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rubin and cherise
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Jerry Garcia Band

Cerise was brushing her long hair gently down
It was the afternoon of carnival
as she brushes it gently down

Reuben was strumming the painted mandolin
It was inlaid with a pretty face in jade
Played the Carnival Parade

Cerise was dressing as Pirouette in white
when a fatal vision gripped her tight
Cerise beware tonight

Reuben, Reuben tell me truly true
I feel afraid and I don't know why I do
Is there another girl for you?

If you could see in my heart
you would know it's true
there is none Cerise except for you
except for you
I swear to it on my very soul
If I lie may I fall down cold

When Reuben played the painted mandolin
the breeze would stop to listen in
before going its way again

Masquerade began when nightfall finally woke
Like waves against the bandstand dancers broke
to the painted mandolin

Looking out on the crowd, who is standing there?
Sweet Ruby Claire at Reuben stared
At Reuben stared
She was dressed as Pirouette in red
and her hair hung gently down

The crowd pressed round
Ruby stood as though alone
Reuben's song took on a different tone
and he played it just for her

The song he played was the Carnival Parade
Each note cut a thread of Cerise's fate
It cut through like a blade

Reuben was playing the painted mandolin
When Ruby froze and turned to stone
for the strings played all alone

The voice of Cerise from the face of the mandolin
singing: Reuben, Reuben tell me true
for I have no one but you
If you could see in my heart
you would know it's true
There is none Cerise, except for you -except for you

I swear to it on my very soul
If I lie, may I fall down cold

The truth of love
an unsung song must tell
The course of love must follow blind
without a look behind
Rubin walked through the streets
of New Orleans 'till dawn,
Cerise so lightly in his arms
and her hair hung gently down


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Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R. Tolkien

Edited by nightkrawler (11/08/06 07:45 PM)

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Re: reuben and cherise [Re: nightkrawler]
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this was one of the first dead/jgb songs i learned on the guitar. to this day, when i get obscenely drunk and get my hands on an acoustic, i always belt this number out :smile:

finally saw it live this summer, joan singing it with phil & friends... fucking majestic! :sun:


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Re: reuben and cherise [Re: Krishna]
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awesome, it's definitely a good one to play on guitar. excited to learn it when i'm reunited with my guitars in a few weeks. would love to see this one live...


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Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R. Tolkien

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Re: reuben and cherise [Re: nightkrawler]
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Great song. I'll never forget when I saw The Dead play it at Red Rocks '03.


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Goin' where the water tastes like wine.

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Re: reuben and cherise [Re: kosmic_charlie]
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nice. red rocks seems like such a cool place. i gotta check it out sometime.

and come on, somebodies gotta download it. you're missin out if you havent heard it


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Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R. Tolkien

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