GD Tattoo #52 The Bear Came By and I Got On


The Bear Came By and I got on.
Thanks Tammy!


Tattoo artist: Jared - Tattootales, New Milford, CT


I really enjoyed seeing this tattoo tonight.

I was unable to find a New Years Day Other One to share with you, so here's one from my birthday in 1972. Very heavy on Phil in the mix, which is sort of a treat for Other One fans.

http://www.archive.org/details/gd1972-10-21.sbd.pset2.91505.flac16

"That's It For The Other One"

Words and music by Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Bill Kreutzmann ("That's It For the Other One," composed and written by Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Bill Kreutzmann.

(culled from Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics)

["Cryptical Envelopment"]

The other day they waited, the sky was dark and faded,
Solemnly they stated, "He has to die, you know he has to die."
All the children learnin', from books that they were burnin',
Every leaf was turnin', to watch him die, you know he had to die.

The summer sun looked down on him,
His mother could but frown on him,
And all the other sound on him,
He had to die, you know he had to die.

["Quodlibet for tenderfeet": Instrumental]

["The Faster We Go The Rounder We Get: aka part 2]

Spanish lady come to me, she lays on me this rose.
It rainbow spirals round and round,
It trembles and explodes
It left a smoking crater of my mind,
I like to blow away.
But the heat came round and busted me
For smilin on a cloudy day

[Chorus]

Comin', comin', comin' around, comin' around, comin' around in a circle
Comin', comin', comin' around, comin' around, in a circle,
Comin', comin', comin' around, comin' around, in a circle.

Escapin' through the lily fields
I came across an empty space
It trembled and exploded
Left a bus stop in its place
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land

[Chorus]

["We Leave the Castle"]

And when the day had ended, with rainbow colors blended,
Their minds remained unbended,
He had to die, oh, you know he had to die.

GD Tattoo #51 How to make your Day Job "Bearable"


Chris submitted this tattoo located on his left bicep. He says "every day I feel like I'm wearing a tie-dye shirt under my collar and tie." I can relate, as I'm sure many of us can.

Chris had the work done by Juan at Funhouse Tattoos In Vancouver BC.

Thanks Chris!


Many of you know the rumor, "Keep Your Day Job" was removed from rotation by request of the fans. This post is deadicated to all of you hard working heads.


Keep Your Day Job
Maybe you collect or maybe you pay (whether)
Still got to work that eight hour day
Whether you like that job or not
You'd better keep it on ice while you're lining up your long shot

Which is to say, hey hey, keep your day job
Don't give it away, keep your day job, whatever they say
Keep your day job 'till your night job pays.

Steady boys starting that eight day hour
Never underrate that paycheck power
By now you know that the face on your dollar
Got a thumb on its nose and a hand on your collar
With a chance to say, hey hey, keep your day job....

Daddy may drive a V-8 'Vette
Mama may bathe in champagne yet
God bless the child that's got his own stash
Nine to five and a place to crash
which is to say...
Sunday comes forget about work, Ring that bell for whatever it's worth.
If you ask me like I know you won't
I'll tell you what to do what I know that you won't.


Here's the last Day Job, interesting to note that it moves from an encore slot to close the first set for its final performance.

http://www.archive.org/details/gd86-04-04.BeyerM88s.connor.29580.sbeok.flacf

GD Tattoo #50 Dancing Skeleton

This Tattoo was submitted by John and was done by Albert from Lone Wolf in Bellmore, NY. Thanks John!

Why are the Skeletons Dancing? Find out here...