Story Behind The Song

Recorded live-Zero with special guests at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco-1992

Song Description

Strong rock song-Lyrics by Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter

Lyrics

four in the morning
last shakes of night
last time I checked, babe nothing was right

words I was reading
slipped off the page
left me here singing
like a bird in a cage

I used to want a million
don't want it anymore
used to walk on crutches
my balance was so poor

I can stand as steady as anyone you meet
all I need's a piece of land
that's flat beneath my feet

I want a home on the range
where buffalo wander
and a dollar ain't change


I want a home on the range where buffalo wander and people don't change

Crickets are humming a sixty bar blues
leave me here hanging
by the skin of my shoes
conversation just gets in my ear
yes, I love you but I don't wanta hear

I want a home on the range
where buffalo wander
and people aren't strange

Bring on the moonlight bring on the dawn
hard to believe in what's going on
the frogs are in a flat
the wind is in D
rollin' rollin' rollin' like a tumbleweed

twenty parts reason
twenty parts rhyme
throw'em in a shaker
add a splash of lime

If it comes out like a song
that's all right with me
If it sounds sweet and strong
save the recipe

I want a home on the range
where buffalo wander and people don't change

Salt lake city with the girl of my dreams
everything busting apart at the seams
give me your troubles
your sadness and woe
send it off to utah on the six-five-o

too long in this condition
got sense enough to know
the sooner I get out f here
the smoother things will go

don't know what holds me
it sure aint' lack of nerve
gotta get back on the range
this ain't what I deserve

I want a home on the Range
where buffalo wander and love ain't strange

went up on the mountain
looked down upon the plain
ev'rybody runnin' round
just like they was insane

stumbled down the mountain
my broken heart for brake
this isn't what I planned on
there must be some mistake