![]() Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS). Get the embed code Grateful Dead - The Music Never Stopped (Music from the Motion Picture) Album Lyrics1.Not Fade Away / Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad 2.Ripple (Remastered)3.Sugar Magnolia (Live at Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY)4.Touch of Grey (Live at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ 10/14/89)5.Truckin' (Live at Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN 7/15/89)6.Uncle John's Band (Remastered)Grateful Dead Lyrics provided by If you should stand, then who's to guide you It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Would you hold it near as it were your own? Would you hear my voice come through the music 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 Arrangement. Weir, however, never paid up.If my words did glow with the gold of sunshineĪnd my tunes were played on the harp unstrung Upon getting the request, Weir bet Garcia $10 that he wouldn’t be able to remember the lyrics. According to Dennis McNally’s A Long Strange Trip, this came after Bob Weir got the request from a young man who was dying of an unidentified illness. It was the first they’d done so since 1971. The Dead performed an electric version of “Ripple” at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, on September 3, 1988. Though I can hear Psalms in the lyrics, the song has always reminded me more of Eastern Religion, specifically Buddhism. The still water, the cup, the road at night, and some other subtle pieces all suggest a connection. The harp mentioned at the beginning suggest the musical instrument that traditionally accompanied the psalms. Several lines throughout the song have been compared to the 23rd Psalm of the Bible. Verse 2 G C It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken C G Perhaps they're better left unsung G C I don't know, don't really care G D C G Let there be songs to fill the air (Chorus) Am D Ripple in still water G C When there is no pebble tossed A D Nor wind to blow Verse 3 G C Reach out your hand if your cup be empty C G If your cup is full. He wrote it in the same afternoon that he wrote “Brokedown Palace” and “To Lay Me Down”. 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” was written by Robert Hunter while he was in London. It was released as the “B-Side” to the single “Truckin’.” (from Wikipedia) “Ripple” is track six on the 1970 album, American Beauty. A song that remains my favorite of theirs…at least for now. I’m starting with the album American Beauty, which includes the first Dead song I remember hearing. I’m on a quest to discover/rediscover more of their music in the new year. The fantastic documentary series (I highly recommend it, even if you are not a fan – maybe especially if you aren’t a fan) changed a lot of my views on the band, and even my thoughts on the fans. He’s opened my eyes and ears up to a lot of music. The fact that he loves the band so much made me curious to hear more, and learn more about the band. It was a big part of our first connection to each other and remains something that I cherish between us. It was composed on the same afternoon as Ripple and To Lay Me Down. He entitled it Broke-Down Palace, and now that it exists as a piece of writing, it seems to have always existed. Music sharing is a special of our relationship. The lyric to Brokedown Palace was written by Robert Hunter as part of a suite of songs that arrived via his pen during a stay in London in 1970. It was an unfair reason to be put off about a band, but I think I’d made assumptions from what I perceived, and never returned to their music until I met my boyfriend. Browse 5153 lyrics and 1161 Grateful Dead albums. As for me, though I love a handful of songs by the band, I’d never known much about them and had been put off some by the fandom in the ’90s. The lifting melodies and fluctuating tempos of Weir numbers like Lost Sailor and Saint of Circumstance do however signify a potential return to form for the Dead. 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. My boyfriend is a big fan of the band and has been since he was a young teenager. ![]() Over the New Year’s holiday, my boyfriend and I watched the Amazon/Scorsese produced documentary series, Long Strange Trip, about The Grateful Dead.
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