Jerry Lyrics

Jerry had it good

He had women wherever he looked

Everybody wanted some time, attention

Handshake recognition

A little bit of songwriting and it's a million

Tens of millions of seconds attention

Recognition

Jerry had it good

Scuba diving in Hawaii

Down where there were no fans

In the pink white sand

Just another fish, another being

Nothing can touch way down deep

And the legend was living

Everywhere he went

Not like bob, he was recognized

Respected, the interviews

Ended well, they wanted to see him

In a good light

Spiritual apolitical

Jerry had the money

And how it took the money

30 years of skag

The best acid

Gaining and losing

New keyboard player every season

And the light show cast shadows

Colors of the fans

Everybody loved him

Didn't even know him

And the money had to keep coming in

Family to think about

Prices going up

Diabetic spike dual purpose

30 years of junk

And then a monster album

We will survive, black muddy river

The fans got younger

New suppliers deeper cuts

Speedball Saturday nights

Jerry had it good

But he would have given it all up

To be clean and be able to handle it

Up in the mountains like Jeremiah Johnson

With Janis and Joan Baez

Joan Didion and Marlon Brando

John Wayne liz Taylor

And he thought of himself as a slave

Bob spitting on the ingrates, slave masters

Having to play, keep the dope coming in,

The 401k's active for the crew

Cash for the kids, the wives, new cities

The tv people

Barlow and hunter, the notch carved in the arts

History

Thousands of shows millions of notes

And old and sick

Still a rock star

Still all the way alone

But a certain sort of happy

A certain type of happy