• So Many Roads
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    Thought I heard a blackird singing
    Up on Bluebird Hill
    Call me a whinin' boy if you will
    Born where the sun don't shine
    And I don't deny my name
    Got no place to go, ain't that a shame?

    Thought I heard that KC whistle
    Moaning sweet and low
    Thought I heard that KC when she blow
    Down where the sun don't shine
    Underneath the Kokomo
    Whinin' boy got no place to go

    So many roads I tell you
    So many roads I know
    So many roads, so many roads
    Mountain high, river wide
    So many roads to ride
    So many roads, so many roads

    Thought I heard a jug band playin'
    "If you don't... who else will?"
    From over on the far side of the hill
    All I know the sun don't shine
    And the rain refused to fall
    And you don't seem to hear me when I call

    Wind inside and the wind outside
    Tangled in the window blind
    Tell me why you treat me so unkind
    Down where the sun don't shine
    Lonely and I call your name
    No place left to go, ain't that a shame?

    So many roads I tell you
    New York to San Francisco
    So many roads I know
    All I want is one to take me home
    From the high road to the low
    So many roads I know
    So many roads so many roads

    From the land of the midnight sun
    Where the ice blue roses grow
    Along those roads of gold and silver snow
    Howlin' wide or moaning low
    So many roads I know
    So many roads to ease my soul (note 1)

    (1) some think Garcia sings "So many roads tease my soul"

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(1) some think Garcia sings "So many roads tease my soul"

Lyrics By
Robert Hunter
Music By
Jerry Garcia
Lyrics

Thought I heard a blackird singing
Up on Bluebird Hill
Call me a whinin' boy if you will
Born where the sun don't shine
And I don't deny my name
Got no place to go, ain't that a shame?

Thought I heard that KC whistle
Moaning sweet and low
Thought I heard that KC when she blow
Down where the sun don't shine
Underneath the Kokomo
Whinin' boy got no place to go

So many roads I tell you
So many roads I know
So many roads, so many roads
Mountain high, river wide
So many roads to ride
So many roads, so many roads

Thought I heard a jug band playin'
"If you don't... who else will?"
From over on the far side of the hill
All I know the sun don't shine
And the rain refused to fall
And you don't seem to hear me when I call

Wind inside and the wind outside
Tangled in the window blind
Tell me why you treat me so unkind
Down where the sun don't shine
Lonely and I call your name
No place left to go, ain't that a shame?

So many roads I tell you
New York to San Francisco
So many roads I know
All I want is one to take me home
From the high road to the low
So many roads I know
So many roads so many roads

From the land of the midnight sun
Where the ice blue roses grow
Along those roads of gold and silver snow
Howlin' wide or moaning low
So many roads I know
So many roads to ease my soul (note 1)