Fever

Lyrics: Davenport, Cooley
Music: Davenport, Cooley

Played only once by the Dead, on 13 September 1987 (thanks to Chris Jones for help with this). Played frequently by Bob Weir with Rob Wasserman and with Ratdog.

This was the version Bob Weir sang with the Grateful Dead:

Never know how much I love you
Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
I get a feeling that's so hard to bear

You give me fever
With your kisses
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night

Sun lights up the day time
Moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name
'Cause I know you're gonna treat me right

And give me fever
With your kisses
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night

Everybody's got the fever
That is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing
Fever started long ago

Captain Smith loved Pocahontas
In a very mad affair
And when her daddy tried to kill him
She said, Daddy, oh don't you dare

She gives me fever
With her kisses
Fever when she holds me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night

Romeo loved Juliet
Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said Julie baby you're my flame

You give me fever
With thy kisses
Fever with my flaming youth
Fever, I'm on fire
Fever, yeah I burn forsooth

Now you listen to my story
Here's the point that I have made
Kisses gonna give you fever
Be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade

They give you fever
With their kisses
Fever when they hold you tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night

Everybody's got the fever
That is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing
Fever started long ago

This was the (shorter) version Bob Weir sang with Rob Wasserman

Never know how much I love you
Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
I get a feeling that's so hard to bear

You give me fever
When you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night

Listen to me baby
Hear every word I say
No one gonna love you the way I do
'Cause they don't know how to love you my way

You give me fever
When I kiss me
Fever when I hold you tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night

Sun lights up the day time
Moon lights up the night
My eyes light up when you call my name
'Cause I know you're gonna treat me right

And give me fever
When you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night

King bee loves his honey
Queen bee feels the same
Ain't no queen who's honey's sweeter
And you know it drives me quite insane

And give me fever
With your kisses
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night

Sun lights up the day time
Moon lights up the night
My eyes light up when you call my name
'Cause I know you're gonna treat me right

And give me fever
With your kisses
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night

Fever all through the night (note 1)
Fever all through the night
Fever all through the night
All through the night
All through the night
All through the night
All through the night

Notes
(1) the ad lib ending varies from performance to performance

On "Nightfood" Bob Weir sings the following additional verses:

Everybody's got the fever
This is something we all know
Fever in a run down shack
Fever in an old chateau

Bless my soul I love you
Take this heart away
Take these arms I never use
Just believe in what my lips have to say

They give you fever when you kiss them
Fever if you live and learn
Flames are gonna get you
What a lovely way to burn

Bob Weir Recordings
	Date	Album	Recorded By
	1988	Nightfood	Brian Melvin
	5 Sep 1989	Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound	Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman
	6 Sep 1989	Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound	Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman
	1992	Weir/Wasserman Live	Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman

"Fever" was first recorded by Little Willie John in 1956, and subsequently covered by Peggy Lee two years later in a very similar version that became a big hit.

Further Information
For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography
For details of every time played by the Grateful Dead, see Chris Edwards Grateful Sets site