Lyrics: [Robert Hunter?]
Music: [Bill Kreutzmann?]
Sung by Ira Walker with the Trichromes in 2002 and by Jen Durkin with the Rhythm Devils in 2006.
A lonely man listens to the radio
It's just about the only friend he's got
When the talk show's over and his favorite song's played
He reaches out his hand to turn it off
In the silence he tries to remember
Where he might have gone wrong
His failures hit him all at once
Oh Lord, it's got to be the saddest song
It's a cold dark morning with the masses
There's a spirit inside at peace
As the stars burn out in the morning light
My star that fell became a tear upon God's face
Can't go far enough on an endless road
It's like riding on a ship of fools
You reading a book with the pages turned yellow
You won't quite get out what you thought
It's time to decide is this just a road
Or a journey the way you want to go
'Cause many men have tried, all of their lives
To light the sparks fuels the flame of hope
It's a cold dark morning with the masses
There's a spirit inside of me
As the stars burn out in the morning light
My star that fell became a tear upon God's face
A lonely man listens to the radio
It's just about the only friend he's got
When the talk show's over and his favorite song's played
He reaches out his hand to turn it off
In the silence he tries to remember
Where he might have gone wrong
His failures hit him all at once
Oh Lord, it's got to be the saddest song
It's a cold dark morning with the masses
There's a spirit inside at peace
As the stars burn out in the morning light
My star that fell became a tear upon God's face
Upon God's face
Upon God's face
Upon God's face