Comes A Time

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia

Chorus
Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand (note a)
Says "don't you see?"
Gotta make it somehow
On the dreams you still believe
Don't give it up
You got an empty cup
Only love can fill
Only love can fill

Been walking all morning
Went walking all night
I can't see much difference
Between the dark and light
And I feel the wind (note b)
And I taste the rain
Never in my mind
To cause so much pain

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From day to day
Just letting it ride (note c)
You get so far away
From how it feels inside
You can't let go
'Cause you're afraid to fall
But the day may come
When you can't feel at all

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When the words come out
Like an angry stream
You hear yourself say
Things you could never mean
When the heat cools down
And you find your mind
You got a lot of words
You've got to stand behind

And the words come out
Like an angry stream
Hear your own voice say
Things you could never mean
When the heat cools down
You find your mind
Got a lot or words
You got to stand behind

Comes a time when the deaf man takes your hand
Says "can't you hear?"

If she's good for you
It isn't what you say
It's who you are for her
Just from day to day
She knows you short
She knows you long
A love like that
Can make a weak man strong

Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand
Says "don't you see?"
Gotta make it somehow
On the dreams you still believe
Don't give it up
You got an empty cup
Only love can fill
Only love can fill
Just one dream to call across the years