It’s time you walked away and set me free
I must move away and leave you be
Time’s been good to us my friend
Wait, and see how it will end
We come and go as we please
(We come and go as we please)
(That's how it has to be)
Here in crystal chandelier, I’m home
Too many days I’ve left unstoned
If you don’t mind happiness
Purple pleasure-fields in the sun
Ah, don’t you know I’m runnin' home
(Don't you know I’m runnin' home)
(To a place to you unknown)
I take great peace in your sitting there
Searching for myself, I find a place there
I see the people of the world
Where they are and what they could be
I can but dance behind your smile
(I can but dance behind your smile)
(You were the world to me, for a while)
The interplay between Jack and Jorma was a hint of things to come with Hot Tuna. Paul punctuates their playing with some Byrd-like jingle-jangle that really gives this amazing song a freedom that exceeds what they may have intended. I bought this in mono when it was released and this song was and still is the best cut on an album full of, "best" cuts.
Spent all night looking for songs like this that capture the essence of the San Francisco sound of the mid 60s, and all that it stood for, e.g. Indifference (Moby Grape), My Friend (Steve Miller Band), St. Stephen (Grateful Dead), Who Do You Love (QMS), Ball and Chain (Big Brother & The Holding Co.) and Alabama Bound (The Charlatans).
Music was as varied as the Beatles! When I first heard the album, I was, OMG, F**k! And to think they played at my high school (a couple of year before I went there), just before they went big!