Ripple - Grateful Dead

Tiny baby, so naive I can't believe what you believe You were once so happy here It may not be Eden or summer in Greece You may not even find the Gold Fleece In the drag of this atmosphere Now I don't want to bring up a delicate matter No I'd much rather bribe or flatter you 'Cause flattery gets me everywhere But you punctured my tires, you crossed all my wires I brand your acolytes as a pack of liars And the fire's singing everywhere Buckle like a wreck on the cold green sea Like you were a ripple in my memory I lent you some collateral to buy new clothes It went out the window and up your nose And that's the end of the honeymoon Yeah we walked down the aisle for another mile I'd walk a million miles for one of your smiles And you can have all the money soon You're so deluxe, you're so divine You're so fifty light years ahead of your time You're a riddle, you're a ripple You're the human sacrifice to the goddess of ice Your hairdo is filled with diamonds and lice And you're hardly off the nipple Another little glitch in continuity Like you were a ripple in my memory

She came without a farthing A babe without a name So much ado about nothing Is what she'd try to say So much ado, my lover So many games we played Through every fleeted Summer Through every precious day All dead, all dead All the dreams we had And I wonder why I still live on All dead, all dead And alone, I'm spared My sweeter half instead All dead and gone All dead All dead, all dead At the rainbow's end And still, I hear her own sweet song All dead, all dead Take me back again You know my little friend's All dead and gone Her ways are always with me I wander all the while But, please, you must forgive me I am old but still a child All dead, all dead But I should not grieve In time it comes to everyone All dead, all dead But in hope, I breathe Of course, I don't believe You're dead and gone All dead and gone