One Toke Over The Line

The story I've heard about this recording (I think in a recorded

interview with Robert Hunter several years ago) is that it was the

Grateful Dead backing up Brewer and Shipley on this recording. It

certainly sounds like them. Anyway ...

One Toke Over The Line -- Brewer and Shipley

 

One toke over the line, sweet Jesus, one toke over the line

Sittin' downtown in a railway station, one toke over the line

Waitin' for the train that goes home, sweet Mary

Hoping that the train is on time

Sittin' downtown in a railway station, one toke over the line

Who do you love, I hope it's me

D9 F G(7)

I've been changing, as you can plainly see

I felt the joy and I learned about the pain, and my mama said

If I should choose to make it part of me

G(7)

Would surely strike me dead, and now I'm ... (chorus)

I sail away, a country mile

D9 F G(7)

And now I'm returning, and showing off my smile

I met all the girls and I loved myself a few, and to my surprise

Like everything else that I've been through

G(7)

They opened up my eyes, and now I'm ... (chorus)

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Dan Dickinson San Jose CA USA dwd@hpsyvae1.syntex.com