Tough Mama (Live at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, July 4, 1975)

[Verse 1: Jerry Garcia]

Tough mama

Meat shaking on your bones

I'm gonna go down to the river and get you a stone

I was on the highway with that steel drivin' crew

Sister's in the big house, her working days are through

Tough mama

Can I blow a little smoke on you?

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2: Jerry Garcia]

It's my duty to take you down to the field where the flowers bloom

Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise

You can see it all the way flying through the skies

Tough mama

Long night's journey in your eyes

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3: Jerry Garcia]

Sweet goddess

Born of a blinding light and a changing wind

Don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been

The cowboy, went up north, hе's buried in your past

The lone wolf wеnt out drinking, that was over pretty fast

Tough mama

Your perfect stranger's coming in at last

[Instrumental]

[Verse 4: Jerry Garcia]

Silver angel

With the badge of the lonesome road written on your sleeve

I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive

Today on the countryside it was a hotter than a crotch

I stood alone upon the ridge and all I did was watch

Tough mama

It must be time to carve another notch

[Instrumental]

[Verse 5: Jerry Garcia]

Just fallin'

The world of illusions at my door

I ain't haulin' any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore

The prison walls are crumbling down, there is no end in sight

I've gained some recognition but I lost my appetite

Tough mama

Meet me at the border late tonight