The Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower Meaning
Song Released: 1969
China Cat Sunflower Lyrics
Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.
Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono,
Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream night wind.
Crazy cat peekin through a lace bandanna,
Like a one-eyed...
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China used to believe in live and let live, hope, faith, grace, and forgiveness, and 27 to 49 reasons's to live, it's dental agencies, their coke, their tobacco, and severe restritions to their opium.
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I also heard the same story about how when Robert Hunter was looking at his cat while on an acid trip (not the cat, Hunter) and the lyrics just flowed like a shower of pearls. “Look for a while at the china cat, Sunflower!” Sunflower was the hippie chick he was tripping with. The cat was a Siamese. Okay. Now I’m just making stuff up. I absolutely adore this nonsensical masterpiece!
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Approaching Nirvana.....
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I read somewhere that Hunter wrote these lyrics while observing his pet cat during a lysergic trip.
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