The Grateful Dead
I Need a Miracle (Live at Winterland, SF, December 31, 1978)
[Verse 1]
I need a woman about twice my age
A lady of nobility, gentility and rage
Splendor in the dark, lightning on the draw
We'll go right through the book and break each and every law

[Chorus]
I got a feeling, feeling today, yeah
Just one thing then I'll be okay
I need a miracle every day

[Verse 2]
I need a woman about twice my height
Statuesque, raven-dressed, a goddess of the night
Her secret incantations, a candle burning blue
We'll consult the spirits, maybe they'll know what to do

[Chorus]
And it's real, you see it today, yeah
I can't get around and I can't run away
I need a miracle every day

[Instrumental break]

[Verse 3]
I need a woman about twice my weight
A ton of fun who packs a gun with all her freight
Find her in a sideshow leave her in L.A
Ride her like a surfer riding on a tidal wave
[Chorus]
I got a feeling, and it won't go away, no
Just one thing that I got to say
I need a miracle every day

[Bridge]
It takes dynamite to get me up
Too much of everything is just enough
One more thing I just got to say
I need a miracle every day
(I need a miracle every day) Every day
(I need a miracle every day) Every day now
(I need a miracle every day) Not completely all the way
(I need a miracle, I need a miracle) Yeah
(I need a miracle every day) Some type of miracle
(I need a miracle every day) Some kind of miracle
(I need a miracle every day) Yeah, I need a miracle
(I need a miracle, I need a miracle)
Well, know what I'm talkin' about
(I need a miracle every day)
I need when I'm walking up and down the street
(I need a miracle every day)
Or when I'm driving in my automobile now
(I need a miracle every day)
Deep down in the midnight hour
(I need a miracle, I need a miracle)
[Instrumental break]

[Outro]
Every day, every day
You know it got to be the only way
(I need a miracle every day) Every day
(I need a miracle every day)
(I need a miracle, I need a miracle)
(I need a miracle every day)
(I need a miracle every day)
(I need a miracle every day)
(I need a miracle, I need a miracle)
(I need a miracle every day)
(I need a miracle every day)
(I need a miracle every day)
(I need a miracle, I need a miracle)
(I need a miracle every day)
(I need a miracle every day)