Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Mickey Hart
A new Hunter/Hart song introduced by the Mickey Hart Band in 2013.
The title is "The Sermon" rather than "I Do Believe"
or "I Believe".
This is my first shot at the lyrics: any help gratefully received.
Not all the sections below seem to be included in every version.
Way down the blue horizon
Down the old plank road
Put down the ways I bet I can
Set down my heavy load
I do believe what I believe
Out standing in the rain
If I ask, I shall receive
A ticket on that train
I do believe
I do believe
To give is to receive
I do believe
I do believe
I do believe
To give is to receive
I do believe
Is this train bound for glory
Or some kind of rendevous
With all my long-gone partners
I can't sit, no more can you
But does it roll to darkness
Down some promentory grade
I got my hopes, and you got yours
That love will never fade
I do believe
I do believe
To give is to receive
I do believe
I do believe
I do believe
To give is to receive
I do believe
[I do believe, I believe]
[I do believe, I believe]
[I do believe, I believe]
[I do believe, I believe]
[etc]
Chorus of the bells come
Winging through the breeze
Not the unbeliever
Down upon his knees
Lifted the opressed
To a land among the trees
With peace and sweet felicity
As pleasant as you please
I do believe
I shall receive
Everything I need
I do believe
Pull off your overcoat
Roll up your sleeve
Jordan is a hard road to travel
Yes I do believe
Pull off your overcoat
And roll up your sleeve
Jordan is a hard road to travel
Yes I do believe
I do believe
I do believe
To give is to receive
I do believe
I do believe
I do believe
To give is to receive
I do believe
I believe, I believe, I believe
I believe, I believe, I believe
I believe, I believe, I believe
I believe, I believe, I believe
[etc]
Teach me how to do to others
As I would be done
Right down to the finish line
And still have time for fun
To clothe the ragged, feed the poor
And all that high-tone jazz
To give my life, depend it on
Till I found out that it has
I do believe
I do believe
To give is to receive
I do believe
I do believe
I do believe
To give is to receive
I do believe