Doin’ That Rag
The Grateful Dead * Track #4 On Aoxomoxoa
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Album Aoxomoxoa
Doin' That Rag by The Grateful Dead
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Performed by
The Grateful DeadProduced by
The Grateful DeadWrited by
Robert Hunter & Jerry GarciaAbout
Part of the beauty of this particular song is that it is probably the most cryptical and nonsensical of the Aoxomoxoa album. Robert Hunter has said that much of of it was written in a way that would enhance it’s performance, giving it the acid vibe that interested many. However, it would only go on...
Doin’ That Rag Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Sitting in Mangrove Valley chasing light-beams
Everything wanders from baby to Z
Baby, baby, pretty, young on Tuesday
Old like a rum drinking demon at tea
Baby, baby, tell me what's the matter
Why, why tell me, what's your why now?
Tell me why will you never come home?
Tell me what's your reason if you got a good one
[Chorus]
Everywhere I go
The people all know
Everyone's doing that rag
Everyone's doing that rag
[Verse 2]
Take my line go fishing for a Tuesday
Maybe take my supper, eat it down by the sea
Gave my baby twenty, forty good reasons
Couldn't find any better ones in the morning at three
Rain gonna come but the rain gonna go, you know
Stepping off sharply from the rank and file
Awful cold and dark like a dungeon
Maybe get a little bit darker 'fore the day
[Chorus]
Hipsters, tripsters
Real cool chicks, sir
Everyone's doing that rag
Everyone's doing that rag
[Verse 3]
You needn't gild the lily, offer jewels to the sunset
No one is watching or standing in your shoes
Wash your lonely feet in the river in the morning
Everything promised is delivered to you
Don't neglect to pick up what your share is
All the winter birds are winging home now
Hey Love, go and look around you
Nothing out there you haven't seen before now
[Chorus]
But you can wade in the water
And never get wet
If you keep on doing that rag
If you keep on doing that rag
[Verse 4]
One eyed jacks and the deuces are wild
The aces are crawling up and down your sleeve
Come back here, Baby Louise
And tell me the name
Of the game that you play
[Outro]
Is it all fall down?
Is it all go under?
Is it all go under?
Is it all go under?
Is it all go under?
Is it all go under?
Is it all go under?
Is it all go under?
Is it all go under?
Doin’ That Rag Q&A
Who wrote Doin’ That Rag's ?
Doin’ That Rag was written by Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia.
Who produced Doin’ That Rag's ?
Doin’ That Rag was produced by The Grateful Dead.
When did The Grateful Dead release Doin’ That Rag?
The Grateful Dead released Doin’ That Rag on Fri Jun 20 1969.