Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia
Cosmic Charley, how do you do? (note 1)Notes
Truckin' in style along the avenue
Dum dee dum dee doodley doo
Go on home, your mother's calling you
Kalico Kahlia, come tell me the news
Calamity's waiting for a way to get to her
Rosy red and electric blue
I bought you a paddle for your paper canoe
Say you'll come back when you can
Whenever your airplane happens to land
Maybe I'll be back here too
It all depends on what's with you
Hung up waiting for a windy day
Kite on ice since the first of February
Mama keeps saying that the wind might blow
But standing here, I say I just don't know
New ones coming as the old ones go
Everything's moving here, but much too slow now
A little bit quicker and we might have time
To say "How do you do?" before we're left behind
Calliope wail like a seaside zoo
The very last lately enquired about you
It's really very one or two
The first you wanted, the last I knew
I just wonder if you shouldn't feel
Less concern about the deep unreal
The very first word is "How do you do?"
The last "Go home, your mama's calling you"
Calling you
Calling you
Calling you
Calling you
Go on home your mama's calling you
Go on home your mama's calling you
Go on home your mama's calling you
Grateful Dead Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | ||||
studio 1969 | Aoxomoxoa (note 2) | ||||
17 Jan 1969 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2018) | ||||
25 Jan 1969 | Aoxomoxoa (note 4) | ||||
11 Feb 1969 | Fillmore East 2-11-69 (note 3) | ||||
27 Feb 1969 | Fillmore West 1969 -The Complete Recordings | ||||
1 Mar 1969 | Fillmore West 1969 - The Complete Recordings | ||||
8 Jun 1969 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2012) | ||||
11 Dec 1969 | Dave's Picks Volume 10 (bonus disc) | ||||
2 Jan 1970 | Dave's Picks Volume 30 | ||||
3 Jan 1970 | Dave's Picks 2019 Bonus Disc | ||||
2 May 1970 | Dick's Picks Vol 8 | ||||
15 May 1970 | Road Trips Vol 3 No 3 (early show) | ||||
14 Jun 1976 | June 1976 Box Set | ||||
19 Jun 1976 | June 1976 Box Set | ||||
16 Jul 1976 | Dave's Picks Volume 18 (bonus disc) | ||||
25 Sep 1976 | Dick's Picks Vol 20 | ||||
Phil Lesh and Friends Recordings | |||||
18 May 2006 | Live At The Warfield | ||||
Other Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
1999 | Gathering On The Mountain, Live Part 1 | Missing Man Formation |