Lyrics: Charles E Moody
Music: Charles E Moody
Played by Jerry with Old And In The Way, the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
and with David Grisman. Also more recently by Phil Lesh & Friends.
Out on the perilous deep
Where danger silently creeps
And storms so violently sweep
You're drifting too far from the shore
Chorus
Drifting too far from the shore
You're drifting too far from the peaceful shore
Come to Jesus today, let him show you the way
You're drifting too far from the shore
Today the tempest rose high
And the clouds overshadow the sky
Sure death is hovering nigh
You're drifting too far from the shore
[chorus]
Why meet a terrible fate
Mercies abundantly wait
Turn back before it's too late
You're drifting too far from the shore
[chorus]
Jerry Garcia Recordings | |||||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||||
1 Oct 1973 | Live At The Boarding House | Old And In The Way | (note 1) | ||||
8 Oct 1973 | Breakdown | Old And In The Way | (note 2) | ||||
4 Nov 1973 | Live At Sonoma State | Old And In The Way | |||||
28 Oct 1987 | Pure Jerry 3: Lunt-Fontanne: Best Of The Rest | Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band | (note 3) | ||||
5 Dec 1987 | Ragged But Right | Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band | |||||
4/5 Feb 1993 | Pizza Tapes | Garcia/Grisman/Rice | |||||
Other Recordings | |||||||
2020 | Spirit | The Garcia Project |