The Grateful Dead — Black-Throated Wind Live in Veneta Oregon August 27 1972

Bringing me down I'm running aground Blind in the light of the interstate cars Passing me by The buses and semis Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars But I'm here by the road Bound to the load I picked up in ten thousand cafes and bars Alone with the rush of the drivers who won't pick me up The highway, the moon, the clouds, and the stars Black-throated wind keeps on pouring in With its words of a life where nothing is new Ah, Mother American Night, I'm lost from the light Oh, I'm drowning in you I left St. Louis, City of Blues In the midst of a storm I'd rather forget Tried to pretend it came to an end 'Cause you weren't the woman I thought I once met But I can't deny, oh, times have gone by I never had doubts or thoughts of regret And I was a man when all this began Who wouldn't think twice about being there yet Black-throated wind whisper mix in It's speaking of life that passes like dew Forced me to see you've done better by me Better by me than I've done by you What's to be found, racing around You carry your pain wherever you go Full of the blues, trying to lose You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know So I give you my eyes, and all of their lies Please help them to learn as well as to see Capture a glance, oh, and make it a dance Of looking at you looking at me Black-throated wind keeps on pouring in With its words of a lie that could almost be true Ah, Mother American Night, here comes the light Turn around, that's what I'm going to do Oh, I'm going back home, that's what I'm going to do Yes, I'll turn around, that's what I'm going to do Well, I'm going back home, that's what I'm going to do Oh I, oh I'm coming with you Oh I, oh I'm coming with you You've done better by me than I've done by you Oh I, oh I'm coming with you Oh, I'm going back home, that's what I'm going to do Oh I, oh I'm coming with you Alright, alright, alrighty, righty, righty Uh, the lost kid situation has come up via the headphones That there's a whole bunch of lost kids down in the kid tent Crying 'cause they haven't seen their mommies and daddies for months So, uh, if you've got a kiddie out there, go look for 'em