Silvio

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Bob Dylan

One of the songs Robert Hunter wrote with Bob Dylan.

Stake my future on a hell of a past
Looks like tomorrow is coming on fast
Ain't complaining 'bout what I got
Seen better times, but who has not?

Chorus (note 1)
Silvio, silver and gold
Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
Silvio, I gotta go
Find out something only dead men know

Honest as the next jade rolling that stone
When I come knocking don't throw me no bone
I'm an old boll weevil looking for a home
If you don't like it you can leave me alone

I can snap my fingers and require the rain
From a clear blue sky and turn it off again
I can stroke your body and relieve your pain
And charm the whistle off an evening train

[chorus]

Give what I got until I got no more
I take what I get until I even the score
You know I love you and furthermore
When it's time to go you got an open door

I can tell you fancy, I can tell you plain
You give something up for everything you gain
Since every pleasure's got an edge of pain
Pay for your ticket and don't complain

[chorus]

One of these days and it won't be long
Going down in the valley and sing my song
I will sing it loud and sing it strong
Let the echo decide if I was right or wrong

[chorus]

Notes
(1) Hunter's hand-written lyrics for Black Muddy River show that this chorus was originally written for that song, with slightly different lyrics:

Silvio, silver and gold
Won't warm a heart when love's grown cold
Silvio, nowhere to go
And worst of all, you told me so

Recordings
	Date	Album	Recorded By
	1988	Down In The Groove	Bob Dylan (note 1)

Notes
(1) this version also appears on various Bob Dylan compilations.

Further Information
For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography