Story Behind The Song

Originally recorded and performed by the jam band Zero (Zero's male vocal version is song # 11)

Song Description

starts as slow ballad and breaks into straight ahead rock song...Lyrics by Grateful Dead Lyricist Robert Hunter

Lyrics

You walk in here so cool and wise
I like the way your stare
silver daggers in your eyes
and midnight in your hair

I don't want to tie you up
don't want to tie you down
just wanna pass the loving cup
splash some on the ground

Hey good lookin' I want you
your footprints on my heart
I want you till our worlds collide
and the whole place blows apart

rock and roll pull you through and out the other side
set you on a mountain top above the raging tide

leading with the heart and chin
like crazy people do
watch thet burning bridges spin
before a dream come true

did I mention I want your love
or did it slip my mind?
Did I tell you I'm prepared
to pay you back in kind?

we can go to Mardis Gras
bathe in French champagne
see the side we never saw
run naked in the rain

we could go to Paris on the rock and roll express
in the dark and by the dawn
collapsed in fancy dress

Hey sweet baby I want your love
your footprints on my heart
I want you our till worlds collide
and the whole place blows apart

baby, baby I love you so you're the one I need listen to my radio it says it all for me

I met you at the movies
I loved you on the screen
loved you in the alleys of the heartaches of a dream

you know, you know I want your love
I'm sunk beneath your spell
first and last and always, babe
the rest can go to hell