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July 3, 2007

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.

10 comments:

  1. I bet 'Scooter', Darth Vader and Shrub will have a good 4th. Happy Birthday to us!

    Cool song JoJo :)

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  2. cool post joj! hope you have a happy 4th!!

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  3. Anonymous12:57 AM

    Hi JoJo, BOBBY"S Girl here. Molly has a new page! Link to it is on the old page on July 2nd. Hope you come back!

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  4. You swiped all the good Dead icons for today, so I posted a leggy blonde pinup and a Monty Python bit from The holy Grail.

    Happy Fourth.

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  5. Happy Hols. Aren't you ever sorry you're no longer part of the British Empire?

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  6. "Aren't you ever sorry you're no longer part of the British Empire?"

    Yeah. Really missing that spotted dick, I am. How about everyone else?

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  7. Ooh Val, loaded question. Brian most certainly will write a diatribe if and when he reads these comments!

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  8. i hope you had a great 4th of july jojo!! :)

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  9. Anonymous12:41 PM

    Aren't you ever sorry you're no longer part of the British Empire?

    11:10 AM
    -posted by Val

    HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!! I am subject to no man or wrinkled old bat.

    I was born free and will die free.

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  10. I, however, have always been an Anglophile and Canadaphile, so therefore, I like the Queen. Anonymous and I have lots of heated debates and discussions on this topic. I could move to Canada or England in a heartbeat, Hubby however gets homesick if we so much as cross the border.

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