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 Far From Me  [Mydland] 

        You say you want to try again, wear it down between the lines 
        Well, I have a better end in mind it doesn't seem to really have you 
        Close your eyes to see though I know you don't mean to be 
        You are so far from me 

        There was something I had caught inside screaming hard 
                                                                                          to make it go 
        And tied me down low, it doesn't seem you really have to 
        Close you eyes to see, you've been all you'll be to me 
        Though I know you don't mean to be, it's just too late 
        And we can't relate at all 

        This is the last time I wanna say so long 
        This song is my last song for you 
        There's just nothing here to hold on to 
        Baby, nothing to hold on to 
 

 Feel Like A Stranger  [Weir/Barlow] 

        Inside you're burnin',        I can see clear through. 
        Your eyes tell more than you mean them to 
        Lit up and flashin',        like the reds and blues 
        Out there on the neon avenue 
        Well I,         feel like a stranger  (feel like a stranger) 

        Well the music's thunderin', you're reckless and hot 
        You keep firin' glances across the room 
        And I can't stop wonderin' just what you got 
        Get the feeling I'm going to find out real soon 
        But I feel like a stranger (just like a stranger) 
        You know it's gonna stranger, So let's get on with the show, let's go 

        Yes, and the wheels been smokin 'round midnight 
        You shoot me a look that says "Let's go" 
        Yes, and it feels about like running a red light 
         Now there ain't no point in looking behind us, no! 
         Still I feel like a stranger (feel like a stranger) 
        You know it's gonna get stranger, some things we just know. 

        Ooh,          feel like a stranger. 
        Ooh,          just like a,          just like a stranger. 
        Feel like a stranger, Feel like a stranger 
        Feel like a stranger, Feel like a stranger 
        Been a long, long, crazy, crazy night (crazy night) 
        Feel like a stranger (long, long, crazy, crazy night) [adlib] 
 

 Fever  [Davenport/Cooley] 

       Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care. 
       When you put your arms around me I get a fever that's 
                                                                                          so hard to break 
       Give me fever. Fever when you hold me tight. 
       Fever in the morning, fever all through the night. 

       The sun lights up the day, the moon lights up the night. 
       I light up when you call me name cause I know you gonna 
                                                                                              treat me right 
       Fever, fever, give me kisses, fever when you hold me tight. 
       Fever, in the morning, fever all through the night. 

       Fever, crazy like the fever, that is something you all know. 
       Fever isn't such a new thing, fever started long ago. 
       Captain Smith like Pokahannis, in the very mad affair. 
       When her daddy tried to kill her, she said, "Daddy, oh don't you dare" 
       You give me fever, fever when you hold me tight. 
       Fever, in the morning, fever all through the night. 

       Romeo love Juliet, Juliet she failed to save. 
       When he put his arms around her he said "Julie better hold on t'faith" 
       Fever, fever with our kisses, fever with our planning, fever. 
       I'm a wide duck, the fever in my mind was you. 

       Now, you listen to my story, here's the point that I have made. 
       Chicks are born to give you fever, get bear hives then they break. 
       They give you fever with their kisses, fever when they hold you tight. 
       Fever, in the morning, fever all through the night. 
 

 Fire On The Mountain  [Garcia/Hunter] (GDA) 
 

        Long distance runner, what you standin' there for? 
        Get up, get out, get out of the door. 
        You're playin' cold music on the barroom floor, 
        Drowned in your laughter and dead to the core. 
        There's a dragon with matches that's loose on the town. 
        Takes a whole pail of water just to cool him down. 

        [Chorus] 
        Fire, fire on the mountain. 4x 

        Almost ablaze, still you don't feel the heat. 
        It takes all you got just to stay on the beat. 
        You say it's a livin'; we all gotta eat. 
        But you're here alone; there's no one to compete. 
        If Mercy's in bus'ness, I wish it for you. 
        More than just ashes when your dreams come true. 

        [Chorus] 
        [Jam] 

        Long distance runner, what you holdin' out for? 
        Caught in slow motion in a dash to the door. 
        The flame from your stage has now spread to the floor. 
        You gave all you had. Why you want to give more? 
        The more that you give, the more it will take 
        To the thin line beyond which you really can't fake. 

        [Chorus] 
 

 Foolish Heart  [Garcia/Hunter] 
 

        Carve your name, carve your name in ice and wind. 
        Search for where, search for where the rivers end 
        Or where the rivers start. 
        Do everything that's in you you feel to be your part, 
        But never give your love, my friend, 
        Unto a foolish heart, unto a foolish heart. 

        Dare to leap, leap from ledges high and wild. 
        Learn to speak, speak with wisdom like a child 
        Directly to the heart. 
        Crown yourself the king of clowns, or stand way back apart, 
        But never give your love, my friend, 
        Unto a foolish heart, unto a foolish heart. 

        Shun a friend, shun a brother and a friend. 
        Never look, never look around the bend, 
        Or check the weather charts. 
        Sign the Mona Lisa with a spray can, call it art, 
        But never give your love, my friend, 
        Unto a foolish heart, unto a foolish heart. 

        [Bridge] 

        A foolish heart will call on you to toss your dreams away. 
        Then turn    around and blame you, for the way     you went astray. 
        A foolish heart will cost you sleep and often  make you curse. 
        A selfish heart is trouble, but a foolish heart is worse. 

        Bite the hand, bite the hand that bakes your bread. 
        Dare to leap where the angles fear to tread, 
        Till you are torn apart. 
        Stoke the fires of Paradise, with coals from Hell to start, 
        But never give your love, my friend, 
        Unto a foolish heart, unto a foolish heart. 
        Unto a foolish heart, unto a foolish heart. 
 

 Forever Young  [Dylan] 

        May God bless and keep you always, may your wishes all come true. 
        May you always do for others and let others do for you. 
        May you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung, 
        May you stay forever young. 

        Forever young, forever young, may you stay forever young. 

        May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. 
        May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. 
        May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. 
        May you stay forever young. 

        Forever young, forever young, may you stay forever young. 

        May your hands always be busy, may your feet always be swift. 
        May you have a strong foundation when the winds of changes shift. 
        May your heart always be joyful, may your songs always be sung. 
        May you stay forever young. 

        Forever young, forever young, may you stay forever young. 
 

 France  [Hart/Weir/Hunter] 

        Way down in the south of France all the ladies love to dance 
        Kick their heels up in the air snap their fingers for romance 

        While the gentlemen compare blonde or black or auburn hair 
        Check the motion and the style Oh, you know they take their while 

        Hey, to make the motion more complete, yeah, to make it more a treat 
        Club D'Jour is where to go come on down and see the show 

        When the rhythm's really right you can burn it down tonight 
        When the singing's really fine sweet as Spanish sherry wine 

        When the club can't contain the beat it just rolls out in the street 
        Spills on down the avenue bringing dancers to their feet. 

        When it's good as it can be it gets better wait and see 
        Oh, these folks don't ever sleep 
        Till they're passed out in the street 

        Way down in the south of France all the ladies love to dance 
        Clap their hands and walk on air, yeah, the feeling's really there 
        Won't you take a little taste raise it to your charming face? 

        When the rhythm's really right you can burn it down tonight 
        When the singing's really fine sweet as Spanish sherry wine 

        Go on take a chance, the ladies do love to dance. 
 

 Franklin's Tower  [Garcia/Kreutzmann/Hunter] 

        In another time's forgotten space 
        Your eyes looked from your mother's face 
        Wallflower seed on the sand and stone 
        May the four winds blow you safely home. 

        Roll away the dew 
        Roll away the dew 
        Roll away the dew 
        Roll away the dew 

        I'll tell you where the four winds dwell 
        In Franklin's tower there hangs a bell 
        It can ring, turn night to day 
        It can ring like fire when you lose your way. 

        Roll away the dew 
        Roll away the dew 
        Roll away the dew 
        Roll away the dew 

        God save the child that rings that bell 
        It may have one good ring, baby, you can't tell 
        One watch by night, one watch by day 
        If you get confused listen to the music play. 

        [jam] 

        Some come to laugh their past away 
        Some come to make it just one more day 
        Whichever way your pleasure tends 
        If you plant ice you're gonna harvest the wind. 

        Roll away the dew 
        Roll away the dew 
        Roll away the dew 
        Roll away the dew 

        In Franklin's tower the four winds sleep 
        Like four lean hounds the lighthouse keep 
        Wildflower seed on the sand and wind 
        May the four winds blow you home again. 

        Roll away the dew 
        Roll away the dew 
        Roll away the dew 
        You'd better roll away the dew 

        Roll away the dew 
        Roll away the dew 
        Roll away the dew 
        You'd better roll away the dew - roll away. 
 

 Friend of the Devil  [Garcia/Dawson/Hunter] 

        I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds. 
        Didn't get to sleep that night 'till the morning came around. 

        [Chorus] 

        Set out runnin' but I take my time, 
        A friend of the devil is a friend of mine. 
        If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight. 

        Ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills 
        I spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills. 

        [Chorus] 

        I ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there. 
        He took my twenty dollar bill and he vanished in the air. 

        [Chorus] 

        [Bridge] 
        Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night. 
        The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie and she's my hearts delight. 
        Second one is prison, baby, the sheriff's on my trail, 
        And if he catches up with me I spend my life in jail. 

        Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee. 
        The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me. 

        [Chorus] 

        [Jam] 

        [Bridge] 

        Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee. 
        The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me. 

        [Chorus] 

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        [Robert Hunter's additional verse:] 
          You can borrow from the devil, you can borrow from a friend. 
          The devil give you twenty, when your friend got only ten. 
 

 From the Heart of Me  [D.Godchaux] 

        Voices slide down off the mountain, sunlight turning red 
        Falls on the earth and it spreads 
        Even the families lower their heads as they ride 

        Age old faces of the mountains looming naturally 
        I wonder if they're looking at me, their monumental eyes I can feel 

        In the glow of the twilight the thought of home 
        Reminds me now I'm reaching out to you 
        Anything I can do to be safe and warm in your arms 

        All I have from the heart of you 

        I'd meet you anywhere in the country or anywhere on the sea 
        All over the world it could be 
        I would follow you with the heart of me 

        Love calls echo in the valley, dream come true tonight 
        Remembering you hold me tight in tomorrow morning's light 
        I will find you 

        When I awoke the stars were out and shining, shining for you and me 
        All I ever wanna be is save and warm in your arms 
        All I have, from the heart of me. 
 

 
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