Deadbase lists nine performances, all in 1968.
The song has reappeared in live performances in 2002 by The Other Ones!
Blair Jackson, in The Music Never Stopped, quotes an interview with Weir in Crawdaddy, in which Weir says the song didn't come out the way he wanted. (How's that for third-hand info?)
This note from a reader:
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 14:52:23 -0500
From: Bruce ThomasThe annotated Dead Lyrics are great. Under "Born Cross Eyed" , might it help to note that Buckminster Fuller was born that way? He either wrote an article or delivered a speech with that title or phrase in it, which I ran across years after I got into this song. He attributed the uniqueness of his theories to the difference in perception that arose from being born that way.
Could that be an influence?
brucet@usm.maine.edu
This note from a reader:
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 7:56 AM
Subject: LyricsDavid,
I continue to enjoy browsing your annotated Dead lyrics site. I was looking at Born Cross-Eyed and noticed you didn't mention that Bob Weir is dyslexic. Don't you think there is some kind of connection -- you know, the part about the sun rising in the west?
Thanks
Jeff