Grateful Dead- Throwing Stones 3 14 93

the dead playing throwing stones at the good ol' richfield coliseum.
check out jerry when bob does his bobby kicks. at about 6:05...great stuff..............LYRICS

Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
Dizzy with eternity.
Paint it with a skin of sky, brush in some clouds and sea
Call it home for you and me.

A peaceful place or so it looks from space
A closer look reveals the human race.
Full of hope, full of grace, is the human face.
But afraid, we may our lay home to waste.

There's a fear down here we can't forget
Hasn't got a name just yet
Always awake, always around
Singing ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes,all fall down

Now watch as the ball revolves and the nighttime falls
And again the hunt begins and again the bloodwind calls
By and by again, the morning sun will rise
But the darkness never goes from some men's eyes.

It strolls the sidewalks and it rolls the streets
Staking turf, dividing up meat.
Nightmare spook, piece of heat,
It's you and me, you and me.

Click, flashblade in ghetto night.
Rudies looking for a fight.
Rat cat alley roll them bones.
Need that cash to feed that jones
And the politicians throwing stones
Singing ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes all fall down

Commissars and pin-striped bosses roll the dice
Any way they fall guess who gets to pay the price.
Money green or proletarian gray,
Selling guns instead of food today.

So the kids they dance, they shake their bones
And the politicians throwing stones
Singing ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes,all fall down

Heartless powers try to tell us what to think
If the spirit's sleeping, then the flesh is ink.
And history's page, it is thusly carved in stone
The future's here, we are it, we are on our own.

If the game is lost then we're all the same
No one left to place or take the blame.
We will leave this place an empty stone
Or this shinning ball of blue we can call our home

So the kids they dance, they shake their bones
And the politicians are throwing stones
Singing ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes all fall down

Shooting powders back and forth
Singing "black goes south while white comes north"
And the whole world full of petty wars
Singing "I got mine and you got yours."

And the current fashions set the pace.
Lose your step, fall out of grace.
And the radical he rant and rage,
Singing "someone got to turn the page"

And the rich man in his summer home,
Singing "Just leave well enough alone"
But his pants are down, his cover's blown
And the politicians are throwing stones
So the kids they dance they shake their bones
Cause its all too clear we're on our own
Singing ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes all fall down

Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free

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[madabox]

I just love, love, love when bobby kicks and jerry gives bob a little bow, at 6:20, love it!!!

[geekorthodox9]

this song should be sent out into space for the aliens to find so they can understand our species.

[FunKills1969]

Jerry at the 6:00 mark KILLS me. So sweet, the memories (and the Fat Man still helps out when you ask him to; Saint Gerome is my Saint Christopher). Remember his smile next time you get aggravated at the stupidmarket, or the bank, or in traffic. Remember what you learned. Remember that feeling of dancing unabashedly, of the power of tribalism, and of blowing the roof off. Remember love. It is the Law. Let us rise UP in his memory, and prove it. I love you (yes, YOU), from the bottom of my heart.

[happyirish65]

dizzy from reality..thanks for the posting....

[PhishPhan1987]

@geekorthodox9 so they can understand how US, humankind has ruined planet earth at an astonishing rate??? Might just piss of E.T even more lol

[wharfrat10]

@CaptainFantastik1 Not JUST like Althea. Although I see where you are coming from, at some parts the chord progression is quite similar.

[FRANCECHILD]

THIS AINT NO LEFT COAST.

[FRANCECHILD]

THE STONES R MOVIN IN VA.

[mantas68]

Saw the Dead here late that year in the fall. Seventh row center and I'll always treasure the China/Rider they delivered that night in that old building!

[wichitarick]

49th B day today ! have been jammin for a cpl days trying not to go into serious flash backs from all these tunes lol Nothing like a bunch of hippies shakin their bones to give me perma grins though. These tunes breathe new life into me when I need it. PEACE to all . Rick Wichita Ks. via western slope Colorado rainbow kids

[OooHesGood]

@geekorthodox9 "Comet" Elenin... look it up

[JerryGuitarcia]

Bobby is feelin it!!!!!