Grateful Dead

And We Bid You Goodnight

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Lay down my dear brother, lay down and take your rest,
Won't you lay your head upon your savior's chest,
I love you all, but Jesus loves you the best
And we bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.

I would never ride, well, I would never ride (goodnight, goodnight)
But His rod and His staff, they comfort me (goodnight, goodnight)
Tell "A" for the ark, that wonderful boat (goodnight, goodnight)
Tell "B" for the beast at the ending of the wood (goodnight, goodnight)
You know it ate all the children when they wouldn't be good,
Walking in Jerusalem just like John (goodnight, goodnight)
I go walking in the valley of the shadow of death,
And we bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.

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itsmyownmind On Dec 25, 2001

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by samba

18y ago

This song comes from the Carribean guitar player Joseph Spence THE INcredible String Band did it too.

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by oreokookie 12y ago

Jerry was seekin' the saviour towards the end there....well, hell, all along they had a little gospel pitter patter goin on ( brokedown palace, row Jimmy, catfish John, promised land, greatest story, samson, etc.).....the beast is the devil at the end of revelations ( not the " wood" but , the world)

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