Comes a Time Lyrics

"Comes a Time"
Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia

Comes a time
When the blind man takes your hand
Says: don't you see?
Got to make it somehow
On the dreams you still believe
Don't give it up
You've got an empty cup

Only love can fill
Only love can fill

Been walking all morning
Went walking all night
I can't see much difference between the dark and the light
And I feel the wind
And I taste the rain
Never in my mind
To cause so much pain

Comes a time
When the blind man
Takes your hand
Says: don't you see?
Got to make it somehow
On the dreams you still believe
Don't give it up
You've got an empty cup
Only love can fill
Only love can fill

From day to day
Just letting it ride
You get so far away
From how it feels inside
You can't let go
Cause you're afraid to fall
Till the day may come
When you can't feel at all

Comes a time
When the blind man
Takes your hand
Says: don't you see?
Got to make it somehow
On the things you still believe
Don't give it up
You've got an empty cup
Only love can fill
Only love can fill

[The following verse was sung in performance at least once, according to Brett Heisler, at the Harding Theater on 11/7/71]

When the words come out like an angry stream
You hear yourself say things you could never mean
[original line is: When you cool down you find your mind]
Sung as When the heat goes down and you find your mind]
You got a lot of words you've got to stand behind.