Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Robert Hunter
This is an oddity - sounding at least partly improvised - played by Robert Hunter on 9 October 1978. (Thanks to Jesse Jarnow for alerting me to this song). The title is given in setlists as "Believe It Or Not" though that must be just a guess. I have added " (Fortune Or Fame)" to distinguish it from the Hunter/Garcia song Believe It Or Not.
Fortune or fame
What does it mean
To make up the game
Fortune and fame
Some kind of game
Never said [to Alice]
Does it toll for thee
Bye bye baby blackbird
Bye bye, baby, bye
Poetry in vain
Peace in the rain
Peace in the valley
Grass on the hill
Take a [?]
Or take a [?]
Still [figure out]
[Hawk] in the sky
Or take a miracle
It's all that you got
Pull that all through
Believe it or not
Fortune or fame
Just a silly game
From the back of the room
Back of the hall
With your back to the wall
Face on the stage
Facing the flame