Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Mickey Hart
A song played in 2002 by Mickey Hart and Bembe Orisha.
This was Robert Hunter's comment in his road journal:
"Mickey is doing a very hot show with his best band ever, outside of the Dead and doing a bunch of new songs we co-wrote. He has three excellent singers to give them full impact. Phil and Jimmy Herring joined him yesterday and they tore the roof off. One of our new tunes, "You Remind" actually gave me goosebumps which lasted for several minutes. A no nonsense sweet sweet love song which struck home with the audience in a way rarely seen with an unfamiliar mid tempo ballad."It was revived by The Dead in 2004, with Warren Haynes singing. The title on setlists is given as "You Remind Me." That's now the title on Mickey Hart's album RAMU. See below for the lyrics to that version.
You remind me of feather pillowsThe version on RAMU has the verses in a different order, with slight changes to the lyrics. It has vocals by Avey Tare and also includes a Shipibo song from Eastern Peru, recorded by Enrique Pinilla and Josefat Roel Pineda in 1963 and 1964 - previously released 1993 on The Spirit Cries, produced by Mickey Hart and part of the Endangered Music Project:
Georgia dawns and weeping willows
Days of summer, long ago
Angel wings in new fallen snow
You remind me of radio plays
In the "Golden Age of Radio" days
When imagination still was king
You didn't actually need to see everything
You remind me
How sweet it all can be
How to whisper, how to sing
Of the passion we brought to everything
Of the promise that was Spring
You remind me love is nothing
But the best that life can bring
You remind me of shooting stars
Life was a joy, if the living was hard
Rewards were few, and patience thin
Still it was easy to start all over again
You remind me of piano keys
Little bit sharp on the middle C
Dust on the soundboard, a vase of roses
A roaring fire where a hound dog dozes
You remind me
How sweet it all can be
How to whisper, how to sing
Of the passion we brought to everything
Of the promise and the spring
You remind me love is nothing
But the best that life can bring
You remind me how the more things change
The more it's sure they'll remain the same
How everything old again is new
That serves in the end
To remind me of you
You remind me of feather pillows
Georgia dawns, and weeping willows
Days of summer, long ago
Sam Cooke singing on the radio
You remind me
How sweet it all can be
How to whisper, how to sing
Of the passion we brought to everything
Of the promise that was Spring
You remind me
How to whisper, how to sing
Of the passion we brought to everything
Of the promise that was Spring
You remind me
How to whisper, how to sing
Of the passion we brought to everything
Of the promise that was Spring
You remind me love is nothing
But the best that life can bring
You remind me
You remind me
You remind me
You remind me
You remind me of feather pillows
Georgia dawns and weeping willows
Days of summer, long ago
Angel wings in fallen snow
You remind me of piano keys
A little sharp on middle C
Dust on soundboard, vase of roses
Roaring fire where hound dog dozes
You remind me
How sweet it all can be
How to whisper, how to sing
Of the passion that we brought to everything
Of the promise that was Spring
You remind me love is nothing
But the best that life can bring
You remind me of radio plays
In the "Golden Age of Radio" days
When imagination still was king
Didn't need to see everything
You remind me of shooting stars
Life was a joy, if the living was hard
Rewards were few, and patience thin
It was easy to begin again
You remind me
How sweet it all can be
You remind me of feather pillows
Georgia dawns, and weeping willows
Days of summer, long ago
Angel wings in fallen snow
You remind me of piano keys
A little sharp in middle C
Dust on soundboard, vase of roses
A roaring fire where a hound dog dozes
You remind me
How sweet it all can be
How to whisper, how to sing
Of the passion we brought to everything
Of the promise that was Spring
You remind me love is nothing
But the best that life can bring
Mickey Hart Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
2017 | RAMU | Mickey Hart |