Loose Lucy

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia

Loose Lucy is my delight
She comes running and we ball all night
Round and round and round and round
Don't take much to get me on the ground
She's my yo-yo, I'm her string
Listen to the birds on the hot wire sing

Chorus
Singing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Singing thank you, for a real good time

I got jumped coming home last night
Shadow in the alley turned out all my lights
Round and round and round and round
Don't take much to get me on the ground
Loose Lucy, she was sore
Says I know you can't want my love no more,

[chorus]

Bebop baby, how can this be
I know you've been out a cheating on me
Round and round and round and round
Don't take much to get the word around
Cross my heart and hope to die
I was just hanging out with the other guys

[chorus]

Went back home with two black eyes
You know I'll love her till the day I die
Round and round and round and round
Don't take much to get the word around
I like your smile but I ain't your type
Don't shake the tree when the fruit ain't ripe

[chorus]

Grateful Dead Recordings
	Date	Album
	26 Feb 1973	Dick's Picks Vol 28
	28 Mar 1973	Dave's Picks Volume 16
	2 Apr 1973	Dave's Picks Volume 21
	9 Jun 1973	Here Comes Sunshine
	(studio) 7 Aug 1973	From The Mars Hotel (note a)
	27 Oct 1973	30 Days Of The Dead (2023)
	11 Nov 1973	Winterland 1973 - The Complete Recordings
	22 Feb 1974	Dave's Picks Volume 42 (bonus disc)
	(studio) Apr 1974	From The Mars Hotel (note e)
	17 May 1974	Pacific Northwest '73-'74
	19 May 1974	Pacific Northwest '73-'74
	18 Jun 1974	Road Trips Number 2, Volume 3
	25 Jul 1974	30 Days Of The Dead (2019) (note f)
	4 Aug 1974	Dick's Picks Vol 31
	18 Sep 1974	30 Trips Around The Sun
	14 Mar 1990	Spring 1990 (The Other One)
	21 Mar 1990	Spring 1990 (The Other One)
	28 Mar 1990	Spring 1990 (The Other One)
	16 Jul 1990	(official YouTube video only)
	17 Jun 1991	Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 Boxed Set (CD and DVD)
	16 Dec 1992	Dick's Picks Vol 27
	27 Mar 1993	30 Trips Around The Sun (note c)

(Plus live recordings by The Dead, Furthur, Dead & Company, Ratdog, Phil Lesh & Friends etc not listed here. See Grateful Dead Family Discography for a full list.)

Other Recordings
	Date	Album	Recorded By
	2000	Might As Well	The Persuasions (note b)
	Dec 2001	Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert: Vol 3	Phil Lesh & Friends
	8 Feb 2006	Live At The Fillmore	Grateful Grass
	24 Oct 2006	Fall Tour 2006	Rhythm Devils
	19 Sep 2007	Live Butter, Des Moines, IA	Hot Buttered Rum (note d)
	2008	Fennario: Songs by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter	Emory Joseph
	1 Dec 2012	A Buckdancer's Choice	Bob Weir (solo)
	2015	Songs Of Their Own	The Z3
	2019	Hot Chicken Wisdom	Rich Mahan

Notes
(a) issued as a bonus track on the version in the box set Beyond Description (1973-1990)
(b) re-released in 2011 on "Persuasions of the Dead"
(c) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2013)
(d) The list above includes only one illustrative example of the series of live recordings by these bands. For a full list see the Grateful Dead Family Discography.
(e) also released as the Grateful Dead 7" single volume 10.
(f) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2021)

Further 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 David Dodd's discussion of this song on dead.net see Greatest Stories Ever Told
For online chords and TAB see www.rukind.com
For sheet music, see:
Grateful Dead Songbook Volume 2 (piano arrangement)
Garcia/Hunter Songbook (vocal line and chords/TAB)