# The Reply is a Grateful Dead Lyric
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [May 25, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672 "2010-05-25T04:23:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/61 "2010-06-01T17:27:23Z")
Since it costs a lot to win (and even more to lose), you and me bound to spend some time, wondering what to choose…
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### Author:  [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/62 "2010-06-01T18:16:12Z")
like him I’m tired of trying to heal
this tomcat hear with which I’m blessed
is distruction loving’s twin
must I choose to lose or win
maybe when my turn comes I will have guessed
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/63 "2010-06-02T02:33:14Z")
Small wheel turn by the fire and rod,
Big wheel turn by the grace of God,
Every time that wheel turn 'round,
Bound to cover just a little more ground.
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### Author:  [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/64 "2010-06-02T05:51:48Z")
Stand upon a tower,
world at my command,
you just keep a turnin’ while I’m
playing in the band
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### Author:  [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/65 "2010-06-02T13:10:31Z")
Standing on the moon with nothing left to do.
A lovely view of heaven, but I’d rather be with you~
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### Author:  [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/66 "2010-06-02T13:14:13Z")
strangers stopping strangers
just to shake their hand
everybody is playing in the heart of gold band
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/67 "2010-06-02T16:21:43Z")
And if a man among you got no sin upon his hand
Let him cast a stone at me for playing in the band.
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### Author:  [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/68 "2010-06-02T17:19:01Z")
They’re a band beyond description,
like Jehovah’s favorite choir.
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### Author:  [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/69 "2010-06-02T18:23:27Z")
Delilah Jones went to meet her God, and the old man never was the same again…
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### Author:  [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/70 "2010-06-02T20:10:55Z")
rat cat alley, roll them bones
need that cash to feed that Jones
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/71 "2010-06-02T20:28:01Z")
Crazy cat peekin’ through a lace bandanna,
Like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack.
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### Author:  [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/72 "2010-06-02T20:32:14Z")
Sometimes the cards aren’t worth a dime
If you don’t lay 'em down.
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### Author:  [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/73 "2010-06-02T20:53:54Z")
Lay down my dear brothers, lay down and take your rest.
Oh won’t you lay your head upon your savior 's breast?
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### Author:  [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/74 "2010-06-03T01:57:52Z")
In a bed, in a bed, by the waterside I will lay my head,
listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul
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### Author:  [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/75 "2010-06-03T03:21:45Z")
Right outside this lazy summer home; ain’t got time to call your soul a critic, no…
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### Author:  [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/76 "2010-06-03T05:54:53Z")
I see you got your list out,
say your piece and get out.
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### Author:  [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/77 "2010-06-03T12:46:06Z")
sorry that you feel that way
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### Author:  [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/78 "2010-06-03T13:58:14Z")
I was feeling \*so \*bad, so I asked my family doctor 'bout what I had … He said "
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### Author:  [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/79 "2010-06-03T14:29:27Z")
doctor say better stop balling that jack
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### Author:  [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-grateful-dead-lyric/540672/80 "2010-06-03T21:24:11Z")
I dropped four flights and cracked my spine,
honey come quick with the iodine.
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