Sing Me Back Home (Live) - Grateful Dead

The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell "Let my guitar playing friend do my request" Let him sing me back home with a song I used to hear Make my old memories come alive Take me away and turn back the years Sing me back home before I die I recall last Sunday morning a choir from off the streets Came to sing a few old gospel songs And I heard him tell the singers, "There's a song my mama sang Could I hear it once before you move along?" Sing me back home, the the song I used to hear Make my old memories come alive Take me away and turn back the years Sing me back home before I die Won't you sing me back home, the the song I used to hear Make my old memories come alive Take me away and turn back the years Sing me back home before I die Sing me back home before I die

The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom I stood up to say good-bye like all the rest And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell Let my guitar playing friend do my request Let him Sing me back home with a song I used to hear Make my old memories come alive Oh please take me away and turn back the years Sing Me Back Home before I die I remember Sunday morning a choir from on the streets They came in to sing a few old gospel songs And I heard him tell the singers 'There's a song my mama sang. Won't you sing it once before I move along?' Won't you sing me back home with a song I used to hear Make my old memories come alive Please take me away and turn back the years Sing Me Back Home before I die Won't you sing me back home before I die

I fell by the wayside I fell on my knees Cryin', "Why was I so hard to please?" I stood at the crossroads Took a long look at me Sometimes you don't know where You're from 'til you leave And I've been out there searching For a place where I belong And on my way, I heard my song Let it sing me home Sun on my shoulders And the wind at my back Bound and determined To get back on track To where the heart is Where it's been all along Sometimes you don't know you've Got 'til it's gone, gone, gone, gone And I've been out there searching For a place where I belong And on my way, I heard my song Let it sing me home Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And I've been out there searching For a place where I belong And on my way I heard my song Let it sing me home Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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