Easy To Love You

Lyrics: John Barlow
Music: Brent Mydland

Sung by Brent Mydland with the Grateful Dead in 1979-80 and then revived in 1990. These are the lyrics on "Go To Heaven":

Good, good morning, so good to see you
You weren't just a dream of mine
Real as a raven, real as thunder
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

The original lyrics were somewhat different:

Good, good morning, so good to see you
You weren't just a dream of mine
Real as a raven, as a bluebird (note 1)
Real as the sun shining
Love to keep you through the day
Seems somehow you made your way into my heart

Warming woman, I feel so cold
Standing out in the rain
Couldn't see it in myself, love
All the same
You don't know how easy it is
You don't know how easy it is to love you

Free by evening, stand beside me
When the sunlight 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

You don't know how easy it is
You don't know how easy it is to love you

Notes
(1) according to Ihor Slabicky, this line changed at the urging of Clive Davis, President of Arista Records, to remove the "bluebird" reference and make the song more 'Grateful Dead sounding'

Grateful Dead Recordings
	Date	Album
	5 Nov 1979	Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/5/79
	6 Nov 1979	Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/6/79
	1 Dec 1979	30 Days Of The Dead (2024)
	9 Dec 1979	Dave's Picks Vol 47
	studio 1980	Go To Heaven
	3 Sep 1980	Download Series Vol 7
	6 Jul 1990	Backstage Pass (video only)
	15 Mar 1990	Terrapin Station (Limited Edition)
	22 Mar 1990	Spring 1990 (note 2)
	28 Mar 1990	Spring 1990 (The Other One)
	2 Apr 1990	Spring 1990
	18 Jul 1990	Dave's Picks Volume 40

Notes
(2) also on the compilation So Glad You Made It

Further Information
For an online discussion of the lyrics to this song see the deadsongs.vue conference on The Well.
For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography
For sheet music, see:
Grateful Dead Anthology Volume 2 (piano arrangement)