New Speedway Boogie (Grateful Dead)

Lyrics

Please don't dominate the rap, Jack
If you got nothing new to say
If you please, don't back up the track
This train's got to run today

Spent a little time on the mountain
Spent a little time on the hill
Heard some say "You better run away"
Others say "You better stand still"

I don't know but I was told
It's hard to run with the weight of gold
Other hand I've heard it said
It's just as hard with the weight of lead

Who can deny, who can deny
Well it's not just a change in style
One step done and the other begun
And I wonder how many miles

Spent a little time on the mountain
Spent a little time on the hill
I saw things we don't understand
Well I guess in time we will

I don't know but I was told
In the heat of the sun, a man died of cold
Keep on comin or stand and wait
With the sun so hot and the hour so late

One way or another
One way or another
One way or another
This darkness got to give

You can't overlook the lack, Jack
Of any old highway to ride
It's got no signs or dividing lines
And very few rules to guide

Spent a little time on the mountain
Spent a little time on the hill
I saw things getting out of hand
Well I guess they always will

I don't know but I been told
If the horse don't pull, you got to carry that load
I don't know whose back's that strong
But maybe we'll find out before too long

One way or another
One way or another
One way or another
This darkness got to give

One way or another
One way or another
One way or another
Well this darkness got to give

One way or another (this darkness)
One way or another (this darkness)
One way or another (got to give)...