Might As Well -- Reflections, 1976 (Garcia Solo)

Great North Special, were you on board?
You can't find a ride like that no more
Night the chariot swung down low
Ninety-nine children had a chance to go

One long party from front to end
Tune to the whistle going 'round the bend
No big hurry, what do you say?
Might as well travel the elegant way

Might as well, might as well
Might as well, might as well
Might as well, might as well
Might as well, might as well

Ragtime solid for twenty-five miles
then slip over to the Cajun style
Bar car loaded with rhythm and blues
Rock and roll wailing in the old caboose

Long train running from coast to coast
Bringing 'long a party where they need it the most
Whup on the boxcar, beat on the bell
Nothing else shaking so you might just as well

Might as well, might as well
Might as well, might as well
Might as well, might as well
Might as well, might as well

Never had such a good time in my life before
I'd like to have it one time more
One good ride from start to end
I'd like to take that ride again
Again

Ran out of track and I caught the plane
Back in the country with the blues again
Great North Special been on my mind
Might like to ride it just one more time

Might as well, might as well
Might as well, might as well
Might as well, might as well
Might as well, might as well


"In the early seventies a train was leased for a trip across Canada,
stopping in major cities to throw music festivals. On board were Delaney
and Bonny, Ian and Silvia, The Band, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead,
Charlebois, the New Riders, and various other acts that boarded from time
to time. Everyone agreed we had just about the best time of our collective
lives in that week of nonstop music and partying. Nearing her last days,
Janis, for one, wished aloud that the ri