Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Robert Hunter
I've been balling a shiny black steel jack-hammerNotes
Been chipping up rocks for the great highway
I'll live five years if I take my time
Balling that jack and drinking my wine
I been chipping them rocks from dawn till doom
While my rider hide my bottle in the other room (note 1)
Doctor say better stop balling that jack
If I live five years I'm gonna bust my back, yes I will (note 2)
Chorus
Easy wind, cross the Bayou today (note 3)
'Cause there's a whole lotta women, Mama
Out in red on the streets today (note 4)
And the river keeps a talking
But you never heard a word it said
Gotta find a woman be good to me
Won't hide my liquor try, to serve me tea
'Cause I'm a stone jack baller and my heart is true
And I'll give everything that I got to you, yes I will
[chorus]
| Grateful Dead Recordings | |||||
| 8 Nov 1969 | Dick's Picks Vol 16 | ||||
| studio 1970 | Workingman's Dead | ||||
| 16 Jan 1970 | Workingman's Dead (note 5) | ||||
| 15 May 1970 | Fallout From The Phil Zone | ||||
| Jun/Jul 1970 | Festival Express (DVD) | ||||
| 31 Dec 1970 | New Year's Eve At The Winterland | ||||
| 19 Feb 1971 | Three From The Vault | ||||
Recordings from dead.net Tapers Section
"The Dead" Concert Recordings
| Other Recordings | |||||||
| Date | Album | Recorded By | |||||
| 1985 | Live '85 | Robert Hunter | |||||
| Robert Hunter Concert Recordings | |||||||
| 20 Jun 2004 | Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO | ||||||
| 26 Jun 2004 | Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA | ||||||
| 27 Jun 2004 | Sleep Train Amphitheater, Marysville, CA | ||||||
| 8 Aug 2004 | Tweeter Waterfront, Camden, NJ | ||||||