Far From Me

Lyrics: Brent Mydland
Music: Brent Mydland

You say you want to try again
Wear it down between the lines
Well I have a better end in mind
It doesn't seem you really have to close your eyes to see
Though I know you don't mean to be
You are so far from me

There was something I had caught inside
Screaming hard to make it known
In time it died alone
It doesn't seem you really have to close your eyes to see
You have been all you'll be to me
It's just too late; and we can't relate at all

It doesn't seem you really have to close your eyes to see
Though I know you don't mean to be
You are so far from me

This time's the last time I want to say so long
This song's my last song for you
There's nothing here to hold on to
Nothing to hold on to
Grateful Dead Recordings
     Date Album
     studio 1980 Go To Heaven (note 1)
     15 May 1980 Go To Nassau
     31 Aug 1980 Beyond Description: Bonus CD
     13 Apr 1983 30 Days Of The Dead (2015)
     24 Jul 1987 View From The Vault IV (DVD & CD soundtrack)
     13 Aug 1987 30 Days Of The Dead (2024)
     12 Jul 1989 RFK Stadium 1989 Box
     21 Mar 1990 Spring 1990 (The Other One)
     23 Jun 1990 Dave's Picks Volume 44
     23 Jun 1993 30 Days Of The Dead (2021)
 
Other Recordings
     Date Album Recorded By
      2006 With A Large Slice Of Love The Sandwich Man (Dark Star Orchestra)
Notes
(1) also on the compilations The Arista Years and The Best Of The Grateful Dead.


Further Information
For an online discussion of the lyrics to this song see the deadsongs.vue conference on The Well.
For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography
For information on references in the lyrics see David Dodd's Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics
For online chords and TAB see www.rukind.com
For sheet music, see:
          Grateful Dead Anthology Volume 2 (piano arrangement)

 


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