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Ain’t it just like the night to play tricks when you’re tryin to be so quiet?
We sit here stranded, though we’re all doin’ our best to deny it
And Louise holds a handful of rain, temptin’ you to defy it
Lights flicker from the opposite loft
In this room the heat pipes just cough
The country music station plays soft
But there’s nothing, really nothing to turn off
Just Louise and her lover so entwined
And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind
In the empty lot where the ladies play blindman’s bluff with the key chain
And the all-night girls they whisper of escapades out on the “D” train
We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight
Ask himself if it’s him or them that’s really insane
Louise, she’s all right, she’s just near
She’s delicate and seems like the mirror
But she just makes it all too concise and too clear
That Johanna’s not here
The ghost of ’lectricity howls in the bones of her face
Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place
Now, little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously
He brags of his misery, he likes to live dangerously
And when bringing her name up
He speaks of a farewell kiss to me
He’s sure got a lotta gall to be so useless and all
Muttering small talk at the wall while I’m in the hall
How can I explain?
Oh, it’s so hard to get on
And these visions of Johanna, they kept me up past the dawn
Inside the museums, Infinity goes up on trial
Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while
But Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues
You can tell by the way she smiles
See the primitive wallflower freeze
When the jelly-faced women all sneeze
Hear the one with the mustache say, “Jeeze
I can’t find my knees”
Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule
But these visions of Johanna, they make it all seem so cruel
The peddler now speaks to the countess who’s pretending to care for him
Sayin’, “Name me someone that’s not a parasite and I’ll go out and say a prayer for him”
But like Louise always says
“Ya can’t look at much, can ya man?”
As she, herself, prepares for him
And Madonna, she still has not showed
We see this empty cage now corrode
Where her cape of the stage once had flowed
The fiddler, he now steps to the road
He writes ev’rything’s been returned which was owed
On the back of the fish truck that loads
While my conscience explodes
The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain
And these visions of Johanna are now all that remain
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You must leave now, take what you want, you think will last
Whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Hes crying like a fire in the sun
Look over there the saints are coming through
And its all over now, Baby Blue
The highway is for gamblers, you better use your sense
Take what you have gathered from coincidence
The empty-handed painter from your streets
Is painting crazy patterns on your sheets
The sky, too, is falling over you
And its all over now, Baby Blue
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home
All your gathered armies, they are blowing home
Your lover who just has walked out the door
Has taken all the blankets from the floor
The carpet, too, is moving under you
And its all over now, Baby Blue
The carpet, too, is moving under you
And its all over now, Baby Blue
Its all over now, Baby Blue
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home
Its all over now, Baby Blue
Its all over now
The highway is for gamblers, you better use your sense
Take what you have gathered
Cause its all over now, its all over now
Its all over now, Baby Blue
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Theres guns across the river aimin at ya
Lawman on your trail, hed like to catch ya
Bounty hunters, too, theyd like to get ya
Billy, they dont like you to be so free
Campin out all night on the berenda
Dealin cards til dawn in the hacienda
Up to Boot Hill theyd like to send ya
Billy, dont you turn your back on me
Playin around with some sweet señorita
Into her dark hallway she will lead ya
In some lonesome shadows she will greet ya
Billy, youre so far away from home
Theres eyes behind the mirrors in empty places
Bullet holes and scars between the spaces
Theres always one more notch and ten more paces
Billy, and youre walkin all alone
They say that Pat Garretts got your number
So sleep with one eye open when you slumber
Every little sound just might be thunder
Thunder from the barrel of his gun
Guitars will play your grand finale
Down in some Tularosa alley
Maybe in the Rio Pecos valley
Billy, youre so far away from home
Theres always some new stranger sneakin glances
Some trigger-happy fool willin to take chances
And some old whore from San Pedro to make advances
Advances on your spirit and your soul
The businessmen from Taos want you to go down
Theyve hired Pat Garrett to force a showdown
Billy, dont it make ya feel so low-down
To be shot down by the man who was your friend?
Hang on to your woman if you got one
Remember in El Paso, once, you shot one
She may have been a whore, but she was a hot one
Billy, you been runnin for so long
Guitars will play your grand finale
Down in some Tularosa alley
Maybe in the Rio Pecos valley
Billy, youre so far away from home
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I am weak, but Thou art strong
Jesus, keep me from all wrong
Ill be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee
Just a closer walk with Thee
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea
Daily walking close to Thee
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be
Through this world of toil and snares
If I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares?
None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee
Just a closer walk with Thee
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea
Daily walking close to Thee
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be
When my feeble life is o’er
Time for me will be no more
Guide me gently, safely oer
To Thy kingdom shore, to Thy shore
Just a closer walk with Thee
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea
Daily walking close to Thee
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be
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Kurtis Blow, Bob Dylan
Ive indulged in higher knowledge, took scan of encyclopedia
Keeping constant research of our reports in news media
Kids starve in Ethiopia and we are gettin greedier
The rich are gettin richer and the needys gettin needier
Yes, yes, yall
Im the best yall
Yes, yes, yall
Im the best yall
Introducing to you, from the music affair
You all prayed for a change so revelation is here, ha
The battle of crusades and the Vietnam War
Was only a start so now get ready for more
Weve been dancing on the streets upon stumbling blocks
But now Bill Blacks here to put it all to a stop
Enthusiasms your tuition, to listens your ambition
To rock the streets and funky beats is Bill Blacks mission
Creating funky beats that will cure the ill
Heres a prescription for you, so go ahead, rip up your will
Because hes the terminator, dead body cremator
Intimating thugs who thought their cuts were greater
Hes the father of song committing you to his goal
With Kurtis Blow by his side, I will roll
And when it comes to rap, you better pay your respect
Cause Im a project
Some call me Al Capone of eighties, Romeo of ladies
Interpretates obfuscated rhymes to babies
Expand the minds of young through books from libraries
And teachin them actual facts and not fairies
Dont ask me to produce it, I refuse to induce it
And knowledge of my rhymes, said when you use it
lock, all of my triggers are cocked
And if you make the wrong move, consider your street rocked
They held a gun to our head til we were moved to the top
and you got shot
I cant take it no more, Im not going for short
Because Im more qualified for a better resort
Ive been pushed, shoved, just a bit too much
Now my fist is balled tight and my teeth are clutched
Im mad as hell, going to explode
When youre hit by the debris dont say that you werent told
You tried to bend my ego and break my pride
Caused me to let out everything I used to hold inside
You see, you stole my title, you thought I was hurt
Now Im mad as hell bustin out of my shirt
I just popped the chains and crashed out of the cage
Now Im a stark-raving lunatic on the rampage
Got a mic in my palm, a 12-gauge in my arm
The fires already lit, too late to pull the alarm
You want to back out now when you was winning it last
Now Im gonna make you feel my wrath, feel it!
We choice of our weapons and you chose the knife
You called me foolish then you laughed when I chose the mic
Go ahead and sharpen your blade while I plug in the cord
Goddamn, I proved the tongue is mightier than the sword
Man, your game is through and your goose is cooked
Cause I can read your mind, its like a open book
And your every move is in my control
And you know Im the winner deep down in your soul
But you wanna play stubborn, thats why Im pissed
And now its time for your face to get dissed
You held me down for too long, now Im calling your bluff
Streets need to be rocked, they need to be rocked tough
The streets have called my name for years, but now that Im found
Here is the ultimate chain to the hip-hop sound
The duplicated, complicated, arranged so I can state it
With modern-day technology, computer: isolate it
Just me and Bill Black cold rockin the street
And pulling up the ground with the ultimate beat
You better not stand still, get a move to that butt
Dont need to spin on your head, do a casual strut
Go move your body to a sound, down
With the bass drum you can hear for miles around
We got our rap down pat and the beat by Black
A little scratchin on the side with a fresh handclap
Turn the volume up loud, put the push in the bass
Guarantee were gonna turn out the place
But if still seems like you cant party and your feet wont jump
Or in case you dont know how to dance to any kind of junk
Your body moves side to side, then front to back
Thats the way your body moves to a beat by Black
Cause its the rhythm that hes given, you gotta go with him
Regardless of your race, creed, color or religion
Come on, join in the fun, I want you all to get some
Just as long as you can keep up with the pace of the drum
The funky fresh will make you feel it, no longer we conceal it
The beat has been on hold too long and now we must reveal it
Dont stand in our way, no longer can we be stopped
Im tired of this mess, Black, I want these streets rocked!
Ive indulged in higher knowledge, took scan of encyclopedia
And keeping constant research of our reports in news media
Kids starve in Ethiopia and we are gettin greedier
The rich are gettin richer and the needys gettin needier
But all we do is talk about hunger and strife
Tell me what did you to perfect your life?
You hang on street corners, juggle reputation and game
When youre dead or in jail theres no one that you can blame
Because youre the instigator, family separator
Your friends dont even wanna be bothered cause youre a traitor
But Im not tryna talk you off of that street corner
Cause a man wont do what a man dont wanna
But summers around, I think you better beware
Of a happening that occurs this time of the year
Its a thumpin that beats deep down in your heart
Its a craving that can even rip your soul apart
And its the urge that raves throughout the street
Make everyone jump wild and lose control of their feet
Something that beams through the rain, through the sun and the sky
Its microscopic, it cannot be seen by your naked eye
Unconscious thought, taking control of your body
Now you ought to be jumpin at a jam packed party
With your big butt shakin, I know it shows
You lose control of your head, arms, legs and your toes
You got your beat box blastin, and now youre in shock
Because the ground beneath your feet has all crumbled to rock
You take control of yourself, soon as the music stops
And realize youve been hit by the beat of Street Rock!
The rich are gettin richer
The rich are gettin richer
Kids starve in Ethiopia and we are gettin greedier
Kids starve in Ethiopia
The rich are gettin richer
The rich are gettin richer
Ive indulged in higher knowledge
The rich are gettin richer
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Im beginnin to hear voices and theres no one around
Well, Im all used up, yeah, and the fields have turned brown
I went to church on Sunday and she passed by
My love for her is takin such a long time to die
Im waist deep, waist deep in the mist
Its almost like, almost like I dont exist
Im twenty miles out of town in cold irons bound
The walls of pride, they are high and wide
Cant see over to the other side
Well, its such a sad thing to see beauty decay
Its sadder still to feel your heart torn away
One look at you and Im out of control
Like the universe has swallowed me whole
Im twenty miles out of town in cold irons bound
Cold irons bound
Theres too many people, too many to recall
I thought some of em were friends of mine
Get this, I was wrong about em all
Well, the road is rocky and a hillsides mud
Up over my head nothin but clouds of blood
I found my world, found my world in you
But your love just hasnt proved true
Im twenty miles out of town in cold irons bound
Twenty miles out of town in cold irons bound
Oh, the winds in Chicago have torn me to shreds
Reality has always had too many heads
Some things last longer than you think they will
There are some kind of things you never can kill
Its you and you only Ive been thinkin about
But you cant see in and its hard lookin out
Im twenty miles out of town in cold irons bound
In cold irons bound
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You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Crying like a fire in the sun
Look out the saints are comin through
And its all over now, Baby Blue
The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense
Take what you have gathered from coincidence
The empty-handed painter from your streets
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets
The sky, too, is folding over you
And its all over now, Baby Blue
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home
All your reindeer armies, theyre all going home
The lover who just walked out your door
Has taken all his blankets from the floor
The carpet, too, is moving under you
And its all over now, Baby Blue
Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you
Forget the dead youve left, they will not follow you
The vagabond whos rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore
Strike another match, go start anew
And its all over now, Baby Blue
And its all over now, Baby Blue
And its all over now, Baby Blue
And its all over now, Baby Blue
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Our conversation was short and sweet
It nearly swept me off-a my feet
And Im out in the rain
Mmm, and you are on dry land
Mmm, you made it there somehow
Youre a big girl now
Bird on the horizon, sitting on a fence
Hes singing his song for me at his own expense
And Im just like that bird
Oh, singing just for you
Mmm, and I hope that you can hear
Hear me singing through these tears
Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast
Oh, but what a shame if all weve shared cant last
I can change, I swear
Oh, see what you can do
Mmm, I can make it through
You can make it too
Love is so simple, to quote a phrase
Youve known it all the time, Im learning it these days
Oh, I know where I can find you
Oh, in somebodys room
Mmm, its a price I have to pay
Youre a big girl all the way
A change in the weather is known to be extreme
Whats the sense of changing horses in midstream?
Im going out of my mind
Oh, with a pain that stops and starts
Mmm, like a corkscrew to my heart
Ever since weve been apart
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There must be some way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
Theres too much confusion
I cant get no relief
Businessmen, they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth
None of them along the line
Know what any of it is worth
No reason to get excited
The thief, he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, weve been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hour is getting late
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants, too
Outside in the distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
The wind began to howl
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Now deep in the heart of a lonely kid
Who suffered so much for what he did
They gave this ploughboy his fortune and fame
Since that day he aint been the same
See the man with the stage fright
Just standin up there to give it all his might
And he got caught in the spotlight
But when we get to the end
He wants to start all over again
Ive got fire water right on my breath
And the doctor warned me I might catch a death
Said, You can make it in your disguise
Just never show the fear thats in your eyes
See the man with the stage fright
Just standin up there to give it all his might
He got caught in the spotlight
But when we get to the end
He wants to start all over again
Now if he says that hes afraid
Take him at his word
And for the price that the poor boy has paid
He gets to sing just like a bird, oh, ooh ooh ooh
Your brow is sweatin and your mouth gets dry
Fancy people go driftin by
The moment of truth is right at hand
Just one more nightmare you can stand
See the man with the stage fright
Just standin up there to give it all his might
And he got caught in the spotlight
But when we get to the end
He wants to start all over again, hmm hmm
You wanna try it once again, hmm hmm
Please dont make him stop, hmm hmm
Let him take it from the top, hmm hmm
Let him start all over again
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In the night, I hear you speak
Turn around, youre in my sleep, yeah
Feel your hands inside my soul
Holding on and you wont let go, no
I try to run, but theres no escape
I keep dangling and I just cant break these
Steel bars wrapped around me
Ive been your prisoner since the day you found me
Im bound forever til the end of time
Steel bars wrapped around this heart of mine
Trying hard to recognize
See the face behind the eyes, oh yeah
Feel your heart and it weighs like chains
But my heart, there still remain, oh
Im still running but theres nowhere to hide
My love for you has got me locked up inside these
Steel bars wrapped around me
Ive been your prisoner since the day you found me
Im bound forever til the end of time
Steel bars wrapped around this heart of mine
And with every damn step I take
Every desperate move I make, its clear to me
What could all my living mean?
The time itself is so obscene
But time itself dont mean a thing
Im still in love with you
Steel bars wrapped around me
Ive been your prisoner since the day you found me
Im bound forever til the end of time
Steel bars wrapped around me
Ive been your prisoner since the day you found me
Im bound forever til the end of time
Steel bars, steel bars
Steel bars wrapped around me
Ive been your prisoner since the day you found me
Im bound forever til the end of time
Steel bars
Wrapped around, wrapped around this heart
Til the end of time
Steel bars, woo
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Im out here a thousand miles from my home
Walking a road other men have gone down
Im seeing your world of people and things
Hear paupers and peasants and princes and kings
Hey, hey, Woody Guthrie, I wrote you a song
Bout a funny old world thats coming along
Seems sick and its hungry, its tired and its torn
It looks like its dying and its hardly been born
Hey, Woody Guthrie, but I know that you know
All the things Im saying and many times more
Im singing every song but I cant sing enough
Cause theres not many men done the things that you done
Heres to Cisco and Sonny and Leadbelly, too
And to all the good people that traveled with you
Heres to the hearts and the hands of the men
That come with the dust and are gone with the wind
Im a-leaving tomorrow but I could leave today
Somewhere down the road someday
The very last thing that Id want to do
Is to say Id been hitting some hard traveling too
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I pity the poor immigrant
Who wishes he wouldve stayed home
Who uses all his power to do evil
But in the end is always left so alone
That man whom with his fingers cheats
And whom lies with every breath
Who passionately hates his life
And likewise fears his death
I pity the poor immigrant
Whose strength is spent in vain
Whose heaven is like Ironsides
Whose tears are like rain
Who eats but is not satisfied
Who hears but does not see
Who falls in love with wealth itself
And turns his back on me
I pity the poor immigrant
Who tramples through the mud
Who fills his mouth with laughing
And who builds his town with blood
Whose visions in the final end
Must shatter like the glass
I pity the poor immigrant
When his gladness comes to pass
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Twas in another lifetime
One of toil and blood
When blackness was a virtue
And the road was full of mud
I came in from the wilderness
A creature void of form
Come in - she says, Ill give you
Shelter from the storm
Not a word was spoken between us
There was little risk involved
Everything up to that point
Had been left unresolved
Try imagining a place
Where its always safe and warm
Come in - she says, Ill give you
Shelter from the storm
The deputy walks on hard nails
And the preacher rides a mount
But nothing really matters much
Its the doom alone that counts
And the one-eyed undertaker
He blows a futile horn
Come in - she says, Ill give you
Shelter from the storm
Come in - she says, Ill give you
Shelter from, shelter from the storm
Twas in another lifetime
One of toil and blood
When blackness was a virtue
And the road was full of mud
Shelter from the storm
Not a word was spoken between us
There was little risk involved
Everything up to that point
Had been left unresolved
Try imagining a place
Where its always safe and warm
Come in - she says, Ill give you
Shelter from the storm
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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
Im not sleepy and there aint no place Im going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning Ill come following you
Though I know that evenings empire
Has returned into sand
Vanished from my hand
Left me blindly here to stand
But still not sleeping
My weariness amazes me
I am branded on my feet
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty streets
Too dead for dreaming
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
Im not sleepy and there aint no place Im going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning Ill come following you
Take me on a trip upon your
Magic swirling ship
My senses have been stripped
My hands cant feel to grip
My toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering
Im ready to go anywhere
I am ready for to fade
Into my own parade
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
Im not sleepy and there aint no place Im going
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning Ill come following you
Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging
Madly through the sun
Its not aimed at anyone
Its just escaping on the run
And but for the sky, there are no fences facing
And if you hear vague traces
Of skipping reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time
I wouldnt pay it any mind
Its just a ragged clown behind
And if to you he looks blind
I wouldnt worry, its just a shadow that you are seeing that hes chasing
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
Im not sleepy and there aint no place Im going
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning Ill come following you
Then take me disappearing
Through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time
Far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, sheltered trees
Out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
With one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea
Circled by the circus sands
Driving memory and fate
Deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
Im not sleepy and there aint no place Im going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning Ill come following you
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
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Your breath is sweet
Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky
Your back is straight, your hair is smooth
On the pillow where you lie
But I dont sense affection
No gratitude or love
Your loyalty is not to me
But to the stars above
One more cup of coffee for the road
One more cup of coffee fore I go
To the valley below
Your daddy hes an outlaw
And a wanderer by trade
Hell teach you how to pick and choose
And how to throw the blade
He oversees his kingdom
So no stranger does intrude
His voice it trembles as he calls out
For another plate of food
One more cup of coffee for the road
One more cup of coffee fore I go
To the valley below
Your sister sees the future
Like your mama and yourself
Youve never learned to read or write
Theres no books upon your shelf
And your pleasure knows no limits
Your voice is like a meadowlark
But your heart is like an ocean
Mysterious and dark
One more cup of coffee for the road
One more cup of coffee fore I go
To the valley below
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Well, the sweet pretty things, theyre in bed now, of course
City fathers they’re trying to endorse
Reincarnation of Paul Revere’s horse
But the town has no need to be nervous
Ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits
Jezebel the nun she violently knits
Bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits
At the head of the chamber of commerce
Mama’s in the fact’ry she ain’t got no shoes
Daddy’s in the alley
He’s lookin’ for the fuse
I’m in the kitchen with the
Tombstone blues
Hysterical bride in the penny arcade
Screaming she moans, “I’ve just been made”
Sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade
Says, “My advice is to not let the boys in”
Now the medicine man comes
He shuffles inside
He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride
“Stop all this weeping and swallow your pride
You will not die, it’s not poison”
Mama’s in the fact’ry
Ain’t got no shoes
Daddy’s in the alley
Lookin’ for the fuse
I’m in the kitchen
With the tombstone blues
Where Ma Rainey and Beethoven unwrapped their bedroll
Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole
And the National Bank at a profit sells road maps for the soul
To the old folks home and the college
I wish I could write you a melody so plain
lady, Im going insane
Doctors weeping, its useless pain
Like useless and pointless knowledge
Mama’s in the fact’ry
Ain’t got no shoes
Daddy’s in the alley
Lookin’ for the fuse
I’m in the kitchen
With the tombstone blues
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She’s got everything she needs
She’s an artist, she don’t look back
She’s got everything she needs
She’s an artist, she don’t look back
She can take the dark out of the nighttime
And paint the daytime black
You will start out standing
Proud to steal her anything she sees
You will start out standing
Proud to steal her anything she sees
But you will wind up peeking through her keyhole
Down upon your knees
She never stumbles
She’s got no place to fall
She never stumbles
She’s got no place to fall
She’s nobody’s child
The Law can’t touch her at all
She wears an Egyptian ring
That sparkles before she speaks
She wears an Egyptian ring
That sparkles before she speaks
She’s a hypnotist collector
You are a walking antique
Bow down to her on Sunday
Salute her when her birthday comes
Bow down to her on Sunday
Salute her when her birthday comes
For Halloween give her a trumpet
And for Christmas, buy her a drum
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Shes gonna make a graveyard fence
Just how much was too many things
Yer heart was taken beneath the floor
Arrows to ashtray say it once more
That shes ready to go but no she aint ready to go
Well she told me that shes taken me underneath the floor
Shes on her hands and then you know your too hot to hold
But once you get her shes under control
Under control under control
Police man will turn her way out there
Comb on his face long underneath her yeah the windows shake
Ive got the money but she’s too hot to hold
Once more you got her in her soul
Shes a limestone woman
But shes heart and soul
Lay down and lay down and let it roll
I said under control under control under control
Well tombstone baby rave on the night
Dont mind me brother she said one more time
Dont mind the sister she said once again
Take it again
She dont need no gratitude to hold her hand shes on hold
Sure to hold
Yes but got to hold
Im
Under control under control under control
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We carried you in our arms
On Independence Day
And now youll throw us all aside
And put us all away
Oh, what dear daughter neath the sun
Could treat a father so?
To wait upon him hand and foot
Yet always answer, No
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know were so low
And life is brief
It was all so very painless
When you ran out to receive
All that false instruction
Which we never could believe
And now the heart is filled with gold
As if it was a purse
But, oh, what kind of love is this
Which goes from bad to worse?
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know were so low
And life is brief
We pointed you the way to go
And scratched your name in sand
Though you thought it was nothing more
Than a place for you to stand
I want you to know that while we watched
You discovered that no one would be true
That I myself was among the ones who thought
It was just a childish thing to do
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know were so low
And life is brief
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Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the childs balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon there is no sense in trying
Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fools gold mouthpiece, the hollow horn
Plays wasted words, proves to warn
That he not busy being born is busy dying
Temptations page flies out the door
You follow, find yourself at war
Watch waterfalls of pity roar
You feel to moan but unlike before
You discover that youd just be one more person crying
So dont fear if you hear
A foreign sound to your ear
Its alright, Ma
Im only sighing
As some warn victory, some downfall
Private reasons great or small
Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all that should be killed to crawl
While others say dont hate nothing at all, except hatred
Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Make everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
Its easy to see without looking too far that not much is really sacred
While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the president of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked
And though the rules of the road have been lodged
Its only peoples games that you got to dodge
And its alright, Ma
I can make it
Advertising signs that con
You into thinking you are the one
That can do whats never been done
That can win whats never been won
Meantime, life outside goes on all around you
You lose yourself, you reappear
You suddenly find you got nothing to fear
Alone you stand with nobody near
When a trembling distant voice unclear
Startles your sleeping ears to hear that somebody thinks they really found you
A question in your nerves is lit
Yet you know there is no answer to fit
To satisfy, insure you not to quit
To keep it in your mind and not forget
That its not he or she or them or it that you belong to
Although the masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools
I got nothing, Ma
To live up to
Old lady judges watch people in pairs
Limited in sex, they dare
To push fake morals, insult and stare
While money doesnt talk, it swears
Obscenity, who really cares, propaganda, all is phony
While them that defend what they cannot see
With a killers pride, security
It blows the minds most bitterly
For them that think deaths honesty
Wont fall upon them naturally, life sometimes must get lonely
My eyes collide head-on with stuffed
Graveyards, false gods, I scuff
At pettiness which plays so rough
Walk upside-down inside handcuffs
Kick my legs to crash it off
Say, Okay, Ive had enough, what else can you show me?
And if my thought-dreams could be seen
Theyd probably put my head in a guillotine
But its alright, Ma
Its life, and life only
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When you’re lost in the rain in Juarez
And it’s Eastertime too
And your gravity fails
And negativity don’t pull you through
Don’t put on any airs
When you’re down on Rue Morgue Avenue
They got some hungry women there
And they really make a mess outta you
Now if you see Saint Annie
Please tell her thanks a lot
I cannot move
My fingers are all in a knot
I don’t have the strength
To get up and take another shot
And my best friend, my doctor
Won’t even say what it is I’ve got
Sweet Melinda
The peasants call her the goddess of gloom
She speaks good English
And she invites you up into her room
And you’re so kind
And careful not to go to her too soon
And she takes your voice
And leaves you howling at the moon
Up on Housing Project Hill
It’s either fortune or fame
You must pick up one or the other
Though neither of them are to be what they claim
If you’re lookin’ to get silly
You better go back to from where you came
Because the cops don’t need you
And man they expect the same
Now all the authorities
They just stand around and boast
How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms
Into leaving his post
And picking up Angel who
Just arrived here from the coast
Who looked so fine at first
But left looking just like a ghost
I started out on burgundy
But soon hit the harder stuff
Everybody said they’d stand behind me
When the game got rough
But the joke was on me
There was nobody even there to call my bluff
I’m going back to New York City
I do believe I’ve had enough
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You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Crying like a fire in the sun
Look out the saints are comin’ through
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue
The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense
Take what you have gathered from coincidence
The empty-handed painter from your streets
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets
This sky, too, is folding under you
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home
All your reindeer armies, are all going home
The lover who just walked out your door
Has taken all his blankets from the floor
The carpet, too, is moving under you
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue
Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you
Forget the dead you’ve left, they will not follow you
The vagabond who’s rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore
Strike another match, go start anew
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue
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Night after night, you wander the streets of my mind
Night after night, dont know what you think you will find
No place to go, nowhere to turn
Everything around you seems to burn, burn, burn
And theres never any mercy in sight, night after night
Night after night
Night after night
Night after night, some new plan to blow up the world
Night after night, another old man kissing some young girl
You look for salvation, you find none
Just another broken heart, another barrel of a gun
Just another stick of dynamite, night after night
Night after night
Night after night
Night after night, you drop dead in your bed
Night after night, another bottle finds a head
Night after night, I think about cutting you loose
But I just cant do it, what would be the use?
So I just keep a-holding you tight, night after night
Night after night after night after night after night
Night after night after night after night after night
Night after night after night after night after night
Night after night after night after night after night
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Well, theyll stone you when youre tryin to be so good
Theyll stone you just like they said they would
Theyll stone you when youre tryna go home
Then theyll stone you when youre there all alone
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned
Well, theyll stone you when youre walkin on the streets
Theyll stone you when youre tryna keep your seat
Theyll stone you when youre walkin on the floor
Theyll stone you when youre walkin to the door
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned
Theyll stone you when youre at the breakfast table
Theyll stone you when you are un and able
Theyll stone you when youre tryna make a buck
Theyll stone you and then theyll say, Good luck
Yeah, but I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned
Well, theyll stone you and say that thats the end
Then theyll stone you and then theyll come back again
Theyll stone you when youre riding in your car
Theyll stone you when youre playing your guitar
Yes, but I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned, alright
Well, theyll stone you when you are all alone
Theyll stone you when you are walking home
Theyll stone you and then say theyre all brave
Theyll stone you when youre sent down in your grave
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned!
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Viviamo in un mondo politico
Lamore non ha a che fare
Gli uomini assassinano gli uomini
È questo il tempo, il crimine è anonimo
Viviamo in un mondo politico
Gli angeli cantano in coro
Senti come suonano lAve Maria
Le nuvole toccano il suolo
Viviamo in un mondo politico
La saggezza sta fuori dal tempio
Si disfa sul marciapiede
Non è daiuto, non è desempio
Viviamo in un mondo politico
La pietà scaraventata a mare
La vita è un riflesso, la morte una maschera
Ogni banca è una cattedrale
Viviamo in un mondo politico
Il coraggio è passato di moda
Nessuno vuole figli, il domani è paura
La casa rimane vuota
Viviamo in un mondo politico
Lunico a portata di mano
È bene ordinato, non ha responsabili
Tocca crederci e ci crediamo
Viviamo in un mondo politico
Nelle città dove ci tocca stare
Sopraffatti dalla paura
Ma ci sei nato e non te ne puoi andare
Viviamo in un mondo politico
Analizzati da mattina a sera
Siamo la corda che basta per impiccarci
Nel cortile della galera
Viviamo in un mondo politico
Appena svegli ci trasciniamo
Cerchiamo luscita più comoda
Poi restiamo dove stiamo
Viviamo in un mondo politico
Benvenuta non è la pace
Che se ne vada a bruciarsi viva
Nellesplosione di una fornace
Viviamo in un mondo politico
Tutto appartiene a qualcuno
Tra tentazioni e giudizio gli uomini gridano
Ma non risponde nessuno
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Well it aint no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don’t matter anyhow
And it aint no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you dont know by now
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I’ll be gone
Youre the reason Im a-traveling on
But dont think twice, its all right
And it aint no use in turning on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
And it aint no use in turning on your light, babe
Im on the dark side of the road
But I wish there was something you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
But we never did too much talking anyway
So don’t think twice, it’s all right
So it aint no use in calling out my name, girl
Like you never did before
And it ain’t no use in calling out my name, girl
I cant hear you anymore
Im thinking and wonderin, all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I’m told
I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul
But dont think twice, its all right
Im walking down that long, lonesome road, babe
Where Im bound, I cant tell
But goodbyes too good a word, babe
So Ill just say fare thee well
I aint saying you treated me unkind
You couldve done better, but I dont mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But dont think twice, its all right
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You say you love me
And you’re thinkin’ of me
But you know you could be wrong
You say you told me
That you wanna hold me
But you know you’re not that strong
I just can’t do what I done before
I just can’t beg you anymore
I’m gonna let you pass
And I’ll go last
Then time will tell just who fell
And who’s been left behind
When you go your way and I go mine
You say you disturb me
And you don’t deserve me
But you know sometimes you lie
You say you’re shakin’
And you’re always achin’
But you know how hard you try
Sometimes it gets so hard to care
It can’t be this way ev’rywhere
And I’m gonna let you pass
Yes, and I’ll go last
Then time will tell just who fell
And who’s been left behind
When you go your way and I go mine
The judge, he holds a grudge
He’s gonna call on you
But he’s badly built
And he walks on stilts
Watch out he don’t fall on you
You say you’re sorry
For tellin’ stories
That you know I believe are true
You say ya got some
Other kinda lover
And yes, I believe you do
You say my kisses are not like his
But this time I’m not gonna tell you why that is
I’m just gonna let you pass
Yes, and I’ll go last
Then time will tell who fell
And who’s been left behind
When you go your way and I go mine
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Ollie told me Im a fool
So I walked on down the road a mile
Went to the house that brings a smile
Sat upon my grandpas knee, and what do you think he said to me?
When you awake you will remember evrything
You will be hangin on a string from your...
When you believe, you will relieve the only soul
That you were born with to grow old and never know
Ollie showed me the fork in the road
You can take to the left or go straight to the right
Use your days and save your nights
Be careful where you step, and watch wha-cha eat
Sleep with the light on and you got it beat
Ollie warned me its a mean old world
The street dont greet ya, yes, its true;
But what am I supposed to do:
Read the writing on the wall
I heard it when I was very small
Wash my hand in lye water, I got a date with the Captains daughter
You can go and tell your brother
We sure gonna love one another, oh! you
May be right and ya might be wrong
I aint gonna worry all day long
Snows gonna come and the frost gonna bite
My old car froze up last night
Aint no reason to hang your head I could wake up in the mornin dead
Oh! and if I thought it would do any good
Id stand on the rock where Moses stood
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Prayed in the ghetto with my face in the cement
Heard the last moan of a boxer, seen the massacre of the innocent
Felt around for the light switch, became nauseated
She was walking down the hallway while the walls deteriorated
East of the Jordan, hard as the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the burning of the page
Curtain risin on a new age
See the groom still waitin at the altar
Try to be pure at heart, they arrest you for robbery
Mistake your shyness for aloofness, your shyness for snobbery
Got the message this morning, the one that was sent to me
About the madness of becomin what one was never meant to be
West of the Jordan, east of the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the burning of the stage
Curtain risin on a new age
See the groom still waitin at the altar
Dont know what I can say about Claudette that wouldnt come back to haunt me
Finally had to give her up bout the time she began to want me
But I know God has mercy on them who are slandered and humiliated
Id a-done anything for that woman if she didnt make me feel so obligated
West of the Jordan, west of the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the burning of the cage
Curtain risin on a new stage
See the groom still waitin at the altar
Put your hand on my head, baby, do I have a temperature?
I see people who are supposed to know better standin around like furniture
Theres a wall between you and what you want and you got to leap it
Tonight you got the power to take it, tomorrow you wont have the power to keep it
West of the Jordan, east of the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the burning of the stage
Curtain risin on a new age
See the groom still waitin at the altar
Cities on fire, phones out of order
Theyre killing nuns and soldiers, theres fighting on the border
What can I say about Claudette? Aint seen her since January
She could be respectably married or running a whorehouse in Buenos Aires
West of the Jordan, west of the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the burning of the stage
Curtain risin on a new age
See the groom still waitin at the altar
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I first heard this from Ric von Schmidt. He lives in Cambridge
Ric is a blues guitar player. I met him one day on
The green pastures of the Harvard University. -
Baby let me follow you down, baby let me follow you down
Well Ill do anything in this godalmighty world
If you just let me follow you down
Can I come home with you, baby can I come home with you ?
Yes Ill do anything in this godalmighty world
If you just let me come home with you
Baby let me follow you down, baby let me follow you down
Well Ill do anything in this godalmighty world
If you just let me follow you down
Yes Ill do anything in this godalmighty world
If you just let me follow you down
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If not for you
Babe, I couldnt find the door
I couldnt even see the floor
Id be sad and blue
If not for you
If not for you
Baby, Id lay awake all night
Wait for the morning light
To shine in through
If not for you
If not for you, my sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love Id be nowhere at all
And you know its true
If not for you
If not for you
If not for you
Winter would have no spring
I couldnt hear the robins sing
I just wouldnt have a clue
If not for you
If not for you
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Okay, should I lead off?
A little bit of picking and then you can all just start join in
Okay
When youre lost in the rain
In Juarez and its Easter time too
And your gravity fails
And negativity wont pull you through
Dont put on any airs
When youre down on Rue Morgue Avenue
They got some hungry women there
And, man, theyll really make a mess outta you
Now if you see Saint Annie
Please tell her thanks a lot
I cannot move
My fingers are all in a knot
I dont have the strength
To get up and take another shot
And my best friend, my doctor
Wont even say what it is Ive got
Sweet Melinda
The peasants call her the goddess of gloom
She speaks good English
And she invites you up into her room
And youre so kind and careful
Not to go to her too soon
And she takes your voice
And leaves you howlin at the moon
Up on Housing Project Hill
Its either fortune or fame
You must pick up on one or the other
Though neither of them are to be what they claim
If youre lookin to get silly
You better go back to from where you came
Because the cops dont need you
And, man, they expect the same
Now all the authorities
They just stand around and boast
How they blackmailed the Sergeant-at-Arms
Into leavin his post
And pickin up Angel
Who just arrived here from the Coast
Who looked so fine at first
But left lookin just like a ghost
I started out on Burgundy
But soon hit the harder stuff
Everybody said theyd stand behind me
When the game got rough
But the joke was on me
There was nobody even there to call my bluff
Im goin back to New York City
I do believe Ive had enough
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Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks
You that never done nothing
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it’s your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
Then you turn and run farther
While the fast bullets fly
Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
World war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain
You fasten all the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you sit back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
While young people’s blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud
You’ve thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
The fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my babies
Unborn and unnamed
Ah, aint worth the blood
That runs in your veins
How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I’m young
You might say I’m unlearned
But there’s one thing I know
Though I’m younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do
Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good?
Will it buy you forgiveness?
Do you think that it could?
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul
When day you will die
And your death may come soon
Ill follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I’ll watch while you’re lowered
Down to your deathbed
I’ll stand over your grave
Till I’m sure that you’re dead
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By Bob Dylan
Well, its all up from Florida at the start of the spring
The trucks and the trailers will be winding
Like a bullet well shoot for the carnival route
Were following them dusty old fairgrounds a-calling
From the Michigan mud past the Wisconsin sun
Cross that Minnesota border, keep em scrambling
Through the clear county lakes and the lumberjack lands
Were following them dusty old fairgrounds a-calling
Hit Fargo on the jump and down to Aberdeen
Cross them old Black Hills, keep em rolling
Through the cow country towns and the sands of old Montana
Were following them fairgrounds a-calling
As the white line on the highway sails under your wheels
Ive gazed from the trailer window laughing
Oh, our clothes they was torn but the colors they was bright
Following them dusty old fairgrounds a-calling
Its a-many a friend that follows the bend
The jugglers, the hustlers, the gamblers
Well, Ive spent my time with the fortune-telling kind
Following them fairgrounds a-calling
Oh, its pound down the rails and its tie down the tents
Get that canvas flag a-flying
Well, let the caterpillars spin, let the ferris wheel wind
Following them fairgrounds a-calling
Well, its roll into town straight to the fairgrounds
Just behind the posters that are hanging
And its fill up every space with a different kind of face
Following them fairgrounds a-calling
Get the dancing girls in front, get the gambling show behind
Hear that old music box a-banging
Hear them kids, faces, smiles, up and down the midway aisles
Were following them fairgrounds a-calling
Its a-drag it on down by the deadline in the town
Hit the old highway by the morning
And its ride yourself blind for the next town on time
Following them fairgrounds a-calling
As the harmonicas whined in the lonesome nighttime
Drinking red wine as were rolling
Many a turnin I turn, many a lesson I learn
From following them fairgrounds a-calling
And its roll back down to St. Petersburg
Tie down the trailers and camp em
And the money that we made will pay for the space
From following them dusty old fairgrounds a-calling
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Judas!
I dont believe you
Youre a liar
Play it fucking loud
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you?
People’d call, say, “Beware doll, you’re bound to fall”
You thought they were all kiddin’ you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin’ out
Now you don’t talk so loud
Now you don’t seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
You’ve gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
Nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you’re gonna have to get used to it
You said you’d never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He’s not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And ask him do you want to make a deal?
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain’t no good
You shouldn’t let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain’t it hard when you discover that
He really wasn’t where it’s at
After he took from you everything he could steal
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They’re all drinkin’ and thinkin’ that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But you’d better lift your diamond ring, now you’d better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can’t refuse
When you aint got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You’re invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal
How does it feel?
Oh, how does it feel?
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
Thank you
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William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll
With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger
At a Baltimore hotel society gathrin
And the cops were called in and his weapon took from him
As they rode him in custody down to the station
And booked William Zanzinger for first-degree murder
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears
Take the rag away from your face
Now aint the time for your tears
William Zanzinger, who at twenty-four years
Owns a tobacco farm of six hundred acres
With rich wealthy parents who provide and protect him
And high office relations in the politics of Maryland
Reacted to his deed with a shrug of his shoulders
And swear words and sneering, and his tongue it was snarling
In a matter of minutes on bail was out walking
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears
Take the rag away from your face
Now aint the time for your tears
Hattie Carroll was a maid of the kitchen
She was fifty-one years old and gave birth to ten children
Who carried the dishes and took out the garbage
And never sat once at the head of the table
And didnt even talk to the people at the table
Who just cleaned up all the food from the table
And emptied the ashtrays on a whole other level
Got killed by a blow, lay slain by a cane
That sailed through the air and came down through the room
Doomed and determined to destroy all the gentle
And she never done nothing to William Zanzinger
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears
Take the rag away from your face
Now aint the time for your tears
In the courtroom of honor, the judge pounded his gavel
To show that alls equal and that the courts are on the level
And that the strings in the books aint pulled and persuaded
And that even the nobles get properly handled
Once that the cops have chased after and caught em
And that the ladder of law has no top and no bottom
Stared at the person who killed for no reason
Who just happened to be feelin that way without warnin
And he spoke through his cloak, most deep and distinguished
And handed out strongly, for penalty and repentance
William Zanzinger with a six-month sentence
Oh, but you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears
Bury the rag deep in your face
For nows the time for your tears
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Well, the pressures down, the boss aint here
He gone North, he aint around
They say that vanity got the best of him
But he sure left here after sundown
By the way, thats a cute hat
And that smiles so hard to resist
But whats a sweetheart like you doin in a dump like this?
You know, I once knew a woman who looked like you
She wanted a whole man, not just a half
She used to call me sweet daddy when I was only a child
You kind of remind me of her when you laugh
In order to deal in this game, got to make the queen disappear
Its done with a flick of the wrist
Whats a sweetheart like you doin in a dump like this?
You know, a woman like you should be at home
Thats where you belong
Watching out for someone who loves you true
Who would never do you wrong
Just how much abuse will you be able to take?
Well, theres no way to tell by that first kiss
Whats a sweetheart like you doin in a dump like this?
You know you can make a name for yourself
You can hear them tires squeal
You can be known as the most beautiful woman
Who ever crawled across cut glass to make a deal
You know, news of you has come down the line
Even before ya came in the door
They say in your fathers house, theres many mansions
Each one of them got a fireproof floor
Snap out of it, baby, people are jealous of you
They smile to your face, but behind your back they hiss
Whats a sweetheart like you doin in a dump like this?
Got to be an important person to be in here, honey
Got to have done some evil deed
Got to have your own harem when you come in the door
Got to play your harp until your lips bleed
They say that patriotism is the last refuge
To which a scoundrel clings
Steal a little and they throw you in jail
Steal a lot and they make you king
Theres only one step down from here, baby
Its called the land of permanent bliss
Whats a sweetheart like you doin in a dump like this?
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High water risin, risin night and day
All the gold and silver are being stolen away
Big Joe Turner lookin East and West
From the dark room of his mind
He made it to Kansas City
Twelfth Street and Vine
There was nothing standing there
High water everywhere
High water risin
The shacks are slidin down
Folks lose their possessions
Folks are leaving town
Bertha Mason shook, it broke it
Then she hung it on a wall
Says, Youre dancin with whom they tell you to
Or you dont dance at all
Its tough out there
High water everywhere
I got a cravin love for blazing speed
Got a hopped up Mustang Ford
Jump into the wagon, love
Throw your panties overboard
I can write you poems
Make a strong man lose his mind
Im no pig without a wig
I hope you treat me kind
Things are breakin up out there
High water everywhere
High water risin, six inches bove my head
Coffins droppin in the street
Like balloons made out of lead
Water pourin into Vicksburg
Dont know what Im going to do
Dont reach out for me, she said
Cant you see Im drownin too?
Its rough out there
High water everywhere
Well, George Lewis told the Englishman
The Italian and the Jew
You cant open your mind, boys
To every conceivable point of view.
They got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway Five
Judge says to the High Sheriff
I want him dead or alive
Either one, I dont care.
High Water everywhere
The Cuckoo is a pretty bird
She warbles as she flies
Im preachin the Word of God
Im puttin out your eyes
I asked Fat Nancy for something to eat
She said, Take it off the shelf
As great as you are, man
Youll never be greater than yourself.
I told her I didnt really care
High water everywhere
Im getting up in the morning
I believe Ill dust my broom
Keeping away from the women
Im givin em lots of room
Thunder rolling over Clarksdale
Everything is looking blue
I just cant be happy, love
Unless youre happy too
Its bad out there
High water everywhere
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I got a kind hearted woman
Sure is evil all the time
I got a kind hearted woman
Sure is evil all the time
Oh she wants to kill me
Just to have it all of mine
Shes got a .32 special
Built on a cross of wood
Shes got a .32 special
Built on a cross of wood
I got a .38/20
Man its twice as good
Sometimes Im thinking
Youre too good to die
Sometimes Im thinking
Youre too good to die
Other times Im thinking
You oughtta be buried alive
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Twas in another lifetime, full of toil and blood
When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
He came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form
Come in, she said, Ill give you shelter from the storm
And if he passed this way again, you can rest assured
Hell always do his best by her, on that he gave my word
In a world of steel eyed death and men who are fighting to be warm
Come in, she said, Ill give you shelter from the storm
Not a word was spoke between them, there was little risk involved
Everything up to that point had been left unresolved
Try imagining a place where its always safe and warm
Come in, she said, Ill give you shelter from the storm
He was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail
Poisoned in the bushes an blown out on the trail
Hunted like a crocodile and ravaged in the corn
Come in, she said, Ill give you shelter from the storm
Suddenly he turned around and she was standin there
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair
She walked up to him gracefully and took his crown of thorns
Come in, she said, Ill give you shelter from the storm
Now theres a wall between them, somethin has been lost
He took too much for granted and he got his signals crossed
Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn
Come in, she said, Ill give you shelter from the storm
Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
But nothing really matters much, its doom alone that counts
And the one eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn
Come in, she said, Ill give you shelter from the storm
Ive heard newborn babies wailin like a mournin dove
And old men with broken teeth left stranded without love
Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?
Come in, she said, Ill give you shelter from the storm
Hes livin in a foreign country now and hes bound to cross the line
Beauty walks a razors edge, someday he said Ill make you mine
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born
Come in, she said, Ill give you shelter from the storm
Shelter from the storm
Hmm, shelter from the storm
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These hands arent the hands of a gentleman
These hands are calloused and old
But these hands raised a family
These hands built a home
Now these hands raise to pray the Lord
These hands won the heart of my loved one
And with hers they were never alone
If these hands filled their task
Then what more can one ask?
For these fingers have worked to the bone
Now dont try to judge me by what youd like to be
For my life aint been much success
While some people have power, but still they grieve
While these hands brought me happiness
Now Im tired and Im old and I aint got much gold
Maybe things aint been all that I planned
But Lord above, hear my plea, when its time to take me
Take a look at these hard-workin hands
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If your memory serves you well
We were goin to meet again and wait
So Im goin to unpack all my things
And sit before it gets too late
No man alive will come to you
With another tale to tell
But you know that we shall meet again
If your memory serves you well
This wheels on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode!
If your memory serves you well
I was goin to confiscate your lace
And wrap it up in a sailors knot
And hide it in your case
If I knew for sure that it was yours
But it was oh so hard to tell
But you knew that we would meet again
If your memory serves you well
This wheels on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode!
If your memory serves you well
Youll remember youre the one
That called on me to call on them
To get you your favors done
And after every plan had failed
And there was nothing more to tell
You knew that we would meet again
If your memory served you well
This wheels on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode!
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Well, its all right in my head but I cant slumber
And its too high for me to count I cant get the number
Im a fool for you, yes Im a fool for you
Now you here my celebrate oh its story
But theyre all to vain for me all they want is glory
Im a fool for you, Im a fool for you
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Crimson flames tied through my ears rollin high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flamin roads usin ideas my maps
Well meet on edges soon said I proud neath heated brow
Ah, but I was so much older than, Im younger than that now
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth Rip down all hate I screamed
Lies that life is black and white spoke from my skull I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers foundationed deep somehow
Ah, but I was so much older than, Im younger than that now
Girls faces formed the forward path from phony jealousy
To memorizin politics of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists unthought of, though, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older than, Im younger than that now
Ah, but I was so much older than, Im younger than that now
My guard stood hard when abstract threats too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinkin I had somethin to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms quite clear, no doubt, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older than, Im younger than that now
Im younger than that now
Im younger than that now
Im younger than that now
Im younger than that now
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Written by Bob Dylan
© W.B. Music
When youre lost in the rain in Juarez and its Eastertime too
And your gravity fails and negativity wont pull you through
Dont put on any airs when youre down on Rue Morgue Avenue
They got some hungry women there and theyll really make a mess out of you
Well if you see Saint Annie please tell her thanks a lot
I cannot move and my fingers they are all in a knot
I dont have the strength to get up and take another shot
And my best friend the doctor wont even say what it is I got
Sweet Melinda, the peasants call her the goddess of gloom
She speaks good English and she invites you up into her room
And youre so kind and careful not to go to her too soon
And she takes your voice and she leaves you howling at the moon
Well up on housing project hill its either fortune or fame
You must pick one or the other though neither of them are to be what they claim
And if youre looking to get silly you better go back to from where you came
Because the cops dont need you and man they expect the same
Now all the authorities they just stand around and boast
How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms into leaving his post
And picking up Angel who just arrived here from the coast
Who looked so fine at first and she left looking just like a ghost
Well I started out on burgundy but soon hit the harder stuff
Everybody said theyd stand beside me when the game got rough
But the joke was on me there was nobody even there to bluff
Im going back to New York City I do believe Ive had enough
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Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can’t use it anymore
It’s getting dark, too dark to see
I feel I’m knockin on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can’t shoot them anymore
That long black cloud is coming down
I feel I’m knockin on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
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Mama take this badge off of me
Cause I cant use it anymore
Its gettin dark
Too dark to see
I feel Im knockin on heavens door
Mama put my guns in the ground
Cause I cant shoot them anymore
Black cloud is comin down
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Whats the matter with me
I dont have much to say
Daylight sneakin through the window
And Im still in this all-night cafe
Walkin to and fro beneath the moon
Out to where the trucks are rollin slow
To sit down on this bank of sand
And watch the river flow
Wish I was back in the city
Instead of this old bank of sand
With the sun beating down over the chimney tops
And the one I love so close at hand
If I had wings and I could fly
I know where I would go
But right now Ill just sit here so contentedly
And watch the river flow
People disagreeing on all just about everything, yeah
Makes you stop and all wonder why
Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street
Who just couldnt help but cry
Oh, this ol river keeps on rollin, though
No matter what gets in the way and which way the wind does blow
And as long as it does Ill just sit here
And watch the river flow
People disagreeing everywhere you look
Makes you wanna stop and read a book
Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street
That was really shook
But this ol river keeps on rollin, though
No matter what gets in the way and which way the wind does blow
And as long as it does Ill just sit here
And watch the river flow
Watch the river flow
Watchin the river flow
Watchin the river flow
But Ill sit down on this bank of sand
And watch the river flow
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Clouds so swift
Rain won’t lift
Gate won’t close
Railings froze
Get your mind off wintertime
You ain’t going nowhere
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow’s the day
My bride’s gonna come
Oh, oh, are we going to fly
Down in the easy chair!
I don’t care
How many letters they sent
Morning came and the morning went
Pick up your money
And pack up your tent
You ain’t going nowhere
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow’s the day
My bride’s gonna come
Oh, oh, we going to fly
Down in the easy chair!
Buy me a flute
And a gun that shoots
Tailgates and substitutes
Strap yourself
To the tree with roots
You ain’t going nowhere
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow’s the day
My bride’s gonna come
Oh, oh, we going to fly
Down in the easy chair!
Genghis Khan
He could not keep
All his kings
Supplied with sleep
We’ll climb that hill no matter how steep
When we get up to it
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow’s the day
My bride’s gonna come
Oh, oh, we going to fly
Down in the easy chair!
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow’s the day
My bride’s gonna come
Oh, oh, we going to fly
Down into the easy chair!
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Right now, were gonna dedicate this song to everybody here
hearts and ears
It goes something like this
Yeah!
Yeah! What I say now?
Hey!
Yes, like I said before, its really groovy
Id like to bore you for about six or seven minutes to do a little thing
Yeah
Billy, cuse me for a minute, just let me play that guitar, right?
Right now, were doin thing by Bob Dylan
This little thing called Like a Rolling Stone
Once upon a time, you dressеd so fine
Threw the bums a dimе in your prime
Oh, didnt you?
People call, say Beware doll
Youre bound to fall
You thought they all, heh
Were all a-kiddin you
You used to, heh
Laugh about
Everybody that was, uh
Hangin out
Look at ya
Now you don
Talk so loud
Now you dont, baby
Seem so proud
About having to be scrounging, yeah
Your next meal
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be without a home?
Like a complete unknown?
Like a rolling stone?
Aw, youve gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But ya know ya only used to get juiced in it
Nobodys ever taught ya how to live out on the street
And now you’re gonna have to get used to it
You say you never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
Hes not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say, “Do you want to make a deal?
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be on your own
With no direction home
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Aw, you never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns when they all did tricks for you
Never understood that it aint no good
You shouldnt let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on a chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Aint it hard when you discover that
He really wasnt where its at
After he took from you everything he could steal?
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To hang on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Aw, princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
Theyre all drinkin, thinkin that they got it made
Exchangin all precious gifts
But youd better take your diamond ring, ya better pawn it, babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls ya, ya cant refuse
When ya aint got nothin, you got nothin to lose
Youre invisible now, ya got no secrets to conceal
How does it feel?
Aw, how does it feel?
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
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Down the street the dogs are barkin’
And the day is a-gettin’ dark
As the night comes in a-fallin’
The dogs’ll lose their bark
An’ the silent night will shatter
From the sounds inside my mind
For I’m one too many mornings
And a thousand miles behind
From the crossroads of my doorstep
My eyes they start to fade
As I turn my head back to the room
Where my love and I have laid
An’ I gaze back to the street
The sidewalk and the sign
And I’m one too many mornings
An’ a thousand miles behind
It’s a restless hungry feeling
That don’t mean no one no good
When ev’rything I’m a-sayin’
You can say it just as good
You’re right from your side
I’m right from mine
We’re both just one too many mornings
An’ a thousand miles behind
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Throw my ticket out the window
Throw my suitcase out there too
Throw my troubles out the door
I don’t need them any more
‘Cause tonight I’ll be staying here with you
I should have left this town this morning
But it was more than I could do
Oh, your love comes on so strong
And I’ve waited all day long
For tonight when I’ll be staying here with you
Is it really any wonder
The love that a stranger might receive
You cast your spell and I went under
I find it so difficult to leave
I can hear that whistle blowin’
I see that stationmaster, too
If there’s a poor boy on the street
Then let him have my seat
‘Cause tonight I’ll be staying here with you
Throw my ticket out the window
Throw my suitcase out there too
Throw my troubles out the door
I don’t need them any more
‘Cause tonight I’ll be staying here with you
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I got the key to the highway, and Im billed out and bound to go
Im gonna leave here runnin, cause walkin is most too slow
Im goin down on the border, now where Im better known
Cause woman you dont do nothin, but drive a good man way from home
Now when the moon creeps over the mountain, Ill be on my way
Now Im gonna walk this old highway, until the break of day
Come here, sweet mama, now and help me with this heavy load
I am due in West Texas, and Ive got to get on the road
Im goin to West Texas, Im goin down behind the farm
Im gonna ax the good Lord what evil have I done
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Guilty undertaker sighs
Lonesome organ grinder cries
Silver saxophone says
That I should wait for you
The crack bells and the washed out horns
Blowing into my face with scorn
Thats not the way
I wasnt born to lose you
I want you, I want you
I want you so bad
Honey I want you
Drunken politicians leap upon the street
While mothers weep
And saviors were fast asleep
They wait for you
I wait for them to read your looks
While drinking from my broken cup
And ask me to open up the gate for you
I want you, I want you
I want you so bad
Honey I want you
I turn to the queen of spades
And talk to my chambermaid
She knows Im not afraid to look at her
She is good to me
And theres nothing that she doesnt see
She knows where I like to be
But it doesnt matter
I want you, I want you
I want you so bad
Honey I want you
Now youre dancing child
With his Chinese suit
He spoke to me and I took his flute
I know I wasnt very cute to him was I
But I did it because you like
Because you took him for a ride
Because the time was on his side
And because
I want you, I want you
I want you so bad
Honey I want you
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Everybody’s building the big ships and the boats
Some are building monuments
Others, jotting down notes
Everybody’s in despair
Every girl and boy
But when Quinn, the Eskimo gets here
Everybody’s gonna jump for joy
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn
I like to do just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet
But jumping queues and making haste
It ain’t my cup of meat
Everybody’s out in the trees
Feeding pigeons on a limb
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
All the pigeons gonna run to him
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn
A cat’s meow and a cow’s moo
So you know, I can recite them all
Just tell me where it hurts you, honey
I’ll tell you who to call
Nobody can get no sleep
On everybodys toes
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everybody’s gonna wanna doze
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn
The Mighty Quinn
Oh, the Mighty Quinn
Oh oh oh, the Mighty, Mighty Quinn
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May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay, forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay, forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
May you stay, forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
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Everybodys building the big ships and the boats
Some are building monuments, others jotting down notes
Everybodys in despair, every girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here everybodys gonna jump for joy
Come all without, come all within
Youll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Now I like to do just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet
But guarding fumes and making haste, it aint my cup of meat
Everybodys just standing around neath the trees
Feeding pigeons on a limb
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here, all the pigeons gonna run to him
Come all without, come all within
Youll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
A cats meow and a cows moo, I cant recite em all
Just tell me where it hurts and Ill tell you who to call
Nobody can get any sleep, theres someone on everybodys toes
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here, everybodys gonna wanna doze
Come all without, come all within
Youll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
Youll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
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Hollis Brown he lived on the outside of town
Hollis Brown he lived on the outside of town
With his wife and five children
And his cabin broken down
He looked for work and money and he walked a ragged mile
He looked for work and money and he walked a ragged mile
His children are so hungry theyve
Forgotten how to smile
Your babies eyes are crazy theyre a tuggin at your sleeve
Your babies eyes are crazy theyre a tuggin at your sleeve
You walk the floor and wonder why
With every breath you breathe
Rats got to your flour bad blood it got your mare
Rats got to your flour bad blood it got your mare
Is there anyone that knows
Is there anyone that cares
Way out in the wilderness a cold coyote calls
Way out in the wilderness a cold coyote calls
Your eyes fix on the shotgun
Thats a hangin on the wall
Your brain is a bleedin and your legs cant seem to stand
Your brain is a bleedin and your legs cant seem to stand
Your eyes fix on the shotgun
That youre holdin in your hand
Theres seven breezes blowin all around a cabin door
Theres seven breezes blowin all around a cabin door
Seven shots ring out
Like the oceans pounding roar
Theres seven people dead on a South Dakota farm
Theres seven people dead on a South Dakota farm
Somewhere in the distance
Theres seven new people born
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How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
And how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before theyre forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind
The answer is blowin in the wind
How many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
Yes, and how many years can some people exist
Before theyre allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesnt see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind
The answer is blowin in the wind
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, and how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear, hear the people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind
The answer is blowin in the wind
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You say you love me
And you’re thinkin of me
But you know you could be wrong
You say you told me
That you want to hold me
But you know you’re not that strong
I just can’t do what I done before
I just can’t beg you anymore
I’m just gonna let you pass
And I’ll go last
Then time will tell just who has fell
And who’s been left behind
When you go your way and I go mine
You say you disturb me
And you don’t deserve me
But you know sometimes you lie
You say you’re breaking
And you’re always aching
But you know how hard you try
Sometimes it gets so hard to care
You just can’t be this way everywhere
I’m gonna let you pass
And I’ll go last
Then time will tell who has fell
And who’s been left behind
When you go your way and I go mine
Well the judge he holds a grudge
He’s gonna call on you
But he’s badly built and he walks on stilts
Watch out he don’t fall on you
You say you’re sorry for telling stories
That you know I believe are true
You say you got some other kind of lover
And yes, I believe you do
You say my kisses aint like his
But this time I aint gonna tell you why that is
I’m just gonna let you pass
Yes, and I’ll go last
Then time will tell just who has fell
And who’s been left behind
When you go your way and I go mine
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Mama, take this badge off of me
I can’t use it anymore
It’s getting dark, too dark too see
I feel like I’m knocking on heaven’s door
Chorus:
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven’s door
Yeah-yeah-yeah
I feel like I’m knocking on heaven’s door
Mama, put my guns into ground
I can’t shoot them anymore
The cold black cloud is coming down
Uh-yeah
I feel like I’m knocking on heaven’s door
Chorus:
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven’s door
Yeah-yeah-yeah
I feel like I’m knocking on heaven’s door
Yeah-yeah-ah
Oh no
Yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-ah
Yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-ah
Oh no
Yeah-yeah-ah
Oh-no
Yeah-yeah-ah
Yeah-yeah-yeah
I feel like I’m knocking on heaven’s door
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I’ve seen love go by my door
It’s never been this close before
Never been so easy or so slow
Been shooting in the dark too long
When something’s not right, it’s wrong
Youre gonna make me lonesome when you go
Dragon clouds so high above
I’ve only known careless love
It’s always has hit me from below
But this time round it’s more correct
Right on target, so direct
Youre gonna make me lonesome when you go
Purple clover, Queen Annes lace
Crimson hair across your face
You could make me cry, if you don’t know
Can’t remember what I was thinking of
You might be spoilin’ me too much, love
Youre gonna make me lonesome when you go
Flowers on the hillside blooming crazy
Crickets talking back and forth in rhyme
Blue river runnin slow and lazy
I could stay with you forever and never realize the time
Situations have ended bad
Relationships have all been sad
Mine’ve been like Verlaine’s and Rimbaud
But there’s no way I can compare
All them scenes to this affair
Youre gonna make me lonesome when you go
Youre gonna make me wonder what I’m doin’
Staying far behind without you
Youre gonna make me wonder what I’m sayin’
Youre gonna make me give myself a good talkin’-to
I’ll look for you in old Honolulu
San Francisco or Ashtabula
Youre gonna have to leave me now, I know
But I’ll see you in the sky above
In the tall grass, in the ones I love
Youre gonna make me lonesome when you go
Youre gonna make me lonesome when you go
Youre gonna make me lonesome when you go
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Well it aint no use to sit and wonder why, babe
Ifn you dont know by now
And it aint no use to sit and wonder why, babe
Itll never do somehow
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I’ll be gone
You’re the reason I’m a-traveling on
But don’t think twice, it’s all right
And it aint no use in turning on your light, babe
The light I never knowed
And it aint no use in turning on your light, babe
I’m on the dark side of the road
But I wish there was something you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talking anyway
Don’t think twice, it’s all right
So it aint no use in calling out my name, gal
Like you never done before
And it aint no use in calling out my name, gal
I can’t hear you anymore
I aint a-saying you treated me unkind
You couldve done better, but I don’t mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
Don’t think twice, it’s all right
So long, honey babe
Where I’m bound, I can’t tell
Goodbyes too good a word, babe
So I’ll just say fare thee well
I’m thinking and a-wondering, walking down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I’m told
I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul
Don’t think twice, it’s all right
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How many roads must a man walk down
Before hes called a man?
And how many seas must the white dove sail
Before he sleeps in the sand?
Yes, how many times must the cannon-balls fly
Before they are forever banned?
The answer my friend is blowin in the wind
The answer is blowin in the wind
Yes is it, how many years can a mountain exist
Before its washed to the sea?
Yes is it,now many years can some people exist
Before theyre allowed to be free?
Yes is it, how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesnt see?
The answer my friend is blowin in the wind
The answer is blowin in the wind
Yes is it, how many times can a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes is it, how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes is it, how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer my friend is blowin in the wind
The answer is blowin in the wind
The answer is blowin in the wind
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Hollis Brown, he lived on the outside of town
Hollis Brown, he lived on the outside of town
With his wife and five children
And his cabin broken down
You looked for work and money and you walked a rugged mile
You looked for work and money and you walked a rugged mile
Your children are so hungry
That they dont know how to smile
Your babys eyes look crazy, theyre a tuggin at your sleeve
Your babys eyes look crazy, theyre a tuggin at your sleeve
You walk the floor and wonder why
With every breath you breathe
The rats have got your flour, bad blood it got your mare
The rats have got your flour, bad blood it got your mare
If theres anyone that knows
Is there anyone that cares?
You prayed to the Lord above oh, please send you a friend
You prayed to the Lord above oh, please send you a friend
Your empty pocket tell you
That you aint a got no friend
Your babies are crying louder now, its pounding on your brain
Your babies are crying louder now, its pounding on your brain
Your wifes screams are stabbin you
Like the dirty drivin rain
Your grass is turning black, theres no water in your well
Your grass is turning black, theres no water in your well
Your spent your last lone dollar
On seven shotgun shells
Way out in the wilderness, a cold coyote calls
Way out in the wilderness, a cold coyote calls
Your eyes fix on the shotgun
Thats hangin on the wall
Your brain is a bleedin and your legs cant seem to stand
Your brain is a bleedin and your legs cant seem to stand
Your eyes fix on the shotgun
That youre holdin in your hand
Theres seven breezes a blowin all around the cabin door
Theres seven breezes a blowin all around the cabin door
Seven shots ring out
Like the oceans pounding roar
Theres seven people dead on a South Dakota farm
Theres seven people dead on a South Dakota farm
Somewhere in the distance
Theres seven new people born
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Il grasso si specchia in un filo di lana
Il magro in un avanzo di cena
Luomo senzanima è unanima in pena
In cerca di dignità
Il saggio la cerca in un filo del prato
Ll ragazzo nellombra di un riflesso passato
Il poveruomo in un vetro dorato
Sogna la dignità
Hanno ucciso qualcuno la notte a Natale
La dignità è stata a prima a scappare
Io sono stato in giro, sono stato al mondo
Dentro la notte a ritrovare il giorno
Guardo in alto, guardo in là
E guardo la strada che va
Ai guardiani che incontro chiedo dove sarà
Dovè che abita la dignità
Il cieco si libera dallillusione
E fruga negli angoli di una visione
Va cercando nel buio la sua occasione
Di dignità
Sono andato alle nozze di Marilù
Mi ha detto è molto meglio non parlarci mai più
Potrei essere uccisa se dicessi in realtà
Quello che penso della dignità
Sono sceso nel pascolo degli avvoltoi
Ho visto il tempo non cambiare mai
Diavoli con la coda, angeli con le ali
Nel buio sembravano uguali
Venti che tagliano come rasoi
Casa incendiata, debiti, nodi scorsoi
Domando alla donna Ditemi voi
Dovè finita la dignità?
Lalcolizzato con gli occhi bassi
Dentro la stanza di specchi nascosti
Si volta indietro, costi quello che costi
Guardare in faccia la dignità
Ho visto il Principe al conservatorio
Naso rifatto, occhiali davorio
Voleva la mancia per dirti sul serio
Lultimo prezzo della dignità
Tracce sulla sabbia, ruote di passaggio
Sulla mano di un uomo i resti di un tatuaggio
Figli della notte, figli del mezzogiorno
Nelle città di frodo senza niente intorno
Non ho più scampo, niente da indossare
Su una barca in tempesta in altalena sul mare
Dovrei leggere un foglio in cui potrei trovare
La soluzione della dignità
Luomo malato che aspetta la cura
Rivede se stesso comera
E cerca nellarte e nella letteratura
La dignità
LInglese brancola nel futuro
Nel vento gelido cerca lavoro
Non ha indirizzi, non ha denaro
E stringe i denti con dignità
Mi hanno dato una foto, mi è venuto da ridere
La dignità non si è mai fatta riprendere
Sono stato in debito, sono stato in pari
Sul cammino dei sogni e dei bocconi amari
Così tante strade, quante cose in ballo
Quanti vicoli ciechi, quanto fiato sul collo
Mi domando se un giorno potrò mai trovarlo
Il nascondiglio della dignità
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Corrina, Corrina
Sag, wo bleibst so lang?
Corrina, Corrina
Sag, wo bleibst so lang?
I moch ma solche Sorgen
Bitte kumm boid ham!
A Vogl singt im Gartn
Und de Blumen blühn
A Vogl singt im Gartn
Und de Blumen blühn
Aber ohne mei Corrina
Kann mi des net berührn!
Corrina, Corrina
Madl, i denk an di
Corrina, Corrina
Madl, i denk an di
Und wannsd net boid zu mir kummst
Is ollas aus fia mi!
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I got this graveyard woman, you know she keeps my kids
But my soulful mama, you know she keeps me hid
Shes a junkyard angel and she always gives me bread
Well, if I go down dyin, you know shes bound to put a blanket on my bed
Well, when the pipeline gets broken and Im lost on the river bridge
Im all cracked up on the highway and in the waters edge
Here she comes down the thruway ready to sew me up with a thread
Well, if I go down dyin, you know shes bound to put a blanket on my bed
Well, she dont make me nervous, she dont talk too much
She walks like Bo Diddley and she dont need no crutch
She keeps this four-ten all loaded with lead
Well, if I go down dyin, you know shes bound to put a blanket on my bed
Well, you know I need a steam shovel, mama, to keep away the dead
I need a dump truck, baby, to unload my head
She brings me everything and more, and just like I said
Well, if I go down dyin, you know shes bound to put a blanket on my bed
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Close your eyes, close the door
You dont have to worry any more
Ill be your, baby tonight
Shut the light, shut the shade
You dont have to be afraid
Ill be your, baby tonight
Well, that mockingbirds gonna sail away
Were gonna forget it
That big, fat moon is gonna shine like a spoon
But were gonna let it
You wont regret it
Kick your shoes off, do not fear
Bring that bottle over here
Ill be your, baby tonight
--- Instrumental ---
Well, that mockingbirds gonna sail away
Were gonna forget it
That big, fat moon is gonna shine like a spoon
But were gonna let it
You wont regret it
Kick your shoes off, do not fear
Bring that bottle over here
Ill be your, baby tonight
Ill be your, your baby tonight...
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In the still of the night, in the worlds ancient light
Where wisdom grows up in strife
My bewildering brain, toils in vain
Through the darkness on the pathways of life
Each invisible prayer is like a cloud in the air
Tomorrow keeps turning around
We live and we die, we know not why
But Ill be with you when the deal goes down
We eat and we drink, we feel and we think
Far down the street we stray
I laugh and I cry and Im haunted by
Things I never meant nor wished to say
The midnight rain follows the train
We all wear the same thorny crown
Soul to soul, our shadows roll
And Ill be with you when the deal goes down
Well, the moon gives light and it shines by night
When I scarcely feel the glow
We learn to live and then we forgive
Or the road were bound to go
More frailer than the flowers, these precious hours
That keep us so tightly bound
You come to my eyes like a vision from the skies
And Ill be with you when the deal goes down
Well, I picked up a rose and it poked through my clothes
I followed the winding stream
I heard the deafening noise, I felt transient joys
I know theyre not what they seem
In this earthly domain, full of disappointment and pain
Youll never see me frown
I owe my heart to you, and thats sayin it true
And Ill be with you when the deal goes down
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John Brown went off to war to fight on a foreign shore
His mama sure was proud of him
He stood straight and tall in his uniform and all
His mama’s face broke out all in a grin
“Oh son, you look so fine, I’m glad you’re a son of mine
Make me proud to know you hold a gun
Do what the captain says, lots of medals you will get
We’ll put them on the wall when you come home”
That old train pulled out, John’s ma began to shout
Tellin’ ev’ryone in the neighborhood:
“That’s my son that’s about to go, he’s a soldier now, you know”
She made well sure her neighbors understood
She got a letter once in a while, her face broke into a smile
She showed them to the people from next door
They bragged about her son with his uniform and gun
And these things she called a good old-fashioned war
Then the letters ceased to come, for a long time they did not come
They ceased to come for about ten months or more
When a letter finally came saying, “Go down and meet the train
Your son’s a-coming home from the war”
She smiled and went right down, she looked everywhere around
But she could not see her soldier son in sight
When all the people passed, she saw her son at last
When she did she could hardly believe her eyes
Oh his face was all shot off and his hand was all blown away
And he wore a metal brace around his waist
He whispered kind of slow, in a voice she didnt know
While she couldn’t even recognize his face
“Oh tell me, my darling son, tell me what they done
How is it you come to be this way?”
He tried his best to talk but his mouth could hardly move
And his mother had to turn her face away
“Don’t you remember, Ma, when I went off to war
You thought it was the best thing I could do?
I was on the battleground, you were home acting proud
You wasn’t there standing in my shoes”
“Oh, and I thought when I was there, God, what am I doing here?
I’m tryin’ to kill somebody or die tryin’
But the thing that scared me most was when my enemy came close
And I saw that his face looked just like mine”
“And I couldn’t help but think, through the thunder rolling and stink
That I was just a puppet in a play
And through the roar and smoke, this string it finally broke
And a cannonball blew my eyes away”
As he turned away to go, his Ma was acting slow
At seein’ the metal brace that helped him stand
But as he turned to leave, he called his mother close
And he dropped his medals down into her hand
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Seven days, seven more days shell be comin
Ill be waiting at the station for her to arrive
Seven more days, all I gotta do is survive
She been gone ever since I been a child
Ever since I seen her smile, I aint forgotten her eyes
She had a face that could outshine the sun in the skies
Theres kissing in the valley
Thieving in the alley
Fighting every inch of the way
Trying to be tender
With somebody I remember
In a night thats always brighter than the day
Seven days, seven more days that are connected
Just like I expected, shell be comin on forth
Seven more days, and all thatll be gone
Theres kissing in the valley
Thieving in the alley
Fighting every inch of the way
Trying to be tender
With somebody I remember
In a night thats always brighter than the day
Whoa, seven days, seven more days shell be comin
Ill be waiting at the station for her to arrive
Seven more days, all I gotta do is survive
Seven more days, all I gotta do is survive
Seven more days, all I gotta do is survive
Seven more days, all I gotta do is survive
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How, how does it feel, how does it feel?
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didnt you?
Peopled call say: Beware doll, youre bound to fall
Thought they were kiddin you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin out
Now you dont talk so loud
Now you dont seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal
How does it feel? How does it feel?
To be without a home like a complete unknown?
Just like a rolling stone?
Youve gone to the finest schools Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
No one ever taught you how to live on the street
Youre gonna have to get used to it
You said you never compromise
With the mystery tramp but now you realize
Youre not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
When you ask him if he still wants to make a deal
How does it feel? How does it fee?
To be on your own like a complete unknown?
Just like a rolling stone?
Tell me, tell me, tell me, yeah!
Oh rock, Ronno, rock!
You never turned around to catch the frowns
On the jugglers and clowns when they all did their tricks for you
You never understood that it aint no good
To let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride upon the horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Aint it hard to discover that he really wasnt where its at?
After he took from you everything he could steal
How does it feel? How does it feel?
To be on your own like a complete unknown?
To be without a home just like a rolling stone
Just like a rolling stone
Just like a rolling stone
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I cant wait, wait for you to change your mind
It’s late, Im trying to walk the line
Well, its way past midnight and there are people all around
Some on their way up, some on their way down
The air burns and I’m trying to think straight
And I dont know how much longer I can wait
Im your man, Im trying to recover the sweet love that we knew
You understand that my heart cant go on beating without you
Well, your loveliness has wounded me, Im reeling from the blow
I wish I knew what it was keeps me loving you so
Im breathing hard, standing at the gate
But I dont know how much longer I can wait
Skies are grey, I’m looking for anything that will bring a happy glow
Night or day, it doesn’t matter where I go anymore, I just go
If I ever saw you coming I dont know what I would do
I’d like to think I could control myself, but it isnt true
Thats how it is when things disintegrate
And I dont know how much longer I can wait
I’m doomed to love you, Ive been rolling through stormy weather
Im thinking of you and all the places we could roam together
Its mighty funny, the end of time has just begun
Oh, honey, after all these years youre still the one
While Im strolling through the lonely graveyard of my mind
I left my life with you somewhere back there along the line
I thought somehow that I would be spared this fate
But I dont know how much longer I can wait
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Go away from my window
Leave at your own chosen speed
Im not the one you want babe
Im not the one you need
You say youre lookin for someone
Never weak, but always strong
To protect you and defend you
Whether you are right or wrong
Someone to open each and every door
But it aint me babe
No, no, no
It aint me babe
It aint me that youre looking for
Go lightly from the ledge babe
Go lightly on the ground
Im not the one you want babe
I will only let you down
You say youre lookin for someone
Who will promise never to part
Someone to close his eyes for you
Someone to close his heart
Someone who will die for you and more
But it aint me babe
No, no, no
It aint me babe
It aint me that youre looking for
Go melt back in to the night babe
Everything inside is made of stone
Theres nothin in here thats a moving
And anyway Im not alone
You say youre lookin for someone
To pick you up each time you fall
To gather flowers constantly
And to come each time you call
A lover for your life and nothing more
But it aint me babe
No, no, no
It aint me babe
It aint me that youre looking for
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When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love
When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love
I know you haven’t made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I’ve known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong
I’d go hungry, I’d go black and blue
I’d go crawling down the avenue
There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do
To make you feel my love
The storms are raging on the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You havent seen nothing like me yet
I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn’t do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love
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May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
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Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ you
Though I know that evenin’s empire has returned into sand
Vanished from my hand
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping
My weariness amazes me, I’m branded on my feet
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street’s too dead for dreaming
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ you
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin’ ship
My senses have been stripped, my hands can’t feel to grip
My toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin’
I’m ready to go anywhere, I’m ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ you
Though you might hear laughin’, spinnin’, swingin’ madly across the sun
It’s not aimed at anyone, it’s just escapin’ on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facin’
And if you hear vague traces of skippin’ reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it’s just a ragged clown behind
I wouldn’t pay it any mind
It’s just a shadow you’re seein’ that he’s chasing
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ you
Then take me disappearin’ through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ you
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Standing on the waters casting your bread
While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing
Distant ships sailing into the mist
You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing
Freedom just around the corner for you
But with the truth so far off, what good will it do?
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh-oh Jokerman
So swiftly the sun sets in the sky
You rise up and say goodbye to no one
No store bought shirt for you on your back
One of the women must sit in the shack and sew one
Shedding off one more layer of skin
Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh-oh Jokerman
Youre a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds
Manipulator of crowds, youre a dream twister
Youre going to Sodom and Gomorrah, but what do you care?
Aint nobody there would want to marry your sister
Scratching the world with a fine-toothed comb
Youre a king among nations, youre a stranger at home
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman
Now, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy
The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers
No crystal ball do you need on your shelf
Michelangelo himself, couldve carved out your features
So drunk, standing in the middle of the street
Directing traffic with a small dog licking your feet
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh-oh Jokerman
Well, the preacher man talking about the deaf and the dumb
And a world to come, thats already been pre-determined
Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, and padlocks
Molotov cocktails and rocks cant drown out his sermon
You let the wicked walk right into a trap
You give away all the good things that fall in your lap
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh-oh Jokerman
Its a shadowy world, skies are slippery gray
A woman just give birth to a prince today and shes dressed in scarlet
Hell turn priests into pimps and make old men bark
Take a woman who could have been Joan-of-Arc and turn her into a harlot
Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants
Oh, Jokerman, you dont show any response
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman
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Well, the world owns seven wonders as the travellers always tell
Some gardens and some towers, I guess you know them well
But now the greatest wonder is in Uncle Sams fair land
That King Columbia river and the great Grand Coulee Dam
She come up the Canadian Rockies where the crystal waters glide
Comes a-roaring down the canyon to meet that salty tide
From the great Pacific Ocean to where the sun sets in the west
That big Grand Coulee country in that land I love the best
In the misty glitter of that wild and windward spray
Men have fought the pounding waters and met a watery grave
Once she tore mens boats to splinters but she gave men dreams to dream
That day that Grand Coulee dam went across that wild and restless stream
Oh, Uncle Sam took up the notion in the year of thirty three
For the factory and the farmer and for all of you and me
He said: roll it on Columbia, you can roll out to the sea
But river, while youre rolling you can do some work for me
Now from Washington and Oregon you can hear them factories a-hum
Making corn and making manganese and light aluminum
Always a flying fortress to blast for Uncle Sam
That King Columbia river and the great Grand Coulee dam
Well, the world owns seven wonders as the travellers always tell
Some gardens and some towers, I guess you know them well
But now the greatest wonder is in Uncle Sams fair land
That King Columbia river and the great Grand Coulee Dam
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Down the street the dogs are barkin’
And the day is a-gettin’ dark
As the night comes in a-fallin’
The dogs’ll lose their bark
An’ the silent night will shatter
From the sounds inside my mind
For I’m one too many mornings
And a thousand miles behind
From the crossroads of my doorstep
My eyes they start to fade
As I turn my head back to the room
Where my love and I have laid
An’ I gaze back to the street
The sidewalk and the sign
And I’m one too many mornings
An’ a thousand miles behind
It’s a restless hungry feeling
That don’t mean no one no good
When ev’rything I’m a-sayin’
You can say it just as good
You’re right from your side
I’m right from mine
We’re both just one too many mornings
An’ a thousand miles behind
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They sat together in the park
As the evening sky grew dark
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
’Twas then he felt alone and wished that he’d gone straight
And watched out for a simple twist of fate
They walked along by the old canal
A little confused, I remember well
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin’ bright
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
Moving with a simple twist of fate
A saxophone someplace far off played
As she was walkin’ by the arcade
As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin’ up
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
And forgot about a simple twist of fate
He woke up, the room was bare
He didn’t see her anywhere
He told himself he didn’t care, pushed the window open wide
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
Brought on by a simple twist of fate
He hears the ticking of the clocks
And walks along with a parrot that talks
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
Maybe she’ll pick him out again, how long must he wait
Once more for a simple twist of fate
People tell me it’s a sin
To know and feel too much within
I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
Blame it on a simple twist of fate
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Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
Well meet on edges, soon, said I
Proud neath heated brow
Ah, but I was so much older then
Im younger than that now
A self-ordained professors tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
Equality, I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow
Ah, but I was so much older then
Im younger than that now
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
Im younger than that now
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Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
Well meet on edges, soon, said I
Proud neath heated brow
Ah, but I was so much older then
Im younger than that now
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
Rip down all hate, I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
Im younger than that now
Girls faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, though, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
Im younger than that now
A self-ordained professors tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
Equality, I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow
Ah, but I was so much older then
Im younger than that now
In a soldiers stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that Id become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My pathway led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but I was so much older then
Im younger than that now
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
Im younger than that now
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Oh, my name it is nothin’
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
I was born and brought up there
The laws to abide
And that the land that I live in
Has God on its side
Now the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
And the Indians fell
The cavalries charged
And the Indians died
Oh, the country was young
With God on its side
Now the Spanish-American
War had its day
And the Civil War too
Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes
I was made to memorize
With guns in their hands
And God on their side
The First World War, boys
It came and it went
The reason for fighting
I never did get
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don’t count the dead when
God’s on your side
But now we got weapons
Of the chemical dust
If fire them were forced to
Then fire them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When Gods on your side
Through many dark hour
I’ve been thinkin’ about this
That Jesus Christ
Was betrayed by a kiss
But I can’t think for you
You’ll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot had
God on his side
So now as I’m leavin’
I’m weary as Hell
The confusion I’m feelin’
Ain’t no tongue can tell
The words fill my head and
They fall to the floor
And if God’s on our side
He’ll stop the next war
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Been beat up and battered round
Been sent up, and Ive been shot down
Youre the best thing that Ive ever found
Handle me with care
Reputations changeable
Situations tolerable
Baby, youre adorable
Handle me with care
Im so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Wont you show me that you really care?
Everybodys got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine, and dream on
Ive been fobbed off, and Ive been fooled
Ive been wronged and ridiculed
In daycare centers and night schools
Handle me with care
Been stuck in airports, terrorized
Sent to meetings, hypnotized
Overexposed, commercialized
Handle me with care
Im so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Wont you show me that you really care?
Everybodys got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine and dream on
Ive been uptight and made a mess
But Ill clean it up myself, I guess
Oh, the sweet smell of success
Handle me with care
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Yeah, yeah
May the good Lord be with you
Down every road you roam
And may sunshine and happiness
Surround you when youre far from home
And may you grow to be proud
Dignified and true
And do unto others
As youd have done to you
Be courageous and be brave
And in my heart, youll always stay
Forever young, forever young
Forever young, forever young
May good fortune be with you
May your guiding light be strong
Build a stairway to Heaven
With a prince or a vagabond
And may you never love in vain
And in my heart, you will remain
Forever young, forever young
Forever young, forever young
Listen now, forever young
Forever young
Ooh, ooh
And when you finally fly away
Ill be hoping that I served you well
For all the wisdom of a lifetime
No one can ever tell
But whatever road you choose
Im right behind you, win or lose
Forever young, forever young
Forever young, forever young
Forever young
Forever young
Forever young, ever young, forever young
Forever young
Forever young, one more time
Forever young, yeah
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I seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of you
You were trying to break into another world
A world I never knew
I always kinda wondered
If you ever made it through
I seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of you
I seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of me
If I was still the same
If I ever became what you wanted me to be
Did I miss the mark, overstep the line
That only you could see?
I seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of me
Listen to the engine, listen to the bell
As the last fire truck from hell
Goes rolling by
All good people are praying
It’s the last temptation, the last account
The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount
The last radio is playing
I seen a shooting star tonight
Slip away
Tomorrow gonna be
Another day
Guess it’s too late to say the things to you
But you needed to hear me say
I seen a shooting star tonight
Slip away
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Sometime Im in a mood, I wanna leave my lonesome home
Sometime Im in a mood, I wanna hear my milk cow moan
Yeah, sometime Im in a mood, I wanna hit the highway road
Lo, then again, then again, then again, then again
Oh baby, Im in the mood for you
Well, sometime Im in a mood, Im wanna back up against the wall
Sometime Im in a mood, I wanna live in a ponys stall
Yeah, sometime Im in a mood, I dont wanna do nothin at all
Then again, then again, then again, then again
I said, oh baby, Im in the mood for you, oh
Oh, sometime Im in a mood, I wanna lay me down and die
Sometime Im in a mood, Im wanna fly right through the sky
Yeah, sometime Im in a mood, I wanna laugh until I cry
Then again, then again, then again, then again
Oh baby, Im in the mood for you
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I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because youre mine
I walk the line
I find it very, very easy to be true
I find myself alone when each day is through
Yes, Ill admit Im a fool for you
Because youre mine
I walk the line
As sure as night is dark and day is light
I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness Ive known proves that its right
Because youre mine
I walk the line
Youve got a way to keep me on your side
You give me cause for love that I cant hide
For you I know Id even try to turn the tide
Because youre mine
I walk the line
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because youre mine
I walk the line
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because youre mine
I walk the line
Because youre mine
I walk the line
Because youre mine
I walk the line
Because youre mine
I walk the line
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“There must be some way out of here,” said the joker to the thief
“There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief
Businessmen, they drink my wine and plowmen dig my earth
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth”
“No reason to get excited,” the thief, he kindly spoke
“There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, we’ve been through that, and this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now, you know the hour is getting late”
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
All the women came and went, barefoot servants, too
Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl
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Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as I stand inside the rain
Ev’rybody knows
That Baby’s got new clothes
But lately I see her ribbons and her bows
Have fallen from her curls
She takes just like a woman, yes, she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl
Queen Mary, she’s my friend
Yes, I believe I’ll go see her again
Nobody has to guess
That Baby can’t be blessed
Till she sees finally that she’s like all the rest
With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls
She takes just like a woman, yes, she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl
It was raining from the first
And I was dying there of thirst
So I came in here
And your long-time curse hurts
But what’s worse
Is this pain in here
I can’t stay in here
Ain’t it clear that—
I just can’t fit
Yes, I believe it’s time for us to quit
When we meet again
Introduced as friends
Please don’t let on that you knew me when
I was hungry and it was your world
Ah, you fake just like a woman, yes, you do
You make love just like a woman, yes, you do
Then you ache just like a woman
But you break just like a little girl
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Let me in here, I know Ive been here
Let me into your heart
Let me know you, let me show you
Let me roll it to you
All I have is yours
All you see is mine
And Im glad to hold you in my arms
Id have you anytime
Let me say it, let me play it
Let me lay it on you
Let me know you, let me show you
Let me grow upon you
All I have is yours
All you see is mine
And Im glad to hold you in my arms
Id have you anytime
Let me in here, I know Ive been herе
Let me into your heart
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Oh, my name it means nothin, my age it means less
And the country I come from is called the Midwest
Is brought up and taught there the laws to abide
And the land that I live in has God on its side
Oh, the history books tell it, they tell it so well
The cavalries charged, the Indians fell
The cavalries charged, and the Indians died
For the country was young then with God on its side
Oh, the Spanish-American War had its day
And the Civil War, too, was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes we all memorized
With guns in their hands and God on their side
Oh, the First World War, boys, it came, and it went
And the reason for fighting I never did get
But I learned to accept it, accept it with pride
For you dont count the dead when Gods on your side
When the Second World War came to an end
We forgave the Germans, and then we were friends
Though they murdered six million, in the ovens they fried
The Germans, now too, have God on their side
But now, we got weapons of the chemical dust
If fire them were forced to, then fire them we must
One push of a button theyll shoot the world Bye
And you never ask questions when Gods on your side
And you never ask questions when Gods on your side
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Farewell Angelina, the bells of the crown
Are being stolen by bandits, I must follow the sound
The triangle tingles, the music plays slow
But farewell Angelina, the night is on fire, and I must go
There is no use in talking and theres no need for blame
There is nothing to prove, everything still is the same
The table stands empty by the edge of the stream
But farewell Angelina, the skys changing colors, and I must leave
The jacks and the queens they have forsake the courtyard
Fifty-two gypsies now file past the guard
In the space where the deuce and the ace once ran wild
Farewell Angelina, the sky is folding, Ill see you after a while
See the cross-eyed pirate sit perched in the sun
Shooting tin cans with a sawed-off shotgun
And the corporals and the neighbors clap and cheer with each blast
But farewell Angelina, the sky is trembling, and I must leave fast
King Kong little elves in the rooftops they dance
Valentino-type tangos while the heros clean hands
Shut the eyes of the dead not to embarrass anyone
Farewell Angelina, the sky is flooding over, and I must be gone
The camouflaged parrot, he flutters from fear
When something he doesnt know about suddenly appears
What can not be imitated perfect must die
Farewell Angelina, the skys flooding over, and I must go where it is dry
Machine guns are roaring, puppets heave rocks
At misunderstood visions and at the faces of clocks
Call me any name you like, I will never deny it
But farewell Angelina, the sky is erupting, and I must go where its quiet
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When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love
When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love
The storms are raging on the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You aint seen nothing like me yet
Id go hungry, Id go black and blue
Id go calling down the avenue
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love
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Come gather round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
Youll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you
Is worth savin
Then you better start swimmin
Or youll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance wont come again
And dont speak too soon
For the wheels still in spin
And theres no tellin who
That its namin
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Dont stand in the doorway
Dont block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
Theres a battle outside
And it is ragin
Itll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And dont criticize
What you cant understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin
Please get out of the new one
If you cant lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin
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Roll on train
Rollin all night
Roll out your wheel
Get on board
Roll on train
Get you on the way
Get you
Its hard to see
Roll roll
But shes on the run
Lady lady
When shes on the
When shes passing the gate
Roll on train
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...I got ramblin
I got ramblin on my mind
I hate to leave you, pretty baby
But you treat me so unkind
I got mean things
I got mean things on my mind
I got mean things
Mean things on my mind
I hate to leave you, pretty baby
But you treat me so unkind
I got ramblin
I got ramblin on my mind
I got ramblin
Ramblin on my mind
I hate to leave you, pretty baby
But you treat me so unkind
I got mean things
I got mean things on my mind
I got mean things
I got mean things on my mind
I hate to leave you, pretty baby
But you keep me so far Im dyin
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