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Originally Posted by Nobar King
Is that supposed to be some kind of Grateful Dead metaphor?
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"Ripple" is a song lyric by Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia . Its genre, therefore, is song. A true song is meant to be sung, and so its words must be easy to remember, unless it is an experimental or art song. But Hunter wrote "Ripple" in the folk song tradition during the late 1960's, with overtones of that Haight-Ashbury era, such as a sense of cosmic oneness, and of
East meeting West.
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung.
Would you hear my voice come through the music
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air
Chorus
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of Man
There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone
(Chorus)
You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home
Put a little Love back into your heart. Without a Stone let that Ripple bring you home.
By the Grace of God to His Dead I will Take you Home.
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