Good, good morning, so good to see you
You weren’t just a dream of mine
Real as a raven, real as thunder1
Real as the sun shining
But still so very hard to find
I can’t imagine what’s behind those sleepy eyes
Little stranger, don’t try to hide now
You look so young and you’re afraid
There is no danger but from the devil
And he may want you but I’m in his way
You don’t know how easy it is
You don’t know how easy it is to love you
And come the moonrise, when the dew falls
Don’t be the sun that fades away
Don’t leave me darkness, she is no lover
She hides the day
You don’t know how easy it is
You don’t know how easy it is to love you
Words by John Barlow
Music by Brent Mydland
Arista Records president Clive Davis lobbied for a change from the original “real as a bluebird.” He complained about Brent’s lyrics—thought they weren’t ‘Grateful Dead’ enough.
Studio recording: Go to Heaven (April 28, 1980).
First performance: August 14, 1979, at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver. It remained in steady rotation through 1980, then dropped away for a decade, reappearing in 1990 for a number of performances.