When Push Comes to Shove
Details
- Band
- The Grateful Dead
- Play count
- 79
- First played
- 1986-12-15 — Oakland Coliseum Arena
Lyrics
Shaking in the forest, what have you to fear?
Here there may be tigers, to punch you in the ear.
With gloves of stainless steel, bats carved out of bricks
Knock you down and beat you up and give your ass a kick.
When push comes to shove, you're afraid of love.
Shaking in the desert, now wherefore do you cry?
Here there may be rattlesnakes, to punch you in the eye.
With Shotgun's full of silver and bullet's made of glass
String barbed wire at your feet, that will not let you pass.
When push comes to shove, you're afraid of love.
When push comes to shove, when push comes to shove,
You're afraid of love, when push comes to shove.
Shaking in the bedroom, covers on your head,
Are you still in fear of the hand beneath the bed?
Grabbing at the handle, scratching at the door,
Maybe it's mystery killer you saw on channel four.
When push comes to shove, you're afraid of love.
Shaking in the garden, the fear within you grows,
Here there may be roses, to punch you in the nose.
Put my arms around you, love you til you cry,
Wrap you in your sweet perfume and squeeze you 'til you die.
When push comes to shove, you're afraid of love.
When push comes to shove, when push comes to shove,
You're afraid of love, when push comes to shove.
Links
Performances
| Date | Venue | Location | Set | # | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-07-17 | Alpine Valley Music Theatre | East Troy, WI | Set 1: | 9 | |
| 1989-06-19 | Shoreline Amphitheatre | Mountain View, California | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1989-04-15 | Mecca Arena | Milwaukee, WI | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1988-12-28 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1: | 5 | — |
| 1988-12-28 | Oakland Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1988-10-15 | Bayfront Center | St. Petersburg, FL | Set 1: | 5 | — |
| 1988-10-15 | Bayfront Center Arena | St. Petersburg, FL | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1988-09-30 | Shoreline Amphitheatre | Mountain View, California | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1988-09-12 | Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Set 1: | 7 | — |
| 1988-09-12 | The Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1988-09-05 | Capital Centre | Landover, MD | Set 1: | 8 | |
| 1988-08-26 | Tacoma Dome | Tacoma, WA | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1988-07-30 | Laguna Seca Raceway | Salinas | Set 1: | 7 | — |
| 1988-07-30 | Laguna Seca Recreation Area | Monterey, California | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1988-06-26 | Civic Arena | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1988-06-26 | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1988-06-22 | Alpine Valley Music Theatre | East Troy, WI | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1988-05-01 | Frost Amphitheater | Stanford, California | Set 1: | 8 | — |
| 1988-05-01 | Frost Amphitheatre / Stanford University | Stanford, California | Set 1 | 8 | |
| 1988-04-22 | Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre | Irvine, California | Set 1: | 7 | |
| 1988-04-13 | Rosemont Horizon | Rosemont, Illinois | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1988-04-04 | Hartford Civic Center | Hartford, CT | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1988-04-01 | Brendan Byrne Arena | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1988-04-01 | Meadowlands Arena | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1988-03-28 | Hampton Coliseum | Hampton, VA | Set 1: | 4 | |
| 1988-03-18 | Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center | Oakland, California | Set 2: | 6 | |
| 1988-02-14 | Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center | Oakland, California | Set1: | 5 | |
| 1987-12-31 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1: | 4 | — |
| 1987-12-31 | Oakland Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1987-11-06 | Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center | Oakland, California | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1987-10-04 | Shoreline Amphitheatre | Mountain View, California | Set 1: | 1 | |
| 1987-09-22 | Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Set 1: | 4 | — |
| 1987-09-22 | The Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1987-09-19 | Madison Square Garden | New York | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1987-09-15 | Madison Square Garden | New York | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1987-09-11 | Capital Centre | Landover, MD | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1987-09-07 | Providence Civic Center | Providence, RI | Set 1: | 4 | |
| 1987-08-22 | Calaveras County Fairgrounds | Angels Camp, California | Set 2: | 12 | |
| 1987-08-20 | Park West | Park City, UT | Set 1: | 9 | — |
| 1987-08-20 | Park West Ski Resort | Park City, UT | Set 1 | 9 | |
| 1987-08-16 | Town Park | Telluride, Colorado | Set 2: | 9 | |
| 1987-08-11 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | Morrison, Colorado | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1987-07-24 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | Oakland, California | Set 1: | 6 | — |
| 1987-07-24 | Oakland Stadium | Oakland, California | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1987-07-12 | Giants Stadium | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Set 1: | 8 | |
| 1987-07-10 | John F. Kennedy Stadium | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | — | 6 | |
| 1987-07-07 | Roanoke Civic Center | Roanoke, VA | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1987-07-02 | Silver Stadium | Rochester, New York | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1987-06-26 | Alpine Valley Music Theatre | East Troy, WI | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1987-06-19 | William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre | Berkeley, California | Set 1: | 6 | — |
| 1987-06-19 | Greek Theatre / University of California | Berkeley, California | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1987-06-13 | Ventura County Fairgrounds | Ventura, California | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1987-05-09 | Laguna Seca Raceway | Salinas | Set 1: | 5 | — |
| 1987-05-09 | Laguna Seca Recreation Area | Monterey, California | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1987-05-02 | Frost Amphitheater | Stanford, California | Set 1: | 8 | — |
| 1987-05-02 | Frost Amphitheatre / Stanford University | Stanford, California | Set 1 | 8 | |
| 1987-04-17 | Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre | Irvine, California | Set 1: | 4 | |
| 1987-04-09 | UIC Pavilion | Chicago, Illinois | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1987-04-09 | UIC Pavilion / University of Illinois | Chicago, Illinois | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1987-04-06 | Brendan Byrne Arena | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Set 1: | 7 | — |
| 1987-04-06 | Meadowlands Arena | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1987-04-02 | Centrum in Worcester | Worcester, MA | Set 1: | 6 | — |
| 1987-04-02 | The Centrum | Worcester, MA | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1987-03-29 | Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Set 1: | 7 | — |
| 1987-03-29 | The Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1987-03-26 | Hartford Civic Center | Hartford, CT | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1987-03-22 | Hampton Coliseum | Hampton, VA | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1987-03-01 | Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center | Oakland, California | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1987-01-30 | San Francisco Civic Auditorium | San Francisco, California | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1987-01-28 | San Francisco Civic Auditorium | San Francisco, California | Set 2: | 9 | |
| 1986-12-31 | Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center | Oakland, California | Set 3: | 16 | |
| 1986-12-30 | Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center | Oakland, California | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1986-12-27 | Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center | Oakland, California | Encore 1 | 14 | |
| 1986-12-17 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1: | 8 | — |
| 1986-12-17 | Oakland Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1 | 8 | |
| 1986-12-16 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1: | 7 | — |
| 1986-12-16 | Oakland Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1986-12-15 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1986-12-15 | Oakland Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1 | 2 |
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