RUN FOR THE ROSES
(on Garcia's Solo Album by the same name)
Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia


Reach for the sun,
Catch hold of the moon,
They're both too heavy
But what can you do?
Reach for the stars,
Smack into the sky
You don't want to live,
But you're too chicken to die...
---chicken to die---

Run, run
Run for the roses
Sooner it opens
the quicker it closes.
Man, oh, man,
Oh friend of mine,
All good things in all good time
All good things in all good time.

Reach for the rose
Get caught in the briar
You're warming to love
Next thing there's a fire
The trouble with love
is its other face
You just want the cup
you don't want the race
No, you don't want the race...

Run, run
Run for the roses
Sooner it opens
the quicker it closes.
Man, oh, man,
Oh friend of mine,
All good things in all good time
All good things in all good time.

Run for the money
Caught short on the rent
Big ideas but
the money's all spent.
If you got the do-re
I got the mi
And I got a notion
we're all at the sea,
Yeah, we're all at the sea.

Run, run
Run for the roses
Sooner it opens
the quicker it closes.
Man, oh, man,
Oh friend of mine,
All good things in all good time
All good things in all good time.



(Contributed by George Smith - May 2003)