Grateful Dead - Althea 03-28-81

Grateful Dead Live at Rockpalast
Althea

I told Althea I was feeling lost
Lacking in some direction
Althea told me upon scrutiny
my back might need protection
I told Althea that treachery
was tearin me limb from limb
Althea told me: now cool down boy -
settle back easy Jim
You may be Saturday's child all grown
moving with a pinch of grace
You may be a clown in the burying ground
or just another pretty face
You may be the fate of Ophelia
sleeping and perchance to dream -
honest to the point of recklessness
self centered to the extreme
Ain't nobody messin with you but you
your friends are getting most concerned -
loose with the truth
maybe it's your fire
but baby...don't get burned
When the smoke has cleared, she said,
that's what she said to me:
You're gonna want a bed to lay your head
and a little sympathy
There are things you can replace
and others you cannot
The time has come to weigh those things
this space is getting hot -
you know this space is getting hot
I told Althea
I'm a roving sign -
that I was born to be a bachelor -
Althea told me: Ok that's fine -
So now I'm out trying to catch her
Can't talk to you without talking to me
We're guilty of the same old thing
Thinking a lot about less and less
And forgetting the love we bring

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Grateful
• Dead
• Jerry
• Garcia
• Bob
• Weir
• Rockpalast
• essen
• germany
• 1981
• TYJG

[MrClin]

He sprays fire when he steps back from the mic.

[philgarciaweir]

...prime Dead years 1966-1995...

[TheThebrizz]

It is so much depth there it's as I father time reached into his pocket grabbed your mind and threw it deep into the cosmos

[TheThebrizz]

There is so much depth there it's as if father time reaches down deep into his pocket grabs your mind and throws it deep into the cosmos

[scarletfire82]

jerry looks so wise in this video, i can't help but notice.

[althearose81]

Thank you, my parents named me after this song!!

[toemasii]

from the skull came the lightning; in its rain came the wisdom named crazy

[daffodildrop23]

thanks for the tribute Jerry my middle name is Thea

[williamgarwood]

@philgarciaweir 1991-1995 were pretty rough. Although the boys could still pull out the magic.

[cindygibbsbarfield]

I miss you so much

[culls33]

@culls33 that thumb is like a fishing worm-ha-and I believe Jerry goes to fingerpicking towards the end

[culls33]

the guitar work the last 3 minutes or so is high quality, love how uses thumb a couple times on top e and a strings to produce a power note-who gives a shit if Jerry was high-I guess clapton or richards or wood or townsend were never high when they played-get over it