Grateful Dead - St. Stephen 1 of 2 by Shakedown

Shakedown rockin' Toad's Place.
Part 1 of 2
Watch for laughing skulls appearing in the smoke at 8m 49s to end! :o

http://www.myspace.com/shakedownct

Words by Robert Hunter;
music by Jerry Garcia

Lyrics:
. Saint Stephen with a rose In and out of the garden he goes Country garland in the wind and the rain Wherever he goes the people all complain
. Stephen prosper in his time Well he may and he may decline Did it matter? does it now? Stephen would answer if he only knew how
. Wishing well with a golden bell Bucket hanging clear to hell Hell halfway twixt now and then Stephen fill it up and lower down And lower down again
. Lady finger dipped in moonlight Writing `what for?' across the morning sky Sunlight splatters dawn with answers Darkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye
. Speeding arrow, sharp and narrow, What a lot of fleeting matters you have spurned Several seasons with their treasons Wrap the babe in scarlet covers call it your own
. Did he doubt or did he try? Answers aplenty in the bye and bye Talk about your plenty, talk about your ills One man gathers what another man spills
. Saint Stephen will remain All he's lost he shall regain Seashore washed by the suds and the foam Been here so long he's got to calling it home
. Fortune comes a crawlin, Calliope woman Spinning that curious sense of your own Can you answer? Yes I can, but what would be the answer to the answer man?
. High green chilly winds and windy vines in loops around the twining shafts of lavender, they're crawling to the sun
. Underfoot the ground is patched with climbing arms of ivy wrapped around the manzanita, stark and shiny in the breeze
. Wonder who will water all the children of the garden when they sigh about the barren lack of rain and droop so hungry 'neath the sky...
. William Tell has stretched his bow till it won't stretch no furthermore and/or it may require a change that hasn't come before
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Category:

Music

Tags:

• grateful
• dead
• jerry
• garcia
• saintstephen
• shakedown
• bluegrass
• rocknroll
• toadsplace
• newhaven
• gratefuldead
• 1/1/2008

[johnmundiejr]

Pretty awesome

[popcornplaya00700]

its says by shakedown..

[bear06460]

@jcoop987 trying to hard? oh yeah, i forgot that garcia was the first person in the history of the earth to have white hair and beard. listen to the music and stop judging by looks

[legojasonmassacre]

shakedown is the best

[deadheadable]

Fairfax, CA  Keep on Truck'en

[laxdoug1269]

its still pretty good though, i mean its not the best jam of it but all of there jams are fucking sick

[ShuguProductions]

Awesome cover of an awesome song.

[chinacatsunflower11]

nice reproduction would be more interesting if the band gave a different spin on the song.

[jcoop987]

these videos are good. But it looks like the guy in the hot spot is trying too hard to look like Garcia?

[Giantcrabb]

give em a break ffs

better than listening to madonna

[0988isolator]

since this isn't the dead, why put it in the title? just to get more traffic?