Lyrics omitted. The annotations below are reproduced by permission of David Dodd; the song lyrics themselves are copyrighted and are not reproduced here. Read them at the official source: dead.net/songs.
Covered by Henry Kaiser on Eternity Blue.
First known performance: June 21, 1969, at the Fillmore East in New York City. "High Time" followed "Me and My Uncle" and preceded "China Cat Sunflower." Over the years, the song dropped in and out of the repertoire, never for more than six years, however.