Manila Farewell

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Mickey Hart et al

Played half a dozen times by the Mickey Hart Band in July 2008. I think the title comes from the band's own setlists. I'm sure the lyrics are by Robert Hunter.

Lonely from Manila, circle round the sky
[Falling to your pillar] tell them all a lie

You tried to warn them, they wouldn't let you near
Ain't no time to mourn them, the reckoning is here

I don't know, it's so diverse
You can't prepare, you can't rehearse
Watch it go from bad to worse
Ain't no pain but still it hurts
When the laws plunder all that it deserves
You know you often wonder just who is it that serves
Now that you are leaving, never to return
Wonder who's believing the lesson that you learned

Well-a-well-a-well-a well, well well
I know where you're going but I can't tell
Underneath the ocean over the swell
Waving those long Manila farewells
Breathing those lo-lo-lonely sighs
Waving those long Manila goodbyes

Lonely from Manila, tears in your eye
Wipe them with your fingers, never let them see you cry

They like the taste of sorrow, drink untill you're dry
Smile from the shadow, you owe them no reply

Well-a-well-a-well-a well, well well
I know where you're going but I can't tell
Underneath the ocean over the swell
Waving those long Manila farewells
Breathing those lo-lo-lonely sighs
Waving those long Manila goodbyes




 


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