I'm a roving sign And it's something else too. Althea told me, 'okay that's fine', so now I'm tryin' to catch her" so perfectly describes men's (most men's) approach to relationships.
He may be born to be a Bachelor...or a Clown...or both...or any number of things....like a tragic Shakespearean figure . Dick's Picks, Vol. Why? Ask your friends & family about Althea… Tea : Teh- ah. Minds innocent and quiet take
Advertisement Origin of Althea Name. That line: “Can’t talk to you without talking to me…” casts the entire song we’ve just listened to in a different light.
Analysis of Althea. *I do not love the idea of Deadheads across the universe assuming I've misquoted the last lines from my favorite Hunter piece, so I feel compelled to appease any slightly elevated pulses by sharing that my Althea quote above is pulled from "A Box of Rain," and appears here as the original writer intended.
I remember an excerpt from Relix Magazine about Saturdays child.
They played “Althea,” and Garcia’s voice was, if not weak, at least sounding older than it had to me ever before. "...By the Riverside We've got some things to talk about One may argue that after the first verse, a series of back and forth comes into play. Our careless heads with Roses bound, You may be Saturday's child, all alone, moving with a tinge of grace. I thought the "Days Between" on the day after the show with "Althea" was a very sad moment. By: RICHARD LOVELACE (written in 1642) I told Althea that treachery
was tearin me limb from limb
Althea told me: now cool down boy -
settle back easy Jim, You may be Saturday's child all grown
moving with a pinch of grace
You may be a clown in the burying ground
or just another pretty face
You may be the fate of Ophelia
sleeping and perchance to dream -
honest to the point of recklessness
self centered to the extreme, Ain't nobody messin with you but you
your friends are getting most concerned -
loose with the truth
maybe it's your fire
but baby...don't get burned
When the smoke has cleared, she said,
that's what she said to me:
You're gonna want a bed to lay your head
and a little sympathy, There are things you can replace
and others you cannot
The time has come to weigh those things
this space is getting hot -
you know this space is getting hot, I told Althea
I'm a roving sign -
that I was born to be a bachelor -
Althea told me: Ok that's fine -
So now I'm out trying to catch her, Can't talk to me without talking to you
We're guilty of the same old thing
Talking a lot about less and less
And forgetting the love we bring, First performance on August 4, 1979, at the Oakland Auditorium Arena.
He may be born to be a Bachelor...or a Clown...or both...or any number of things....like a tragic Shakespearean figure . Dick's Picks, Vol. Why? Ask your friends & family about Althea… Tea : Teh- ah. Minds innocent and quiet take
Advertisement Origin of Althea Name. That line: “Can’t talk to you without talking to me…” casts the entire song we’ve just listened to in a different light.
Analysis of Althea. *I do not love the idea of Deadheads across the universe assuming I've misquoted the last lines from my favorite Hunter piece, so I feel compelled to appease any slightly elevated pulses by sharing that my Althea quote above is pulled from "A Box of Rain," and appears here as the original writer intended.
I remember an excerpt from Relix Magazine about Saturdays child.
They played “Althea,” and Garcia’s voice was, if not weak, at least sounding older than it had to me ever before. "...By the Riverside We've got some things to talk about One may argue that after the first verse, a series of back and forth comes into play. Our careless heads with Roses bound, You may be Saturday's child, all alone, moving with a tinge of grace. I thought the "Days Between" on the day after the show with "Althea" was a very sad moment. By: RICHARD LOVELACE (written in 1642) I told Althea that treachery
was tearin me limb from limb
Althea told me: now cool down boy -
settle back easy Jim, You may be Saturday's child all grown
moving with a pinch of grace
You may be a clown in the burying ground
or just another pretty face
You may be the fate of Ophelia
sleeping and perchance to dream -
honest to the point of recklessness
self centered to the extreme, Ain't nobody messin with you but you
your friends are getting most concerned -
loose with the truth
maybe it's your fire
but baby...don't get burned
When the smoke has cleared, she said,
that's what she said to me:
You're gonna want a bed to lay your head
and a little sympathy, There are things you can replace
and others you cannot
The time has come to weigh those things
this space is getting hot -
you know this space is getting hot, I told Althea
I'm a roving sign -
that I was born to be a bachelor -
Althea told me: Ok that's fine -
So now I'm out trying to catch her, Can't talk to me without talking to you
We're guilty of the same old thing
Talking a lot about less and less
And forgetting the love we bring, First performance on August 4, 1979, at the Oakland Auditorium Arena.
He may be born to be a Bachelor...or a Clown...or both...or any number of things....like a tragic Shakespearean figure . Dick's Picks, Vol. Why? Ask your friends & family about Althea… Tea : Teh- ah. Minds innocent and quiet take
Advertisement Origin of Althea Name. That line: “Can’t talk to you without talking to me…” casts the entire song we’ve just listened to in a different light.
Analysis of Althea. *I do not love the idea of Deadheads across the universe assuming I've misquoted the last lines from my favorite Hunter piece, so I feel compelled to appease any slightly elevated pulses by sharing that my Althea quote above is pulled from "A Box of Rain," and appears here as the original writer intended.
I remember an excerpt from Relix Magazine about Saturdays child.
They played “Althea,” and Garcia’s voice was, if not weak, at least sounding older than it had to me ever before. "...By the Riverside We've got some things to talk about One may argue that after the first verse, a series of back and forth comes into play. Our careless heads with Roses bound, You may be Saturday's child, all alone, moving with a tinge of grace. I thought the "Days Between" on the day after the show with "Althea" was a very sad moment. By: RICHARD LOVELACE (written in 1642) I told Althea that treachery
was tearin me limb from limb
Althea told me: now cool down boy -
settle back easy Jim, You may be Saturday's child all grown
moving with a pinch of grace
You may be a clown in the burying ground
or just another pretty face
You may be the fate of Ophelia
sleeping and perchance to dream -
honest to the point of recklessness
self centered to the extreme, Ain't nobody messin with you but you
your friends are getting most concerned -
loose with the truth
maybe it's your fire
but baby...don't get burned
When the smoke has cleared, she said,
that's what she said to me:
You're gonna want a bed to lay your head
and a little sympathy, There are things you can replace
and others you cannot
The time has come to weigh those things
this space is getting hot -
you know this space is getting hot, I told Althea
I'm a roving sign -
that I was born to be a bachelor -
Althea told me: Ok that's fine -
So now I'm out trying to catch her, Can't talk to me without talking to you
We're guilty of the same old thing
Talking a lot about less and less
And forgetting the love we bring, First performance on August 4, 1979, at the Oakland Auditorium Arena.
He may be born to be a Bachelor...or a Clown...or both...or any number of things....like a tragic Shakespearean figure . Dick's Picks, Vol. Why? Ask your friends & family about Althea… Tea : Teh- ah. Minds innocent and quiet take
Advertisement Origin of Althea Name. That line: “Can’t talk to you without talking to me…” casts the entire song we’ve just listened to in a different light.
Analysis of Althea. *I do not love the idea of Deadheads across the universe assuming I've misquoted the last lines from my favorite Hunter piece, so I feel compelled to appease any slightly elevated pulses by sharing that my Althea quote above is pulled from "A Box of Rain," and appears here as the original writer intended.
I remember an excerpt from Relix Magazine about Saturdays child.
They played “Althea,” and Garcia’s voice was, if not weak, at least sounding older than it had to me ever before. "...By the Riverside We've got some things to talk about One may argue that after the first verse, a series of back and forth comes into play. Our careless heads with Roses bound, You may be Saturday's child, all alone, moving with a tinge of grace. I thought the "Days Between" on the day after the show with "Althea" was a very sad moment. By: RICHARD LOVELACE (written in 1642) I told Althea that treachery
was tearin me limb from limb
Althea told me: now cool down boy -
settle back easy Jim, You may be Saturday's child all grown
moving with a pinch of grace
You may be a clown in the burying ground
or just another pretty face
You may be the fate of Ophelia
sleeping and perchance to dream -
honest to the point of recklessness
self centered to the extreme, Ain't nobody messin with you but you
your friends are getting most concerned -
loose with the truth
maybe it's your fire
but baby...don't get burned
When the smoke has cleared, she said,
that's what she said to me:
You're gonna want a bed to lay your head
and a little sympathy, There are things you can replace
and others you cannot
The time has come to weigh those things
this space is getting hot -
you know this space is getting hot, I told Althea
I'm a roving sign -
that I was born to be a bachelor -
Althea told me: Ok that's fine -
So now I'm out trying to catch her, Can't talk to me without talking to you
We're guilty of the same old thing
Talking a lot about less and less
And forgetting the love we bring, First performance on August 4, 1979, at the Oakland Auditorium Arena.
He may be born to be a Bachelor...or a Clown...or both...or any number of things....like a tragic Shakespearean figure . Dick's Picks, Vol. Why? Ask your friends & family about Althea… Tea : Teh- ah. Minds innocent and quiet take
Advertisement Origin of Althea Name. That line: “Can’t talk to you without talking to me…” casts the entire song we’ve just listened to in a different light.
Analysis of Althea. *I do not love the idea of Deadheads across the universe assuming I've misquoted the last lines from my favorite Hunter piece, so I feel compelled to appease any slightly elevated pulses by sharing that my Althea quote above is pulled from "A Box of Rain," and appears here as the original writer intended.
I remember an excerpt from Relix Magazine about Saturdays child.
They played “Althea,” and Garcia’s voice was, if not weak, at least sounding older than it had to me ever before. "...By the Riverside We've got some things to talk about One may argue that after the first verse, a series of back and forth comes into play. Our careless heads with Roses bound, You may be Saturday's child, all alone, moving with a tinge of grace. I thought the "Days Between" on the day after the show with "Althea" was a very sad moment. By: RICHARD LOVELACE (written in 1642) I told Althea that treachery
was tearin me limb from limb
Althea told me: now cool down boy -
settle back easy Jim, You may be Saturday's child all grown
moving with a pinch of grace
You may be a clown in the burying ground
or just another pretty face
You may be the fate of Ophelia
sleeping and perchance to dream -
honest to the point of recklessness
self centered to the extreme, Ain't nobody messin with you but you
your friends are getting most concerned -
loose with the truth
maybe it's your fire
but baby...don't get burned
When the smoke has cleared, she said,
that's what she said to me:
You're gonna want a bed to lay your head
and a little sympathy, There are things you can replace
and others you cannot
The time has come to weigh those things
this space is getting hot -
you know this space is getting hot, I told Althea
I'm a roving sign -
that I was born to be a bachelor -
Althea told me: Ok that's fine -
So now I'm out trying to catch her, Can't talk to me without talking to you
We're guilty of the same old thing
Talking a lot about less and less
And forgetting the love we bring, First performance on August 4, 1979, at the Oakland Auditorium Arena.
He may be born to be a Bachelor...or a Clown...or both...or any number of things....like a tragic Shakespearean figure . Dick's Picks, Vol. Why? Ask your friends & family about Althea… Tea : Teh- ah. Minds innocent and quiet take
Advertisement Origin of Althea Name. That line: “Can’t talk to you without talking to me…” casts the entire song we’ve just listened to in a different light.
Analysis of Althea. *I do not love the idea of Deadheads across the universe assuming I've misquoted the last lines from my favorite Hunter piece, so I feel compelled to appease any slightly elevated pulses by sharing that my Althea quote above is pulled from "A Box of Rain," and appears here as the original writer intended.
I remember an excerpt from Relix Magazine about Saturdays child.
They played “Althea,” and Garcia’s voice was, if not weak, at least sounding older than it had to me ever before. "...By the Riverside We've got some things to talk about One may argue that after the first verse, a series of back and forth comes into play. Our careless heads with Roses bound, You may be Saturday's child, all alone, moving with a tinge of grace. I thought the "Days Between" on the day after the show with "Althea" was a very sad moment. By: RICHARD LOVELACE (written in 1642) I told Althea that treachery
was tearin me limb from limb
Althea told me: now cool down boy -
settle back easy Jim, You may be Saturday's child all grown
moving with a pinch of grace
You may be a clown in the burying ground
or just another pretty face
You may be the fate of Ophelia
sleeping and perchance to dream -
honest to the point of recklessness
self centered to the extreme, Ain't nobody messin with you but you
your friends are getting most concerned -
loose with the truth
maybe it's your fire
but baby...don't get burned
When the smoke has cleared, she said,
that's what she said to me:
You're gonna want a bed to lay your head
and a little sympathy, There are things you can replace
and others you cannot
The time has come to weigh those things
this space is getting hot -
you know this space is getting hot, I told Althea
I'm a roving sign -
that I was born to be a bachelor -
Althea told me: Ok that's fine -
So now I'm out trying to catch her, Can't talk to me without talking to you
We're guilty of the same old thing
Talking a lot about less and less
And forgetting the love we bring, First performance on August 4, 1979, at the Oakland Auditorium Arena.
One possible theme that can be seen in the final verse is the danger of forgetting what's really important in life. Years later Meleager held
a hunt to kill a boar which was terrorizing the village. Gender of Althea. It wasn't much longer after that shift in outlook for me that my "Althea" and I reconnected and eventually married and have three children now having been together for 22 years minus those two years spent putting it all in perspective. Although there's some questioning in comments here and elsewhere, David D seems sure that the middle verses and the bridge are a continuation of Althea's words to the singer (i.e.
I'm a roving sign And it's something else too. Althea told me, 'okay that's fine', so now I'm tryin' to catch her" so perfectly describes men's (most men's) approach to relationships.
He may be born to be a Bachelor...or a Clown...or both...or any number of things....like a tragic Shakespearean figure . Dick's Picks, Vol. Why? Ask your friends & family about Althea… Tea : Teh- ah. Minds innocent and quiet take
Advertisement Origin of Althea Name. That line: “Can’t talk to you without talking to me…” casts the entire song we’ve just listened to in a different light.
Analysis of Althea. *I do not love the idea of Deadheads across the universe assuming I've misquoted the last lines from my favorite Hunter piece, so I feel compelled to appease any slightly elevated pulses by sharing that my Althea quote above is pulled from "A Box of Rain," and appears here as the original writer intended.
I remember an excerpt from Relix Magazine about Saturdays child.
They played “Althea,” and Garcia’s voice was, if not weak, at least sounding older than it had to me ever before. "...By the Riverside We've got some things to talk about One may argue that after the first verse, a series of back and forth comes into play. Our careless heads with Roses bound, You may be Saturday's child, all alone, moving with a tinge of grace. I thought the "Days Between" on the day after the show with "Althea" was a very sad moment. By: RICHARD LOVELACE (written in 1642) I told Althea that treachery
was tearin me limb from limb
Althea told me: now cool down boy -
settle back easy Jim, You may be Saturday's child all grown
moving with a pinch of grace
You may be a clown in the burying ground
or just another pretty face
You may be the fate of Ophelia
sleeping and perchance to dream -
honest to the point of recklessness
self centered to the extreme, Ain't nobody messin with you but you
your friends are getting most concerned -
loose with the truth
maybe it's your fire
but baby...don't get burned
When the smoke has cleared, she said,
that's what she said to me:
You're gonna want a bed to lay your head
and a little sympathy, There are things you can replace
and others you cannot
The time has come to weigh those things
this space is getting hot -
you know this space is getting hot, I told Althea
I'm a roving sign -
that I was born to be a bachelor -
Althea told me: Ok that's fine -
So now I'm out trying to catch her, Can't talk to me without talking to you
We're guilty of the same old thing
Talking a lot about less and less
And forgetting the love we bring, First performance on August 4, 1979, at the Oakland Auditorium Arena.
Collection, Dead & "It may be the fate of Ophelia, Sleeping and perchance to dream...". This can be painful and is maybe why he wants to pull away from her, but can't. "Can't talk to me without talking to you, RIP Jerry – you lovely, flawed man; you absolute genius. The music video to Rosalía and J Balvin's song "Con Altura, released in 2019, has over 1 billion views. Ain't nobody messing with you, but you, your friends are getting most concerned.
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