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St. Stephen
30,120
Rock
St. Stephen was released on June 20, 1969 by Rhino/Warner Records as a part of the album Aoxomoxoa
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Release DateJune 20, 1969
LabelRhino/Warner Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
St. Stephen with a rose, in and out of the garden he goes
Country garden in the wind and the rain
Wherever he goes, the people all complain
Stephen prospered in his time, well he may and he may decline
Did it matter, does it now?
Stephen would answer if he only knew how
[Verse 2]
A wishing well with a golden bell
Bucket hanging clear to hell
Hell halfway twixt now and then
Stephen fill it up and lower down and lower down again
[Verse 3]
Lady Finger, dipped in moonlight
Writing, what for, across the morning sky
Sunlight splatters, dawn with answer
Darkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye
[Verse 4]
Speeding arrow, sharp and narrow
What a lot of fleeting matters you have spurned
Several seasons with their treasons
Wrap the babe in scarlet covers, call it your own
[Verse 5]
Did he doubt or did he try?
Answers a plenty in the by and by
Talk about your plenty and talk about your ills
One man gathers what another man spills
[Verse 6]
St. Stephen will remain
All he lost, he shall regain
Seashore washed by the suds and the foam
Been there so long, he's got to calling it home
[Verse 7]
Fortune comes a crawling
Calliope woman
Spinning that curious sense of your own
Can you answer?
Yes, I can
But what would be the answer to the answer man?
Written by: Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter
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