Grateful Dead - The Music Never Stopped

"The Music Never Stopped" by Grateful Dead, from the album Blues for Allah (1975).

Lyrics:

There's mosquitoes on the river.
Fish are rising up like birds.
It's been hot for seven weeks now,
Too hot to even speak now.
Did you hear what I just heard?

Say, it might have been a fiddle,
Or it could have been the wind.
But there seems to be a beat, now.
I can feel it in my feet, now.
Listen, here it comes again!

There's a band out on the highway.
They're high-steppin' into town.
They're a rainbow full of sound.
It's fireworks, calliopes and clowns --

Everybody's dancing.
Come on, children. Come on, children,
Come on clap your hands.

Sun went down in honey.
Moon came up in wine.
Stars were spinnin' dizzy,
Lord, the band kept us so busy
We forgot about the time.

They're a band beyond description
Like Jehovah's favorite choir.
People joinin' hand in hand
While the music plays the band.
Lord, they're setting us on fire.

Crazy rooster crowin' midnight.
Balls of lightning roll along.
Old men sing about their dreams.
Women laugh and children scream,
And the band keeps playin' on.

Keep on dancin' through to daylight.
Greet the morning air with song.
No one's noticed, but the band's all packed and gone.
Was it ever here at all?

But they keep on dancing.
C'mon, children. C'mon, children,
Come on clap your hands.

Well, the cool breeze came on Tuesday,
And the corn's a bumper crop.
The fields are full of dancing,
Full of singing and romancing,
'Cause the music never stopped.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Grateful Dead
• Blues for Allah
• Cosmic American Music
• 1975
• jazz

[lawlbiker]

how the hell isnt this popular? music sucks these days... im gonna bring it back.. just wait

[ikeshimada]

The lp is a required classic.

[TheMarbleIndex3000]

@lawlbiker

I think you're misguided. Sure there's a ton of lame music nowadays, but there are plenty of folks making music that is top notch. Gotta dig a little deeper is all.

[HELLADJ]

@lawlbiker Just don't get mad when everyone starts listening ;)

[bluedreams04]

@ikeshimada GROOVIN IS A MUST!! FRY ON FRIENDS!

[thatchair420]

i cant get enough of this song...it never seems to get old

[andrewmunro44]

Fuck this rockiin!!!

[BadPastGoodFuture]

Never fought this band had such great music, while i have this album for years on my computer...

[SuperStuey2]

know what the deadhead said when he ran out of weed?..This music sucks..lol..

[thatguru877]

@CODYEFFINMYERS IKR. Why wasnt I there?

[CODYEFFINMYERS]

I wanna bring it back to! Perfect music in my ears

[mrclarkful]

S.O.S. I can't stop dancing