Nothing's Different

Lyrics: Ed Cook
Music: Ed Cook

Played by Bill Kreutzmann with Backbone in 1997

I was a long, long time in the passenger seat
On the highway of life
I had a dream that I was sleeping
While I was driving
When I woke up it was all an illusion
Nothing was different, everything was real

There were bandits all along the highway
Disguised as snakes
And blue-haired old ladies driving in the wrong way
Trying to see the United States
The was nothing united or divided about them
Nothing was different, everything was strange

Muhammad Ali, Bucky Fuller, Cesar Chavez
Sitting together in a small cafe
And everyone trying to eat their lunch with them
Everyone trying to dig what they had to say

People [straining necks] and smoking Camels
[?] of them are out on the road leading out of the shadows

Well the kids have all grown up now
Had some growing to do myself
And I don't dream about the road too much any more
But I pray for my children's health
'Cause when they come around to see me
Nothing is different, everything is real