Happy Birthday America!

America turns 231 on July 4th. Happy Birthday USA!!! Too bad we couldn't have given her a new president and administration as a birthday present.

Here's one of my alltime fave Dead songs, "U.S. Blues" sung by Captain Trips himself.
"U.S. BLUES"

Red and white, blue suede shoes

I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do?

Gimme five, I'm still alive

Ain't no luck, I learned to duck

Check my pulse, it don't change

Stay seventy two, come shine or rain

Wave the flag, pop the bag

Rock the boat, skin the goat

Wave that flag

Wave it wide and high

Summertime done, come and gone

My oh my

I'm Uncle Sam, that's who I am

Been hidin' out, in a rock and roll band

Shake the hand, that shook the hand

Of P.T. Barnum and Charlie Chan

Shine your shoes, light your fuse

Can you use, them ol' U.S. Blues?

I'll drink your health, share your wealth

Run your life, steal your wife!

Wave that flag

Wave it wide and high

Summertime done, come and gone

My oh my

Back to back, chicken shack

Son of a gun, better change your act

We're all confused, what's to lose?

You can call this song

THE UNITED STATES BLUES!

Wave that flag

Wave it wide and high

Summertime done come and gone,

My oh My

Summertime done come and gone

My oh My

Hunter/Garcia

Thanks to Google Images and also to David Dodd's "Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics" website. I know the song by heart, but I don't think I could have typed it off the top of my head.