Ripple - Grateful Dead (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Ripple (Grateful Dead, 1970/1981). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2024-08-25. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

"Ripple," written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, was first released as the "B" side of the "Truckin'" single in 1970 where both were featured on the band's album "American Beauty" (Wikipedia, 2024). A live version of the song was released in 1981 on the album "Reckoning;" this version of the song made it onto the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart peaking at no. 50 (wikipedia, 2024). "The song's first performance came during a show at San Francisco's Fillmore West on August 18, 1970" (songfacts, 2024).

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Lyrics:

If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
Would you hear my voice come through the music
Would you hold it near as it were your own?

It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air

Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow

Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men

There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone

Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow

You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home

Da Da Da Da Da . . .