Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann
In another time's forgotten spaceNotes
Your eyes looked from your mother's face (note a)
Wildflower seed on the sand and stone
May the four winds blow you safely home
Chorus
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
I'll tell you where the four winds dwell (note b)
In Franklin's tower there hangs a bell
It can ring, turn night to day
It can ring like fire when you lose your way
[chorus]
God save the child who rings that bell (note c)
It may have one good ring, baby, you can't tell (note d)
One watch by night, one watch by day
If you get confused, listen to the music play
[chorus]
Some come to laugh their past away
Some come to make it just one more day
Whichever way your pleasure tends
If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind
[chorus]
In Franklin's tower the four winds sleep (note e)
Like four lean hounds the lighthouse keep
Wildflower seed in the sand and wind
May the four winds blow you home again
[chorus]
[chorus]
[etc]
Grateful Dead Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | ||||
studio 1975 | Blues For Allah (note 9) | ||||
13 Aug 1975 | One From The Vault | ||||
28 Sep 1975 | 30 Trips Around The Sun (note 6) | ||||
9 Jun 1976 | Road Trips Volume 4, Number 5 | ||||
10 Jun 1976 | June 1976 Box Set | ||||
14 Jun 1976 | June 1976 Box Set | ||||
17 Jun 1976 | Dave's Picks Volume 28 (note 8) | ||||
19 Jun 1976 | June 1976 Box Set | ||||
24 Sep 1976 | Dave's Picks Vol 4 (note 5) | ||||
9 Oct 1976 | Dick's Picks Vol 33 | ||||
26 Feb 1977 | Dave's Picks Volume 29 | ||||
9 May 1977 | May 1977: Get Shown The Light Box | ||||
22 May 1977 | Dick's Picks Vol 3 | ||||
9 Jun 1977 | Winterland June 1977 - The Complete Recordings | ||||
11 Oct 1977 | Road Trips Volume 1, Number 2 | ||||
10 Apr 1978 | Friend Of The Devils: April 1978 | ||||
9 May 1978 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2012) | ||||
8 Jul 1978 | July 1978: The Complete Recordings | ||||
1 Sep 1979 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2016) | ||||
27 Oct 1979 | 30 Trips Around The Sun | ||||
5 Nov 1979 | Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/5/79 | ||||
9 Nov 1979 | Road Trips Volume 1, Number 1 | ||||
4 Dec 1979 | Dave's Picks Vol 31 | ||||
15 May 1980 | Go To Nassau | ||||
3 Sep 1980 | Download Series Vol 7 | ||||
25 Oct 1980 | Dead Set (note 1) | ||||
31 Oct 1980 | Dead Ahead (video/DVD) | ||||
10 Mar 1981 | In And Out Of The Garden | ||||
7 Dec 1981 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2017) | ||||
26 Apr 1983 | Dave's Picks Volume 39 | ||||
2 Sep 1983 | Dave's Picks Volume 27 | ||||
12 Oct 1983 | In And Out Of The Garden | ||||
1 Apr 1984 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2014) | ||||
17 Apr 1984 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2018) | ||||
21 Apr 1984 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2021) | ||||
10 Jul 1989 | Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 Boxed Set | ||||
8 Oct 1989 | Warlocks Box | ||||
22 Oct 1989 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2017) | ||||
24 Mar 1990 | Spring 1990 | ||||
30 Mar 1990 | Without A Net (note 4) | ||||
18 Jul 1990 | Dave's Picks Volume 40 | ||||
24 Mar 1991 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2016) | ||||
5 May 1991 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2010) | ||||
14 Jun 1991 | View From The Vault II (video/DVD & CD soundtrack) | ||||
10 Sep 1991 | 30 Trips Around The Sun | ||||
25 Sep 1991 | Dick's Picks Vol 17 | ||||
1 Oct 1994 | 30 Trips Around The Sun (note 10) | ||||
3 Jul 2015 | Fare Thee Well (CD and DVD) | ||||
Phil Lesh and Friends Recordings | |||||
5 Jun 1999 | Love Will See You Through | ||||
19 May 2006 | Live At The Warfield | ||||
(Plus live recordings by The Dead, Furthur, Dead & Company, Ratdog, Phil Lesh & Friends etc not listed here. See Grateful Dead Family Discography for a full list.) | |||||
Other Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
1985 | Live '85 | Robert Hunter | |||
1990 | Box Of Rain | Robert Hunter | |||
1990 | Fast Food For Thought | Henry Rollins and Wartime (note 2) | |||
1996 | Fire On The Mountain Vol 1 | Reggae Celebrates The Grateful Dead (Steel Pulse) | |||
1996 | Blues For Allah | Joe Gallant and Illuminati | |||
1996 | Live Medicine | Mighty Manatees Medicine Show | |||
1997 | Jake's Leg | Jake's Leg | |||
1998 | Blue Light Rain | Jazz Is Dead | |||
1999 | Tie-Die Yippie Ki Yay | McEuen and Salazar | |||
1999 | Meat Puppets | Meat Puppets | |||
2000 | Struggling Man | Merl Saunders | |||
2001 | Goodnight Irene | Woodshed | |||
2001 | Live At The Green Mill | Sabertooth | |||
20 Jun 2004 | On The Road, North Plains, OR | String Cheese Incident (note 7) | |||
22 Oct 2004 | Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA | Umphrey's McGee (note 7) | |||
2 Aug 2004 | Instant Live: Mansfield, MA | Allman Brothers Band (note 7) | |||
16 Feb 2005 | Bruce Horrnsby Live: Montgomery, AL | Bruce Hornsby | |||
2005 | Jerry Jams, Jerry Cares | Matt Angus Thing | |||
2005 | Live At Berkner Hall | Great Caesar's Ghost with G.E.Smith | |||
2006 | One More Ride | Great Caesar's Ghost (note 7) | |||
2006 | Trials And Tribulations | In-Cog-Nito | |||
29 Jun 2006 | Late Night Show High Sierra Music Festival | Zero (note 7) | |||
2007 | Live At Soho | Trio Grande | |||
8 Sep 2007 | George's Majestic Lounge, Fayrtteville, AR | Steve Kimock & Friends | |||
16 Aug 2008 | YrmonyGrass | Rebel Alliance Jam | |||
28 Mar 2009 | Live, Beacon Theater | Allman Brothers Band (with Bob Weir and Phil Lesh) | |||
17 Jul 2010 | Horning's Hideout, OR | Yonder Mountain String Band | |||
2010 | Songs Of The Grateful Dead | Jesse McReynolds | |||
2011 | The Wheel: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Garcia | Jesse McReynolds, David Nelson et al | |||
2011 | Sessions, Vol. 1 | Jah Grateful Dead | |||
2012 | D'Eadphibians | D'Amphibiand | |||
2012 | Live At The 2012 Peach Music Festival | Dark Star Orchestra | |||
2012 | Essential Country Collection | Midday Sun | |||
1 Dec 2012 | A Buckdancer's Choice | Mickey Hart Band | |||
2013 | Yoga Tribute To Grateful Dead Vol 2 | Yoga Pop Ups | |||
2013 | Harpin' On The Dead | Anela Lauren | |||
2013 | Move Me Brightly | Bob Weir et al (DVD) | |||
2014 | Grateful Dead Bluegrass Tribute | David Holodiloff | |||
17 Apr 2015 | Morrison, CO | Disco Biscuits | |||
14 May 2015 | Dear Jerry: Celebrating The Music Of Jerry Garcia | Billy & The Kids | |||
2016 | Day Of The Dead | Orchestra Baobab | |||
18 Aug 2016 | Stage AE Outdoos, Pittsburgh, PA | Gov't Mule | |||
2016 | Better Left Unsung | Holly Bowling | |||
2018 | Garcia Songbook | Joe Craven & The Sometimers | |||
2018 | Almost Live | Eric Fincher | |||
2019 | Live At The Old Church | Holly Bowling | |||
31 Dec 2018 | Rising Up To Paradise | Big Swell | |||
2021 | Grateful Deadication | David McMurray |