Grateful Dead

Looking down from aboveWe see the same old pleas It's the first argument you'll see when you leave reality; Mine's the one, yours is done I am the one, look what yours has done its been like that since you all Started to build a tower and tried to touch the sky isn't it enough that There is only Life perfect and everlasting you don't have to fight for it it comes perpetually free from my fountain isn't it enough that I hold all intelligence Truth and beauty in my hand isn't it enough that I made you perfect Perfect harmless and free There is only Life I never left anyone out of the Truth You have full authority to look out upon the world as I do There is only Life You can see what I see You are all good ideas forever in perfect harmony Now look down, see what I mean? it's the first argument you'll see, if you're leaving reality. Why? because it is the limit of the finite concept, it can come no further. it is left to argue this most pointless of points "Which word is better with which to refer to Me?" But let your thought raise up and see, everyone who makes it past there, is here with Me. To look out from Truth, and welcome everyone home. I dont care what name you call me, your religions are a false honor at best. Dont sell yourself short; I made you, so I made you perfect, not mortal like the fatally flawed way you fashioned yourself. The way I made you, you understand. You deadhead people, you've seen me, you called me "Infinity" Eternity" Creativity" All correct, but then mostly you forgot about what you saw when human life got hard. biggo mistako. I am MOST here for you when you have driven yourself into hard times. You deadheadios should of all, know where to find Me. And if you could at least remember, I'm never on any of your sides, you have to be on My side. Infinite Divine Love. Thats all you should need to know. isnt that enuogh? There is only Life.

Parade Cool & Relaxed the beat cat wore a white hat.
Thinking over what was once left to remember. Learn to walk all over again, redeveloping innate skills. Summer night regain ever developing sense of something still going on. Fraud system, turn back the peoples champion.
Perpetrated by predatory courts, a king appointed. The roll of the dice, mother patriotism rejects war, as an option. Caskets shipped home in boxcars. Re-enter a work force against innovation, medical technology, fuel independence. While on this earth attempt reconciliation, maintaining angles in the darkness. Return a smile with nothing to say. From towers declare victory, outside a parade of failure. How long will the failing last? As long will we watch what passes.
 I Approve I am Jesus and I approve of this war. I am the Constitution and I approve of the dismantling of the American way of life. I am Florida and I approve of voter fraud. I am a Pig and I approve of this mud. I am the Supreme Court and I approve of being loaded. I am your President and I approve of my shit eating grin. I am a Carbon based fuel and I approve of this global quality of transportation. I am the Tax code and I approve of this corporate welfare. I am Human and I approve of this exploitation. I am Allah and I approve of this beheading. I am the Earth and I approve of this treatment. I am Jesus and I approve of this war --------- Another reason not to vote for. Vote no promise. Vote for if they. Vote told you so. Vote for no other reason. Vote for the right reason. Vote symbolic offering. Vote intangible truth. Vote lesser of three evils. Vote fools warning. Vote maybe next time, maybe never again. ------

it's all just a lot of blah blah blah,on this side of the mountain; if you're not walking on the water, or raising up the dead; then it's all just a lot of blah blah blah; heard it all before, got to go now got no time for silly nonsense, that's a good theory, now prove it to me, kind brotherman; you got no bank account here we've seen your type face before gonna get the kind bro chilldown the innie family freeze out so cold that it burns; but if you need to feel like you belong, you just walk along the edges skirt along the fringes; always outside living, and sideways glancing, seems ok for now; it's so easy to forget that it's all just a lot of blah blah blah if you're not walking on the water or raising up the dead; it's all just a lot of blah blah blah; the only family we belong to is the family we are all in.

10/1/08 Standing here by the ocean Waves roll in an endless motion Almost thought I had a notion Like when dreams come true Stopped to take a look around Listening for the sound Try to find some common ground I'd give it all to you But there I go again Out searchin' for a friend Waiting for you to plant a seed I just had to let you know I won't ever let you go Love is all we'll ever need Standing here by the ocean Far away from the commotion Looking at an empty cup That only love can fill

sitting on the rock, on a windless autumn day;a bubble pops, there's a ripple on the pond, then a stretch of silence no chipmunk could ignore; there's no ripple on the pond no more; the silence stretches out, not a leaf stirs; the fire red maple in the ponds' reflection; zigzaggy waterbug skates through the scene, near a circling dragonfly making her rounds; a bubble pops, maybe its a frog; there's a ripple on the pond on a windless autmun day sitting on the rock.

Ok, we have arrived at the end of this particular song/poem cycle. It has been posted here as a thankyou to one, Robert Hunter, for jumping off a cafeteria table and bear-hugging me, for no apparent reason. It was ten years ago now, I was bunking in the local shelter, and trying to find a better way. Thanks, Robert, you are a good man. These are the kinds of things that keep us going when we are down. So, GOOD NIGHT, AUSTIN TEXAS, where ever you are, - andy

Walking down such a lonely roadSometimes it seems that you haven't got a friend Now you know that in the deepest hole Of the darkest hell, you can find me there And I'll still know that you love me And sing silly songs to the wind Get a foot up And lose a leg Time is on the side of death It takes a miracle to live So excuse me if I err On the side of thinking you were there I was only wondering, Because I never knew That walking down such a lonely road Sometimes it seems that you haven't got a friend Now you know that in the deepest hole Of the darkest hell, you can find me there Singing silly songs to the wind.

Well, let's see, if he's got anything leftI just had to get that one offa my chest Seemed like forever, but now that you're here I want to dive into your ocean And whisper in your ears But if you're gonna have any more Of those brilliant ideas Like falling in love with me And leaving me in tears Please won't you please Run them by me I can't wait to see; I can't wait to see If he's got anything left Just had to get that one Offa my chest Just like that, with no regrets All I know about that, is for me, She's the best, don't want no more So what, what, what! are you waiting for To dive into my ocean And run acroos my shore But if you're gonna have Anu more of those brilliant ideas Like falling in love with me And leaving me in tears Please won't you please Run them by me I can't wait to see I can't wait to see.

The cherry blossoms ...Decorate the garden floor. Though, the caretaker ... Doesn't live here any more. The song birds sing ... Till the break of dawn. Then go off and bring ... What was once upon. All come where there welcome. Now they seldom ever come ... They seldom ever come ... Now in despair. Feel it in the air. Frozen in ice. No sacrifice. No one has spoken. The peace is broken. Buried beneath. Underneath ... The snow. This you know. The cherry blossoms ... Decorate the garden floor. Though, the caretaker ... Doesn't live here any more. Spring will arrive ... And come alive. Nothing changed ... Is left un-arranged. Now in despair ... Feel it in the air. Lilies below ... Wait to grow. No one has spoken. The peace is broken. All tears shed. In fear, dead. The cherry blossoms... Decorate the garden floor. Though, the caretaker ... Doesn't live here any more. No, not anymore! Copyright 1995

Set me free Set me freeWhy must it take so much time Like an endless wave over the ocean Set me free set me free Like the wind through the trees, Like a flower unfolding eternally; Set me free set me free It was all building to something That's what you promised me Set me free set me free Why didn't you tell me it was something That my eyes could never see; Set me free set me free Hah, you caught me looking, now I see you looking back at me Set me free set me free Like the light from a diamond That's just too bright to see Set me free set me free You told me that the world that we can see Is but a symbol of the true reality Set me free set me free Get me out of this cage Immediately Set me free set me free That's what a liitle birdie said to me I said here's the key Set me free set me free.