Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia
Thought I heard a blackird singingNotes
Up on Bluebird Hill
Call me a whinin' boy if you will
Born where the sun don't shine (note 1)
And I don't deny my name
Got no place to go, ain't that a shame?
Thought I heard that KC whistle
Moaning sweet and low
Thought I heard that KC when she blow
Down where the sun don't shine
Underneath the Kokomo
Whinin' boy got no place to go
So many roads I tell you
So many roads I know
So many roads, so many roads
Mountain high, river wide
So many roads to ride
So many roads, so many roads
Thought I heard a jug band playin'
"If you don't... who else will?"
From over on the far side of the hill
All I know the sun don't shine
And the rain refused to fall
And you don't seem to hear me when I call (note 2)
Wind inside and the wind outside
Tangled in the window blind
Tell me why you treat me so unkind
Down where the sun don't shine
Lonely and I call your name
No place left to go, ain't that a shame?
So many roads I tell you (note 3)
New York to San Francisco
So many roads I know
All I want is one to take me home
From the high road to the low
So many roads I know
So many roads so many roads
From the land of the midnight sun
Where the ice blue roses grow (note 4)
Along those roads of gold and silver snow
Howlin' wide or moaning low
So many roads I know
So many roads to ease my soul (note 5)
So many roads to ease my soul
So many roads to ease my soul
So many roads to ease my soul
So many roads to ease my soul
[etc]
Grateful Dead Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | ||||
21 Mar 1992 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2019) (note 8) | ||||
23 Jun 1992 | Ready Or Not | ||||
28 Mar 1993 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2010) | ||||
11 Jun 1993 | (official YouTube video only) | ||||
1 Oct 1994 | 30 Trips Around The Sun (note 6) | ||||
19 Oct 1994 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2024) | ||||
21 Feb 1995 | 30 Trips Around The Sun | ||||
9 Jul 1995 | So Many Roads (1965-1995) (note 7) | ||||
(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 | |||
2000 | Crazy Fingers | The Grass Is Dead | |||
2005 | The 1000th Show | Dark Star Orchestra | |||
2016 | Feb 12 2016, Albany, NY | Jackie Greene (note 8) | |||
2024 | Grateful: The Music Plays The Band | John Kadlecik |