Meet me under painted thunder
Lift me up to gospel skies
Let me live in your blue heaven
When I die, when I die
When I die, when I die
Let me love you without ending
Don’t say no I beg of you
Let me give all I got to give
While I live, while I live
While I live, while I live
Never give me cause to doubt you
I’ll lay all my cards down too
Learn to trust the things you tell me
Loving you, loving you
Where we’re going, I can’t tell you
Somewhere on the other side
Driving blind across the border
Born to ride, born to ride
Born to ride, born to ride
I will stand by you forever
If you’ll always stand by me
On the shifting sand or water
Take my hand, take my hand
No more, no more, no more do I
Seek reflection in a dead man’s eye
Seek my fortune in shades of black
Run down spinning on the outside track
Ice-cold wind screaming at my back
Lightning fails at the thunder’s crack
Words by Robert Hunter
Music by Phil Lesh
Studio recording: There and Back Again (2002), Phil and Friends.
First performance by The Dead: June 17, 2003, at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia.