Truckin` Lyrics

Truckin` lyrics

(J. Garcia, B. Weir, P. Lesh, R. Hunter)

 

 Truckin' - got my chips cashed in

 Keep Truckin' - like the doodah man

 Together - more or less in line

 Just keep truckin' on

 

 Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street

 Chicago, New York, Detroit, it's all the same street

 Your typical city involved in a typical daydream

 Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings

 

 Dallas - got a soft machine

 Houston - too close to New Orleans

 New York - got the ways and means

 But just won't let you be

 

 Most of the cats you meet on the street speak of True Love

 Most of the time they're sittin' and cryin' at home

 One of these days they know they gotta get goin'

 Out of the door and down to the street all alone

 

 Truckin' - like the doodah man

 Once told me you got to play your hand

 Sometimes - the cards ain't worth a damn

 If you don't lay 'em down

 

 Sometimes the light's all shining on me

 Other times I can barely see

 Lately it occurs to me

 What a long strange trip it's been

 

 Hey, what in the world ever became of sweet Jane?

 She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same

 Living on reds, vitamin C and cocaine

 All a friend can say is "Ain't it a shame"

 

 Truckin' - up to Buffalo

 Been thinkin' - you got to mellow slow

 Take time - you pick a place to go

 And just keep truckin' on

 

 Sitting and staring out of a hotel window

 Got a tip they're kicking the door in again

 I'd like to get some sleep before I travel

 But if you got a warrant I guess you're gonna come in

 

 Busted - down on Bourbon Street

 Set up - like a bowling pin

 Knocked down - it gets to wearing thin

 They just won't let you be

 

 You're sick of hanging around and you'd like to travel

 Get tired of traveling, you'd like to settle down

 I guess they can't revoke your soul for trying

 Get out of the door - light out and look all around

 

 Sometimes the light's all shining on me

 Other times I can barely see

 Lately it occurs to me

 What a long strange trip it's been

 

 Truckin' - I'm a goin' home

 Whoa - oh, baby, back where I belong

 Back home - sit down and patch my bones

 And get back truckin' on