Bob Weir & Ratdog - Welcome To The World

Welcome To The World Here's a rose for the innocent Heaven knowing roses fail Singing songs so free of consequence Grabbing for the comet's tail Welcome to the world It's not all I'd have given you Just shining pieces of a dream That almost coulda been Isn't what it seems And still might yet come true When I look through your eyes I see again each day as new I can see that everything, everything is possible And what I know I never knew Welcome to the world Though not all I'd have given you Just shining pieces of a dream Isn't what it seems Almost coulda been And still might yet come true But take a walk with me Come on and walk down Rain Street Come on and talk with me We best step lightly, folks are sleeping It could be me or you Let's not pretend that we can save them now Like I always want to try to do Try to do How can I say these things to you What more really need be said How can I make it new enough, true enough, shine it through enough To turn your head Welcome to the world Though not all I'd have given you Just shining pieces of a dream Pieces of a dream Isn't what it seems But still might yet come true But take a walk with me Come on and walk down Rain Street Come on and talk with me We could stay inside the starry night Ah but tomorrow's coming soon Should I hold, should I hold you, hold you til the morning light Or just go howl at the moon Howl at the moon And after all the point is trying Some will win and some will lose Better to die living, to die living than live dying Someone else, someone else will start anew Just as you've shown me to