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Turn On Your Lovelight (Live at Fillmore East NYC April 1971)

by Grateful Dead

on Fillmore East, 2/11/69 (1997), Fillmore West 1969 (Live) (2005)

Without a warning you broke my heart
Taking it baby, tore it apart
And you left me standing in the dark cryin'
Said your love for me was dyin'
So come on baby, baby please
I'm begging you baby, and I'm on my knees

Turn on your light, let it shine on me
Turn on your love light, let it shine on me
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

[Instrumental break]

When I get a little lonely in the middle of
The night
I need you darling to make things all right
Come on baby, baby please
I'm begging you baby, and I'm on my knees

Turn on your light, let it shine on me
Turn on your love light, let it shine on me
Let it shine, let it shine, let it...

[Instrumental break]

Without a warning, you broke my heart
Taken it baby, torn it apart
And you left me standing in the dark cryin'
Said your love for me was dyin'
Come on baby, baby please
Begging you baby, and I'm on my knees

Turn on your light, let it shine on me
Turn on your love light, let it shine on me
Let it shine, let it shine, let it...

[Instrumental break]

I get a little lonely in the middle of the night
I need you, darling, to make things all right
Come on baby (Come on baby)
Baby please (Baby please)
Begging you baby (Begging you baby)
And I'm on my knees (On my knees)
Turn on your light (Turn on your light)
Let it shine on me (Let it shine on me)
Turn on your love light (Turn on your love light)
Let it shine on me (Let it shine on me)
Let it shine (Let it shine on me)
Let it shine on me (Let it shine on me)
Let it shine on me (Let it shine on me)
Let it shine
All I need, all I need
Show me your love, show me your love
Early in the morning, show me your love
Late in the evening, it's a little bit more of your lovin' too
I guess I got to keep you satisfied
My, my, my baby feels so good
My, my, my, my baby feels so fine, didn't want it some time
When I need it, when I got to have it, really want it, baby, feels good
Goddamn
Early in the mornin', just before, before the day is dawnin'
I just might get a little bit hungry
I just might get a little bit of a taste for my baby
That's what I want, that's what I want
When she wake up, when she wake up
It makes me feel so nice, I know she do

[Instrumental break]

I wanna tell you a private baby thing
Just one thing I'm gonna tell you
Want a reason to make me feel so good
Want a reason to make me feel so fine
And I'm not gonna tell y'all
I just tell ya one little thing, one little thing
Make me feel so nice, make me feel so nice and kind
'Cause she got box by committee, wasting all my time
Person undercover with her, with a bo hog eye
She gotta leave my bed, with everything I saw
[? 8:41], I just can't let her go, no way
Can't let her go, can't let her go, can't let her go

[Instrumental break]

I wanna ask everybody now, I wanna ask everybody
All you fellas, all you fellas standing around
What you doin' with your hands right now?
You have them in your pockets?
Does anybody have their hands in their pockets?
Alright, everybody raise your hands so I can see that ain't nobody got their hands in the pockets
If I find somebody who do, you in trouble because I know you're playing pocket pool
I'll tell you what now, you keep your hands outta your pockets, fellas
And I'll tell you what you do with 'em
As you might find some little lady standing next to ya
All you got to reach over and say, "What's your name?" That's all you got to do
If you want a little company this evening, don't stand around going like this, man
Ask some young lady, do she wanna do it for you
Is anybody 'round right down here, man?
Anybody down here got a little young lady on their mind that's right around them?
Anybody standing down here got a little young girl they'd like to take home this evening?
Come on, raise your hand, somebody must see somebody
Alright, how would you like to go home with that chick?
Right? All you got to do is walk over and say, "Hello, lady"
Go on, go on -- Just walk over, say, "What's your name?"
You pick out any one you want -- tell her Pigpen said it was okay
Go get one -- come on, you got to catch one
You got one? You caught one? Alright, what's your name?
Chris and Marsha have just made it!
Now, see everybody oughta do that, man
All you fellas, just walk over to some girl that you would like to get in bed with and say, "Hello"
And tell them Pigpen said it was okay
And if her mother wants to complain, tell her to write to the Congressman
Ain't none of my business, I'm just making suggestions
I suggest you play your guitar

[Instrumental break]

How you two doin'?

[Instrumental break]

I know...you may be kinda lonesome
Someone will come over to your house sometime
Ooh, but I tell you now, I ain't got no problem
I got my old lady, she's a good old girl
And if I get lonesome, all I got to do
I looks over my left shoulder...I say, "Turn on over"
You know she do, you know she do
And one old thing, one old thing she got
One old thing I know that she got
That sweet little thing she got...
Lay it on me like a thirsty queen
When it feels so good I can't stand no more
Ooh, my my
After everything you're pretty good
And after everything begin to get better...
It's one last thing, ask my baby to please turn on your light
That sweet little loving light you got on me
It feels so nice, and it feels so good
I know you got it, 'cause I know you should
Know you got it, 'cause I found it before
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I said please, please, let it shine, some of your light
That sweet little thing you got, that's what I need
That's all I got to have, it's all I need
Show me your love, and I know where you got it hid
And I'm gonna find it, can't do without it
Can't do without it, no I can't
I need some a little some of you, babe
I'm needing some of you, babe
Some of that special light, yeah, shine on me
Oh, I got to shine; oh, I got to shine
Oh, I got to shine; oh, I got to shine
Show me your love, it's all around me
You can't get around it, you can't get over it
You can't get under it, you gotta get into it
Only way, satisfy my soul, it's all I need
Some of your love, some of your love, some of your love
In the morning, when the day is dawning
I just got to get to some of your love
In the evening, in the afternoon, anytime in between
It's all I need, I ask her please
Ask her please, shine on your light, that old light
Got to have some of your love light
Some of your love light, that's all I need, all I need, all I need, all I need
(Turn on your light) All I need
(Turn on your light) Let it shine
(Turn on your light) Let it shine
Shine on me, let it shine, shine on me, let it shine
Show me your love, come on please, my my, come on baby
Come on please, some of your lovin', in the morning, in the morning
In the evening, in the afternoon, any time
Shine on me, shine on me, let it shine
It's all I need, some of your love
Early in the morning, in the evening, in the afternoon, anytime I want it...
It's all I need, it's all I need, I need a bit more high, I need a bit more high
I need a bit more higher, I need a bit more higher
I need a little bit more, more, yeah
Some of your love, some of your love
All I need, a little bit more love, it's all I need...
Send me your love, send me your love
Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand
I need to get higher, I need to get higher, I need to get higher...
Some of your love, give up some of your love

[Instrumental]

We're gonna take a short break, short break, and we'll be back later