I had a hard run
Running from your window
I was all night running, running, running
I wonder if you care?
I had a run-in
Run around and run down
Run around a corner
Run smack into a tree
Chorus:
I had to move
Really had to move
That’s why, if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don’t you come around here anymore
Dressed myself in green
I went down to the sea
Try to see what’s going down
Try to read between the lines
Had a feeling I was falling, falling, falling
Turned around to see
Heard a voice a-calling, calling, calling
You was coming after me
Back to me
(Chorus)
Ran into a rainstorm
Ducked into a bar door
It was all night pouring, pouring rain
But not a drop on me
Test me, test me
Why don’t you arrest me?
Throw me in the jailhouse
Until the sun goes down
Till it go down
(Chorus)
Words by Robert Hunter
Music by Jerry Garcia
The name given to a large fan (a machine, not a Deadhead) in the Grateful Dead’s office. Apparently, the fan would walk itself across the floor when activated.
Recording: Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (October 1971).
First performance: February 18, 1971, at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York. It remained in the repertoire thereafter.