Bertha (Live at the Palestra, Rochester, NY, October 26, 1971)

[Intro]
From San Francisco, The Grateful Dead

[Verse 1]
I had a hard run
Running from your window
I was all night running, running
Lord, I wonder if you care
I had a run-in
Run around and run down
Run around a corner
I run smack into a tree

[Chorus]
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don't you come around here anymore

[Verse 2]
Dressed myself in green
I went down to the sea
Try to see what's going down, down
Try to read between the lines
I had a feeling I was falling, falling, falling
I turned around to see
Heard a voice calling
Lord, is running back to me

[Chorus]
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don't you come around here anymore

[Verse 3]
Ran into a rainstorm
I ducked into a bar door
It was all night pouring
But not a drop on me
Test me, test me, test me, test me
Why don't you arrest me?
Throw me in the jail house
Lord, until the sun goes down
'Til it go down

[Chorus]
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don't you come around here anymore

[Instrumental break]

[Chorus]
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don't you come around here anymore

[Outro]
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don't you come around here anymore
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don't you come around here anymore
Anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore
Anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore

- A big hello to all you radio listenin' fans. I hope to tell you it's hot here. This is rock and roll, folks, hot and sweaty. Pigpen's a little sick, and he didn't come with us this time, but we know that we can count on you guys' best wishes for Pigpen, who's sick at home. Thank you, folks. We got a new piano player and organ player with us this time, Keith Godchaux from California. That's all you need to know. And that doesn't make it any bit cooler in here
- Hey, during numbers, between the numbers, can we have a lot more light on the stage? Don't change the light because nobody can see, they're all around near their dials and switches. Thank you
- Right, right, it's a little too romantic in here. (You wanna turn up my monitors so I can hear myself?) Yeah, turn up the monitors like crazy, it's difficult to hear here, man. (If not impossible) Okay, I'll move my microphone back and see if that affects a change, makes it ring in a different place. Woo. Ahh