Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia
You told me goodbyeNotes
How was I to know
You didn't mean goodbye
You meant please don't let me go
I was having a high time
Living the good life
Well I know
The wheels are muddy
Got a ton of hay
Now listen here baby
'Cause I mean what I say (note 1)
I'm having a hard time
Living the good life
Well I know
I was losing time, I had nothing to do
No-one to fight, I came to you
Wheels broke down, the leader won't draw
The line is busted, the last one I saw
Tomorrow comes trouble (note 2)
Tomorrow comes pain
Now don't think too hard, baby
'Cause you know what I'm saying
I could show you a high time
Living the good life (note 3)
Don't be that way
Nothing's for certain
It could always go wrong
Come in when it's raining
Go on out when it's gone
We could have us a high time
Living the good life
Well I know
| Grateful Dead Recordings | |||||
| Date | Album | ||||
| 28 Jun 1969 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2019) | ||||
| 16 Aug 1969 | Woodstock - Back To The Garden | ||||
| 7 Nov 1969 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2021) | ||||
| 8 Nov 1969 | Dick's Picks Vol 16 | ||||
| 12 Dec 1969 | Dave's Picks Volume 10 | ||||
| 20 Dec 1969 | Dave's Picks Volume 6 | ||||
| 26 Dec 1969 | Dave's Picks Volume 43 | ||||
| studio 1970 | Workingman's Dead (note a) | ||||
| 2 Jan 1970 | Dave's Picks Volume 30 | ||||
| 7 Feb 1970 | Fillmore West 1969 - The Complete Recordings (note b) | ||||
| 14 Feb 1970 | Dick's Picks Vol 4 | ||||
| 28 Feb 1970 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2023) | ||||
| 9 Jun 1976 | Road Trips Volume 4, Number 5 | ||||
| 14 Jun 1976 | June 1976 Box Set | ||||
| 19 Jun 1976 | June 1976 Box Set | ||||
| 28 Jun 1976 | Download Series Vol 4 (note f) | ||||
| 16 Jul 1976 | Dave's Picks Volume 18 (bonus disc) | ||||
| 17 May 1977 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2012) (note d) | ||||
| 26 May 1977 | Dave's Picks Volume 41 (note g) | ||||
| 9 Dec 1979 | Dave's Picks Vol 47 | ||||
| 28 Dec 1979 | Road Trips Vol 3, No 1 | ||||
| 16 May 1980 | Go To Nassau | ||||
| 3 Sep 1980 | Download Series Vol 7 | ||||
| 25 Oct 1980 | Dead Set (note c) | ||||
| 6 May 1981 | Dick's Picks Vol 13 | ||||
| 16 May 1981 | 30 Trips Around The Sun | ||||
| 21 Sep 1982 | In And Out Of The Garden | ||||
| 1 Nov 1985 | Dick's Picks Vol 21 | ||||
| 3 May 1986 | 30 Trips Around The Sun | ||||
| 16 Sep 1987 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2019) (note h) | ||||
| 28 Mar 1990 | Spring 1990 (The Other One) | ||||
| 16 Jul 1990 | (official YouTube video only) | ||||
| 10 Sep 1991 | 30 Trips Around The Sun (note e) | ||||
| 27 May 1993 | Road Trips Vol 2, No 4 | ||||
| (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 | |||
| Sep 1995 | Eternity Blue | Henry Kaiser | |||
| 1998 | Stolen Roses | Cast of "Cumberland Blues" | |||
| 2007 | At Fine Arts Center, UMass | The American Beauty Project | |||
| 2010 | At Page Auditorium, Duke University | The American Beauty Project | |||
| 2012 | Lock Stock & Soul | Alyssa Graham | |||
| 7 Dec 2013 | Dos | Grateful Grass | |||
| 2015 | Songs Of Their Own | The Kind Buds | |||
| 2016 | Songs To Fill The Air (WFMU Pledge Drive) | Itasca | |||
| 2016 | Day Of The Dead | Daniel Rossen and Christopher Bear | |||
| 2019 | Phantom Ships With Phantom Sails | Live Dead '69 | |||
| 2021 | Alive And Grateful | Bert Keely and Friends (Bert's Brew) | |||