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1. The Dead released their first album, "The Grateful Dead", in 1967. Here are some lyrics from one of the songs. Which song is it?
"Well everybody's dancing in a ring around the sun
Nobody's finished, we ain't even begun
So take off your shoes, child, and take off your hat
Try on your wings and find out where it's at
Hey hey, hey, come right away
Come and join the party every day"
2. The Grateful Dead's second album, "Anthem of the Sun" was a mixture of studio and overdubbed live material. Can you name the song with the following lyrics?
"Seems like I have been here before
Fuzzy then and still so obscure
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
And I don't want to see anybody cry
Meet me some morning in the sweet by and by, by and by, by and by"
3. A long time staple of the band, what song from the Dead's third album, "Aoxomoxoa", contains the following lyrics? (Hint: It was often paired with "I Know You Rider" in concert.)
"Krazy Kat peeking through a lace bandana
Like a one-eyed Cheshire
Like a diamond-eye Jack
A leaf of all colors plays
A golden string fiddle
To a double-e waterfall over my back"
4. Another classic from "Aoxomoxoa" is named after a Christian martyr. Can you name the song from the lyrics given?
"Lady finger dipped in moonlight
Writing 'what for?' across the morning sky
Sunlight splatters dawn with answers
Darkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye"
5. The Grateful Dead's fourth album, "Live/Dead", was their first completely live album. What cover song first appearing on this album contains the following lyrics?
"Without a warning you broke my heart
Taken it baby, tore it apart
And you left me standin' in the dark crying
Said your love for me was dying"
6. 1970's "Workingman's Dead", the Grateful Dead's fifth album, ended with this catchy tune. Can you name it from the lyrics provided?
"Trouble ahead, Lady in red,
Take my advice you'd be better off dead
Switchman's sleeping, train hundred and two is
On the wrong track and headed for you"
7. Another classic from "Workingman's Dead" is the first track. Which Grateful Dead song contains the following lyrics?
"It's a buck dancer's choice my friend; better take my advice
You know all the rules by now and the fire from the ice
Will you come with me? Won't you come with me?
Wo-oh, what I want to know, will you come with me?"
8. This song first appears on the studio album "Workingman's Dead" and later as a live version on "Bear's Choice" and the compilation "What a Long Strange Trip It's Been." Can you name it from the lyrics given?
"Fever roll up to a hundred and five
Roll on up, gonna roll back down
One more day I find myself alive
Tomorrow maybe go beneath the ground"
9. Which song from "Workingman's Dead" and later on the compilation "What a Long Strange Trip It's Been" contains the following lyrics?
"Now I don't know but I been told
It's hard to run with the weight of gold
Other hand, I heard it said
It's just as hard with the weight of lead"
10. The Grateful Dead's sixth album, "American Beauty", contains a song that would become one of their most enduring. Given the lyrics below, can you name the song?
"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"
11. The studio album "American Beauty" also contains this classic sung by Phil Lesh. Can you name it based on the lyrics below?
"Walk into splintered sunlight
Inch your way through dead dreams
To another land
Maybe you're tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted with words half spoken
And thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do
To do for you to see you through?"
12. Another from 1970's "American Beauty". What song contains the following lyrics?
"If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
Would you hear my voice come through the music?
Would you hold it near as it were your own?"
13. One more from "American Beauty", which Weir/Hunter song with the following lyrics became a major staple of the band?
"She comes skimmin' through rays of violet
She can wade in a drop of dew
She don't come and I don't follow
Waits backstage while I sing to you
Well, she can dance a Cajun rhythm
Jump like a Willys in four wheel drive
She's a summer love for spring, fall and winter
She can make happy any man alive"
14. The Grateful Dead's second eponymous album, often referred to as "Skull and Roses", contains the song the band played live more than any other. Can you name it based on the lyrics below?
"I took the horses up to the stall
Went to the barroom, ordered drinks for all
Three days in the saddle, you know my body hurt
It bein' summer, I took off my shirt
And I tried to wash off some of that dusty dirt"
15. This Grateful Dead song appears on Bob Weir's solo album "Ace" and the "Skull and Roses" album. Can you name it given the following lyrics?
"Some folks trust to reason
Others trust to might
I don't trust to nothing
But I know it come out right
Say it once again now
Oh I hope you understand
When it's done and over
Lord, a man is just a man"
16. The song appears on Bob Weir's studio album "Ace" and on the Grateful Dead's eighth album "Europe '72". What song contains the following lyrics?
"I went down to the mountain, I was drinking some wine
I looked up into heaven, lord I saw a mighty sign
Writ in fire across the heaven, plain as black and white
Get prepared, there's gonna be a party tonight"
17. What song from the "Europe '72" album contains the following lyrics?
"We can share the women, we can share the wine
We can share what we got of yours 'cause we done shared all of mine
Keep on rollin', just a mile to go
Keep on rollin' my old buddy, you're movin' much too slow"
18. What song from "Europe '72" contains the following lyrics?
"Daddy made whiskey and he made it well
Cost two dollars and it burned like hell
I cut hickory just to fire the still
Drink down a bottle and be ready to kill"
19. What song from the album "Europe '72" contains the following lyrics?
"Just like Crazy Otto, just like Wolfman Jack
Sittin plush with a royal flush, aces back to back
Just like Mary Shelly, just like Frankenstein
Clank your chains and count your change and try to walk the line"
20. This song originally appeared on "Workingman's Dead", but the same live version appeared on "Europe '72" and on the compilation "What a Long Strange Trip It's Been". Can you name the song based on the lyrics provided?
"A lot of poor man make a five dollar bill
Keep him happy all the time
Some other fellow's making nothing at all
And you can hear him cryin
'Can I go buddy
Can I go down
Take your shift at the mine?'"
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