Silvio - Bob Dylan

[LeftyFingerPop]

no Youtube link - but what a great song ..I'm listening on my PC now to a Ratdog version that I can post with a little difficulty if anyone is interested.

Stake my future on a hell of a past
Looks like tomorrow is coming on fast
Ain't complaining 'bout what I got
Seen better times, but who has not?

Silvio
Silver and gold
Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
Silvio
I gotta go
Find out something only dead men know

Honest as the next jade rolling that stone
When I come knocking don't throw me no bone
I'm an old boll weevil looking for a home
If you don't like it you can leave me alone

I can snap my fingers and require the rain
From a clear blue sky and turn it off again
I can stroke your body and relieve your pain
And charm the whistle off an evening train

Silvio
Silver and gold
Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
Silvio
I gotta go
Find out something only dead men know

I give what I got until I got no more
I take what I get until I even the score
You know I love you and furthermore
When it's time to go you got an open door

I can tell you fancy, I can tell you plain
You give something up for everything you gain
Since every pleasure's got an edge of pain
Pay for your ticket and don't complain

Silvio
Silver and gold
Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
Silvio
I gotta go
Find out something only dead men know

One of these days and it won't be long
Going down in the valley and sing my song
I will sing it loud and sing it strong
Let the echo decide if I was right or wrong

Silvio
Silver and gold
Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
Silvio
I gotta go
Find out something only dead men know

[Bennyboy]

1. Written by Robt Hunter I believe....

[LeftyFingerPop]

2. Yup! here's a link the the Ratdog version....lovin' it....

Click on number 10 in the gray streaming area in the upper right.

http://www.archive.org/details/ratdog2007-07-10

[Bennyboy]

3. With one of my favorite people in the world....

Keller Williams! ever seen him? really incredible, plays every insturment and does some crazy covers like Zappas Dancin Fool and so many others...

[LeftyFingerPop]

4. I have not seen him, but I've heard some of his stuff...

fantastic!

[Bennyboy]

5. He's a good friend of String Cheese Incident.....

And they are (were sadly) the SHIT. The only band that ever got me off like the Good ol' did.

Some of theri shows with keller are freaking amazing.... 10-31-04...TOO MUCH!

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6. They came about essentially after...

I stopped going to shows, except for the occasional one.

I'm an oldie...first show in 1977.

[Bennyboy]

7. First show NYE 68,69....

I love going to shows still. For me this is the golden age. there are so many great bands out there now, like SCI, Leftover Salmon, Widespred Panic, Galactic and so many more.

I love it that now you don't have to go to some shed to see the music, the festivals are incredible.....

[LeftyFingerPop]

8. Wow...

Fillmore?

[Bennyboy]

9. Winterland, I was

13. NRPS and Stoneground. Went with an older cousin, Skip who live in the city and hung out in the scene. They passed around some Kool Aid, I took a drink and he told me "don't drink too much". I had puffed pot maybe twice at the time. An hour later my life had changed totally.

My Mother, to this day says "you changed after that weekend with your cousin Skip". Little does she know.

Funny thing is, Skip was killed after one of the shows on the Europe tour in 72, in Sweden. He was tripping, and looked for cars coming, but apparently did not realize they drive on the other side of the road there and was killed crossing the street. My parents would not let me go to his funeral, and I have always hated them for that.

[LeftyFingerPop]

10. Jesus...

what happened to your cousin was terrible. I'm so sorry Benny :hug:

[Bennyboy]

11. It's kind of funny now when I tell the story......

But I think of him all the time.....

[LeftyFingerPop]

12. .