Cream Puff War

Lyrics: Jerry Garcia
Music: Jerry 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

Chorus (note 1)
Wait a minute, watch what you're doing 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
You're both out in the streets and you got no place to go
Your constant battles are getting to be a bore
So go somewhere else and continue your cream puff war

[chorus]
Notes
(1) the version on "Rare Cuts and Oddities" has a different chorus:
You can't be straight with each other for more than a minute at a time
Though it's all in the past, you just won't leave it behind
Grateful Dead Recordings
     Date Album
     studio 1966 Rare Cuts And Oddities
     16 Jul 1966 So Many Roads (1965-1995)
     studio 1967 The Grateful Dead

Recordings from dead.net Tapers Section

Ratdoglive CDs and downloads

Phil Lesh and Friends Digital Download Series
 
Other Recordings
     Date Album Recorded By
     1990 Wonderama Wonderama (single)
     1998 Stolen Roses Widespread Panic



Futher Information
For an online discussion of the lyrics to this song see the deadsongs.vue conference on The Well.
For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography
For information on references in the lyrics see David Dodd's Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics
For online chords and TAB see www.rukind.com
For sheet music, see:
          Grateful Dead Anthology Volume 1 (piano arrangement)

 


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