Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia
Played regularly by the Jerry Garcia Band from its introduction in 1977.
Just a song of Gomorrah
I wonder what they did there
Must have been a bad thing
to get shot down for
I wonder how they blew it up
or if they tore it down
Get out, get out, Mr Lot
and don't you look around
Who gave you your orders?
Someone from the sky
I heard a voice inside my head
in the desert wind so dry
I heard a voice telling me to flee
The very same voice I always believe
Said: a lot of trouble coming
but it don't have to come to you
I'm sparing you so you can tell
the rest what you been through
But don't you turn around, no
Don't look after you
It's not your business how it's done
You're lucky to get through
You're a good upstanding man
A credit to the flock
But if you don't face straight ahead
You could not stand the shock
Blew the city off the map
Left nothing there but fire
The wife of Lot got turned to salt
because she looked behind her
Because she looked behind
Because she looked behind
[etc]
Jerry Garcia Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
30 Jul 1977 | Pure Jerry 1: Theater 1839 | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
studio 1978 | Cats Under The Stars | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
18 Mar 1978 | Pure Jerry 6: Warner Theatre | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
22 Mar 1978 | Garcia Live Volume 4 | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
18 Jun 1978 | San Francisco Bay Area 1978 | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
29 Aug 1987 | Electric On The Eel | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
28 Oct 1987 | On Broadway: Act One | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
31 Oct 1987 | Pure Jerry 2: Lunt-Fontanne | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
5 Sep 1989 | Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
7 Aug 1990 | How Sweet It Is | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
Other Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
10 Jul 1980 | Heart Of Gold Band | Heart Of Gold Band | |||
2000 | Cookin' At The Wow Hall (live) | Gregg's Eggs | |||
2001 | Pickin' On Jerry Garcia | David West et al | |||
2001 | Gregg's Eggs | Gregg's Eggs | |||
2005 | Jerry Jams, Jerry Cares | Stir Fried | |||
2011 | Live At The 2011 Wanee Music Festival | Melvin Seals and JGB | |||
2015 | Twangin' The Dead | Matt Rae | |||
2018 | Garcia Songbook | Joe Craven & The Sometimers | |||
2020 | Spirit | The Garcia Project |