China Cat Sunflower
The Grateful Dead * Track #6 On Aoxomoxoa
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Album Aoxomoxoa
China Cat Sunflower by The Grateful Dead
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The Grateful DeadWrited by
Jerry Garcia & Robert HunterAbout
Song writer Robert Hunter said that the idea for this song came to him while he was tripping in Mexico with a cat sitting on his stomach. The cat took Hunter on a Journey to Neptune and showed him all of these visuals.
China Cat Sunflower Lyrics
[Verse]
Look for a while at the china cat sunflower
Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun
Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono
Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream night wind
Krazy Kat peeking through a lace bandanna
Like a one-eyed cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack
A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle
To a double-e waterfall over my back
Comic book colors on a violin river crying leonardo
Words from out a silk trombone
I rang a silent bell, beneath a shower of pearls
In the eagle-winged palace of the Queen Chinee
China Cat Sunflower Q&A
Who wrote China Cat Sunflower's ?
China Cat Sunflower was written by Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter.
Who produced China Cat Sunflower's ?
China Cat Sunflower was produced by The Grateful Dead.
When did The Grateful Dead release China Cat Sunflower?
The Grateful Dead released China Cat Sunflower on Fri Jun 20 1969.
What did The Grateful Dead say about "China Cat Sunflower"?
In his A Box of Rain, Hunter wrote:
I think the germ of “China Cat Sunflower” came in Mexico, on Lake Chapala. I don’t think any of the words came, exactly – the rhythms came.
Hunter says:
I had a cat sitting on my belly, and was in a rather hypersensitive state, and I followed this cat out to –...