Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia
Paradise waitsNotes
On the crest of a wave her angels in flame
She has no pain
Like a child she is pure, she is not to blame
Poised for flight, wings spread bright
Spring from night into the sun
Don't stop to run
She can fly like a lie, she can't be outdone
Tell me the cost
I can pay, let me go, tell me love is not lost
Sell everything
Without love day to day, insanity's king
I will pay, day by day
Anyway, lock, bolt and key
Crippled but free (note 1)
I was blind all the time I was learning to see
Help on the way
Well I know only this, I've got you today
Don't fly away
'Cause I love what I love and I want it that way
I will stay, one more day
Like I say, honey, it's you
Making it too
Without love in the dream it'll never come true
Grateful Dead Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | ||||
studio 1975 | Blues For Allah (note 4) | ||||
13 Aug 1975 | One From The Vault | ||||
28 Sep 1975 | 30 Trips Around The Sun | ||||
10 Jun 1976 | June 1976 Box Set | ||||
14 Jun 1976 | June 1976 Box Set | ||||
17 Jun 1976 | Dave's Picks Volume 28 (note 3) | ||||
19 Jun 1976 | June 1976 Box Set | ||||
24 Sep 1976 | Dave's Picks Vol 4 | ||||
9 Oct 1976 | Dick's Picks Vol 33 | ||||
31 Dec 1976 | Live At The Cow Palace | ||||
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 | ||||
26 Apr 1983 | Dave's Picks Volume 39 | ||||
2 Sep 1983 | Dave's Picks Volume 27 | ||||
11 Sep 1983 | Dave's Picks Vol 52 | ||||
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) | ||||
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 1) | ||||
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 5) | ||||
3 Jul 2015 | Fare Thee Well (CD and DVD) | ||||
Phil Lesh and Friends Recordings | |||||
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 | |||
1996 | Blues For Allah | Joe Gallant and Illuminati | |||
1997 | Jake's Leg | Jake's Leg | |||
1998 | Blue Light Rain | Jazz Is Dead | |||
2001 | Live At The Green Mill | Sabertooth | |||
2007 | 29 Jun 2007 Groveland, CA | New Monsoon | |||
2012 | 27 Apr 2012 UMBowl II, Park West, Chicago, IL | Umphrey's McGee (note 2) | |||
2012 | D'Eadphibians | D'Amphibiand | |||
2012 | Live At The 2012 Peach Music Festival | Dark Star Orchestra | |||
2015 | Twangin' The Dead | Matt Rae | |||
2015 | 17 Apr 2015 Morrison, CO | Disco Biscuits (note 2) | |||
14 May 2015 | Dear Jerry: Celebrating The Music Of Jerry Garcia | Billy & The Kids | |||
2015 | Songs Of Their Own | The New Mastersounds | |||
2016 | Day Of The Dead | Bella Fleck | |||
2016 | Better Left Unsung | Holly Bowling | |||
2018 | Garcia Songbook | Joe Craven & The Sometimers | |||
31 Dec 2018 | Rising Up To Paradise | Big Swell |
Help on the way: well I know * yeah I know it's foretold thing
Help on the way: well a bird * who can fly's * worth many that just sing
Due today (on a long shot)What can I say? without love * day to day * insanity's king
Did you say (make a quick stop)
Love, love, love * may be today
Solomon says * make it sweet * get right back to your feet
It's all a guess: right or wrong * you belong * in your own driver's seat
You can steer (ain't much to it)What else is true? but your love * and the blues * that you learned on the street
Change the gear (double clutch it)
Drive, drive, drive * due retreat
Honey it's you: if you stop * let it drop * none of us can come true
Broken in two * let it slide * let it slip * till there's nothing to do
Back in tune (in amomng her)Ease off the pain: down the drain * it's so plain * why that other dream blew
Just for you (any wonder?) You make rain * I'll make thunder
What have you heard? get the word * get the word * right back down on the [street?]
Who was that bird? it was clear * I could hear * just who did sing retreat
Just roll on (like a river)Changin' the beat * got to rise * what you got * or never be complete
Right or wrong (still deliver)
So so sweet * you'll recover
Chase of the year: if your soul * is intact * you've got nothing to fear
Justice in tears: someone shall * has to fall * get caught in the [?]
Run through blind (like a lover)Dark night of mirrors: everything * the reverse * of what it may appear
Stop in time (you'll recover)
Use your ears * what do you hear?
No one's correct: intellect * in a wreck * and it just blocks the trail
Liberty frail: for the crime * of a mind * can still wind up in jail
Talk, talk, talk (I can't listen)Get out and wail: if your blues * seem to fail * baby who wrote the [tale?]
Walk, walk, walk (Every ill wind)
Blows today * (but) help's on the way