3/30/80 Far From Me 7/22/90
(Brent Mydland)

You say you want to try again, wear it down between the lines
Well, I have a better end in mind it doesn't seem to really have you
Close your eyes to see though I know you don't mean to be
You are so far from me

There was something I had caught inside screaming hard to make it go
And tied me down low, it doesn't seem you really have to
Close you eyes to see, you've been all you'll be to me
Though I know you don't mean to be, it's just too late
And we can't relate at all

This is the last time I wanna say so long
This song is my last song for you
There's just nothing here to hold on to
Baby, nothing to hold on to

9/13/87 Fever 9/13/87
(Davenport, Cooley)

Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care.
When you put your arms around me I get a fever that's so hard to break
Give me fever. Fever when you hold me tight.
Fever in the morning, fever all through the night.

The sun lights up the day, the moon lights up the night.
I light up when you call me name cause I know you gonna treat me right
Fever, fever, give me kisses, fever when you hold me tight.
Fever, in the morning, fever all through the night.
Fever, crazy like the fever, that is something you all know.
Fever isn't such a new thing, fever started long ago.

Captain Smith like Pokahannis, in the very mad affair.
When her daddy tried to kill her, she said, "Daddy, oh don't you dare"
You give me fever, fever when you hold me tight.
Fever, in the morning, fever all through the night.
Romeo love Juliet, Juliet she failed to save.
When he put his arms around her he said "Julie better hold on t'faith"
Fever, fever with our kisses, fever with our planning, fever.

I'm a wide duck, the fever in my mind was you.
Now, you listen to my story, here's the point that I have made.
Chicks are born to give you fever, get bear hives then they break.
They give you fever with their kisses, fever when they hold you tight.
Fever, in the morning, fever all through the night.

3/31/80 Feel Like A Stranger 7/5/95
(Bob Weir, John Barlow)

Inside you're burnin' I can see clear through
Your eyes tell more than you mean them to
Lit up and flashin' like the reds and blues
Out there on the neon avenue
Well I, feel like a stranger (feel like a stranger)

Well the music's thunderin', restless and hot
You keep firin' me glances across the room
And I can't stop wonderin' just what you got
Get the feeling I'm going to find out real soon
But I feel like a stranger (feel like a stranger)
So let's get on with the show, let's go

Yes, and the wheels it's smokin 'round midnight
You show me a look that says "Let's go"
Yes, and it feels about like running a red light
Now there ain't no point in looking behind us, no!
Still I feel like a stranger (feel like a stranger)
You know It's gonna get stranger, let's get on with the show

If this were love now how would I know? How would I know?
Feel like a stranger
Gonna be a long, long, crazy, crazy night
Silky, silky, crazy, crazy night

3/18/77 Fire On The Mountain 7/2/95
(Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter)

Long distance runner, what you standin' there for?
Get up, get out, get out of the door
Your playin' cold music on the barroom floor
Drowned in your laughter and dead to the core.
There's a dragon with matches that's loose on the town
Takes a whole pail of water just to cool him down.

Fire! Fire on the mountain!

Almost ablaze still you don't feel the heat
It takes all you got just to stay on the beat.
You say it's a livin', we all gotta eat
But you're here alone, there's no one to compete.
If Mercy's a bus'ness, I wish it for you
More than just ashes when your dreams come true.

Fire! Fire on the mountain!

Long distance runner, what you holdin' out for?
Caught in slow motion in a dash for the door.
The flame from your stage has now spread to the floor
You gave all you had. Why you wanna give more?
The more that you give, the more it will take
To the thin line beyond which you really can't fake.

Fire! Fire on the mountain!

6/19/88 Foolish Heart 6/27/95
(Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter)

Carve your name,
Carve your name in ice and wind.
Search for where,
Search for where the rivers' end, or where the river starts.
Do everything that's in you,
You feel to be your part.
But never give your love my friend,
Unto a foolish heart.
Unto a foolish heart.

Learn to read,
Read from ledgers high and wild.
Learn to speak,
Speak with wisdom like a child,
Directly to the heart.
Crown yourself the king of clowns,
Or stand way back apart.
But never give your love my friend,
Unto a foolish heart.
Unto a foolish heart.

Shun a friend,
Shun a brother or a friend.
Have a look,
Have a look around the bend, or check the weather chart.
Sign the Mona Lisa with a spray can, call it art.
But never give your love my friend,
Unto a foolish heart.
Unto a foolish heart.

A foolish heart will call on you
To toss your dreams away.
Turn around and blame you,
For the way you went astray.

A foolish heart will cause you grief,
And often make you hurt.
A selfish heart is trouble,
But a foolish heart is worse.

Bite the hand,
Bite the hand that bakes your bread.
Dare to lead,
Where the angels fear to tread,
'till you are torn apart,
Start the fire of paradise,
With coals from Hell to start.
But never give your love my friend,
Unto a foolish heart.
Unto a foolish heart.

Unto a foolish heart,
Unto a foolish heart,
Unto a foolish heart,
Unto a foolish heart.

11/3/91 Forever Young 11/3/91
(Bob Dylan)

May God bless and keep you always, may your wishes all come true.
May you always do for others and let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung,
May you stay forever young.

Forever young, forever young, may you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true.
May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you.
May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong.
May you stay forever young.

Forever young, forever young, may you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy, may your feet always be swift.
May you have a strong foundation when the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful, may your songs always be sung.
May you stay forever young.

Forever young, forever young, may you stay forever young.

France
(Mickey Hart, Bob Weir, Robert Hunter)

Way down in the south of France all the ladies love to dance
kick their heels up in the air snap their fingers for romance

While the gentlemen compare blonde or black or auburn hair
check the motion and the style Oh, you know they take their while

Hey, to make the motion more complete, yeah, to make it more a treat
Club D'Jour is where to go come on down and see the show

When the rhythm's really right you can burn it down tonight
when the singing's really fine sweet as Spanish sherry wine

When the club can't contain the beat it just rolls out in the street
spills on down the avenue bringing dancers to their feet.

When it's good as it can be it gets better wait and see
oh, these folks don't ever sleep till they're passed out in the street

Way down in the south of France all the ladies love to dance
clap their hands and walk on air, yeah, the feeling's really there
won't you take a little taste raise it to your charming face?

When the rhythm's really right you can burn it down tonight
when the singing's really fine sweet as Spanish sherry wine

Go on take a chance, the ladies do love to dance.

6/17/75 Franklin's Tower 6/22/95
(Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzman)

In another times forgotten space
Your eyes looked from your mother's face
Wallflower seed on the sand and stone
May the four winds blow you safely home.

Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew

I'll tell you where the four winds dwell
In Franklin's tower there hangs a bell
It can ring, turn night to day
It can ring like fire when you loose your way.

Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew

God save the child that rings that bell
It may have one good ring, baby, you can't tell
One watch by night, one watch by day
If you get confused listen to the music play.

(instrumental)

Some come to laugh their past away
Some come to make it just one more day
Whichever way your pleasure tends
If you plant ice you're gonna harvest the wind.

Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew

In Franklin's tower the four winds sleep
Like four lean hounds the lighthouse keep
Wildflower seed on the sand and wind
May the four winds blow you home again.

Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
You'd better roll away the dew

Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
You'd better roll away the dew - roll away.

2/28/70 Friend of the Devil 6/24/95
(Jerry Garcia, John Dawson, Robert Hunter)

I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didn't get to sleep last night 'till the morning came around.

Set out runnin' but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.

Ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills
I spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills.

Set out runnin' but I take my time, a friend of the devil is a friend of mine,
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.

I ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there
He took my twenty dollar bill and vanished in the air.

Set out runnin' but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.

Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night,
The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie, and she's my hearts delight.
The second one is prison, babe, the sheriff's on my trail,
And if he catches up with me, I'll spend my life in jail.

Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee
The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me.

Set out runnin' but I take my time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine,
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.

8/31/78 From the Heart of Me 2/17/79
(Donna Godchaux)

Voices slide down off the mountain, sunlight turning red
Falls on the earth and it spreads
Even the families lower their heads as they ride

Age old faces of the mountains looming naturally
I wonder if they're looking at me, their monumental eyes I can feel

In the glow of the twilight the thought of home
Reminds me now I'm reaching out to you
Anything I can do to be safe and warm in your arms

All I have from the heart of you

I'd meet you anywhere in the country or anywhere on the sea
All over the world it could be I would follow you with the heart of me

Love calls echo in the valley, dream come true tonight
Remembering you hold me tight in tomorrow morning's light I will fine you

When I awoke the stars were out and shining, shining for you and me
All I ever wanna be is save and warm in your arms
All I have, from the heart of me

6/6/70 Frozen Logger Song 8/25/72
(Stevens, Haglvnd)

As I strolled out one evening within a small cafe
A forty year old waitress to me these words did say
I see that you are a logger and not just a common bum
Because no one but a logger stirs his coffee with his thumb''
My lover was a logger but not like none today
If you'd pour whiskey on it he'd eat a bale of hay

My lover came to see me upon one freezing day
He held me in a fond embrace which broke three vertebrae
Well he kissed me when we parted so hard that he broke my jaw
I could not speak to tell him that he forgot his mackinaw
I saw my logger leaving sauntering through the snow
Going bravely homeward at forty eight below

The weather it tried to freeze him It tried its very best
At a hundred degrees below zero he buttoned up his vest
It froze clear down to china It froze the stars above
At a gazillion degrees below zero It froze her logger love
And so I lost my lover And to this cafe I come
And here I wait till someone Stirs his coffee with his thumb

6/9/77 Funiculi Funicula 4/23/88
(Traditional)

Some think the world is made for fun and frolic
And so do I! And so do I!
Some think it well to be all melancholic
To pine and sigh, to pine and sigh
But I, I love to spend my time in singing
Some joyous song, some joyous song
To set the air with music bravely ringing
Is far from wrong, is far from wrong

Harken! Harken! Music sounds afar
Tralala... Joy is everywhere, funiculi funicula!

Ah me! 'Tis strange that some should take to sighing
And like it well, and like it well
For me, I have not thought it worth the trying
So cannot tell, so cannot tell
With laugh and dance and song the day soon passes
Full soon is gone, full soon is gone
For mirth was made for joyous lads and lasses
To call their own, to call their own

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