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Black-Throated Wind (Live at Stanley Theater, Jersey City, NJ, September 27, 1972)
by
Grateful Dead
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Bringing me down I'm running aground Blind in the light of the interstate cars Passing me by The buses and semis Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars But I’m here by the road Bound to the load I picked up in ten thousand cafes and bars Alone with the rush of the drivers that won't pick me up The highway, the moon, the clouds, and the stars Black-throated wind keeps on pouring in With its words of a life where nothing is new Ah, Mother American Night, I'm lost from the light Oh, I’m drowning in you I left St. Louis, City of Blues In the midst of a storm I'd rather forget I tried to pretend it came to an end 'Cause you weren't the woman I once thought I'd met But I can't deny, oh oh, times have gone by I never had doubts or thoughts of regret And I was a man when all this began Who'd never think twice about being there yet Black-throated wind whisper mix in It's speaking of life that passes like dew Forced me to see you’ve done better by me Done better by me than I’ve done by you What's to be found, racing around You carry your bag wherever you go Full of the blues, trying to lose You ain’t gonna learn what you don't wanna know So I give you my eyes, and all of their lies Please help them to learn as well as to see You capture a glance, oh oh, and make it a dance Of looking at you looking at me Black-throated wind keeps on pouring in With its words of a lie that could almost be true Ah, Mother American Night, now here comes the light Going back home, that's what I'm gonna do Oh, turning around, that’s what I'm gonna do Going back home, that's what I'm gonna do Turning around, that's what I'm gonna do Lord, you've done better by me than I've done by you Well, I'm going back home, that's what I'm gonna do Oh oh, I'm drowning in you Oh oh, I'm drowning in you Well, I'm going back home, that's what I'm gonna do Oh oh, I'm drowning in you You've done better by me than I've done by you Oh oh, I'm drowning in you Oh oh, I'm drowning in you Oh oh, I'm drowning in you
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