It’s All Over Now Baby Blue

The Grateful Dead Bob Dylan

January 7, 1966

Fans have heard The Grateful Dead play It’s All Over Now Baby Blue live 85 times, from 1966 to 1995. It turns up about once every 24 shows. Its busiest year was 1983, with 13 plays. It sat out 12 calendar years along the way. Its longest break was 7 years, 5 months, between February 1974 and August 1981. The song is in its longest break yet right now.

It has been played at 57 different venues in 39 cities across 2 countries. Its most frequent stop is Oakland Coliseum Arena (8 times).

It has closed the show 64 times. It usually shows up as an encore (64 of 85 performances with a known set). Across the 18 performances with a recorded time, it averages 7:19. The longest known version ran 12:51 (Nov 8, 1970), and the shortest 1:10 (Nov 18, 1966).

It is a cover of Bob Dylan. It is one of 107 covers in the live catalog.

Across all 9 bands on the site, It’s All Over Now Baby Blue has been played live 245 times, from 1966 to 2026. It turns up about once every 31 shows. Other bands account for 160 plays beyond The Grateful Dead, led by Ratdog with 88. Its busiest year was 1983, with 13 plays. It sat out 13 calendar years along the way.

It has been played at 188 different venues in 130 cities across 6 countries. Its most frequent stop is Oakland Coliseum Arena (8 times).

Across the 18 performances with a recorded time, it averages 7:19. The longest known version ran 12:51 (Nov 8, 1970), and the shortest 1:10 (Nov 18, 1966).

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You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Crying like a fire in the sun
Look out, the saints are coming through
And it's all over now, Baby Blue

The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense
Take what you have gathered from coincidence
The empty-handed painter from your streets
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets
The sky too is folding under you
And it's all over now, Baby Blue

All your seasick sailors, they're all rowing home
Your empty-handed army is all going home
Your lover who just walked out the door
Has taken all his blankets from the floor
The carpet too is moving under you
And it's all over now, Baby Blue

Leave your stepping stones behind there, something calls for you
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you
The vagabond who's rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore
Strike another match, go start anew
And it's all over now, Baby Blue

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