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Grateful Dead — Eyes of the World
Album: Wake of the Flood
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Released: 1973
Length: 5:04
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Right outside this lazy summer home
You ain't got time to call your soul a critic, no
Right outside the lazy gate
Of winter's summer home
Wondering where the nuthatch winter's
Wings a mile long
Just carried the bird away

Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
But the heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own
Wake now discover that you are the song that the morning brings
But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own

There comes a redeemer and he slowly, too, fades away
And there follows his wagon behind him that's loaded with clay
And the seeds that were silent all burst into bloom and decay
And night comes so quiet, its close on the heels of the day

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own
And sometimes we visit your country and live in your home
Sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone
Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own
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 gottclay wrote:

Would love to hear Stella Blue from this album added to the playlist.



the only DEAD song i dislike
Posted 1 month ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
Would love to hear Terrapin Station or Broke down Palace added to rotation.
Posted 1 month ago by jeffwyoung1982    [ Reply ]
 mattrettig wrote:

They had to take that much drugs…to sound this incredibly boring? I was never a drug guy, and sometimes I wonder what all I missed. Listening to the Dead I can’t help but conclude: not much.



You have to take drugs yourself to appreciate it's beauty.
Posted 5 months ago by ni6hant    [ Reply ]
They had to take that much drugs…to sound this incredibly boring? I was never a drug guy, and sometimes I wonder what all I missed. Listening to the Dead I can’t help but conclude: not much.
Posted 10 months ago by mattrettig    [ Reply ]
I remember when this came out, how great that was to get a new Grateful Dead record and spin it for the first time.

Really, there's no other band that does/did this. Stupendous.
Posted 1 year ago by k-man    [ Reply ]
If you liked this, you'll love the March 29, 1990 show w/ Branford Marsalis on sax for this tune. Eyes of the World at about 55:00...
Posted 1 year ago by zapeta    [ Reply ]
Would love to hear Stella Blue from this album added to the playlist.
Posted 2 years ago by gottclay    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite dead tunes to listen to and play on guitar. Love the hoppy cord progressions... right there with Sugar Mag. The flow of the music and lyrics never fails to deliver a smile on my face while rocking out. The lyrics, I am guessing are from Robert Hunter, take me to Lady With A Fan >  Terrapin Station.  Such thought provoking lyrics.  Man... alway a pleasure...brings such joy to my heart. From which I thank you both Bill and Rebecca  To Johnjconn... WOW... only once, due to an accident, was I on unemployment and that didn't last 2 months. I have a bachelors degree from a major university and my favorite job is still remodeling. I may not have a big bankroll, but I have fantastic friends and that is how I measure my wealth.  Still sport a freak flag, as best I can at 61 anyhow.  And Buddy...you rocked it with your comment to his post... rock on brother man! Have a grateful day     
Posted 2 years ago by deadheadmark    [ Reply ]
 buddy wrote:

Wow, hi dad, it's been a long time!  Especially since you died 25 years ago. I thought you were the last of a breed, but clearly I was wrong.  I'll make sure you get your Pat Boone records back from the attic.  btw...having a job, shower, and haircut didn't make you any less of a major asshole. Way to stick to your guns!


Brilliant comeback, dear Buddy. Well done!   BTW, of course we know that this song is a 10, and you don't have to be "dirty hippy" to appreciate it! ;) 
Posted 2 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
So much hate for a great song. Think everybody needs to chill out a bit. Hey Bill, play this again!
Posted 2 years ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]
this is the name of my optometrist's shop.
Posted 9 years ago by myersei    [ Reply ]
Jesus H Jerry......could a guitar sound any more ice picky?
Posted 9 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
Pass. 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 kurtster wrote:
Funny, I'm not a Dead Head by any means, but for their middle period, this was my favorite album.  Have the vinyl.  

Great to hear this old nugget.

8 

 
Well it's clearly their worst album art.
Posted 10 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
Funny, I'm not a Dead Head by any means, but for their middle period, this was my favorite album.  Have the vinyl.  

Great to hear this old nugget.

8 
Posted 10 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Awful...
Posted 10 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
 joelbb wrote:
Too bad the rest of the album sucked. 
 
I'm struggling with the physics of this.
Posted 10 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
hooray for hippies!
Posted 10 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
 bitbanger wrote:
I have a phone call. Goody, I get to miss this.

 
Can you call me so I can miss it too? I am NOT a Dead fan. I'm guessing they're better live. When you're stoned. And can't remember how boring they were.

PSD! AWAY!!! 
Posted 10 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
Ouch!
Posted 10 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
I have a phone call. Goody, I get to miss this.
Posted 10 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
 joelbb wrote:
Too bad the rest of the album sucked. This was during the "Mars Hotel" period when they thought they could self-produce their own studio albums.
 
Actually, this was from the Wake of the Flood period. Mars Hotel came later.

But you are right, this was Grateful Dead Records 001, their first of three records that were on their own label. Personally, this is my favorite studio album from the band. Certainly Workingman's and American Reality are fine, and both released the same year (!), but this album has always held my fancy, with tunes like Row Jimmy, Weather Report Suite, Mississippi Half-step, among the others.

Cheers,
Posted 12 years ago by k-man    [ Reply ]
Thanks buddy, that one worked very well for me...
This song has about the most positive message of any—one of the most fabulous tunes, IMO.

I've heard plenty of versions, but none better than the one from the Great American Music Hall. Garcia's three solos just grow from one to the next—a most amazing warlock, he was. And I always love when Phil takes his solo at the end.

Those that can hear this music, I say we're blessed.
Posted 12 years ago by krich58    [ Reply ]
 buddy wrote:

Wow, hi dad, it's been a long time!  Especially since you died 25 years ago. I thought you were the last of a breed, but clearly I was wrong.  I'll make sure you get your Pat Boone records back from the attic.  btw...having a job, shower, and haircut didn't make you any less of a major asshole. Way to stick to your guns!
 
Can I ride with you? Thanks for writing this. Seriously.
Posted 12 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
This cut is terrific, if somewhat Pop-ie for the GD. Too bad the rest of the album sucked. This was during the "Mars Hotel" period when they thought they could self-produce their own studio albums. Didn't do another studio album as good Working Man's Dead or American Rose until the late 80's "In the Dark". Even hippies have hubris.
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
I just came over to RP from listening to a '72 dead set on the archive, only to find this... too cool.  You can never have enough dead!
Posted 12 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
 buddy wrote:

Wow, hi dad, it's been a long time!  Especially since you died 25 years ago. I thought you were the last of a breed, but clearly I was wrong.  I'll make sure you get your Pat Boone records back from the attic.  btw...having a job, shower, and haircut didn't make you any less of a major asshole. Way to stick to your guns!
 
Nice!  Was gonna post but, what more is there to say?
Posted 12 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 Krispian wrote:

Just Googled that album cover and... OMG you are right.
 

if you thought that was disgusting try 'the handsome beasts' "beastiality"......you'll never shop for pork chops the same ever again
Posted 12 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
 rabbi_phil wrote:


nope. worst album cover artwork ever.....Butthole Surfers- Brown Reason To Live.....definitely 
 
Just Googled that album cover and... OMG you are right.
Posted 12 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
 johnjconn wrote:
Hippies = nothing a job, shower and a haircut can't fix
 
Wow, hi dad, it's been a long time!  Especially since you died 25 years ago. I thought you were the last of a breed, but clearly I was wrong.  I'll make sure you get your Pat Boone records back from the attic.  btw...having a job, shower, and haircut didn't make you any less of a major asshole. Way to stick to your guns!
Posted 12 years ago by buddy    [ Reply ]
 tutakea wrote:
awful. crappy song, and probably the most horrible album-cover-art ever made.
 

nope. worst album cover artwork ever.....Butthole Surfers- Brown Reason To Live.....definitely 
Posted 12 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
 tclodes wrote:
My mama told me, if I don't have anything good to say... I am out of here!
 
Right behind you. This is just...bad. The chorus work sounds like they're rehearsing for the first time. 
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Seriously, something's got to be wrong with you if you think that this guy can actually sing.
Posted 12 years ago by drife    [ Reply ]
 johnjconn wrote:
Hippies = nothing a job, shower and a haircut can't fix
 
It worked for me.
Posted 12 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 johnjconn wrote:
Hippies = nothing a job, shower and a haircut can't fix
 
How wonderful to read this. It's as if the decades vanished and I'm an outlaw again.
Posted 12 years ago by funkyalfonso    [ Reply ]
I confess, I've been a fan since before I saw them at Wembley, in London, 1972, and then later here in Toronto, mid-70's (notice how memory fades) and definitely one thing I can attest to is that Dead are better Live! Funny,that...
Posted 12 years ago by meinthecorner    [ Reply ]
 Al_Koholic wrote:
Has not been mentioned before I don't think, but turn the album sideways and the cloud is a skull.
 
I tried that 2-3 times but it didn't work until I dropped some blotter. . . 
 

Posted 12 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
After James wailing on "Sometimes"  The Dead are so dead to me.  I've just never learned to appreciate more than one or two of their songs and not any with the plinky plink out front like this.  Ah well.  {#Rolleyes}
Posted 13 years ago by elgreenie1    [ Reply ]
AWESOME!!! Always loved when they played this song. We ARE the eyes of the world!
Posted 13 years ago by dklmoore    [ Reply ]
Any Dead is good Dead!
Posted 13 years ago by Mita    [ Reply ]
 tutakea wrote:
awful. crappy song, and probably the most horrible album-cover-art ever made.
 
The cover art is pretty well-executed, though that artist (Rick Griffin) has done much better work.  There are certainly thousands of album covers with much worse artwork than that.  I will refrain from commenting on the tune, however.
Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
awful. crappy song, and probably the most horrible album-cover-art ever made.
Posted 13 years ago by tutakea    [ Reply ]
strongly dislike the wimpy, twangy grateful dead guitar sound.
Posted 13 years ago by lshinkawa    [ Reply ]
Nice Rick Griffin cover art. In his Christian enthusiast period, I seem to recall.

Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Thank You!
Posted 13 years ago by Sleepytyme    [ Reply ]
Gawd! Please no!!!
Posted 13 years ago by drife    [ Reply ]

Grateful Dead - "Eyes of the World" pt 1 Live (1991)

Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Crazyfingers!  {#Dance}
Posted 15 years ago by caregiver    [ Reply ]
Mugro wrote:
This has to be one of my favorite songs from my favorite band.

mine too.

Posted 15 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]

I was listening, and thought I know this music, but was too busy to check out who it was.  I knew It HAD to be the Dead.  Then I saw the album cover and thought, I dont have that.  I wondered what year it came out.  I was only about 5 months old.  I will be looking for this one for my collection.  I will have to listen to some more of it.  Thanks for playing it.{#Daisy}


Posted 16 years ago by nana0603    [ Reply ]
This has to be one of my favorite songs from my favorite band.
Posted 16 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
not really one of my favorite of the Dead's works, but man does this one bring back a lot of memories...
Posted 16 years ago by BAD    [ Reply ]
i love this song
Posted 16 years ago by vonwienerhousen    [ Reply ]
Enjoying happy bouncy (stone-y) Dead{#Roflol}
Posted 16 years ago by purplespider    [ Reply ]
My mama told me, if I don't have anything good to say... I am out of here!
Posted 16 years ago by tclodes    [ Reply ]
My favorite dead tune. This is where Phil earns his paycheck.
Posted 16 years ago by erichb    [ Reply ]
Thank you!
Posted 16 years ago by manzanitafire    [ Reply ]
Nice bass part. Phil Lesh steps out!
Posted 16 years ago by capandjudy    [ Reply ]
God damn it! I missed eyes of the world so I could talk to my boring ass douche bag boss. Life isn't fair.
Posted 16 years ago by Jack_Straw    [ Reply ]
One good reason to play live Dead is that the fairly weak sounds of Phil's bass, as rendered on this recording, were really developed in concert. There is but a hint here of what he did with the bottom part of a song, or jam, that propelled the entire edifice along. Live recording do manage to capture some of that power.
Posted 16 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
Whoa.. I saw them play a three-hour jam of this at the Illinois State Fair Grounds in nineteen seventy blah blah blah..... patchouli... pot.... volkswagen. What?
Posted 16 years ago by Cambot    [ Reply ]
This song just seems so springlike to me...probably the overall sunniness and because the Dead always played Atlanta in the Spring in the 90's. I really enjoyed the shows I went to, but Deadheads could get really tiring.
Posted 16 years ago by dbenwen    [ Reply ]
well put! More live dead please Ballzak wrote:
Yes, yes, yes! One of my all-time favorites... but only when live, live, live! God this is a good song live, it makes me SMILE everytime I hear it but that feeling is all but lost on this version. Studio Dead is like warm Bud Light. Why oh why can't we get some LIVE DEAD?? Please?
Posted 16 years ago by o2bnsv    [ Reply ]
need to hear weather report. . .
Posted 16 years ago by wferrier    [ Reply ]
Has not been mentioned before I don't think, but turn the album sideways and the cloud is a skull.
Posted 16 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]
one of my favorites....makes me feel downright sentimental!
Posted 16 years ago by Alifreckles50    [ Reply ]
There's a good DMB cover of this floating around the net. Worth checking out.
Posted 16 years ago by JesseJ    [ Reply ]
Yes, yes, yes! One of my all-time favorites... but only when live, live, live! God this is a good song live, it makes me SMILE everytime I hear it but that feeling is all but lost on this version. Studio Dead is like warm Bud Light. Why oh why can't we get some LIVE DEAD?? Please?
Posted 16 years ago by Ballzak    [ Reply ]
rmurray248 wrote:
If you don't like this one, you'll never get the Dead.
I disagree. I like The Dead, but wouldn't go out of my way for this. Might even get up to get a drink. The song is fine, and the guitar very Dead like. But the singing is weak and uninspiring at best. There are so many better choices even off the studio albums.
Posted 16 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
RIP Beth M, died in college, this song was played at her funeral. She was a great friend and loved this song.
Posted 16 years ago by strongbad    [ Reply ]
Wake of the Flood and Mars Hotel were two of my favorites. Thanks for this blast from the past. Many a night were spent listening to this while we....well, never mind.
Posted 17 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Yay! Wake up to find out that you are disguised as a squirrel...
Posted 17 years ago by dekker42    [ Reply ]
Thanks for making my friday with this song!
Posted 17 years ago by BWolfie1959    [ Reply ]
Dude wrote:
Love it! The distribution of user ratings and comments on this song is entertaining. RP listeners either get the Dead, or they don't. I wasn't a fan at first... but once you attend a show, you start to get it. It's an attitude... relax, enjoy, jam out.
I don't understand the whole "Dead scene" it's just music after all. It's not something that you "get" like a mathematical concept.
Posted 17 years ago by stevetheshoe    [ Reply ]
lol I live in the middle of "Dead" land, and well, I never "got them". Alas different strokes for different folks!
Posted 17 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
This is one of those "feel great to be alive" kind of songs. The version off of "Live Without a Net" got me hooked on the Dead. From there it just took off...
Posted 17 years ago by music_man    [ Reply ]
My fav and one of the most underrated albums. I love the sun on a cat's back comment!
Posted 17 years ago by wferrier    [ Reply ]
... surprisingly lots of dissension about the Dead on RP... all my south Jersey friends loved them, I didn't care much for them then... now they have really grown on me! Love "Blues for Allah"...
Posted 17 years ago by curtsusu    [ Reply ]
No work getting done-music too LOUD and singing along. My fave Dead song. TY Bill.
Posted 17 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]
Thanks for the nod to Jerry and the boys...
Posted 17 years ago by p2h2d2    [ Reply ]
cjg wrote:
oh my how can you refuse that?
Agreed. All Grateful Dead is good, but it is definitely meant to be heard in its live form.
Posted 17 years ago by o2bnsv    [ Reply ]
Bill, More from Wake of the Flood please!
Posted 17 years ago by bbHappy    [ Reply ]
Love it! The distribution of user ratings and comments on this song is entertaining. RP listeners either get the Dead, or they don't. I wasn't a fan at first... but once you attend a show, you start to get it. It's an attitude... relax, enjoy, jam out.
Posted 17 years ago by Dude    [ Reply ]
Wore the grooves out of this album...
Posted 17 years ago by drictor    [ Reply ]
Most excellent...
Posted 17 years ago by welby    [ Reply ]
Just what the doctor ordered... Thanks Bill
Posted 17 years ago by Vandy005    [ Reply ]
I was on BART last night in the City and saw a guy with a Dead shirt on... we exchanged glances and smiled that "love the Dead" knowing look! God Bless Jerry!
Posted 17 years ago by Helchat    [ Reply ]
Off to Pandora, until this s#*t is over...
Posted 17 years ago by lionirons    [ Reply ]
One of my most favorite songs, period. Thank you Bill! P.S. There are some live versions of this song that are just simply sublime. The one on Without a Net is one shining example.
Posted 17 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
pvcnote wrote:
Boring very Boring
so stupid it had to be posted twice.....
Posted 17 years ago by wally42    [ Reply ]
pvcnote wrote:
Boring very Boring
you must be gay...
Posted 19 years ago by DJac    [ Reply ]
anniebear wrote:
I LOVE this song, but PLEAE, could you just play more LIVE grateful dead? Please? Pretty please? With a nice hippy girl on top????
oh my how can you refuse that?
Posted 19 years ago by cjg    [ Reply ]
I LOVE this song, but PLEAE, could you just play more LIVE grateful dead? Please? Pretty please? With a nice hippy girl on top????
Posted 19 years ago by anniebear    [ Reply ]
Boring very Boring
Posted 19 years ago by pvcnote    [ Reply ]
rmurray248 wrote:
If you don't like this one, you'll never get the Dead.
Perfectly said. Mellow, laid back, wandering guitar and uplifting lyrics - feels like sun on a cat's back. Sums up what the Dead were about. If you're new to it, try to hear the lyrics and the music, and not pay attention to the quality of the vocals. It's about music as an experience and a tradition, not as a craft or an objet d'art. It's like why a good book is better than a good movie - you must apply your imagination to get it.
Posted 19 years ago by dave216j    [ Reply ]
neuraljazz wrote:
Only good live. Only good on acid. NOT GOOD HERE.
I often find myself feeling the same, about most Dead tunes. But sometimes the reminder they bring is welcome.
Posted 19 years ago by cjg    [ Reply ]
I still fail to see the attraction. The only distinguishing factor I can see is that it is very, very long.
Posted 19 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
Here's to Jerry! Thanks Bill! A long-time, devout fan... D'Jac I'll tell ya, there was nothing like seeing Jerry in scuba shoes playing on a stage in a high school basketball gym in Hilo Bay, Big Island.. Spring 1990... I think there was a little over 1,000 people there? Anyone else out there was at that show? He also played at the Waikiki Shell in Oahu.. saw that, too.
Posted 19 years ago by DJac    [ Reply ]
ah, the first GD song I ever learned to play, the first of many. how 'bout playing the version off "without a net"? "gone are the days we stop to decide where we should go, we just ride"
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
awesome awesome awesome
Posted 19 years ago by mikedill    [ Reply ]
We miss you Jerry! Thanks Bill!
Posted 19 years ago by am    [ Reply ]
fireguy wrote:
Too much time in the sun?
Prolly? Nothing seems to capture GD compared to the 2 live concerts I've been too.
Posted 19 years ago by neuraljazz    [ Reply ]
neuraljazz wrote:
Only good live. Only good on acid. NOT GOOD HERE.
Too much time in the sun?
Posted 19 years ago by fireguy    [ Reply ]
Bland and weak.
Posted 19 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite Dead songs-just beautiful. Love the skull in the clouds.
Posted 19 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]
"Right now discover that you are the song that the morning brings....." Truly inspired.
Posted 19 years ago by ankhara99    [ Reply ]
Only good live. Only good on acid. NOT GOOD HERE.
Posted 19 years ago by neuraljazz    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
It's great to hear the Dead on RP!
Posted 21 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
Sigh...gotta comment again. Jerry had such a sweet sound. I truly miss him. Saw the Dead this summer and they were great, but they weren't GREAT. Jerry was missed. I'm not a fanatic, just a fan. They were something else entirely...
Posted 21 years ago by jbwiv    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Art_Carnage: Vocals sound like they got 5 complete strangers off the street, handed them the lyrics, and recorded the first take. Pretty terrible.
I can go on about how many rock bands cant sing too. Think of the Dead as a loose-playing jazz/rock band and you'll START to understand them.
Posted 21 years ago by JCJ    [ Reply ]
soooooo niceeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 21 years ago by jkizzz    [ Reply ]
Keep the Dead coming!
Posted 21 years ago by jbwiv    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Monkeysdad: There, that makes it a 6.6, is it me or does Jerry's guitar playing seem ultra simple?!
Say what you will about their singing and songwriting; but there is no disputing Jerry Garcia's abilities as a guitarist. The "noodling" and phrasing may not be to your taste, just as many may not be fond of Hendrix's style, but he is a quite an accomplished and charismatic player.
Posted 21 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Monkeysdad: There, that makes it a 6.6, is it me or does Jerry's guitar playing seem ultra simple?!
Too stoned.
Posted 21 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
There, that makes it a 6.6, is it me or does Jerry\'s guitar playing seem ultra simple?!
Posted 21 years ago by Monkeysdad    [ Reply ]
How much Dead does one have to be subjected to in one day? Give it a rest!
Posted 21 years ago by dignan2    [ Reply ]
Vocals sound like they got 5 complete strangers off the street, handed them the lyrics, and recorded the first take. Pretty terrible.
Posted 21 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by apd: I brought it down to 6.9. Was hoping for lower...
HERE...let me help!!
Posted 21 years ago by gata420    [ Reply ]
sweeeeeet
Posted 21 years ago by foy    [ Reply ]