up dead / If you don't head back to Tennessee, Jed / [
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The Grateful Dead – Run Rudolph Run
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Out of all the reindeer you know you're the mastermind / Run, run Rudolph, Randalph's not too far behind / Run, run Rudolph, Santa's got to make it to town / Randalph he can hurry
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The Grateful Dead – Looks Like Rain (Live at Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO, November 21, 1973)
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[Verse 1] / I woke today, felt your side of the bed / The covers were still warm where you'd been layin' / You were gone, my heart was filled with dread / You might not be sleeping
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The Grateful Dead – High Time (Live at Radio City Music Hall, NYC, October 25, 1980)
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[Verse 1] / You told me goodbye, how was I to know / You didn't mean goodbye, you meant please don't let me go / [Chorus] / I was having a high time, living the good life / Well
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The Grateful Dead – Casey Jones
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The Dead’s take on the legend of John Luther “Casey” Jones, from Cayce, Kentucky, who did indeed leave Memphis' Central Station at a quarter to nine, ignored a signal to stop, and
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The Grateful Dead – Tennessee Jed
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Tennessee Jed was the title character of a radio show that ran from 1945 to 1947. “Jed” – the Dead song – was the result of an inebriated night in Barcelona. It is the musical
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The Grateful Dead – Terrapin Station (Live in Hartford, CT, May 28, 1977)
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Lady with a Fan / 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
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The Grateful Dead – Tennessee Jed (Live at Pershing Municipal Auditorium, Lincoln, NE, February 26, 1973)
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[Verse 1] / Cold iron shackles and ball and chain / Listen to the whistle of the evening train / You know you bound to wind up dead / If you don't head back to Tennessee, Jed / [
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The Grateful Dead – Comes a Time (Live at the Palestra, Rochester, NY, October 26, 1971)
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[Chorus] / Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand, says "Don't you see? / Gotta make it somehow on the dreams you still believe." / Don't give it up, you got an empty cup
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The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues
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“U.S. Blues” is a reflection of the political atmosphere in 1974, in which the specter of a modern-day presidential impeachment was no longer a fantasy, but an emerging reality.
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The Grateful Dead – Not Fade Away / Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad
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I wanna tell you how it's gonna be / You're gonna give your love to me / I wanna love you night and day / You know my love not fade away / You know my love not fade away / Not fade
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The Grateful Dead – Blues for Allah (Live at Great American Music Hall, SF, 8/13/75)
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[Blues For Allah / Sand Castles & Glass Camels / Unusual Occurrences in the Desert] / Arabian wind / The needle's eye is thin / The Ships of State sail on mirage / And drown in
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The Grateful Dead – Looks Like Rain (Live at Pershing Municipal Auditorium, Lincoln, NE, February 26, 1973)
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[Verse 1] / I woke today, felt your side of the bed / The covers were still warm where you'd been layin' / You were gone, my heart was filled with dread / You might not be sleeping
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The Grateful Dead – Beat It On Down the Line (Live at Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO, December 10, 1971)
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[Verse 1] / Well, this job I've got is a little too hard / I'm running out of money, Lord, I need more pay / Gonna wake up in the morning, Lord, I'm gonna pack my bag / I'm gonna
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