Mission In The Rain

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia

I turn and walk away
Then I come round again
Looks as though tomorrow
I'll do pretty much the same

I must turn down your offer
But I'd like to ask a break
You know I'm ready to give anything
For anything I take

Chorus
Someone called my name you know I turned around to see
It was midnight in the mission and the bells were not for me
Come again
Walking along in the mission in the rain
Come again
Walking along in the mission in the rain

Ten years ago I walked this street, my dreams were riding tall
Tonight I would be thankful Lord, for any dreams at all
Some folks would be happy just to have one dream come true
But everything you gather is just more that you can lose

[chorus]

All the things I planned to do, I only did half way
Tomorrow will be Sunday, born of rainy Saturday
There's some satisfaction in the San Francisco rain
No matter what comes down, the mission always looks the same

[chorus]
Grateful Dead Recordings
     Date Album
     18 Jun 1976 Download Series Vol 4
 
Jerry Garcia Recordings
     Date Album Recorded By
     studio 1976 Reflections Jerry Garcia Band (note 1)
     21 May 1976 Don't Let Go Jerry Garcia Band
     18 Mar 1978 Pure Jerry 6: Warner Theatre Jerry Garcia Band
     28 Feb 1980 After Midnight Jerry Garcia Band
      Oct 1987 Pure Jerry 3: Lunt-Fontanne: Best Of The Rest Jerry Garcia Band
      1 Sep 1989 Pure Jerry 5: Merriweather Post Pavilion Jerry Garcia Band
 
Other Recordings
      1998 Welcome To Our World JGB (without Jerry)
     26 Apr 2001 Live At The Roseland Ratdog
     2008 Fennario: Songs by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter Emory Joseph
 
Robert Hunter Concert Recordings
     20 Jun 2004 Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO 
     26 Jun 2004 Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA 
     29 Jun 2004 USANA Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, UT 
     11 Aug 2004 PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ 

Ratdoglive CDs and downloads
Notes
(1) also on the compilation The Best Of Jerry Garcia


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 2 (piano arrangement)
          Jerry Garcia Songbook (vocal line and chords)
          Garcia/Hunter Songbook (vocal line and chords/TAB)

 


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