They Love Each Other

Merry run around

sailing up and down

just looking for a shove

in some direction—

got it from the top

it’s nothing you can stop

Lord, you know they

made a fine connection

Chorus:

They love each other

Lord, you can see it’s true

Lord, you can see that it’s true

Lord, you can see that it’s true

He could pass his time

’round some other line

But you know he

chose this place beside her

Don’t get in the way

there’s nothing you can say

Nothing that you need

to add or do

They love each other

Lord, you can see it’s true

Lord, you can see that it’s true

Lord, you can see that it’s true

It’s nothing they explain

It’s like a diesel train—

you better not be there

when it rolls over

And when that train rolls in

you don’t know where it’s been

You gotta try and see

a little further

They love each other

Lord, you can see it’s true

Lord, you can see that it’s true

Lord, you can see that it’s true

Words by Robert Hunter

Music by Jerry Garcia

Notes:

Studio recording: Reflections (January 1976).

First performance: February 9, 1973, at Roscoe Maples Pavilion, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.