China Cat Sunflower (Live at Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA, August 4-5, 1974)
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China Cat Sunflower (Live at Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA, August 4-5, 1974) by The Grateful Dead
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Jerry Garcia & Robert HunterChina Cat Sunflower (Live at Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA, August 4-5, 1974) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Instrumental break]
[Verse 2]
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
[Instrumental break]
[Verse 3]
Comic book colors on a violin river crying a lot of
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
[Instrumental]
China Cat Sunflower (Live at Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA, August 4-5, 1974) Q&A
Who wrote China Cat Sunflower (Live at Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA, August 4-5, 1974)'s ?
China Cat Sunflower (Live at Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA, August 4-5, 1974) was written by Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter.
Who produced China Cat Sunflower (Live at Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA, August 4-5, 1974)'s ?
China Cat Sunflower (Live at Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA, August 4-5, 1974) was produced by The Grateful Dead.
When did The Grateful Dead release China Cat Sunflower (Live at Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA, August 4-5, 1974)?
The Grateful Dead released China Cat Sunflower (Live at Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA, August 4-5, 1974) on Tue Mar 16 2004.
What did The Grateful Dead say about "China Cat Sunflower (Live at Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA, August 4-5, 1974)"?
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 –...