Comes A Time
Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia
Reprinted with permissions: copyright Ice nine Publishing
Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand
Says "don't you see"
Gotta make it somehow
On the dreams you still believe
Don't give it up
You got an empty cup
Only love can fill
Only love can fill
Been walking all morning
Went walking all night
I can't see much difference
Between the dark and light
And I feel the wind
And I taste the rain
Never in my mind
To cause so much pain
Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand
Says "don't you see?"
Gotta make it somehow
On the dreams you still believe
Don't give it up
You got an empty cup
Only love can fill
Only love can fill
From day to day
Just letting it ride
You get so far away
From how it feels inside
You can't let go
'Cause you're afraid to fall
But the day may come
When you can't feel at all
Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand (note 1)
Says "don't you see?"
Gotta make it somehow
On the dreams you still believe
Don't give it up
You got an empty cup
Only love can fill
Only love can fill
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First performance: October 19, 1971, at Northrop Auditorium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Recordings
26 Apr 1972 Hundred Years Hall
studio 1976 Reflections (Jerry Garcia)
28 Sep 1976 Dick's Picks Vol 20