[Intro: Bill Graham]
Stars of stage, screen and radio
Direct from a command performance in New Orleans
These are The Grateful Dead

[Verse 1]
Whoa-oh, smokestack lightning
Shining just like gold
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh

[Verse 2]
Whoa-oh, stop your train
Let a poor boy ride
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you, you no more
Why don't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
[Verse 4]
Whoa-oh, who got your baby sister?
I been gone
A little bitty boy
Turn me on, ooh-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh

Ooh
Ooh
Ooh-ooh

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
Whoa, stop your train
Let a poor boy ride
Why can't you hear me callin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ooh
[Bridge]
Invite your baby sister
Ah-ooh
Got to ride that train
Ah-ooh
Take the first thing smoking
Get her out of town, alright
Ah-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ah-ooh

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you, you no more
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh

[Outro]
Uh, ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Hear me cryin'
Hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh, hear me cryin'
Hey, let that smokestack burn
Let that smokestack burn
Ah-ooh, oh Lord

Thank you