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 Cocaine  [?] 

       Take a snip of this then play a little riff, don't be afraid to try 
       Don't need no airplane to get off the ground 
       There's more than one way to fly 
       Have a little taste, Baby, don't hesitate, 
       Every hit don't have to be a song 
       Gonna take you to the cosmos, Baby, and boogie with you all night long 

       Riding out on a rail, feels so fine 
       Talking 'bout that cocaine express, mainline, got a good head of steam 

       Never lived down on the Bayou, 
       But I been busted in New Orleans, New Orleans 
       I can roll all night with you, Baby got a land? I'm just in from Marin 
       Can't get it off, but I can get it on 
       And we'll be truckin' 'till the break of day 

       Here comes the doo-dah dealer on his Hog three wheeler, 
       250 pounds of sin 
       He's made your car the main attraction. you wanna beef up his action 
       But he will cut you, before he would cut you in, the only place to win 

       Riding out on a rail, feels so fine 
       Talking 'bout that cocaine express, mainline, taking a midnight cruise 

       Never lived up in the Northlands, 
       But I been snowblind out in Sandford Dew 
       Snowblind in Sanford Dew, that's enough for you, snowblind 
 

 Cocaine Habit Blues  [Traditional] 

       Tell it to me, tell it to me 
       Drink cold liquor let the cocaine be Cocaine'll kill my honey dead 
       Walking down the street with a dollar in my hand 
       Looked for a woman ain't got no man Cocaine'll kill my honey dead 
       Love my whiskey, I'll love my gin 
       But the way I love coke is all of a sin Cocaine'll kill my honey dead 
       Cocaine's dose is not for a man 
       Doctor said pretty soon, 
       But he don't say when Cocaine'll kill my honey dead 
 

 Cold Jordan  [Traditional] 

       Oh sinning is a gentilized journey, take Jesus as your daily guide 
       Though you may feel pure and saintly without Him walking by your side 
       And when you come to make your crossing 
       At the end of the pilgrim's way 
       If you ever will meet your savior, 
       You will surely meet him on that day. 

       Now look at that cold Jordan, look at its deep water 
       Look at that wide river Oh heavy mighty billows roll 
       You better take Jesus with you, he's a true companion 
       Oh I'm sure without him that you never will make it home 

       That awful day of judgement is coming in the by and by 
       We'll see our Lord descending in the glory from on high 
       Oh, let us get in touch with Jesus and in the special love of God 
       And maybe ever get ready when he comes on Jordan's tide 

       Now look at that cold Jordan, look at its deep water 
       Look at that wide river Oh heavy mighty billows roll 
       You better take Jesus with you, he's a true companion 
       Oh I'm sure without him that you never will make it home 

       Now what you gonna do, Oh what you gonna say 
       Oh how you gonna feel when you come to the end of the way? 
 

 Cold Rain And Snow  [Traditional] 

       Well I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life. 
       Run me out in the cold rain and snow. 
       Rain and snow, run me out in the cold rain and snow. 

       Well she went up to her room where she sang her faithful tune. 
       I'm goin where those chilly winds don't blow 
       Winds don't blow, I'm goin where those chilly winds don't blow. 

       [Intro] 

       Well she's coming down the stairs, combin' back her yellow hair. 
       And I ain't gonna be treated this ol' way. 
       This ol' way, and I ain't gonna be treated this ol' way. 

       [Intro] 

       Well I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life. 
       Run me out in the cold rain and snow. 
       Rain and snow, run me out in the cold rain and snow. 
       Run me out in the cold rain and snow. <-- 7 times 

       [Intro] 
 

 Comes A Time  [Garcia/Hunter] 

       Comes a time when the blind-man takes your hand, says "Don't you see? 
       Gotta make it somehow on the dreams you still believe." 
       Don't give it up, you got an empty cup   only love can fill, 
       Only love can fill. 

       Been walking all morning   went walking all night 
       I can't see much difference between the dark and light 
       And I feel the wind   And I taste the rain 
       Never in my mind to cause so much pain. 

       [Chorus] 

       From day to day   just letting it ride. 
       You get so far away from how it feels inside. 
       You can't let go   cause you're afraid to fall, 
       But the day may come when you can't feel at all. 

       [Chorus] 
 

 Confusion's Prince (Mindbender)  [Lesh or Garcia] 

       If only I could be less blind, if only I knew what to find 
       Everywhere and all of the time, it's bending my mind 
       Confusion Prince is at my door 
       The crown I wear is the one he wore 
       He's here to bring me down some more and bend my mind 

       The friendly stranger call my name 
       He only wants me for his game 
       But it don't matter just the same I bend his mind 
       I'll wave my flags into the sun 
       I fought my wars and now they're won 
       And I didn't need nobody's gun, I bend their mind 
 

 Corrina [Bob Weir and Robert Hunter] 

       Corrina.........Wake it up, baby 
       Corrina.........Shake it on down 
       Corrina.........Corrina 
       Hog of a Sunday 
       Dog of a Monday 
       Get it back some day 
       What'd I say? 
       Movin' in closer 
       Cut from a long shot 
       Fade on a downbeat 
       Ready or not        Corrina......[as above] 

       Cruise thru a stop sign 
       Loggin' up a short time 
       Bird on a phone line 
       Soakin' up sun 
       Salt on the crowtail 
       What can I do? 
       I'm down by law 
       But true to you      Corrina....... 

       If, what, where, and when 
       Told at the proper time 
       Big black wings beat at the wind 
       But they don't hardly climb 
       There's a silver ocean 
       Silver clouds and silver sea 
       A bird on the horizon 
       Silver wingin' back to me   Corrina..... 

       Wake it up baby 
       Shake it down easy 
       Bring it back someday 
       What'd I say? 
       Movin' in closer 
       Cut from a long shot 
       Fade on a downbeat 
       Ready or not       Corrina... 

       Corrina/wake it up baby 
       Corrina/Shake it down easy 
       Corrina/Shake it on up now 
       Corrina/Shake it back down  Corrina..... 

       If, what, where, when and how 
       don't mean a thing to me 
       I would love you even if 
       you flew away from me 
       I'll just stand here waiting 
       on the far side of the sea 
       There is no fear that lovers born 
       will ever fail to meet 
               Corrina.....wake it up baby 
               Corrina.....shake it on down 
               Corrina.....corrina........ 
 

 Cosmic Charlie  [Garcia/Lesh/Hunter] 

       Cosmic Charlie how do you do? Truckin' in style along the avenue. 
       Dum dee dum dee doodley doo. Go on home your mama's calling you. 

       Kalico Kahlia, come tell me the news. 
       Calamity's waiting for a way to get to her. 
       Rosy red and electric blue I bought you a paddle for your paper canoe. 

       Say you'll come back when you can. 
       Whenever your airplane happens to land. 
       Maybe I'll be back here too. It all depends on what's with you. 

       Hung up waiting for a windy day; kite on ice since the 1st of February 
       Mama keeps saying that the wind might blow, 
       But standing here, I say, I just don't know. 

       New ones comin' as the old ones go. 
       Everything's moving here but much too slow now. 
       A little bit quicker and we might have time, 
       To say "How do you do?" before we're left behind. 

       [Bridge] 
       Calliope  wail like a seaside zoo. 
       The very last lately inquired about you. 
       It's really very one or two. The first you wanted, the last I knew. 

       I just wonder if you shouldn't feel, 
       Less concerned about the deep unreal. 
       The very first word is "How do you do?" 
       The last "Go home; your mama's callin' you." 

       Calling you,    calling you,    calling you,    calling you, 
       Go on home your mama's calling you. 
       Go on home your mama's calling you. 
       Go on home your mama's calling you. 
       Go on home your mama's calling you. 
 

 Crazy Fingers  [Garcia/Hunter] 

       Your rain falls like crazy fingers 
       Peals of fragile thunder  keeping time 
       Recall  the days  that still are to come some sing  blue. 

       Hang your heart on laughing willow stray 
       Down to the water, deep sea of love 
       Beneath the sweet calm face of the sea swift undertow. 

       Life may be sweeter for this, I don't know, 
       See how it feels  in the end. 
       May Lady Lullaby sing plainly for you, 
       Soft, strong, sweet and    true. 

       Cloud hands reaching from a rainbow tapping at the window, 
       Touch your hair. 
       So swift and bright strange fingers of light float in air. 

       Who can stop what must arrive now? Something new is waiting to be born 
       Dark as the night you're still by my side; shine inside. 

       [Bridge] 
       Gone are the days we stopped to decide where we should go, 
       We just ride. 
       Gone are the broken eyes we saw through in dreams, 
       Gone both dream and lie. 

       [Jam on verse chords] 

       [Bridge] 
       Life may be sweeter for this, I don't know, 
       Feels like it might be all right. 
       While Lady Lullaby sings plainly through you, love still rings true. 

       Midnight on a carousel ride, reaching for the gold ring down inside. 
       Never could reach it, just slips away but I try. 
 

 Cream Puff War  [Garcia] 

       No, no!  She can't take your mind and leave 
       I know it's just another trick she's got up her sleeve 
       I can't believe that she really wants you to die 
       After all it's more than enough to pay for your lie 

       Wait a minute, watch what you're doin' with your time 
       All the endless ruins of the past must stay behind, yeah 

       Well, can't you see that you're killing each other's soul 
       Well, you're both out in the streets and you got no place to go 
       Your constant battes are getting to be a bore 
       So go somewhere else and continue your cream puff war 
 

 Cruel White Water        [Robert Hunter] 

       Up near the border where the cruel white water 
       drowns the vagabond who sleeps too low 
       me and my companion, the famous Jack Of Lanterns 
       tracked the misty mountains through the snow 

       I ran across the hidden chord but I could not learn the changes 
       the blue Pacific called and I had to go 
       there was holy on the ivy in the apparition mountains 
       but the warmest bed I found was ten below 

       courted lady Greensleeves, she pushed me out the window 
       I landed like a feather in the trees 
       took off across New Mexico and landed in the bayou 
       but the catfish were too lean, and I had to blow 

       don't lie for gold--no no no no! 
       don't lie for love--that turns out cold 
       if life depends, just get out whole... 
       but don't lie for less, no no no no! 

       Marie Marie, Marie Helena 
       you're my amour, you're my own heart 
       Marie Marie, Marie Helena 
       Marie Marie, Marie Helena! 

       Left a life of ease and caught that black iron steamer 
       across the barren waste to your arcade 
       singing 'take me to your leader' in my strangest country tenor 
       but the bad I set to lay was half way made 

       leftover pieces weren't exactly what I needed 
       they didn't have much meaning on their own 
       there was some talk of deviation, but from what was never mentioned 
       so I set out to find my wrong way home 

       home inside the hour, I was tuning my guitar 
       where I got that sudden urge I know too well 
       I finished my rendition of 'Don't Pity My Condition' 
       and then looked around to find what I could sell 

       You can't sell your soul! Leave that alone! 
       You can't change your role Big Daddy Lowe 
       Don't break your back for less than love! 
       and don't trade your love for stars above! 

       Marie Marie, Marie Helena 
       you're my amour, you're my own heart 
       Marie Marie, Marie Helena 
       Marie Marie, Marie Helena! 

       Caught up with Jack Of Lanterns in a town called Make It Hurt 
       preaching three card monte in the Live And Let It church 
       the choir was down and dirty, drawing bad and betting worse 
       we left at ten past six in a padded hearse 

       I might find companions in after hours taverns 
       to tell a tale or two I've never heard 
       but the strangest song I know 
       is what the thunder said to lightening 
       and I never could recall a single word 
       except... 

       Up near the border where the cruel white water 
       drowns the vagabond who sleeps too low 
       me and my companion, the famous Jack Of Lanterns 
       tracked the misty mountains through the snow 

       don't lie for gold--no no no no! 
       don't lie for love--that turns out cold 
       if life depends, just get out whole... 
       but don't lie for less--no no no no! 

       Marie Marie, Marie Helena 
       by firelight you steal my heart 
       Marie Marie, Marie Helena 
       Marie Marie, Marie Helena! 
 
 

 Cryptical Envelopment  [Garcia/Hunter] 
       The other day they waited, the sky was dark and faded, 
       Solemnly they stated, "He has to die, you know he has to die." 
       All the children learnin', from books that they were burnin', 
       Every leaf was turnin' ; to watch him die, you know he had to die. 

       The summer sun looked down on him, his mother could but frown on him, 
       And all the others sound on him, but it doesn't seem to matter. 

       And when the day had ended, with rainbow colors blended, 
       His mind remained unbended, he had to die, you know he had to die. 

       And when the day had ended, with rainbow colors blended, 
       Their minds remained unbended, 
       He had to die, Oh, you know he had to die. 
 

 Cumberland Blues  [Garcia/Lesh/Hunter] 

       I can't stay much longer, Melinda; the sun is getting high. 
       I can't help you with your troubles, if you won't help with mine. 
       I gotta get down, I gotta get down,  gotta get down to--, to the mine. 

       You keep me up just one more night; I can't sleep here no more. 
       Little Ben clock says quarter to eight; you kept me up 'til four. 
       I gotta get down, I gotta get down, Or I can't work there no more. 

       A lotta poor man make a five dollar bill, 
       Will keep him happy all the time. 
       Some other fellow's making nothing at all, and you can hear him cry. 
       "Can I go, Buddy, can I go down, take your shift at the mine?" 

       Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine; 
       (Gotta get down to the Cumberland Mine) 
       That's where I mainly spend my time. 
       Make good money, five dollars a day; 
       Made anymore I might move away. 

       Lotta poor man got the Cumberland Blues; he can't win for losing. 
       Lotta poor man got to walk the line,   just to pay his union dues. 
       I don't know now, I just don't know If I'm going back again. 
       I don't know now, I just don't know If I'm going back again. 
       I don't know now, I just don't know If I'm going back again. 
 

 
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