China Cat Sunflower
(Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia/Phil Lesh)
Look for a while at the China Cat sunflower,
Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.
Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono,
Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream like wind.
China cat!
China cat!
China cat!
Scratching at my door.
Crazy cat peekin' through a lace bandanna,
Like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack.
A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle,
To a double-E waterfall over my back.
China cat!
China cat!
China cat!
Scratching at my door.
Comic book colors on a violin river
Cryin' Leonardo, words from out a silk trombone.
I rang a silent bell, beneath a shower of pearls,
In the eagle-winged palace of the Queen Chinee.
China cat!
China cat!
China cat!
Scratching at my door.
added:9/11/1999