#Greatest football story ever told free#

“Ten years ago I walked this street, my dreams were riding tall…” “Without love in the dream it’ll never come true” “It’s all a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago” “Gotta make it somehow, on the dreams you still believe” “Reach out your hand, if your cup be empty” “You’ve got an empty cup only love can fill.” “I was blind all the time I was learning to see” “When the blind man takes your hand, says ‘don’t you see?’” What songs are, in some way or another, contained within the body of the lyrics of “Comes a Time”? What are the entry points from song to song-the tunnels, doors, and bridges to be found? I believe that within the body of Robert Hunter’s lyrics, we can identify several songs that serve this function (not to say that they are purpose-made songs, or that seeing them in this way is anything intended by the author-it just works that way for me, and maybe it would work for you). “Comes a Time” is what I would call a “nexus song.” I want to try to explain what I mean by that, and see if it rings a bell for anyone else.Ī nexus song is a key song within any song repertoire, unlocking the content of multiple songs by offering parallel entry points into the subject matter of the songs. In fact, I would venture to say that it would be a big exception for someone not to reach the place where the only way out is to tap into the wisdom of things beyond logic: as in, a blind man asking us if we can’t see. It’s an announcement that something big is coming, in the same way that the bass run up into “The Other One” is an announcement.Īnd then, that voice, singing a set of lyrics that only gets better with time - a song about time, but also about a specific moment in time that each of us may at times reach. It begins, for me, with the particular resonance of Phil Lesh’s big note at the outset of the song, as it lands and then decays, filling the room in the way that only Phil can do. And there was one song that resonated so strongly in so many ways that it holds a special place for me, among all the Dead’s songs: “Comes a Time.” I am pretty sure it is now completely part of my cerebral cortex, ingrained into my consciousness in a way that is as deep as anything else I would expect to find in there. When I was first listening, hard, to the Grateful Dead, I discovered the Jerry Garcia album Reflections, and pretty much disappeared into it for several weeks. (I’ll consider requests for particular songs-just private message me!)

#Greatest football story ever told free#

Therefore, the best part, I would hope, would not be anything in particular that I might have to say, but rather, the conversation that may happen via the comments over the course of time-and since all the posts will stay up, you can feel free to weigh in any time on any of the songs! With Grateful Dead lyrics, there’s always a new and different take on what they bring up for each listener, it seems. Here’s the plan-each week, I will blog about a different song, focusing, usually, on the lyrics, but also on some other aspects of the song, including its overall impact-a truly subjective thing.