Lyrics: Holland, Dozier, Holland
Music: Holland, Dozier, Holland
This was played a couple of times by the Grateful Dead in 1986,
but more frequently by Jerry Garcia with solo bands in the mid-70's and early 80's
and by Bob Weir with Kingfish in the mid-70's.
It was recently revived by Phil Lesh & Friends in 2002.
Note that it's the Motown song done by Junior Walker and the All Stars,
not the Bo Diddley song.
This is the version recorded for Garcia's second solo album ("Compliments Of ..."), though not released on the original album.
Money, who needs itThis is the version Bob Weir sang with the Grateful Dead in 1986--very similar to Garcia's:
Let me live a life free and easy
Put a toothbrush in my hand
Let me be a travelling man
I'm a roadrunner baby
I'm a road runner baby
Any place is my home
I'm a road runner baby
You look for me and I'll be gone
Well you can love me if you want
But I do declare
When I get restless
I've got to move somewhere
I'm a road runner baby
Just got to keep on keeping on
And I love the life I live
And I'm gonna live the life I love
Don't want no woman
To tie me down
Gotta be free baby
To roam around
All my life it's been like this
If you love me it's your own risk
When the dust hits my shoes
I got the urge to move
I'm a road runner baby
Anyplace is my home
And I love the life I live
And I'm gonna live the life I love
Roadrunner baby
Money, who needs it
Let me live a life free and easy
Put a toothbrush in my hand
Let me be a travelling man
I'm a roadrunner
I'm a road runner baby
Got to keep on keeping on
I'm a road runner baby
Might look for me and I'll be gone
You can love me if you want to
But I do declare
When I get restive
I've got to move somewhere
I'm a road runner baby
Got to keep on keeping on
And I love the life I live
And I'm gonna live the life I love
Roadrunner
Don't want no woman
To tie me down
Gotta be free baby
To roam around
All my life it's been like this
You can love me, it's your own risk
When the dust hits my shoes
I got the urge to move
'Cause I'm a road runner baby
Got to keep on keeping on
And I love the life I live
And I'm gonna live the life I love
Roadrunner mama
I'm a road runner baby
Got to keep on keeping on
I'm a road runner baby
Might look for me and I'll be gone
You can love me if you want to
But I do declare
When I get restive
I've got to move somewhere
Since I'm a road runner baby
Got to keep on keeping on
And I love the life I live
And I'm gonna live the life I love
Roadrunner now
| Jerry Garcia Recordings | |||||
| Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
| 11 Aug 1974 | Garcia Live Volume 9 | Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders | |||
| 1 Sep 1974 | Pure Jerry 4: Keystone, Berkeley | Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders Band | |||
| 15 Dec 1974 | Garcia Live Volume 3 | Legion Of Mary | |||
| 1974 | Compliments Of ... | Jerry Garcia (note 1) | |||
| 18 Nov 1975 | Jerry Garcia Collection, Volume 2: Let It Rock | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
| 31 Dec 1975 | Garcia Live Volume 5 | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
| Bob Weir Recordings | |||||
| 1985 | Kingfish (Relix) | Kingfish | |||
| Other Recordings | |||||
| 14 May 2015 | Dear Jerry: Celebrating The Music Of Jerry Garcia | Peter Frampton | |||