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Numbers 16 through 30 16. Jack Straw Hunter/Weir Europe '72 "Jack Straw from Wichita cut his buddy down. And dug for him a shallow graveand laid his body down." 17. Playing in the Band Hunter/Weir/Mickey Hart Grateful Dead "Some folks look for answers, others look for fights Some folks up in treetops just look to see the sights.". 18. Casey Jones Hunter/Garcia Workingman's Dead "Trouble ahead, trouble behind, and you know that notion just crossed my mind." 19. Not Fade Away Hardin/Petty Grateful Dead "My love is bigger than a Cadillac. I try to show you but you drive me back." 20. Push Comes to Shove Hunter/Garcia In the Dark 'When push comes to shove, you're afraid of love." 21. Uncle John's Band Hunter/Garcia Workingman's Dead "I live in a silver mine and I call it beggar's tomb. I got me a violin and I beg you call the tune." 22. Sugar Magnolia Hunter/Weir American Beauty "She's a summer love in spring, fall and winter. She acn make happy any man alive." 23. Built to Last Hunter/Garcia Built to Last "One more star sinks in the past. Show me something built to last." 24. Mama Tried Merle Haggard Grateful Dead "And I turned twenty one in prison doing life without parole. No one could steer me right but Mama tried." 25. St. Stephen Hunter/Garcia/Lesh Aoxomoxoa "Saint Stephen with a rose, in and out of the garden he goes." 26. Pride of Cucamonga Bobby Peterson/Lesh Mars Hotel "Big diesel Mack rolling down my way, can't hit that border too soon." 27. Mexicali Blues Barlow/Weir Skeletons from the Closet "Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today." 28. Beat it on Down the Line Jesse Fuller The Grateful Dead (1967) "Yes I'm going back to that shack way across the railroad track. That's where I think I belong." 29. Ship of Fools Hunter/Garcia Mars Hotel "Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools." 30. I Know You Rider Traditional Europe '72 "Wish I was a headlight on a northbound train. I shine my light through the cool Colorado rain." |
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