Song of the Day: China Doll
A long time ago at a New Year’s Eve Show in Oakland, the Grateful Dead played a devastatingly sad song called “Stella Blue”, and because of several things that were going on in my life I felt so sad that I feared my heart might stop right there.
It was Amacker who sensed that despair and reached her arms around me and brought me back to the place where I could find my breath. I still owe her a thousand times over for that moment. I hope that when Amacker fears she can’t face another painful physical therapy, or can’t take the drugs that make the pain stop because they make her dizzy or hate food, or whatever the troubles might be… I hope I can bring her back to a place she where she can take a breath and keep going.
For Amacker, the Dead song that tears into her soul is "China Doll." It ends on this pathetic and beautiful lyric that so exemplifies the last six weeks:
And so today’s song of the day is Suzanne Vega performing The Grateful Dead's “China Doll.”
It was Amacker who sensed that despair and reached her arms around me and brought me back to the place where I could find my breath. I still owe her a thousand times over for that moment. I hope that when Amacker fears she can’t face another painful physical therapy, or can’t take the drugs that make the pain stop because they make her dizzy or hate food, or whatever the troubles might be… I hope I can bring her back to a place she where she can take a breath and keep going.
For Amacker, the Dead song that tears into her soul is "China Doll." It ends on this pathetic and beautiful lyric that so exemplifies the last six weeks:
"Take up your China Doll
It’s only fractured.
Just a little nervous from the fall.
La la la la la"
It’s only fractured.
Just a little nervous from the fall.
La la la la la"
And so today’s song of the day is Suzanne Vega performing The Grateful Dead's “China Doll.”
6 Comments:
A million years ago, I used to have a copy of Deadicated, which had this cover, as well as so many other beautiful, brilliant renditions of songs we all knew so well.
I need to find it again.
I am so grateful to you and Amacker. I have been terribly depressed lately, but being able to log on and read cases of real courage has helped me gain perspective.
I hope that you will let us know from time to time how she, and your family, are doing. I have never met any of you, tho I know people who have.
I look forward to seeing her name in the papers when there are flames and metal crashing with art. Perhaps next year at Burning Man.
Glad to hear you're doing better. The 2nd set has a nice China Doll, and later Comes a Time:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd85-06-14.sbd.carman.13747.sbeok.shnf
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