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...
-
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.
-
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!
-
Approaching Nirvana.....
-
I read somewhere that Hunter wrote these lyrics while observing his pet cat during a lysergic trip.
More The Grateful Dead songs »
Latest Articles
-
A new era for Millennial favorite, Linkin Park -
Anime to watch for the soundtracks… and other reasons you’re undateable -
.jpg)
Dolly, we need you -
The Stranger Things Effect: How new media is drawing Gen Z and Alpha's attention to aging media -
The most underrated soundtrack of the early 2000s -
Buy the Soundtrack, Skip the Movie: Brainscan (1994)
Trending:
Blog posts mentioning The Grateful Dead
Tangerine Dream : The Most Famous Band You Don't Know Any Songs To 
Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother - The Orphaned Album 
Catchy Songs About the Devil 
Cartoonist Robert Crumb : Vintage Music Hipster 
The History behind Me and Bobby McGee 
Who Did It First? - Nobody: False Music Cliches 
Bootleg Beats - Music You May Never Have a Chance To Hear Legitimately 
All Grammy, No Oscar - Five songs from films where the song was a bigger succ... 
Six More Badly Misinterpreted Song Meanings 
Songs of Unity, Songs of Labor 
The Fascinating History of "Louie Louie" Just Posted
| Live Forever | anonymous |
| Space Oddity | anonymous |
| Remind You | anonymous |
| You've Got A Friend | anonymous |
| Austin | anonymous |
| Bel Air | anonymous |
| Firefly | anonymous |
| My Medicine | anonymous |
| Orphans | anonymous |
| Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) | anonymous |
| A Whole New World (End Title) | anonymous |
| Eyes Closed | anonymous |
| The Phrase That Pays | anonymous |
| Montreal | anonymous |
| Moonlight | anonymous |
