I first heard this song about 2 and a half years ago, at a Bob show in San Francisco. I still have the live recording, and he sings 4 verses, not 3. I can't make out all the lyrics, though. Part of it goes: "...but we'll be ok, we'll be all right; like a blind man in the night; like a flower in the sun; like a dog when the day is done..."
Has anyone else heard this extra verse? If so, what are the words?
I've heard this live six times since June'08: it's a challenging puzzle. I have only heard the extra verse once and i think he jumbled the lyrics about the bear. My version (from House of Blues, Dallas):
I've heard this live six times since June'08: it's a challenging puzzle. I have only heard the extra verse once and i think he jumbled the lyrics about the bear. My version (from House of Blues, Dallas):
"Clouds that hang up in the sky
Lies wallow in the light
We'll be okay, we'll be alright
Like a blind man in the night
Like a flower in the sun
Like a dog when the day is done
Like a bear of the forest in the rainy meadow
I might be all wet but feelin' no pain
You take money and I'll take the jewels
You got the clock and I...
"Clouds that hang up in the sky
Lies wallow in the light
We'll be okay, we'll be alright
Like a blind man in the night
Like a flower in the sun
Like a dog when the day is done
Like a bear of the forest in the rainy meadow
I might be all wet but feelin' no pain
You take money and I'll take the jewels
You got the clock and I got the tools
Don't worry 'bout the cops, Got a getaway plan
Tell 'em your with the band
I'll be you're friendly neighborhood Spiderman
Ain't no junkie... just hangin' with the monkeys"
The Red Dog beer company used to sell their beer in 40 ounce bottles (college days), which were the cheapest buzz you could buy and went together perfectly with a cheap pack of smokes, if you were a poor college kid.
Also the line " We'll turn a close shave into a 'Woo-Hoo!' "
Have you ever done something really stupid because you were young and in love, like trying to beat a train, and the car almost stalls just as you fly over the tracks; as the train roars past, its horn blaring, you look at each other and yell Woo-Hoo! because the adrenaline reminds you how great it is to be alive. that's my interpretation.
And I swear he sings "you're the color of a verdant brook..." because it evokes the image of a very green, pastoral, romantic place of peace and serenity.
Crae22, thanks! Yeah, I could never figure out the first two lines of that verse, although I did think it was "flies wallow in the light." Guess either would make sense. And my version he clearly says "like a bear in the woods..." but the rest of that line and the next line are pretty garbled.
Crae22, thanks! Yeah, I could never figure out the first two lines of that verse, although I did think it was "flies wallow in the light." Guess either would make sense. And my version he clearly says "like a bear in the woods..." but the rest of that line and the next line are pretty garbled.
I also agree that it's "make a fire, gotta burn a few," although I can't imagine what he means by that.
I also agree that it's "make a fire, gotta burn a few," although I can't imagine what he means by that.
I first heard this song about 2 and a half years ago, at a Bob show in San Francisco. I still have the live recording, and he sings 4 verses, not 3. I can't make out all the lyrics, though. Part of it goes: "...but we'll be ok, we'll be all right; like a blind man in the night; like a flower in the sun; like a dog when the day is done..."
Has anyone else heard this extra verse? If so, what are the words?
I've heard this live six times since June'08: it's a challenging puzzle. I have only heard the extra verse once and i think he jumbled the lyrics about the bear. My version (from House of Blues, Dallas):
I've heard this live six times since June'08: it's a challenging puzzle. I have only heard the extra verse once and i think he jumbled the lyrics about the bear. My version (from House of Blues, Dallas):
"Clouds that hang up in the sky Lies wallow in the light We'll be okay, we'll be alright Like a blind man in the night Like a flower in the sun Like a dog when the day is done Like a bear of the forest in the rainy meadow I might be all wet but feelin' no pain You take money and I'll take the jewels You got the clock and I...
"Clouds that hang up in the sky Lies wallow in the light We'll be okay, we'll be alright Like a blind man in the night Like a flower in the sun Like a dog when the day is done Like a bear of the forest in the rainy meadow I might be all wet but feelin' no pain You take money and I'll take the jewels You got the clock and I got the tools Don't worry 'bout the cops, Got a getaway plan Tell 'em your with the band I'll be you're friendly neighborhood Spiderman
Ain't no junkie... just hangin' with the monkeys"
The Red Dog beer company used to sell their beer in 40 ounce bottles (college days), which were the cheapest buzz you could buy and went together perfectly with a cheap pack of smokes, if you were a poor college kid.
Also the line " We'll turn a close shave into a 'Woo-Hoo!' " Have you ever done something really stupid because you were young and in love, like trying to beat a train, and the car almost stalls just as you fly over the tracks; as the train roars past, its horn blaring, you look at each other and yell Woo-Hoo! because the adrenaline reminds you how great it is to be alive. that's my interpretation.
And I swear he sings "you're the color of a verdant brook..." because it evokes the image of a very green, pastoral, romantic place of peace and serenity.
Crae22, thanks! Yeah, I could never figure out the first two lines of that verse, although I did think it was "flies wallow in the light." Guess either would make sense. And my version he clearly says "like a bear in the woods..." but the rest of that line and the next line are pretty garbled.
Crae22, thanks! Yeah, I could never figure out the first two lines of that verse, although I did think it was "flies wallow in the light." Guess either would make sense. And my version he clearly says "like a bear in the woods..." but the rest of that line and the next line are pretty garbled.
I also agree that it's "make a fire, gotta burn a few," although I can't imagine what he means by that.
I also agree that it's "make a fire, gotta burn a few," although I can't imagine what he means by that.