Jerry and Guitar.
JERRY GARCIA AMPHITHEATER
MCLAREN PARK
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Jerry Garcia was born in San Francisco Closer to the amphitheater Before Haight Asbury When he was four He lost a finger A drop out He joined the Army Court Marshall and all He was out He befriended Hunter the poet And learned much from A banjo He smoked weed And sung songs With lyrics pulled from Thin air he made any Heart sink At the end of a concert You felt good But what you remembered In your sleep and dream The one of a kind melody The fragrance of friendship Jerry was kindness and stoned He was NO stone from another stone He was a block and stood alone A Giant among giants A musician par excellence At 53 he had made his peace He died in his sleep They say of a heart attack Musicians come and go And so do producers and managers Jerry stood on his own Strumming his guitar and loving his trees On his aisle he painted a scene And made ties For sisterhood and brotherhood He made waves of good Vibrations and groovy tunes That will continue for ever Catch one here and take one there Let the universe be better For better or for worse or best Deep in our hearts We miss the Giant Bear We see one here and we see One there and no more Jerry lives forever When his father drowned And he was young It made Jerry think Of life, death, whatever He always gave and gave And shared his love On the ocean grave His ashes scattered in the Bay Formed part of that painting Eternal experience of love and pain He could go forever On that guitar 20 to 30 minutes at a time Out of thin air he plucked the tunes And look you straight in the eyes Yet far away With an innocence of a child Jerry Garcia this a fitting tribute To you and to the Universe Your Music will live forever And we will say; those of us that Pretend to know you We knew you Few did! Jerry Garcia Living Legend Jerry Garcia Amphitheater - McLaren Park - San Francisco Francisco Da Costa October 29, 2005 |
Jerry's own Amphitheater.
Mayor Gavin Newsom proclaims Jerry's Amphitheter.
Jerry's smiling.
