Stakladen, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark (4/16/1972)
Disc 1First set:
- “Greatest Story Ever Told” (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:53
- “Sugaree” (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:04
- “Chinatown Shuffle” (McKernan) – 3:11
- “Black-Throated Wind” (Weir, Barlow) – 6:40
- “Tennessee Jed” (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:39
- “Mr. Charlie” (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:12
- “Beat It On Down the Line” (Fuller) – 3:12
- “China Cat Sunflower” (Garcia, Hunter) > – 6:37
- “I Know You Rider” (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:41
- “Mexicali Blues” (Weir, Barlow) – 3:55
- “Loser” (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:34
- “Next Time You See Me” (Harvey, Forest) – 4:23
Greatest Story Ever Told Lyrics
Moses come ridin’ up on a quasar
His spurs were jingling, the door was ajar
His buckle was silver, his manner was bold
And I asked him to come in out of the cold
His brain was boiling, his reason was spent
His motto is nothing is borrowed, nothing is lent
He ask me for mercy, I gave him a gun
He said these things just got to be done
Abraham and Isaac sitting on a fence
You’d get right to work if you had any sense
You know the one thing we need is a left-hand monkey wrenchGideon come up with his eyes on the floor
Said “you ain’t got a hinge, you can’t close the door”
Moses stood up above his six foot and ten
Said “you can’t close the door when the wall’s caved in”
Ask him for water, he poured me some wine
We finished the bottle and broke into mine
You get what you come for, ya ready to go
Well, it’s one in ten thousand that come for the show
Abraham and Isaac diggin’ on a well
Mama came quick with the water witch spell
Well cool clear water well you can’t ever tell
Abraham and Isaac sitting on a fence
You’d get right to work if you had any sense
You know the one thing we need is a left-hand monkey wrench
Interesting rhythm parts from Bob Weir on Sugaree.
China Cat Sunflower Lyrics
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 star gown through a dream night wind
NA na na, na na na
Na na na, na na na
Ooh, oh, ohCrazy cat peekin’ through a lace bandanna
Like a one-eyed cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack
A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle
To a double-e waterfall over my back
Na na na, na na na
Na na na, na na na
Ooh, oh, ohChina cat, china cat
China cat, china cat
China cat, china cat
China cat, china cat
Comic book colors on a violin river cryin’ leonardo
Words from out a silk trombone
I rang a silent bell, beneath a shower of pearls
In the eagle-winged palace of the queen chinee
China cat, china cat
China cat, china cat
China cat, china cat
China cat, china cat
China cat, china cat
China cat, china cat
China cat, china cat
China cat, china cat
China cat, china cat
China cat, china cat
China cat
I Know You Rider is also covered by Hot Tuna. Check it out if you’d like a comparison.
Next Time You See Me features more classic blues licks by Jerry and Pigpen.