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Black-Throated Wind Lyrics by Bob Weir

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[Verse 1]
Bringing me down, I'm running aground
Blind in the light of the interstate cars
Passing me by, the buses and semis
Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars
[Pre-Chorus]
But I'm here by the road, bound to the load
That I picked up in ten thousand cafés and bars
Alone with the rush of the drivers that won't pick me up
The highway, the moon, the clouds, and the stars
[Chorus]
Black-throated wind keeps on pouring in
With its words of a life where nothing is new
Ah, Mother American Night, I pass from the light
Oh, I'm drowning in you
[Verse 2]
I left St. Louis, City of Blues
In the midst of a storm I'd rather forget
I tried to pretend it came to an end
'Cause you weren't the woman I once thought I'd met
[Pre-Chorus]
But I can't deny, oh, times have gone by
Where I never had doubts or thoughts of regret
And I was a man when all this began
Who wouldn't think twice about being there yet
[Chorus]
Black-throated wind whispering sin
And speaking of a life that passes like dew
It's forced me to see you've done better by me
Better by me than I've done by you
[Verse 3]
Now what's to be found from racing around
You carry your pain wherever you go
Full of the blues and trying to lose
You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know
[Pre-Chorus]
So I give you my eyes and all of their lies
Please help them to learn as well as to see
And capture a glance, whoa, and make it dance
Of looking at you looking at me
[Chorus]
Black-throated wind, keeps on pouring in
With its words of a life that could almost be true
Ah, Mother American Night, here comes a light
I'm turning around, that's what I'm gonna do
[Outro]
Going back home, that's what I'm gonna do
I'm turning around, that's what I'm gonna do
Going back home, that's what I'm gonna do
'Cause you've done better by me than I've done by you
Whoa-ho, I'm drowning in you
Whoa-ho, I'm drowning in you
Yes, I'm, I'm going back home, that's what I'm gonna do
Going back home, that's what I'm gonna do
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Bob Weir

Bob Weir

About “Black-Throated Wind” by Bob Weir

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