Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia
Played regularly by the Jerry Garcia Band from 1982 onwards.
These are the lyrics in Hunter's book "Box Of Rain":
Reach for the sun, catch hold of the moonNotes
They're both too heavy but what can you do?
Reach for the stars, smack into the sky
You don't want to live but you're chicken to die
Chicken to die
Chorus
Run, run, run for the roses
Sooner it opens, the quicker it closes
Man, oh, man, oh friend of mine
All good things in all good time
All good things in all good time (note 1)
Reach for the rose, get caught on the briar
You're warming to love, next thing there's a fire
The trouble with love is its other face
You just want the cup, you don't want the race
No, you don't want the race
[chorus]
Run for the money, caught short on the rent
Big ideas but the money's all spent
If you got the do-re, I got the mi (note 2)
And I got a notion we're all at sea (note 3)
Yeah, we're all at sea
[chorus] (note 4)
Chorus
Run, run, run for the roses
Quicker it opens, the sooner it closes
Man, oh, man, oh friend of mine
All good things in all good time
Reach for the sun, catch hold of the moon
They're both too heavy but what can you do?
Reach for the stars, smack into the sky
You don't want to live but you're chicken to die
You're chicken to die
[chorus]
Run for the money, caught short on the rent
Big ideas but the cash is all spent
The trouble with love is its other face
You just want the cup, but you don't want the race
No, you don't want the race
[chorus]
Reach for the rose, get caught on the briar
You're warming to love, next thing there's a fire
If you got the do-re, I got the mi
And I got the notion we're all at sea
Yes, we're all at sea
[chorus]
[chorus]
[chorus]
All good things in all good time
Jerry Garcia Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
studio 1982 | Run For The Roses | Jerry Garcia Band (note a) | |||
18 Jun 1982 | Garcia Live Volume 20 | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
27 Jan 1986 | GarciaLive Volume 14 | Jerry Garcia/John Kahn | |||
28 Feb 1986 | Pure Jerry: Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium | Jerry Garcia/John Kahn | |||
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: Lunt-Fontanne | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
10 Jun 1989 | Electric On The Eel | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
1 Sep 1989 | Pure Jerry: Merriweather Post Pavilion | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
5 Sep 1989 | Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
20 May 1990 | Garcia Live Volume 10 | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
5 Aug 1990 | Garcia Live Volume 2 | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
1 Sep 1990 | Live At Shoreline (DVD) | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
9 Nov 1991 | Pure Jerry Seven: Hampton Coliseum | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
Other Recordings | |||||
2004 | 20 Degrees Of Solitude | The Grass Is Dead | |||
2012 | Run For The Roses | Greg Anton et al (Rex Foundation) |