Grateful Dead - Sugaree Lyrics






When they come to take you down
When they bring that wagon round
When they come to call on you
And drag your poor body down

Just one thing I ask of you
Just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name
My darling, Sugaree

Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me

You thought you was the cool fool
And never would do no wrong
You had everything sewed up tight
How come you lay awake all night long

Just one thing I ask of you
Just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name
My darling, Sugaree

Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me

Well in spite of all you gained
You still have to stand out in the pouring rain
One last voice is calling you
And I guess it's time you go

Just one thing I ask of you
Just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name
My darling, Sugaree

Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me

Well shake it up now, Sugaree
I'll meet you at the jubilee
And if that jubilee don't come
Maybe I'll meet you on the run

Just one thing I ask of you
Just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name
My darling, Sugaree

Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me
Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just don't tell them that you know me





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  1. D.... B....

    2020 and still amazingly timeless!!

  2. S.... D....

    THOUGHT YOU WAS THE COOL FOOL...

  3. s.... m....

    this song really saved me from a bad trip....

    all alone by myself peaking on mushrooms at 3:30am i really felt the fear coming on then I decided to spin sum DEAD the chorus came on like a warm blanket of emotions. it really helped I honestly thought I was done for

  4. R.... C....

    I have just spent the last 12
    hours Doing some wallpapering. You know, doing paper and staring at the walls. And of course listening to the grateful dead.

  5. s.... p....

    I don't care why you're here. I'm just glad you made it. I love you!

    s.... p....

    shawn portz Amen Brother

  6. J.... Z....

    That music is sugary lol

  7. B.... G....

    i am not a "dead head" bye any means but tears just fall down my face is this normal?

  8. T.... G....

    Not the dead lol

  9. C.... D....

    Hunter Thompson brought this moment

  10. A.... M....

    The dead has something I cant find in other bands.
    And that's magic !
    Each sound creates such a peaceful harmony , its heavenly.

  11. D.... R....

    My favorite GD song from when I first saw them in 1987, and still my favorite GD song today.

  12. C.... D....

    My dad raised me on grateful dead songs, and this remains one of my favourites. I love the pace and lyrics. So simple yet so pleasing and, just amazing to listen to. I'm happy I'm a second generation deadhead, but sad I wasn't alive when Jerry was. R.I.P. Jerry, we'll shake it for ya.

  13. T.... M....

    This song brings nostalgia for my earlier festival days

  14. T.... D....

    I love putting this music on when I’m making breakfast. What a nice way to start the day

  15. J.... S....

    Great song R I P Jerry Garcia.

  16. C.... R....

    Beautiful song In love with it. Brings so much emotion and so much old memories

  17. M.... T....

    You thought you was the cool fool. Never could do no wrong

  18. S.... R....

    Not all who wonder are lost

  19. V.... M....

    My heartstrings

  20. J.... T....

    You can never get enough of JG and QMS.

  21. C.... R....

    I love the grateful dead so much been a deadhead since I was born. Was named after the Song "cassidy". Its hard to listen to the grateful dead now cuz my best friend was a bigger fan than me. He passed away may 28, 2016 on my little sisters birthday. Worst day of my life....its been three years and sometimes it's still really hard to listen to the dead without crying. I miss him so much. Rip Fischer this song reminds me of you. 2001-2016

  22. m.... t....

    shake iyt shske it sugaree. jus don tell em u kno me

  23. P.... F....

    Thank you TheAlucard2211 for sharing this GD masterpiece. This is the song that inspired us to name the starsite *we don't like webs) that we are humbled, privileged & Grateful 2 steward for God. It's a bittersweet day now that Robert, Jerry's creative soulmate, has joined the party upstairs. And what a party it is, my dear friends. All Jerry's kids Welcome to 'the jubilee' online site hear (w) www.EarthPartyNow.com Hope 2 see Ya's there, friends. i.e. Everyone. <,3 )

  24. B.... ....

    This is from a Jerry Garcia solo album, this was an AM radio hit in 1972 believe it or not. I think Jerry played all the instruments other than drums.

  25. J.... J....

    Shake it baby

  26. M.... D....

    Who are the Greatful Dead, and why do the keep following me?

  27. L.... M....

    i am had by them and running as such. never don anything but make miso

  28. T.... d....

    Tune It up

  29. B.... D....

    cool marijuana grinder

  30. M.... ....

    Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me, please forget you knew my name, my darling, sugaree

  31. r.... ....

    The Dead will never die

  32. S.... L....

    Should be our National Anthem

  33. g.... w....

    I always felt like this song was about a girl who he knew that turned police informant...Thats the vibe a get

  34. A.... ....

    Just one thing I ask of you.. just one thing for me. By the way my age is 9

  35. w.... ....

    Weird. I've heard this song hundreds and hundreds of times at this point but this is the absolute FIRST time I've ever heard the studio version! I'd never even considered that there was a studio version of it in fact. Nice.

  36. F.... M....

    Who is the vocalist?

    F.... M....

    Jerry Garcia

  37. G.... M....

    Had the pleasure of seeing the Dead at UCLA'S Pauli Pavilion back stage passes. One of the guys on our Seal Beach 13th street Masterbatters softball team brother was a roadie for the group and got us in. Once inside they had 2 huge trash cans full of Heini's on ice and went to grab one but this big ass Hell's Angel that was one of many riding with them giving them security asked if I was with the band? no I said then he asked u with the show no again I said which he replied then u don't drink :)

  38. R.... H....

    Shrooms just kicking in bro ☺ set it all off with this here tune Ah yea buddy ! ✌

  39. S.... R....

    Here cuz Jerry changed my life!! ☺️

  40. C.... ....

    When I die I hope Jerry is there at the Jubileee ..

  41. K.... A....

    Graham parkers version is cool

  42. N.... A....

    Big Bang

  43. E.... J....

    Mo Milla .... strongman dance....... rhaaaaaak

  44. B.... R....

    73...just put it on as loud as it could be, layed back and drifted into space...not touching anything and nothing touching me...lost in space and sound. Days gone by, time sifts all dreams into reality. Don't loose sight of your dreams...keep the faith my friend...ain't the end till it's the end.

  45. R.... M....

    I wish they still made music like this

  46. B.... K....

    Live Love and laughs this song was made for that

  47. L.... K....

    Love it

  48. C.... N....

    I be better off to call in dead

  49. P.... G....

    What a Great Both Song to all of us that's 47 now Happy Birthday Brother's&Sister out there Dead{~};>}~~~Land~~~top PA.MTNs.~~~#900 keep them comments coning

  50. J.... B....

    I.love.this.song.

  51. C.... B....

    Be excellent to each other, <3 i love you all

    C.... B....

    Love you to.
    I wouldn't call myself a dead head but I appreciate great music.

  52. L.... S....

    Terminally ill I'm enjoying all of the grateful dead xcept for the song
    Hell in a bucket,

    L.... S....

    Sending hugs your way

  53. m.... p....

    definitively my favorite song by Jerry &co. love it.

  54. B.... D....

    Am I the only one who wants to see a movie about these guys, I mean they did queen, Elton John, and the Beatles...come on!!!!

  55. C.... S....

    If you don’t understand, to bad, so sad.

  56. K.... S....

    Shake it ,shake it ,sugaree

  57. H.... F....

    Please forget you knew my name my Darlin Sugaree..💙just don't tell them you know me..✌JERRYYYYY!MISS Y'ALL, REST EASY.🌹👏

  58. t.... g....

    My daughter's name is Sugaree 😍

    t.... g....

    Love that name!!!

  59. j.... t....

    I'm here cause by neighbors older brother turned us on to this, and other goodies! PEACE

  60. J.... K....

    I hope I hear this next week at shoreline

  61. T.... ....

    My aunt Marie.... Sugaree.

  62. S.... R....

    Their best song

  63. A.... W....

    Love the ads. I wonder what Jerry would think about that

  64. I.... M....

    Whahow it's been a long time i miss them so much let their music live for ever.

  65. D.... T....

    I love this song... I think I'm a deadhead

    D.... T....

    Quite possible

  66. B.... S....

    thnks Al

  67. M.... B....

    Make it, make it sugar free.
    Just because i cant have any coloriesss

  68. J.... S....

    When I get to Heaven I'ma find Jerry for one thing, shake his hand and as calmly as possible say, Thank you, Jerry

  69. T.... J....

    because my parents and their friends are all deadheads this song is somehow a staple of my childhood and i'm not even an adult lmao

  70. N.... K....

    My dad loved this song before he passed

  71. B.... T....

    I need this tune in my life. Peace.

  72. J.... F....

    No one , or never will be like the Dead ✌🍷🍄

  73. E.... H....

    My Dad thought this song was cool. According to my Dad, nothing was cool. Blew me away. When I told him who it was he just frowned. He liked Bird Song from this album too. Too funny. Love you Dad. Miss you.

  74. J.... F....

    Such a beautiful song in 2019. Dead lives on forever. One Love.

  75. S.... U....

    Love the music 😍

  76. A.... i....

    What did the Dead Head say when he ran out of drugs??? "Dude, this music SUCKS!!!!" (its a joke calm down)

    A.... i....

    The music IS the drug 😁

  77. S.... S....

    If u know what i mean

  78. M.... W....

    I was born in 72 😎

  79. M.... S....

    900 morons don't like Jerry. Go figure.

    M.... S....

    They thought it said , " dis i like!" 😁

  80. C.... S....

    a few more months 'till summer and i'll be wearing my long skirts with a dandelion in my hair, listening to the dead in the warm weather again. 🌸🚌✌🏼🌻🌍🌲🌞 peace + love

  81. C.... M....

    the dead lives

  82. b.... b....

    This isn't the Dead. Kreuztmann's on drums and JG plays everything else, it's from his first solo album.

    b.... b....

    Kreuztmann sounds like a train chugging down the line.

  83. m.... ....

    1972--peak Dead, peak Jerry voice.

  84. B.... M....

    Shake it up now,
    Sugaree...
    Inside of a missle silo,
    You see...
    The Family did infiltrate
    Tee hee
    Nuclear bombs oh yessiree....
    Never fuck with LSD....

  85. S.... S....

    Nothing greater than the Grateful Dead. We miss you Jerry. Thank you and God bless You. Thanks family. Love you!
    PeACE:

    S.... S....

    God bless the family bro good to hear a brother say family been yrs for me been to 46 shows and still gets into my soul and makes me want to sing with everything i got

    S.... S....

    @Teresa Flannery You are welcome Teresa. I'm getting old, but I still feel so young. That sometimes I just write secret messages for the next Dead Head that passes by. Like i did on top of the Taipei 101.That is in Taiwan. I think that was 2013. Which at the time was the tallest or maybe second tallest building in the world. Up on the observation deck I took out a magic marker and wrote underneath part of the structure. A ''Steal Your Face'' You know Chinese Charlie they used to call him. And those words. ''We are everywhere.'' Forty six shows! That's a whole lot. Including Jerry shows I only went to twenty or so myself. Where and when did you see your first show? And I know it's almost impossible to choose, but if you will be so kind to me. Which show do you feel was one of your favorite shows, and why? Just sing lil sister just sing. Shake it shake it Sugaree. Just don't tell them that you know me.
    Peace.

  86. S.... t....

    Black people be like

  87. R.... T....

    as a UK deadhead, I Feel totally isolated. The dead isn't a 'thing' out here. Still, i find solace in the music. Anyone out there finding themselves preferring JGB?

  88. G.... ....

    Could just be me... but why do some of the licks remind me of down by the seaside by led zeppelin...

  89. C.... R....

    Reading these comments fill me with joy.

  90. J.... S....

    The Grateful Dead can pull me right out of any bad mood. Bless you guys

  91. C.... B....

    My favorite Dead tune, although there are tons of others real real close. Box of Rain, Me and My Uncle, Touch of Gray of course, and twenty or so more!!! They NEVER get nor will they EVER tired or old with me Maybe old, but in a good way!!!!

  92. M.... L....

    My Love brought me here

  93. L.... A....

    One of my fave pastimes to just on my back porch listening to good music like this on a beautiful day! Or putting my hammock up by the river somewhere with this playing in the background. I’m a simple gal. Give me that, & I’m very happy. A good joint helps too.

  94. s.... ....

    Love the song. This just isn't my favorite version. Not sure what album I heard it on but it was a bit different from this one and when you've heard it one particular way that's all you want to hear. Might have been One From the Vault. Not sure.

  95. M.... C....

    The first time i did acid by myself.
    my third time.. i was 17.
    The Moon and Sun in this picture ( this exact picture) was popping up in between every blink
    at the same time i was listening to Aquarium by Mac Miller .
    Had never even heard of the Dead before.
    So glad i found this now <3