Lyrics: Chuck Berry
Music: Chuck Berry
The Grateful Dead only played this once, on 23 June 1974, but Jerry
Garcia played this often with JGB or other groupings. More recently, it was
played by Phil Lesh & Friends in 2012.
Way up in the evening, down in Mobile, Alabama (note 1)Notes
Working on the railroad with a steel driving hammer
Got to make some money, buy some brand new shoes
Try to find somebody take away these blues
She don't love me here, I'm singing in the sun
Payday's coming and my work is all done (note 2)
Early in the evening when the sun is sinking low (note 3)
All day I've been waiting for the whistle to blow
Sitting in a tee-pee built right on the track (note 4)
Rolling them bones 'till the foreman come back
Pick up your belongings boys and scatter about
We got an off scheduled train coming two miles out
Everybody's scrambling and running around (note 5)
Picking up the money, tear the teep-pee down
Foreman was in panic, 'bout to go insane
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train
Engineer blowing the whistle loud and long (note 6)
Can't stop the train we got to let it roll on
Grateful Dead Recordings | |||||||
23 Jun 1974 | From The Mars Hotel | (note a) | |||||
Jerry Garcia Recordings | |||||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||||
1973 | Compliments Of ... | Jerry Garcia | (note b) | ||||
27 Feb 1975 | Jerry Garcia Collection, Volume 1 | Legion Of Mary | |||||
18 Nov 1975 | Jerry Garcia Collection, Volume 2: Let It Rock | Jerry Garcia Band | |||||
31 Dec 1975 | Garcia Live Volume 5 | Jerry Garcia Band | |||||
29 Aug 1987 | Electric On The Eel | Jerry Garcia Band | |||||
31 Oct 1987 | Pure Jerry 2: Lunt-Fontanne | Jerry Garcia Band | |||||
6 Sep 1989 | Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound | Jerry Garcia Band | (note c) | ||||
16 Sep 1989 | Garcia Live Volume 13 | Jerry Garcia Band |