Foolish Heart
Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia
Carve your name, carve your name in ice
and wind
Search for where, search for where the rivers end
Or where the rivers start
Do everything that's in you, you feel to be your part
But never give your love my friend unto a foolish heart
Unto a foolish heart
Dare to leap, leap from ledges high and wide
Learn to speak, speak with wisdom like a child
Directly to the heart
Crown yourself the king of clowns or stand way back apart
But never give your love my friend unto a foolish heart
Unto a foolish heart
Shun a friend, shun a brother and a friend
Never look, never look around the bend
Or check the weather chart
Sign the Mona Lisa with a spray can, call it art
But never give your love my friend unto a foolish heart
Unto a foolish heart
A foolish heart will call on you to toss your dreams away
Then turn around and blame you for the way you went astray
A foolish heart will cost you sleep and often make you curse
A selfish heart is trouble, but a foolish heart is worse
Bite the hand, bite the hand that bakes your bread
Dare to leap, where the angels fear to tread
Till you are torn apart
Stoke the fires of paradise with coals from hell to start
But never give you love my friend unto a foolish heart
Unto a foolish heart
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Variations (2)
1. In early performances, Jerry sang "queen of clowns" instead of "king of
clowns."2. In early performances, Jerry sang "a foolish heart will cause you
grief" instead of "a foolish hear will cost you sleep."
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Live Performances (87)
6/19/88 Alpine
Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin
6/22/88 Alpine
Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin
6/25/88 Buckeye Lake
Music Center, Hebron, Ohio
6/28/88 Saratoga
Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York
7/2/88 Oxford
Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine
7/17/88 Greek
Theatre, Berkeley, California
7/31/88 Laguna Seca
Recreation Area, Monterey, California
8/28/88 Autzen
Stadium, Eugene, Oregon
9/3/88 Capital
Centre, Landover, Maryland
9/11/88 The
Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9/14/88 Madison
Square Garden, New York, New York
9/19/88 Madison
Square Garden, New York, New York
9/23/88
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
10/16/88
Bayfront Center Arena, St. Petersburg, Florida
10/21/88
Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas
12/11/88 Long Beach
Arena, Long Beach, California
12/28/88
Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
2/7/89
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, California
2/12/89 Great
Western Forum, Inglewood, California
3/28/89 The Omni,
Atlanta, Georgia
4/2/89
Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
4/9/89 Freedom
Hall, Louisville, Kentucky
4/13/89 Rosemont
Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois
5/7/89 Frost
Amphitheatre, Stanford, California
6/18/89 Shoreline
Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
7/10/89 Giants
Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
7/15/89 Deer Creek
Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana
7/19/89 Alpine
Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin
8/19/89 Greek
Theatre, Berkeley, California
10/8/89 Hampton
Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
10/14/89 Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey
10/22/89 Charlotte
Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
10/26/89 Miami Arena,
Miami, Florida
12/9/89 Great
Western Forum, Inglewood, California
12/28/89 Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
3/19/90 Hartford
Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut
3/28/90 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
4/2/90 The
Omni, Atlanta, Georgia
5/6/90
Cal State Dominguez Hills Soccer Field, Carson, California
6/8/90 Cal Expo
Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California
6/24/90 Autzen
Stadium, Eugene, Oregon
7/4/90
Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, Kansas
7/12/90 RFK Stadium,
Washington, D.C.
7/19/90 Deer Creek
Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana
7/23/90 World Music
Theatre, Tinley Park, Illinois
9/10/90 The
Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9/18/90 Madison
Square Garden, New York, New York
10/22/90 Festhalle,
Frankfurt, Germany
10/30/90 Wembley Arena,
London, England
12/8/90 Compton
Terrace, Chandler, Arizona
12/14/90 McNichols Arena,
Denver, Colorado
12/28/90 Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
3/20/91 Capital
Centre, Landover, Maryland
3/28/91 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
4/3/91 The
Omni, Atlanta, Georgia
4/9/91 Orlando
Arena, Orlando, Florida
4/28/91 Sam Boyd
Silver Bowl, Las Vegas, Nevada
5/10/91 Shoreline
Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
6/1/91 Los
Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
6/22/91 Soldier
Field, Chicago, Illinois
8/13/91 Cal Expo
Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California
9/12/91 Madison
Square Garden, New York, New York
9/24/91 Boston
Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
12/28/91 Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
3/8/92 Capital
Centre, Landover, Maryland
3/24/92 The Palace Of Auburn Hills,
Auburn Hills, Michigan
5/24/92 Shoreline
Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
6/11/92
Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
5/22/93
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
6/11/93 Buckeye Lake
Music Center, Hebron, Ohio
6/16/93 Freedom
Hall, Louisville, Kentucky
9/8/93
Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio
9/17/93 Madison
Square Garden, New York, New York
9/25/93 Boston
Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
7/1/94
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
7/19/94 Deer Creek
Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana
7/29/94 Buckeye Lake
Music Center, Hebron, Ohio
8/3/94 Giants
Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
9/28/94 Boston
Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
10/7/94 The
Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10/13/94 Madison Square
Garden, New York, New York
12/15/94 Los Angeles
Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California
2/21/95 Delta
Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
3/22/95 Charlotte
Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
4/1/95 The
Pyramid Arena, Memphis, Tennessee
5/25/95 Memorial
Stadium, Seattle, Washington
6/27/95 The Palace Of Auburn Hills,
Auburn Hills, Michigan
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Official Recordings (13)