American Idyll

yes, the river knows

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Sing Me Sweet And Sleepy




going to leave
this brokedown palace
on my hands
and my knees
i will roll roll roll
make myself a bed
by the waterside
in my time in my time
i will roll roll roll

in a bed in a bed
by the waterside
i will lay my head
listen to the river
sing sweet songs
to rock my soul

river gonna take me
sing me sweet and sleepy
sing me sweet and sleepy
all the way back home
it's a far gone lullaby
sung many years ago
mama, mama, many worlds i've come
since i first left home

--from "Brokedown Palace "
(words by Robert Hunter/music by Jerry Garcia)

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