GOV'T MULE - PATCHWORK QUILT in memory of Jerry Garcia.

Written by Warren Haynes in memory of Jerry Garcia.
I never knew you
But then who really did?
If you were at all like me
You managed to keep yourself hid
A patchwork quilt of a life
Memories embroidered
On your soul

So please forgive me
For putting you in my song
But the spirit she moves me
In fact she pushes me along
It's a patchwork quilt of a life
Can't stop the river
Just let it roll

We were at Jones Beach
When we got the word
Saddest sound that I ever heard
The bluest note that nobody could play
Ravens sang with us that night on the stage
Tears of sadness, tears of rage
But nobody spoke, we all felt old
And in the way

So walk beside me
Or above me, I don't know
These days it sure seems
I'm lost where ever I go

God, how could you, I heard someone say
And what do we do with our lives now anyway?
Now that our North Star can no longer be found

But there's a banjo moon in a tie-dyed sky
Hippies dance and babies cry
Church bells ring as a silver-haired angel look down
And the blood of his music runs through the veins of our guitars
Bright lights, Dark Star

I never knew you
But then who really did
If you were at all like me
You managed to keep yourself hid

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Penns
• Peak
• GMULE
• GOVERNMENT
• MULE
• WARREN
• HAYNES
• ALLMAN
• BROTHERS

[timojran]

This is one of my favorites. I wish that they would play this song more often.

[susea]

Excellent... one of my favs!!

[dancingbearwithsiles]

definatley puts a tear to my eye

[tylerao]

I'm trying to get the words changed from children to teddybears, it almost sounds like it already a lot of times, and the dead bears are all lost these days

[rpriest500]

15 years today!

RIP Jerry.

[eastboundown]

They blew the roof off the place that night...ty so much 4 posting

[ValaSedai]

Very nice, that's 5/5 for you.

[islestyl9]

that slide solo to open it was badass...great post, thanks

[deadheadwookie17]

I was here and it was great. This was a great show to be played on jerrys birthday