Grateful Dead: 'Lazy River Road' 7/31/94 Palace of Auburn Hills - Auburn Hills, MI

Details

Description

'Lazy River Road' from July 31, 1994. My first Grateful Dead show at 16 at the now nonexistent Palace of Auburn Hills. Always loved this song. Threw this together kind of quickly to mark the occasion. All the moon shots are from last night (July 31) except for a couple from the previous night. The train footage is also from July 30. I like that the box cars are yellow and the sky is blue. https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/15ekmsk/anniversary_of_my_first_show_at_the_now/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://archive.org/details/gd94-07-31.sbd.runyon.2593.sbefail.shnf

Lyrics:
LAZY RIVER ROAD
Lyrics By:Robert Hunter
Music By:Jerry Garcia
Way down upon Sycamore Slough
A white man sings the blues
selling roses of paper maché (note 1)
with flecks of starlight dew
I swiped a bunch and threw it your way
where hazy moonlight glowed
Way down, down along Lazy River Road

Way down upon Shadowfall Ward
End of the avenue
Run, hide, seek in your own backyard
Mama's backyard won't do
All night long I sang Love's Sweet Song
down where the water flowed
Way down, down along Lazy River Road

Moonlight wails as hound dogs bay
but never quite catch the tune
Stars fall down in buckets like rain
till there ain't no standing room
Bright blue boxcars train by train
clatter where dreams unfold
Way down, down along Lazy River Road

Way down upon Seminole Square
belly of the river tide
call for me and I will be there
for the price of a taxi ride
Night double-clutches into today
like a truck downshifting its load
Way down, down along Lazy River Road

Thread the needle
right through the eye
The thread that runs so true
All the others I let pass by
I only wanted you
Never cared for careless love
but how your bright eyes glowed
Way down, down along Lazy River Road

(1) the original (French) phrase is "papier maché," but "paper maché" is a fairly common American spelling - and it scans. Thanks to Dan Franzen for pointing this out.



Who Are You?