Just a Little Light
Details
- Band
- The Grateful Dead
- Play count
- 32
- First played
- 1989-02-07 — Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center
Lyrics
Well, there ain't nobody safer than someone who doesn't care.
And it isn't even lonely when no one's ever there.
I had a lot of dreams once, but some of them came true...
The honey's sometimes bitter when fortune falls on you.
So you know I've been a soldier in the armies of the night.
And I'll find the fatal error in what's otherwise all right.
But here you're trembling like a sparrow, I will try with all my might
To give you just a little sweetness...
Just a little sweetness...
Just a little light.
I have always heard that virtue ought be its own reward,
But it never comes so easy when you're living by the sword.
It's even harder to be heartless when you look at me that way.
You're as mighty as the flower that will grow the stones away.
Even though I been a stranger, full of irony and spite
Holding little but contempt for all things beautiful and bright,
Something shines around you and it seems, to my delight
To give me just a little sweetness...
Just a little sweetness...
Just a little sweetness...
Just a little light.
This could be just another highway, coiled up in the night.
You could be just another white-tail, baby, stranded on my brights,
There's a tingling recognition
Like the sound of distant thunder
And I begin to wonder
If the love I've driven under
Won't ignite.
So you know I've been a soldier in the armies of the night.
And I'll find the fatal error in what's otherwise all right.
Something shines around you that seems, to my delight
To give me just a little sweetness...
Just a little sweetness...
Just a little sweetness...
Just a little light.
Links
Performances
| Date | Venue | Location | Set | # | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-07-21 | World Music Theatre | Tinley Park, Illinois | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1990-07-12 | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium | WA | Set 1: | 4 | — |
| 1990-07-12 | Robert F. Kennedy Stadium | WA | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1990-07-04 | Sandstone Amphitheater | Bonner Springs, KS | Set 2: | 10 | — |
| 1990-07-04 | Sandstone Amphitheatre | Bonner Springs, KS | Set 2 | 11 | |
| 1990-06-24 | Autzen Stadium | Eugene, Oregon | Set 1: | 6 | — |
| 1990-06-24 | Autzen Stadium / University of Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1990-06-15 | Shoreline Amphitheatre | Mountain View, California | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1990-04-01 | The Omni | Atlanta, GA | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1990-03-26 | Knickerbocker Arena | Albany, New York | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1990-03-18 | Hartford Civic Center | Hartford, CT | Set 1: | 7 | |
| 1990-02-25 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 2: | 12 | — |
| 1990-02-25 | Oakland Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 2 | 12 | |
| 1989-12-28 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1: | 7 | — |
| 1989-12-28 | Oakland Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1989-12-06 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1: | 6 | — |
| 1989-12-06 | Oakland Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1989-10-25 | Miami Arena | Miami, FL | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1989-10-20 | Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Set 1: | 5 | — |
| 1989-10-20 | The Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1989-10-15 | Brendan Byrne Arena | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Set 2: | 9 | — |
| 1989-10-15 | Meadowlands Arena | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Set 2 | 8 | |
| 1989-10-11 | Brendan Byrne Arena | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Set 1: | 8 | — |
| 1989-10-11 | Meadowlands Arena | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1989-10-01 | Shoreline Amphitheatre | Mountain View, California | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1989-07-10 | Giants Stadium | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Set 2: | 10 | |
| 1989-05-06 | Frost Amphitheater | Stanford, California | Set 1: | 6 | — |
| 1989-05-06 | Frost Amphitheatre / Stanford University | Stanford, California | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1989-04-28 | Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre | Irvine, California | Set 1: | 4 | |
| 1989-02-10 | Great Western Forum | Inglewood, California | Set 2: | 8 | — |
| 1989-02-10 | The Forum | Inglewood, California | Set 2 | 8 | |
| 1989-02-07 | Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center | Oakland, California | Set 1: | 4 |
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