Robert Hunter
Robert Hunter
Guitarist and lyricist best known for his longtime collaboration with jam band The Grateful Dead. Though he does not normally perform live with the band, he has co-written many of their most famous songs, including "Dark Star".
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSongwriter
Date of Birth23 June 1941
CountryUnited States of America
eye wake-up world
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world.
sunshine voice gold
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?
blind crippled
Crippled but free, I was blind all the time I was learning to see.
sky san-francisco july
But I would rather be with you, somewhere in San Francisco on a back porch in July, just looking up to Heaven, at this crescent in the sky
confused play ifs
...if you get confused, just listen to the music play.
yellow blue sky
The sky was yellow and the sun was blue...
brother ears sticks
It's better to wear seaweed socks than stick a melon in your brother's ear.
children son boys
When I was just a little young boy, Papa said Son, you'll never get far, I'll tell you the reason if you want to know, 'cause child of mine, there isn't really very far to go.
death garden dying
Everything you cherish Throws you over in the end Thorns will grab your ankles From the gardens that you tend.
circles darkness lovers
Outside major darkness where the circle is complete there's no fear that lovers born will ever fail to meet
way sometimes particular
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own
spiritual waiting doorways
Walk out of any doorway feel your way, feel your way like the day before Maybe you'll find direction around some corner where it's been waiting to meet you.
space hot
There are things you can replace, and others you cannot. The time has come to weigh those things, this space is getting hot.
golf player scratches
The best architects feel it to be their duty to make the path to the hole as free as possible from annoying difficulties for the less skillful golfers, while at the same time presenting to the scratch players a route calling for the best shots at their command.