Words and music by Jerry Garcia
Reprinted with permissions: copyright Ice Nine Publishing
See that girl, barefootin' along,
Whistlin' and singin', she's a carryin' on.
There's laughing in her eyes, dancing in her feet,
She's a neon-light diamond and she can live on the street.
Hey hey, hey, come right away
Come and join the party every day.
Well everybody's dancin' in a ring around the sun
Nobody's finished, we ain't even begun.
So take off your shoes], child, and take off your hat.
Try on your wings and find our where it's at.
Hey hey, hey, come right away
Come and join the party every day.
Take a vacation, fall out for a while,
Summer's comin' in, and it's goin' outa style
Well, lie down smokin', honey; have yourself a ball,
Cause your mother's down in Memphis, won't be back 'till the fall.
Hey hey, hey, come right away
Come and join the party every day.
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"The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)"
Musical details:
Key: D
Time signature: 4/4
Chords used: D, C6, G, F, C, F7-9/B-flat
Recorded on Grateful Dead.
Performed for a period of about six months during 1967.
Because it's the first song on the first album recorded by the Dead,
this song has particular significance, deserved or not.