This famous single was produced in the Studio Sessions for "Before These Crowded Streets" from an effort to entirely rework the raw song, "Leave Me Praying". The result was a politically charged song that became the first single from the new album.
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Down By The River (Neil Young Cover)
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First played on 08.26.07 which is what these lyrics are taken from. The lyrics to the second regular verse were based fairly substantially on a few two step intros earlier in the tour.
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This powerful segue was only featured in the Winter 1997 Dave and Tim tour, usually segueing into Typical Situation. Since the passion in the song was unsurpassed and the profound lyrics were evolving, it enjoyed much scrutiny by fans.
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Dreamgirl
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The Dreaming Tree
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This ditty was done in a 2001 Soundcheck. Its catchy melody lead it to be named as a song by fans listening in on the soundcheck.
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This is the currently the only song officially released on an a studio album that has never been played live. It was soundchecked in 2001 and 2003.
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This intense number was there from the very beginning when it was a Dave solo feature for the early days. Much like Tripping Billies was the first dmb song to feature Boyd Tinsley, DIDO was the first song to feature the prowess of Carter Beauford as a full band song. The famous soundcheck of 8.4.92 features the band joyfully shelling it out into a steady feature of 92-93. - dmbalmanac
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The printed album lyrics as well as the album preview on Sirius/XM contains alternate lyrics. Dave sings, "Don't let any fool, make you something your not", however on the released album, which is transcribed below Dave sings, "Don't waste time trying to be something your not".
We can only assume that sometime between the time that the artwork and lyrics were printed for the album and the album was completed, there was a change to the lyrics before the final cut was complete.
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