This is the last song that plays on the last episode of Freaks and Geeks (which, by the way, is an amazing show - why was it cancelled??). I was already feeling all the feels because of everything that happens in the last episode, then they went ahead and played "Ripple" and I just melted.
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine / And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung / Would you hear my voice come thru the music / Would you hold it near as it were your own?
It's a hand-me-down / the thoughts are broken / Perhaps they're better left unsung. / I don't know, don't really care / Let there be songs to fill the air.
Ripple in still water / When there is no pebble tossed / Nor wind to blow.
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty / If your cup is full may it be again / Let it be known there is a fountain / That was not made by the hands of men.
There is a road, no simple highway / Between the dawn and the dark of night / And if you go no one may follow / That path is for your steps alone.
Ripple in still water / When there is no pebble tossed / Nor wind to blow.
You who choose, to lead must follow / But if you fall you fall alone / If you should stand then who's to guide you? / If I knew the way I would take you home.
Fun fact: I literally live two blocks away from the Grateful Dead house and the heart of Haight Ashbury, and incredibly, I sometimes forget it. Now that the evenings are lighter and it's finally getting to the point where I don't have to bundle up in a gigantic coat and scarf every day, I want to spend more time out in the neighborhood, exploring the streets that made me fall in love with San Francisco in the first place.
Another fun fact: when I was a baby, one of my first "stuffed animals" was a plush Jerry Garcia doll, courtesy of my Uncle Bill (a close family friend). Does that automatically make me the coolest baby ever? I still have that doll somewhere....