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Theyre selling postcards of the hanging
Theyre painting the passports brown
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors
The circus is in town
Here comes the blind commissioner
Theyve got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tightrope walker
The other is in his pants
And the riot squad theyre restless
They need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight
From Desolation Row
Cinderella, she seems so easy
It takes one to know one, she smiles
And puts her hands in her back pockets
Bette Davis style
And in comes Romeo, hes moaning
You Belong to Me I Believe
And someone says, Youre in the wrong place, my friend
You better leave.
And the only sound thats left
After the ambulances go
Is Cinderella sweeping up
On Desolation Row
Now the moon is almost hidden
The stars are beginning to hide
The fortunetelling lady
Has even taken all her things inside
All except for Cain and Abel
And the hunchback of Notre Dame
Everybody is making love
Or else expecting rain
And the Good Samaritan, hes dressing
Hes getting ready for the show
Hes going to the carnival tonight
On Desolation Row
Now Ophelia, shes neath the window
For her I feel so afraid
On her twenty-second birthday
She already is an old maid
To her, death is quite romantic
She wears an iron vest
Her professions her religion
Her sin is her lifelessness
And though her eyes are fixed upon
Noahs great rainbow
She spends her time peeking
Into Desolation Row
Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood
With his memories in a trunk
Passed this way an hour ago
With his friend, a jealous monk
He looked so immaculately frightful
As he bummed a cigarette
Then he went off sniffing drainpipes
And reciting the alphabet
Now you would not think to look at him
But he was famous long ago
For playing the electric violin
On Desolation Row
Dr. Filth, he keeps his world
Inside of a leather cup
But all his sexless patients
Theyre trying to blow it up
Now his nurse, some local loser
Shes in charge of the cyanide hole
And she also keeps the cards that read
Have Mercy on His Soul
They all play on penny whistles
You can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough
From Desolation Row
Across the street theyve nailed the curtains
Theyre getting ready for the feast
The Phantom of the Opera
A perfect image of a priest
Theyre spoonfeeding Casanova
To get him to feel more assured
Then theyll kill him with self-confidence
After poisoning him with words
And the Phantoms shouting to skinny girls
Get Outa Here If You Dont Know
Casanova is just being punished for going
To Desolation Row!
Now at midnight all the agents
And the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
Then they bring them to the factory
Where the heart-attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles
By insurance men who go
Check to see that nobody is escaping
To Desolation Row
Praise be to Neros Neptune
The Titanic sails at dawn
And everybodys shouting
Which Side Are You On?
And Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot
Fighting in the captains tower
While calypso singers laugh at them
And fishermen hold flowers
Between the windows of the sea
Where lovely mermaids flow
And nobody has to think too much
About Desolation Row
Yes, I received your letter yesterday
When you asked how I was doing
Was that some kind of joke?
All these people that you mention
Yes, I know them, theyre quite lame
I had to rearrange their faces
And give them all another name
Right now I cant read too good
Dont send me no more letters no
Not unless you mail them
From Desolation Row
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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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Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Whatever colours you have in your mind
Ill show them to you and youll see them shine
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
And youre the best thing that hes ever seen
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Why wait any longer for the world to begin
You can have your cake and eat it too
Why wait any longer for the one you love
When hes standing in front of you
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
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Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
And where have you been, my darling young one?
I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I’ve walked and I’ve crawled on six crooked highways
I’ve stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I’ve been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I’ve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
It’s a hard rain’s a-going to fall
Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept dripping
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleeding
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten-thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard
It’s a hard rain’s a-going to fall
And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warning
I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazing
I heard ten-thousand whispering and nobody listening
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughing
I heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
I heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
It’s a hard rain’s a-going to fall
Oh, what did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
And who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman, her body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
I met one man who was wounded in love
I met another man who was wounded in hatred
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
It’s a hard rain’s a-going to fall
And what will you do now, my blue-eyed son?
And what will you do now, my darling young one?
I’m a-going back out ’fore the rain starts a-falling
I’ll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
And the executioner’s face is always well hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where the souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And I’ll tell it, and speak it, and think it, and breathe it
And reflect from the mountain so all souls can see it
Then I’ll stand on the ocean until I start sinking
But I’ll know my song well before I start singing
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard
It’s a hard rain’s a-going to fall
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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, 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, 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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Well Im sitting in church
In an old wooden chair
I knew nobody
Would look for me there
Sorrow and pity
Rule the earth and the skies
Looking for nothing
Anyones eyes
Once I had pretty girls
Did me wrong
Now Im marching to the city
And the road aint long
Snowflakes are falling
Around my head
Lord have mercy
It feel heavy like lead
I been hit too hard
Seen too much
Nothing can heal me now
But your touch
Once I had a pretty girl
She done me wrong
Now Im marching to the city
And the road aint long
Loneliness
Got a mind of its own
The more people around
The more you feel alone
Im chained to the earth
Like a silent slave
Trying to break free
Out of deaths dark cave
Once I had a pretty girl
Done me wrong
Now Im marching to the city
And the road aint long
Boys in the street
Beginning to play
Girls like birds
Flying away
Im carrying the roses
That were given to me
And Im thinking about paradise
Wondering what it might be
Once I had a pretty girl
She done me wrong
Now Im marching to the city
And the road aint long
Go over to London
Maybe gay Paree
Follow the river
You get to the sea
I was hoping we could drink from
Lifes clear streams
I was hoping we could dream
Lifes pleasant dreams
Once I had a pretty girl
But she done me wrong
Now Im marching to the city
And the road aint long
Well the weak get weaker
And the strong stay strong
The train keeps rolling
All night long
She looked at me
With an irresistible glance
With a smile
That could make all the planets dance
Once I had a pretty girl
She did me wrong
Now Im marching to the city
And the road aint long
My house is on fire
Burning to the skies
I thought the rain clouds
But the clouds passed by
When Im gone
Youll remember my name
Im gonna win my way
To wealth and fame
Once I had a pretty girl
But she did me wrong
Now Im marching to the city
And the road aint long
I dont know
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Gdyby dzień był drogą mniej splątaną
Gdyby mniej bezdenna była noc
Gdyby jutro tak długo nie czekało
Samotność nie wybiłaby mnie ze snu
Gdyby moja ukochana tu czekała
I gdyby tak jej serce biło blisko
Gdyby ona przy mnie tu leżała
To i ja obok niej... mógłbym spać
Moja twarz się rozmywa w lustrze wody
Moich słów wymowę tłumi ból
Echo gdzieś wygłusza moje kroki
I bezimienny budzę się ze snu
Gdyby moja ukochana tu czekała
I gdyby tak jej serce biło blisko
Gdyby ona przy mnie tu leżała
To i ja obok niej... mógłbym spać
Jest piękno w opowieściach srebrnej rzeki
Jest piękno w przebudzeniu tego dnia
Lecz i to, i wszelkie piękno tego świata
W obliczu twoim tracą cały blask
Gdyby moja ukochana tu czekała
I gdyby tak jej serce biło blisko
Gdyby ona przy mnie tu leżała
To i ja obok niej... mógłbym spać
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One, two, three
I was in your presence for an hour or so
Or was it a day? I truly dont know
The sun never set, where the trees hung low
By that soft and shining sea
Did you respect me for what I did
Or for what I didnt do, or for keeping it hid?
Did I lose my mind when I tried to get rid
Of everything you see?
In the summertime, woah, in the summertime
In the summertime, when you were with me
I got the heart and you got the blood
We cut through iron and we cut through mud
Then came the warning that was bеfore the flood
That set еverybody free
Fools they made a mock of sin
Our loyalty they tried to win
But you were closer to me than my next of kin
When they didnt want to or see
In the summertime, woah, in the summertime
In the summertime, when you were with me
Strangers, they meddled in our affairs
Poverty and shame was theirs
But all that suffering was not to be compared
With the glory that is to be
Im still carrying the gift you gave
Its a part of me now, it’s been cherished and saved
Itll be with me unto the grave
And then unto eternity
In the summertime, woah, in the summertime
In the summertime, when you were with me
In the summertime, woah, in the summertime
In the summertime, when you were with me
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How many roads must a man walk down
Before you can call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times can a cannon ball 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?
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 can a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
How many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
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 raise up your head
And ask Is this where it is?
And somebody points to you
And says Its his
And you say Whats mine?
Somebody else says Where what is?
You say Oh, my God
Am I here all alone?
And you know somethings happenin
But you dont know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
You hand in your ticket
Then you go watch the geek
Who immediately walks up to you
When he hears you speak
And says How does it feel
To be such a freak?
You say Impossible
As he hands you a bone
And you know somethings happenin
But you dont know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
Ah, you have many contacts
Among the lumberjacks
To get you facts
When someone attacks your imagination
But nobody has any respect
Anyway they already expect you
To all give a check
To tax-deductible charity organization, oh yeah, yeah, yeah
You walk into the room
Like a camel and you frown
You put your eyes in your pocket
And your nose on the ground
There ought to be a law
Against you comin around
You should be made
To wear earphone
And you know somethings happenin
But you dont know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
Do you, Mister Jones?
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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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How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, ’n’ how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, ’n’ how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they’re 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’s washed to the sea?
Yes, ’n’ how many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free?
Yes, ’n’ how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn’t 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, ’n’ how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, ’n’ 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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After a while crocodile
Allen Ginsberg later gator
Later later Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg later later
Allen Ginsberg after while
Allen Ginsberg, Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg after while
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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 said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured
I’ll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved
Everything up to that point had been left unresolved
Try imagining a place where it’s always safe and warm
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail
Poisoned in the bushes an’ blown out on the trail
Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
Suddenly I turned around and she was standin’ there
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
Now there’s a wall between us, somethin’ there’s been lost
I took too much for granted, got my signals crossed
Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
But nothing really matters much, it’s doom alone that counts
And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
I’ve heard newborn babies wailin’ like a mournin’ dove
And old men with broken teeth stranded without love
Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes
I bargained for salvation an’ they gave me a lethal dose
I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
Well, I’m livin’ in a foreign country but I’m bound to cross the line
Beauty walks a razor’s edge, someday I’ll make it mine
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
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Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”
Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin me on”
God say, “No.”
Abe say, “What?”
God say, “You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin you better run”
Well Abe says, “Where you want this killin done?”
God says, “Out on Highway 61”
Well Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose
Welfare Department they wouldn’t give him no clothes
He asked poor Howard where can I go
Howard said there’s only one place I know
Sam said tell me quick man I got to run
Old Howard just pointed with his gun
And said that way down on Highway 61
Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King
I got forty red, white and blue shoestrings
And a thousand telephones that don’t ring
Do you know where I can get rid of these things?
And Louie the King said Let me think for a minute son
And he said Yes, I think it can be easily done
Just take everything down to Highway 61
Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night
Told the first father that things weren’t right
My complexion she says is much too white
He said Come here and step into the light
He says Hmm you’re right
Let me tell the second mother this has been done
But the second mother was with the seventh son
And they were both out on Highway 61
Now the rovin gambler he was very bored
Tryin to create a next world war
He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor
He said I never engaged in this kind of thing before
But yes I think it can be very easily done
We’ll just put some bleachers out in the sun
And have it on Highway 61
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The guilty undertaker sighs
The lonely organ grinder cries
The silver saxophones say I should refuse you
The cracked bells and washed-out horns
Blow into my face with scorn
But its not that way
I wasnt born to lose you
I want you, I want you
Oh so bad
Baby, I want you
Once a politician leaves
Upon the street where mothers weep
The saviours who are fast asleep
They wait for you
And I wait for them to interrupt
Me drinkin from my broken cup
And askin me to open up the gate for you
Woh baby I want you
I want you
I want you
Oh, so bad
Baby I want you
Now all my fathers, theyve gone down
True love theyve been without it
But all their daughters put me down
Cause I dont think about it
Baby I want you
Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit
He spoke to me, I took his flute
No, I wasnt very cute to him now was I
I did it because he lied
Because he took you for a ride
And because time was on his side
And because I want you, baby I want you
I want you
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Hey, Mister Tambourine Man
Play a song for me
I’m not sleepy and
There ain’t no place I’m going to
Hey, Mister Tambourine Man
Play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning
I’ll come following you
Take me for a trip upon
Your magic swirlin’ ship
All my senses have been stripped
And my hands can’t feel the grip
And my toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering
I’m ready to go anywhere
I’m ready for to fade
Onto my own parade
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it
Hey, Mister Tambourine Man
Play a song for me
I’m not sleepy and
There ain’t no place I’m going to
Hey, Mister Tambourine Man
Play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning
I’ll come following you
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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 nothin
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like its your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly
Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A 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 set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young peoples blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud
Youve thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You aint worth the blood
That runs in your veins
How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that Im young
You might say Im unlearned
But theres one thing I know
Though Im younger than you
That 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
And I hope that you die
And your deathll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And Ill watch while youre lowered
Down to your deathbed
And Ill stand over your grave
Til Im sure that youre dead
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I ain’t lookin’ to compete with you
Beat or cheat or mistreat you
Simplify you, classify you
Deny, defy or crucify you
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you
No, and I ain’t lookin’ to fight with you
Frighten you or tighten you
Drag you down or drain you down
Chain you down or bring you down
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you
I ain’t lookin’ to block you up
Shock or knock or lock you up
Analyze you, categorize you
Finalize you or advertise you
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you
I don’t want to straight-face you
Race or chase you, track or trace you
Or disgrace you or displace you
Or define you or confine you
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you
I don’t want to meet your kin
Make you spin or do you in
Or select you or dissect you
Or inspect you or reject you
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you
I don’t want to fake you out
Take or shake or forsake you out
I ain’t lookin’ for you to feel like me
See like me or be like me
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you
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God said to Abraham Kill me a son
Abe said Man, you must be putting me on
God said No - Abe said What?
God said You can do what you want Abe
But next time you see me coming you better run
Abe said Whered you want this killing done?
God said Out on Highway 61
Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose
The Welfare Department they wouldnt give him no clothes
He asked Poor Howard Where can I go?
Howard says Theres only one place I know
Sam said Tell me quick man I got to run
Oh, Howard he just pointed with his gun
He said Thats way down Highway 61
Mack the Finger said to Louis the King
I got forty red-white-blue shoe strings
And a thousand telephones that dont ring
Do you know where I can get rid of these things?
Louis the King said Let me think for a minute son
And he said Yes, I think it can be easily done -
Just take everything down to Highway 61
Well the 5th daughter on the 12th night
Told the 1st father that things werent right
My complexion she says is much too white
He says Come here step into the light
He says Mam youre right - let me tell
The 2nd mother this has been love
But the 2nd mother was with the 7th son
And they were both out on Highway 61
Now the roving gambler he was very bored
Trying to create a next World War
He found a promoter who nearly fell on the floor
He said I never engaged in this kind of thing before
But yes, I think it can be very easily done
Well just put some bleachers out in the sun
And head it out on Highway
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Every time you try to squeeze me
I know you try to tease me, on an on
Big dog, wont you please come home
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Ooh, ooh
Ooh
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can’t use it anymore
It’s gettin dark, too dark to see
Feels like 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 comin down, yeah, yeah
Feels like 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, yeah, yeah
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, yeah, yeah, ooh
Thank you
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Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as I stand inside the rain
Evrybody knows that Babys 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, shes my friend
Yes, I believe Ill go see her again
Nobody has to guess
That Baby cant be blessed
Till she sees finally
That shes 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 whats worse
Is this pain in here
I cant stay in here
Aint it clear that-
I just cant fit
Yes, I believe its time for us to quit
When we meet again introduced as friends
Please dont 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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Quante le strade che un uomo farà
E quando fermarsi potrà?
Quanti mari un gabbiano dovrà attraversar
Per giungere e per riposar?
Quando tutta la gente del mondo riavrà
Per sempre la sua libertà?
Risposta non cè, o forse chi lo sa
Caduta nel vento sarà
Quando dal mare unonda verrà
Che i monti lavare potrà?
Quante volte un uomo dovrà litigar
Sapendo che è inutile odiar?
E poi quante persone dovranno morir
Perché siamo in troppi a morir?
Risposta non cè, o forse chi lo sa
Caduta nel vento sarà
Quanti cannoni dovranno sparar
E quando la pace verrà?
Quanti bimbi innocenti dovranno morir
E senza sapere il perché?
Quanto giovane sangue versato sarà
Finché unalba nuova verrà?
Risposta non cè, o forse chi lo sa
Caduta nel vento sarà
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Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as I stand here in the rain
Everybody knows that babys got new clothes
But lately I see her ribbons and her bows
Have fallen from her curls
Oh, she takes just like a woman
Yes she does
And she makes love just like a woman
Yes she does
And she aches just like a woman
Yeah, but she breaks just like a little girl
Mary, shes my friend
Yes, I believe Ill go see her again
Nobody has to guess
That baby cant be blessed
Til she finally sees that shes like all the rest
With her fog, her amphetamines and her pearls
Oh, she takes just like a woman
Yes she does
And she makes love just like a woman
Yes she does
And she aches just like a woman
Yeah, but she breaks just like a little girl
It was rainin from the first
I was dyin of thirst
So I came in here
And your longtime curse
Hurts but whats worse
Is this pain in here
I cant stay in here
Aint it clear
I just cant fit
Yes, I believe its time for us to quit
When we meet again, introduced as friends
Please dont let on that you knew me when
I was hungry and it was your world
Oh, she takes just like a woman
Yes she does
And she makes love just like a woman
Yes she does
And she aches just like a woman
Yeah, but she breaks just like a little girl
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Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didnt you?
Peopled call, say, Beware doll, youre bound to fall
You thought they were all 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
Like a rolling stone?
Youve gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out youre gonna have to get used to it
You said youd 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 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 aint no good
You shouldnt 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
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 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
Theyre drinkin, thinkin that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But youd better lift your diamond ring, youd 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 cant refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
Youre invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal
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?
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Feeling funny in my mind, Lord
I believe Im fixing to die, fixing to die
Feeling funny in my mind, Lord
I believe Im fixing to die
Well, I dont mind dying
But I hate to leave my children crying
Well, I look over yonder to that burying ground
Look over yonder to that burying ground
Sure seems lonesome, Lord
When the sun goes down
Feeling funny in my eyes, Lord
I believe Im fixing to die, fixing to die
Feeling funny in my eyes, Lord
I believe Im fixing to die
Well, I dont mind dying but
I hate to leave my children crying
Theres a black smoke rising, Lord
Its rising up above my head, up above my head
Its rising up above my head, up above my head
And tell Jesus make up my dying bed
Im walking kind of funny, Lord
I believe Im fixing to die, fixing to die
Yes Im walking kind of funny, Lord
I believe Im fixing to die
Fixing to die, fixing to die
Well, I dont mind dying
But I hate to leave my children crying
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They say every thing must be replaced
They say every distance is not near
Yet I remember every face
Of every man who put me here
I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any way now
I shall be released
They say every man needs protection
They say that every man must fall
Yet I swear I see my reflection
Somewhere so high above this wall
I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any way now
I shall be released
Standin next to me in this lonely crowd
A man who swears hes not to blame
All day long I hear him shoutin so loud
Cryin out that he was framed
I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any way now
I shall be released
Any day now, any way now
I shall be released
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You got a lotta nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down
You just stood there grinning
You got a lotta nerve
To say you got a helping hand to lend
You just want to be on
The side that’s winning
You say I let you down
You know it’s not like that
If you’re so hurt
Why then don’t you show it
You say you lost your faith
But that’s not where it’s at
You had no faith to lose
And you know it
I know the reason
That you talk behind my back
I used to be among the crowd
You’re in with
Do you take me for such a fool
To think I’d make contact
With the one who tries to hide
What he don’t know to begin with
You see me on the street
You always act surprised
You say, “How are you?” “Good luck”
But you don’t mean it
When you know as well as me
You’d rather see me paralysed
So why don’t you just come right out
And scream it
No, I do not feel that good
When I see the heartbreaks you embrace
If I was a master thief
Perhaps I’d rob them
And now I know you’re dissatisfied
With your position and your place
Don’t you understand
It’s not my problem
I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment
I could be you
And I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
You’d know what a drag it is
To see you
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You say you will love me
If I have to go
Youll be thinkin of me
Somehow I will know
Someday when Im lonely
Wishing you werent so far away
Then I will remember
Things we said today
You say youll be mine, girl
Till the end of time
These days such a kind girl
Seems so hard to find
Someday when were dreaming
Deep in love, not a lot to say
Then we will remember
Things we said today
Me, Im just the lucky kind
Love to hear you say that love is luck
And, though we may be blind
Love is here to stay and thats enough
To make you mine, girl
Be the only one
Love me all the time, girl
Well go on and on
Someday when were dreaming
Deep in love, not a lot to say
Then we will remember
Things we said today
Me, Im just the lucky kind
Love to hear you say that love is luck
And, though we may be blind
Love is here to stay. And thats enough
To make you mine, girl
Be the only one
Love me all the time, girl
Well go on and on
Someday when were dreaming
Deep in love, not a lot to say
Then we will remember
Things we said today
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When your mother sends back all your invitations
And your father to your sister he explains
That you’re tired of yourself and all of your creations
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane?
Now when all of the flower ladies want back what they have lent you
And the smell of their roses does not remain
And all of your children start to resent you
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane?
Now when all the clowns that you have commissionеd
Have died in battle or in vain
And you’rе sick of all this repetition
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane?
Oh, when all of your advisers heave their plastic
At your feet to convince you of your pain
Trying to prove that your conclusions should be more drastic
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane?
Now when all of the bandits that you turned your other cheek to
All lay down their bandanas and complain
And you want somebody ya don’t have to speak to
Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane?
Aw, won’t you come see me, Queen Jane?
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We carried you in our arms
On Independence Day
And now youd throw us all aside
And put us on our way
Oh, what daughter beneath the sun
Would treat a father so
To wait upon him hand and foot
And always answer No?
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I be the one to be the thief?
Come to me now, you know
Were so low, and life is brief
We pointed out the way to go
When we scratched your name in sand
Though you thought it was nothing more
Than a place for you to stand
Now, I want you to know that while we watched
You discovered there was no one true
But I remember that I thought
It was a childish thing to do
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I be the one to be the thief?
Come to me now, you know
Were so low, and life is brief
It was all very painless
When you went 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 be the one to be the thief?
Oh, come to me now, you know
Were so low, and life is brief
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Once upon a time, you dressed so fine
Through the bums of dime in your prime, didnt you?
People call, say Beware doll, youre bound to fall
You thought they were all 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 havin to be scrounging for your next meal
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be on your own
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
Oh, you went to the finest school alright, Mr. Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in
Nobody ever taught you how to live out on the street
And now youre gonna have to get used to it
You said youd never compromise
With a mystery tramp, but now you realize
Hes 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
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
Like a rolling stone
Like a rolling stone
Like a rolling stone
Like a rolling stone
Like a rolling stone
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Crash on the levee, mama
Waters going to overflow
And the swamps going to rise
No boats going to row
Well you can train on down
To Williams Point
You can bust your feet
You can rock this joint
But oh mama, wont you miss your best friend now?
Youre going to have to find yourself
Another best friend, somehow
Now, dont you try and move me, mama
Youre just bound to lose
Theres a crash on the levee, mama
Youve been refused
And its sugar for sugar
Salt for salt
If you go down in the flood
Its going to be your own fault
But oh mama, wont you miss your best friend now?
Youre going to have to find yourself
Another best friend, somehow
Well the high tides rising, mama
Mama, dont you let me down
Pack up your suitcase
Mama, dont you make a sound
Cause its king for king
Queen for queen
Its going to be the meanest flood
That anybodys seen
But oh mama, wont you miss your best friend now?
Youre going to have to find yourself
Another best friend, somehow
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You walk into the room
With your pencil in your hand
You see somebody naked
And you say, “Who is that man?”
You try so hard
But you don’t understand
Just what you’ll say
When you get home
Because something is happening here
But you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
You raise up your head
And you ask, “Is this where it is?”
And somebody points to you and says
“It’s his”
And you say, “What’s mine?”
And somebody else says, “Where what is?”
And you say, “Oh my God
Am I here all alone?”
Because something is happening here
But you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
You hand in your ticket
And you go watch the geek
Who immediately walks up to you
When he hears you speak
And says, “How does it feel
To be such a freak?”
And you say, “Impossible”
As he hands you a bone
Because something is happening here
But you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
You have many contacts
Among the lumberjacks
To get you facts
When someone attacks your imagination
But nobody has any respect
Anyway they already expect you
To just give a check
To tax-deductible charity organizations
You’ve been with the professors
And they’ve all liked your looks
With great lawyers you have
Discussed lepers and crooks
You’ve been through all of
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s books
You’re very well read
It’s well known
Because something is happening here
But you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you
And then he kneels
He crosses himself
And then he clicks his high heels
And without further notice
He asks you how it feels
And he says, “Here is your throat back
Thanks for the loan”
Because something is happening here
But you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
Now you see this one-eyed midget
Shouting the word “NOW”
And you say, “For what reason?”
And he says, “How?”
And you say, “What does this mean?”
And he screams back, “You’re a cow
Give me some milk
Or else go home”
Because something is happening here
But you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
Well, you walk into the room
Like a camel and then you frown
You put your eyes in your pocket
And your nose on the ground
There ought to be a law
Against you comin’ around
You should be made
To wear earphones
Because something is happening here
But you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
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Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as I stand inside the rain
Evrybody knows
That Babys 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, shes my friend
Yes, I believe Ill go see her again
Nobody has to guess
That Baby cant be blessed
Till she sees finally that shes 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 whats worse
Is this pain in here
I cant stay in here
Aint it clear that--
I just cant fit
Yes, I believe its time for us to quit
When we meet again
Introduced as friends
Please dont 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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Well, i ride on a mailtrain, baby
Cant buy a thrill
Well, ive been up all night
Leanin on the window sill
Well, if i die
On top of the hill
And if i dont make it
You know my baby will
Dont the moon look good, mama
Shinin through the trees ?
Dont the brakeman look good, mama
Flagging down the double e ?
Dont the sun look good
Going down over the sea ?
But dont my gal look fine
When shes comin after me ?
Well, the wintertime is coming
The windows are filled with frost
I went to tell everybody
But i could not get across
Well, i wanna be your lover, baby
I dont wanna be your boss
Dont say i never wanted you
When your train gets lost
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Theres nothing round here I believe in
Cept you, yeah you
And theres nothing to me thats sacred
Cept you, yeah you
Youre the one that reaches me
Youre the one that I admire
Every time we meet together
My soul feels like its on fire
Nothing matters to me
And theres nothing I desire
Cept you, yeah you
Nothing round here I care to try for
Cept you, yeah you
Got nothing left to live or die for
Cept you, yeah you
Theres a hymn I used to hear
In the churches all the time
Make me feel so good inside
So peaceful, so sublime
And theres nothing to remind me of that
Old familiar chime
Cept you, uh huh you
Used to play in the cemetery
Dance and sing and run when I was a child
Never seemed strange
But now I just pass mournfully by
That place where the bones of life are piled
I know somethin has changed
Im a stranger here and no one sees me
Cept you, yeah you
Nothing much matters or seems to please me
Cept you, yeah you
Nothing hypnotizes me
Or holds me in a spell
Everything runs by me
Just like water from a well
Everybody wants my attention
Evrybodys got something to sell
Cept you, yeah you
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There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
Theres too much confusion
I cant get no relief
Businessman they drink my wine
Plow men dig my earth
None will level on the line
Nobody of it is worth
Hey hey
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 uh
But you and I weve been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hours getting late
Hey
Hey
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Bare-foot servants to, but huh
Outside in the cold distance
A wild cat did growl
Two riders were approachin
And the wind began to howl
Hey
Oh
All along the watchtower
Hear you sing around the watch
Gotta beware gotta beware I will
Yeah
Ooh baby
All along the watchtower
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Our conversation was short and sweet
It nearly swept me off-a my feet
And I’m back in the rain, oh, oh
And you are on dry land
You made it there somehow
You’re a big girl now
Bird on the horizon, sittin’ on a fence
He’s singin’ his song for me at his own expense
And I’m just like that bird, oh, oh
Singin’ just for you
I hope that you can hear
Hear me singin’ through these tears
Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast
Oh, but what a shame if all we’ve shared can’t last
I can change, I swear, oh, oh
See what you can do
I can make it through
You can make it too
Love is so simple, to quote a phrase
You’ve known it all the time, I’m learnin’ it these days
Oh, I know where I can find you, oh, oh
In somebody’s room
It’s a price I have to pay
You’re a big girl all the way
A change in the weather is known to be extreme
But what’s the sense of changing horses in midstream?
I’m going out of my mind, oh, oh
With a pain that stops and starts
Like a corkscrew to my heart
Ever since we’ve been apart
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It could be the color of the sun cut flat
And covering the crossroads Im standing at
Or maybe its the weather or something like that
Baby, youve been on my mind
I dont mean trouble please dont put me down, dont get upset
Im not pleading
Im not saying when I cant forget you
I do not walk the floor, bowed down to beg and yet
Baby, youve been on my mind
I am not asking you to say words like yes or no
Please understand me, Ive got no place for you to go
Im just breathing to myself, pretending not that I dont know
Baby, youve been on my mind
Even though my minds hazy and my thoughts, they may be narrow
Where you been don’t bother me or bring me down in sorrow
It dont even matter who youre waking with tomorrow
Baby, youve been on my mind
When you wake up in the mornin’, baby, look inside your mirror
Girl I won’t be next to you, come you know I won’t be near you
I’d just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
As someone who has had you on his mind
As someone who has had you on his mind
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Oh it aint no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you dont know by now
Oh it aint no use just to sit and wonder why, babe
Itll never do somehow
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and Ill be gone
Youre the reason Im travelin on
But dont think twice, its all right
It aint no use in turnin on your light, babe
Thats a light Ive never known
It aint no use in turnin on your light, oh
Cause Im on the dark side of the road
I wish there was something you could do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin anyway
But dont think twice, its all right
Oh it aint no use in callin out my name, now
Like youve never done before
Oh it aint no use in callin out my name, now, no
I cant hear you no more
Im thinkin and a-wondrin all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child Im told
I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul
But dont think twice, its all right
Im walkin down that long, lonesome road, babe
Where Im bound, I cant tell
Goodbyes too good a word, babe
Ill just say Fare thee well.
Yeah I aint saying you treated me unkind
You coulda done better, but I dont mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But dont think twice, its all right
Dont think twice, its all right
Thanks!
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They say everything can be replaced
They say every distance is not near
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here
I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
They say every man needs protection
They say that every man must fall
Yet I swear I see my reflection
Somewhere so high above this wall
I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
Now yonder stands a man in this lonely crowd
A man who swears hes not to blame
All day long I hear him shouting so loud
Crying out that he was framed
I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
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Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw bums a dime in your prime, didnt you?
People called said beware doll, youre bound to fall
You thought they were all kidding you
You used to laugh about
People who were hanging out
Now you dont talk so loud
Now you dont seem so proud
About having to be scrounging your next meal
How does it feel, how does it feel?
To be on your own, without a home
Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone
Youve gone to the finest schools, alright miss lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
Nobodys ever taught you how to live out on the street
And now youre gonna have to get used to it
You say you never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
Hes not selling any alibies
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, without a home
Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone
Oh, you never turned around to see the frowns
On the jumpers and the clowns when they did their tricks for you
You never understood that it aint no good
You shouldnt let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on your chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a siamese cat
Aint it hard when you discovered 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, without a home
Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone
Princess on a steeple and all the pretty people
Theyre all drinking, thinking that theyve got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
You better take your diamond ring, you better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him he calls you, you cant refuse
When you aint got nothing, you got nothing to loose
Youre invisible now, youve got not secret to conceal
How does it feel, how does it feel?
To be on your own, without a home
Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone
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It aint no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It dont matter anyhow
It aint no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you dont know by now
When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and Ill be gone
And youre the reason Im travellin on
And dont think twice, its alright
It aint no use in turnin on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
It aint no use in turnin on your light, babe
Im on the dark side of the road
Im wishin there were something you could do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin anyway
Dont think twice, its alright
It aint no use in callin out my name, child
Like you never done before
It aint no use in callin out my name, child
I cant hear you anymore
Im aint sayin you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I dont mind
You just sorta wasted my precious time
But dont think twice, its alright
Im walkin down that long lonesome road, babe
Where Im bound, I cant tell
Goodbye is too good a word, child
So Ill just say, fare thee well
Im a-thinkin and a-wonderin all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child Im told
And I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul
And dont think twice, its alright
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Its Hell time, man
Hell time, man
Hell time, man
Hell time, man
Down in the street, the fools rule
Theres no freedom or self respect
A knife point or a trip to the joint
Is about all you can expect
They kill people here who stand up for their rights
The systems just too damned corrupt
Its always the same, the name of the game
Is who do you know higher up
All right
Its Hell time, man
Hell time, man
Hell time, man
Hell time, man
Black and white, the idiotic, the exotic
Wealth is a filthy rag
So erotic, so unpatriotic
So wrapped up in the American flag
Witchcraft scum exploiting the dumb
Turning children into punks and slaves
Whose heroes and healers are rich drug dealers
Who should be put in their graves
All right
Its Hell time, man
Hell time, man
Hell time, man
Hell time man
Now, listen to me, Mr. Pussy Man
This might be your last night in a bed so soft
Were not pimps on the make, politicians on the take
You cant pay us off
We gonna blow up your house of voodoo
And watch it burn without any regrets
We got the power, were the new government
You just dont know it yet
All right
Its Hell time, man
Hell time, man
Hell time, man
Hell time, man
All right
For all of my brothers in Vietnam
And my uncles in World War II
Id like to say that its countdown time
Were gonna do what the law should do
And for you, pretty baby, I know you been here before
I know your storys just too tough to share
One of these days, youll be talking in your sleep
And when you do, I wanna be there, yeah, yeah
Hell time, man
Hell time, man
Hell time, man
Hell time, man
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Johnny è nel seminterrato
Cucina lacido
Io per la strada
In un angolo
Controllo il traffico
Il poliziotto
Dentro al cappotto
Tossisce e grida
Vuole la buonuscita
Ragazzino, cosa fai?
Guarda che è sicuro
Che lo rifarai
Scappa nel vicolo
Scansa il pericolo
Nel parco uno
Con un cappello ridicolo
Ti dà la mano
Vuole qualcosa di strano
Jenny cerca le cimici
Dentro al telefon
Porta una tuta mimetica
Fruga negli angoli
Quelli dellAnticrimine
Stanno ascoltando
La incastreranno
Prima di Capodanno
Ragazzino, stiamo attenti
Quello che fai
Già lhanno fatto in tanti
Balla sulle punte
Evita le paste
Evita le masse
E gli agenti in borghese
Non ti serve un calendario
Per sapere
Quale è il mese
Prenditi un malanno
Guarisci bene
Suonano alla porta
Chi sarà che viene
Cosa ti vogliono vendere
Quali rimedi
Usa lalfabeto dei ciechi
Anche se ci vedi
Ragazzino è tutto vero
Ti stanno addosso
Ti faranno nero
Gente senza scrupoli
Perdenti isterici
Gente senza coraggio
Comici di passaggio
Vedi il prezzo del biglietto
Se vale il viaggio
Nasci velocemente
Stattene al caldo
Buttati nelle avventure
Impara il ballo
Vai ventanni a scuola
Non mollare
Trovati un posto
In un call center
Per mangiare
Ragazzino cercati una chiave
Butta la scaletta
Salta dalla nave
Evita i coriandoli
Non portare i sandali
Gli sbocchi li hanno chiusi
Senza troppi scandali
Non cercare le maniglie
Le hanno prese i vandali
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Go ’way from my window
Leave at your own chosen speed
I’m not the one you want, babe
I’m not the one you need
You say you’re lookin’ for someone
Never weak but always strong
To protect you an’ defend you
Whether you are right or wrong
Someone to open each and every door
But it ain’t me, babe
No, no, no, it ain’t me, babe
It ain’t me you’re lookin’ for, babe
Go lightly from the ledge, babe
Go lightly on the ground
I’m not the one you want, babe
I will only let you down
You say you’re 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 an’ more
But it ain’t me, babe
No, no, no, it ain’t me, babe
It ain’t me you’re lookin’ for, babe
Go melt back into the night, babe
Everything inside is made of stone
There’s nothing in here moving
An’ anyway I’m not alone
You say you’re lookin for someone
Who’ll pick you up each time you fall
To gather flowers constantly
An’ to come each time you call
A lover for your life an’ nothing more
But it ain’t me, babe
No, no, no, it ain’t me, babe
It ain’t me you’re lookin’ for, babe
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I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
No, I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
Well, I wake in the morning
Fold my hands and pray for rain
I got a head full of ideas
That are drivin’ me insane
It’s a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor
I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s brother no more
No, I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s brother no more
Well, he hands you a nickel
He hands you a dime
He asks you with a grin
If you’re havin’ a good time
Then he fines you every time you slam the door
I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s brother no more
I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s pa no more
No, I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s pa no more
Well, he puts his cigar
Out in your face just for kicks
His bedroom window
It is made out of bricks
The National Guard stands around his door
Ah, I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s pa no more
I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s ma no more
No, I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s ma no more
Well, she talks to all the servants
About man and God and law
Everybody says
She’s the brains behind pa
She’s sixty-eight, but she says she’s twenty-four
I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s ma no more
I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
No, I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am
But everybody wants you
To be just like them
They sing while you slave and I just get bored
I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
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Oh, gypsy gal, the hands of Harlem
Cannot hold you to its heat
Your temperature is too hot for taming
Your flaming feet are burning up the street
Im homeless, come and take me
Into the reach of your rattlin drums
Oh, let me know, babe, all about my fortune
Down along my restless palms
Oh, gypsy gal, you got me swallowed
I have fallen far beneath
Your pearly eyes, so fast and slashing
And your flashing diamond teeth
The night is pitch black, come an’ make my
Pale face fit into place, ah, please!
Let me know, babe, I’m nearly drowning
If it’s you my lifelines trace
I been wondering all about me
Ever since I seen you there
On the cliffs of your wildcat charms I’m riding
I know I’m around you but I don’t know where
You have slayed me, you have made me
I got to laugh half ways off my heels
I got to know, babe, oh oh will you surround me?
So I can tell if I’m really real
I got to know, babe, oh oh will you surround me?
So I can tell if I’m really real
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Sixteen years
Sixteen banners united over the fields
Where the good shepherd grieves
Desperate men, desperate women divided
Spreading their wings neath falling leaves
Fortune calls
I stepped forth from the shadows to the marketplace
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down
She’s smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born
On Midsummers Eve near the tower
The cold-blooded moon
The captain waits above the celebration
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
Whose ebony face is beyond communication
The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid
They shaved her head
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo
A messenger arrived with a black nightingale
I seen her on the stairs and I couldnt help but follow
Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil
I stumbled to my feet
I rode past destruction in the ditches
With the stitches still mending ’neath a heart-shaped tattoo
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
Were handing out the flowers that Id given to you
The palace of mirrors
Where dog soldiers are reflected
The endless road and the wailing of chimes
The empty rooms where her memory is protected
Where the angels voices whisper to the souls of previous times
She wakes him up
Forty-eight hours later the sun is breaking
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks
Shes begging to know what measures he now will be taking
Hes pulling her down and shes clutching onto his long golden locks
Gentlemen, he said I dont need your organization, Ive shined your shoes
I’ve moved your mountains and marked your cards
But Eden is burning either get ready for elimination
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards
Peace will come
With tranquillity and splendor on the wheels of fire
But will offer no reward when her false idols fall
And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
Between the King and the Queen of Swords
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Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
Im not sleepy, and there is no place Im goin to
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle mornin Ill come followin you
I can hear vague traces of skippin reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, I wont pay them any mind
Its just a shadow of my soul that I am chasin
My weariness amazes me, Im branded on my feet
And I have no one to meet
And that ancient empty streets too dead for dreamin
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
Im not sleepy, and there is no place Im goin to
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle mornin Ill come followin you
Take me for a trip upon your magic swirlin ship
All my senses have been stripped and my hands cant feel to grip
And my toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin
Im ready to go anywhere, Im ready for to fade
Until my own parade, I promise to go wanderin
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
Im not sleepy, and there is no place Im goin to
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle mornin Ill come followin you
Take me disappearin through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time
Far past the tremblin leaves
And 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
Of a thousand distant lands
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
Im not sleepy, and there is no place Im goin to
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle mornin Ill come followin you
Ill come followin you
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Corrina, Corrina
Gal, where you been so long?
Corrina, Corrina
Gal, where you been so long?
I been worrin bout you, baby
Baby, please come home
I got a bird that whistles
I got a bird that sings
I got a bird that whistles
I got a bird that sings
But I ain a-got Corrina
Life dont mean a thing
Corrina, Corrina
Gal, youre on my mind
Corrina, Corrina
Gal, youre on my mind
Im a-thinkin bout you, baby
I just cant keep from crying
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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
Im not sleepy and there aint no place Im goin to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning, Ill come followin you
Take me for a trip upon your magic swirlin ship
All my senses have been stripped
And my hands cant feel to grip
And my toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin
Im ready to go anywhere, Im ready for to fade
Unto 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 goin to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning Ill come followin you
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Well, heres a song now
This is about a man in jail out there you probably have heard of
Were tryna get him out of jail
Pistol shots ring out on a barroom night
Enter Patty Valentine from the outer hall
She sees a bartender in a pool of blood
Cries out, My God, theyve killed them all
Here comes the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
For something that he never done
Put in a prison cell, but one time, he couldve been
The champion of the world
Three bodies lying there does Patty see
And another man named Bello moving mysteriously
I didnt do it, he says, and he throws up his hands
I was only robbing the register, you understand?
I saw them leaving, he says, and he stops
One of us had better call on the cops
And so Patty calls the cops
And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashing
In the hot New Jersey night
Meanwhile, far away, in another part of town
Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are driving around
Number one contender for the middleweight crown
Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down
When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road
Just like the time before and the time before that
In Paterson, thats the way things go
If youre black, you might as well not show up on the street
Less you want to draw the heat
Alfred Bello, he had this rap on the cops
He and Arthur Dexter Bradley were in here prowling around
He saw two men running out of here, they looked like middleweights
Jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates
And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head
Cop said, Wait a minute, boys, this ones not dead
So they took him to the infirmary
And though this man could hardly see
They told him he could identify the guilty men
Four in the morning and they haul Rubin in
Take him to the hospital and they brought him upstairs
The wounded man looks up through his one dying eye
Says, Whyd you bring him in here for? He aint the guy
Yes, heres the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
For something that he never done
Put in a prison cell, but one time he couldve been
The champion of the world
Four months later, the ghettos are in flame
Rubins in South America fighting for his name
Arthur Dexter Bradleys still in the robbery game
And the cops are putting the screws to him, looking for someone to blame
Remember that murder that happened in a bar?
Remember you said you saw the getaway car?
You think youd like to play ball with the law?
Think it mightve been that fighter that you saw running that night?
Dont forget now, youre white
Arthur Dexter Bradley said, Im really not sure
Cops said, A poor boy like you could use a break
We got you for the motel job, were talking to your friend Bello
You dont want to have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow
Youll be doing society a favor
That son of a bitch is brave and getting braver
We want to put his ass in stir
We want to pin this triple murder on him
He aint no Gentleman Jim
Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
Never did like to talk about it all that much
Its my work, hed say, I do it for pay
And when its over, Id just as soon go on my way
Up to some paradise
Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice
And ride a horse along a trail
But then they took him to the jailhouse
Where they try to turn a man into a mouse
All of Rubins cards were marked in advance
The trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance
The judge made Rubins witnesses drunkards from the slums
To the white folks who watched, he was a revolutionary bum
And to the black folks, he was just a crazy nigger
No one doubted that he pulled the trigger
And though they could not produce the gun
The D.A. said he was the one who did the deed
And the all-white jury agreed
Rubin Carter was falsely tried
The crime was murder one, guess who testified?
Bello and Bradley, and they both lied
And the newspapers, they all went along for the ride
How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fools hand?
To see him obviously framed
Couldnt help but make me feel ashamed
To live in a land where justice is a game
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell
An innocent man in a living hell
Thats the story of the Hurricane
But it wont be over til they clear his name
And give him back the time hes done
Put in a prison cell, but one time
He couldve been the champion of the world
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Im walking through the summer nights
The jukebox playing low
Yesterday everything was going too fast
Today its moving too slow
I got no place left to turn
I got nothing left to burn
Dont know if I saw you if I would kiss you or kill you
It probably wouldnt matter to you anyhow
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
I got nothing to go back to now
The light in this place is so bad
Its making me sick in the head
All the laughter is just making me sad
The stars have turned cherry red
Im strumming on my gay guitar
Smoking a cheap cigar
The ghost of our old love has not gone away
Dont look like it will anytime soon
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
Under the midnight moon
Maybe theyll get mе and maybe they wont
But not tonight and it wont be hеre
There are things I could say but I dont
I know the mercy of God must be near
Ive been riding a midnight train
Got ice water in my veins
I would be crazy if I took you back
It would go up against every rule
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
Suffering like a fool
When the last rays of daylight go down
Buddy, you’ll roll no more
I can hear the church bells ringing in the yard
I wonder who theyre ringing for
I know I cant win
But my heart just wont give in
Last night I danced with a stranger
But she just reminded me you were the one
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
In the dark land of the sun
I eat when Im hungry, drink when Im dry
And live my life on the square
And even if the flesh falls off of face
I know someone will be there to care
It always means so much
Even the softest touch
I see nothing to be gained by any explanation
Theres no words that need to be said
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
Blues wrapped around my head
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
Blues wrapped around my head
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O homem deu nome
A todos animais
Desde o início
Desde o início
O homem deu nome
A todos animais
Desde o início
Há muito
Tempo atrás
O homem deu nome
A todos animais
Desde o início
Desde início
O homem deu nome
A todos animais
Desde o início
Há muito
Tempo atrás
Viu um animal
Com tal poder
Garras afiadas
E um porte
Quando rugia
Tremia o chão
Disse com razão
Chamar-se-á leão
O homem deu nome
A todos animais
Desde o início
Desde o início
O homem deu nome
A todos animais
Desde o início
Há muito
Tempo atrás
Viu um animal
Que era tão manso
Puro, lindo
Nenhum mal fará
Mas seu predador
Que não é bobo
Vou chamar de lobo
E sempre o caçará
Era a ovelha
O homem deu nome
A todos animais
Desde o início
Desde o início
O homem deu nome
A todos animais
Desde o início
Há muito
Tempo atrás
O homem deu nome
A todos animais
Desde o início
Desde o início
O homem deu nome
A todos animais
Desde o início
Há muito
Tempo atrás
Viu outro animal
Se alimentar
No peito da mãe
Seu leite a sugar
Viu
Que aquela fêmea
Não é fraca
Doutras se destaca
E a chamou de vaca
O homem deu nome
A todos animais
Desde o início
Desde o início
O homem deu nome
A todos os animais
Desde o início
Há muito
Tempo atrás
Viu uma criatura
Se arrastando
No chão
Sibilando
Lentamente
Só não percebeu
Foi o veneno
Dentro
De seu início
O homem deu nome
A todos animais
Desde o início
Há muito
Tempo atrás
O homem deu nome
A todos animais
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Well, the pressure’s down, the boss aint here
Hes gone North for a while
They say that vanity got the best of him
But he sure left here in style
By the way, that’s a cute hat
And that smile’s so hard to resist
What’s a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this?
You know, con men dont meet strangers
To them there are none
Within a quarter of an hour
Theyre on good terms with anyone
To deal in this game, you gotta make the queen disappear
It’s done with a flick of the wrist
What’s a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this?
You know, a woman like you should be at home
That’s where you belong
Taking care of someone nice
Who dont know how to do you wrong
How much abuse will you be able to take?
There’s no way to tell by that first kiss
What’s a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this?
You know you can make a name for yourself
You can hear them tires squeal
You can be the most beautiful woman
Who ever crawled across cut glass to make a deal
You know, news of you had come down the line
Before you came through the door
They say in your father’s house, there’s many mansions
Each has a fireproof floor
Snap out of it, baby, people are jealous of you
They smile at your face, behind your back they hiss
What’s a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this?
You got to be a V.I.P. to be in here, honey
Got to have done some evil deed
Got to have your own harem when you walked through the door
You got to play your harp until your lips bleed
They say patriotism is the last refuge
To which a scoundrel will cling
Steal a little and they throw you in jail
Steal a lot and they make you the king
There’s only one way down from here, honey
It’s called the land of permanent bliss
What’s a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this?
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You will search, babe
At any cost
But how long, babe
Can you search for what is not lost ?
Everybody will help you
Some people are very kind
But if I can save you anytime
Come on, give it to me
Ill keep it with mine
I cant help it
If you might think I am odd
If I say Im loving you
Not for what you are but for what youre not
Everybody will help you
Discover what you set out to find
But if I can save you anytime
Come on, give it to me
Ill keep it with mine
The train leaves
At half past ten
But it will be back
In the same old spot again
The conductor
Hes still stuck on the line
But if I can save you anytime
Come on, give it to me
Ill keep it with mine
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Hey, Bob, cmon in here and put on a guitar
Like a rolling pin
Once upon a time, you dressed so fine
Threw the Mats a dime in your prime
Didnt you?
Peopled call, you say beware doll
Youre bound to fall, but we been fallin through
You used to laugh a lot
At everybody that was hanging... 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 on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling pin
Peopled call and say beware doll
But yknow you only get juiced in it
Nobody taught you how to live on sixty dollars for three days
But youre gonna get used to it
You used to laugh a lot
I used to laugh a lot
Hes not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And you say do you want to make a deal?
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be on our own
With no direction home
Like a rolling stone
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Clouds so swift
Rain wont lift
Gate wont close
Railings froze
Get your mind of wintertime
You aint goin nowhere
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrows the day
My brides gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair
I dont care
How many letters they sent
The morning came and morning went
Pick up your money
And pack up your tent
You aint goin nowhere
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrows the day
My brides gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair
Buy me a flute
And a gun that shoots
Tailgates some substitutes
Tie yourself
To a tree with roots
You aint goin nowhere
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrows the day
My brides gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair
Oh, Genghis Khan
He could not keep
All his kings
Supplied with sleep
Well climb that hill no matter how steep
When we get up to it
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrows the day
My brides gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrows the day
My brides gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrows the day
My brides gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair
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This is one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs--One Too Many Mornings--and we all wish him a very happy 80th birthday.
Down the street the dogs are barkin
And the day is a-gettin dark
As the night comes in a-falling
The dogs will lose their bark
And the silent night shatters
The sounds inside my mind
Just one too many mornings
And a thousand miles behind
From the crossroads of my doorstep
My eyes start to fade
And I turn my head back to the room
Where my love and I have laid
And I gaze back to the street
The sidewalks and the signs
And its one too many mornings
And a thousand miles bеhind
It’s a restless hungry feeling
Dont do anyone no good
Whеn everything I’m a-sayin
You can say it just as good
You’re right from your side
Im right from mine
Both one too many mornings
And a thousand miles behind
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Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as I stand inside the rain
Everybody knows that baby’s got new clothes
Lately I see her ribbons and her bows
And the problems as they fall from her curls
She takes just like a woman
And she makes love just like a woman
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl
Queen Mary, she’s my friend
I believe I’ll go see her again
Nobodys got to guess that baby can’t be blessed
Til she finds out that she’s like all the rest
With her fog, her amphetamines, and her pearls
She takes just like a woman
And she makes love just like a woman
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, Lord
Is this pain in here
I can’t stay in here
Ain’t it clear
That I, oh I cant fit?
I believe it’s time for us to quit
And 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
And you make love just like a woman
Then you ache just like a woman
But you break just like a little girl
You break just like a little girl
You break just like
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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
Forever young
Forever young
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
For, forever young
Forever young
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Aint no use to sit and wonder why babe
If you dont know by now
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 babe and Ill be gone
Youre the reason I keep travelin on
But dont think twice its all right
Aint no use in turning on your light babe
That light Ive never known
Aint no use in turning on your light babe
Im on the dark side of the road
Wishin there was something you could do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
But we never did too much talkin anyway
But dont think twice its all right
Aint no use in callin out my name now
Like you never done before
Aint no use in callin out my name gal
I cant hear you anymore
Walkin and a thinkin
Goin down this road
I once loved a woman
A child Im told
I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul
But dont think twice its all right
So long honey baby
Where Im bound I cant tell
Goodbye is just too good a word babe
Ill just say fare thee well
I aint sayin you treated me unkind
You could have done much better babe
But I dont mind
You just wasted some of my precious time
But dont think twice its all right
Dont think twice its all right
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Aint got no fur slippers now
Six o’clock in the evening, I feel so low
Aint got not girlfriend aint got no place to go
Even took my fur slippers away
Oh, ain’t got no fur slippers now
Where did she go, where can she be?
Maybe to a movie show, maybe shes watching TV
She was here yesterday, thats all I can say
All that I know she took my fur slippers away
Oh, aint got no fur slippers now
Oh, aint got no fur slippers now
I cannot go outside, the ground is too hard
Where can I go? Cant even go in my backyard
Cant drive my car nowhere I dont wanna get in, too
I sure do miss them fur slippers as much as I miss you
Oh, ain’t got no fur slippеrs now
Oh, ain’t got no fur slippers now
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Oh, sister, when I come to lie in your arms
You should not treat me like a stranger
Our Father would not like the way that you act
And you must realize the danger
Oh, sister, am I not a brother to you
And one deserving of affection?
And is our purpose not the same on this earth
To love and follow His direction?
We grew up together
From the cradle to the grave
We died and were reborn
And then mysteriously saved
Oh, sister, when I come to knock on your door
Don’t turn away, you’ll create sorrow
Time is an ocean but it ends at the shore
You may not see me tomorrow
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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 dogsll lose their bark
An the silent night will shatter
From the sounds inside my mind
For Im 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 Im one too many mornings
An a thousand miles behind
Its a restless hungry feeling
That dont mean no one no good
When evrything Im a-sayin
You can say it just as good
Youre right from your side
Im right from mine
Were both just one too many mornings
An a thousand miles behind
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Ive seen the arrow on the doorpost
Saying, “This land is condemned
All the way from New Orleans to Jerusalem”
I traveled through East Texas
Where many martyrs fell
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell
Well, I heard that hoot owl singing
As they were taking down the tents
The stars above the barren trees
Was his only audience
Them charcoal gypsy maidens
Can strut their feathers well
But nobody can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell
See them big plantations burning
Hear the cracking of the whips
Smell that sweet magnolia blooming
See the ghosts of slavery ships
I can hear them tribes moaning
Hear that undertaker’s bell
Nobody can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell
There’s a woman by the river
With some fine young handsome man
He’s dressed up like a squire
Bootlegged whiskey in his hand
There’s a chain gang on the highway
I can hear them rebels yell
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell
God is in His heaven
And we all want what’s His
But power and greed and corruptible seed
Seems to be all that there is
I’m gazing out the window
Of the St. James Hotel
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell
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Well, they’ll stone ya when you’re trying to be so good
They’ll stone ya just a-like they said they would
They’ll stone ya when you’re tryin’ to go home
Then they’ll stone ya when you’re there all alone
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned
Well, they’ll stone ya when you’re walkin’ ’long the street
They’ll stone ya when you’re tryin’ to keep your seat
They’ll stone ya when you’re walkin’ on the floor
They’ll stone ya when you’re walkin’ to the door
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned
They’ll stone ya when you’re at the breakfast table
They’ll stone ya when you are young and able
They’ll stone ya when you’re tryin’ to make a buck
They’ll stone ya and then they’ll say, “good luck”
Tell ya what, I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned
Well, they’ll stone you and say that it’s the end
Then they’ll stone you and then they’ll come back again
They’ll stone you when you’re riding in your car
They’ll stone you when you’re playing your guitar
Yes, but I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned
Well, they’ll stone you when you walk all alone
They’ll stone you when you are walking home
They’ll stone you and then say you are brave
They’ll stone you when you are set down in your grave
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned
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Close your eyes, close the door
You dont have to worry anymore
Ill be your baby tonight
Shut the light, shut the shade
You dont have to be afraid
Ill be your baby tonight
That mockingbirds going to sing 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
That mockingbirds going to sing 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
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They say everything can be replaced
They say every distance is not near
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
They say every man needs protection
They say every man must fall
So I swear I can see my reflection
Someplace so high above this wall
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
Down here next to me in this lonely crowd
Is a man who swears hes not to blame
All day long I hear him cry so loud
Just calling out that he’s been framed
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
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Ive travelled all over this world
And now to another I go
And I know I should find good quarters
To wait and welcome Le Beau
Welcome Ol Roison Le Beau
To welcome Ol Roison Le Beau
I know how good quarters are waitin
For to welcome Ol Roison Le Beau
When Im dead and laid out on the counter
A voice you will hear from below
Sayin, Send out a hogshead of whiskey
To drink with Ol Roison Le Beau
To drink with Ol Roison Le Beau
To drink with Ol Roison Le Beau
Sayin, Send out a hogshead of whiskey
To drink with Ol Roison Le Beau
Then get you half a dozen smart fellows
Let them all stagger an go
And dig a great hole in the meadow
And in it put Roison Le Beau
And in it put Roison Le Beau
And in it put Roison Le Beau
Go dig you a hole in the meadow
And in it put Roison Le Beau
And get you a half dozen barrels
Put water at me head and me toes
With a diamond ring scratch in upon it
With the name of Ol Roison Le Beau
With the name of Ol Roison Le Beau
With the name of Ol Roison Le Beau
With a diamond ring scratch in upon it
With the name of Ol Roison Le Beau
I hear that old tyrant approachin
That cruel remorseless foe
And I lift up me glass in his honor
Take a drink with Ol Roison Le Beau
Take a drink with Ol Roison Le Beau
Take a drink with Ol Roison Le Beau
And I lift up my glass in his honor
Take a drink with Ol Roison Le Beau
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Ring them bells, ye heathen
From the city that dreams
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
’Cross the valleys and streams
For they’re deep and they’re wide
And the world’s on its side
And time is running backwards
And so is the bride
Ring them bells St. Peter
Where the four winds blow
Ring them bells with an iron hand
So the people will know
Oh it’s rush hour now
On the wheel and the plow
And the sun is going down
Upon the sacred cow
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
For the poor man’s son
Ring them bells so the world will know
That God is one
Oh the shepherd is asleep
Where the willows weep
And the mountains are filled
With lost sheep
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Ring them bells for the chosen few
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
For the child that cries
When innocence dies
Ring them bells St. Catherine
From the top of the room
Ring them from the fortress
For the lilies that bloom
Oh the lines are long
And the fighting is strong
And they’re breaking down the distance
Between right and wrong
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Tell me
Tell me, I’ve got to know
Tell me
Tell me before I go
Does that flame still burn, does that fire still glow?
Or has it died out and melted like the snow?
Tell me
Tell me
Tell me
Are you goin’ somewhere and not sayin’ where?
Tell me
Do you even care?
Tell me quick with a glance or a sigh
Should I hold you close, should I let you go by?
Tell me
Ooh, tell me
Are you looking at me and thinking of somebody else?
Can you feel the heat and the beat of my pulse?
Have you had any secrets that will only come out in time?
Can you ever be just a stranger to me?
Am I imagining something that ever can be?
Tell me
Ooh, tell me
Tell me
Do those neon lights blind your eyes?
Tell me
Behind what door your treasure lies
Is my name written down there in your book?
Should I come back and take another look?
Tell me
Tell me
Do you think of yourself as somebody’s plaything or toy?
Have you been like a waitress who says “what’ll it be boy?”
Do you have any morals?
Do you have any point of view?
Have you ever longed to ride on that old ship of Zion?
What’s better to you: a live dog or a dead lion?
Tell me
Tell me
Tell me
Ever gone broke in a big way?
Tell me
Ever do the opposite of what the experts say?
Tell me the truth now, don’t tell me no lies
Are you anybodys somebody prays for or cries?
Tell me
Ooh, tell me
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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 will never do you wrong
I’ve known it from the moment that we met
Theres 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 aint nothing that I wouldn’t do
To make you feel my love
Ohh, ohh whoa
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
I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
No, theres nothing that I wouldn’t do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love
To make you feel my... love
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There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
Theres too much confusion
I cant get no relief
Businessman they drink my wine
Plowman dig my earth
None will level on the line, nobody offered his word, hey
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 it
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 cold distance
The wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
And the wind began to howl
All along the watchtower
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Shes got everything she needs
Shes an artist, she dont look back
Shes got everything she needs
Shes an artist, she dont 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 wears an Egyptian ring
That sparkles before she speaks
She wears an Egyptian ring
That sparkles before she speaks
Shes a hypnotist collector
You are a walking antique
She never stumbles
Shes got no place to fall
She never stumbles
Shes got no place to fall
Shes nobodys child
Law cant touch her at all
Shes got everything she needs
Shes an artist, she dont look back
Shes got everything she needs
Shes an artist, she dont look back
She can take the dark out of the nighttime
And paint the daytime black
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Ring Them Bells, ye heathen
From the city that dreams
Ring Them Bells from the sanctuaries
Cross the valleys and streams
For theyre deep and theyre wide
And the worlds on its side
And time is running backwards
And so is the bride
Ring Them Bells St. Peter
Where the four winds blow
Ring Them Bells with an iron hand
So the people will know
Oh its rush hour now
On the wheel and the plow
And the sun is going down
Upon the sacred cow
Ring Them Bells Sweet Martha
For the poor mans son
Ring Them Bells so the world will know
That God is one
Oh the shepherd is asleep
Where the willows weep
And the mountains are filled
With lost sheep
Ring Them Bells for the blind and the deaf
Ring Them Bells for all of us who are left
Ring Them Bells for the chosen few
Who will judge the many when the game is through
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Fat man lookin’ in a blade of steel
Thin man lookin’ at his last meal
Hollow man lookin’ in a cottonfield
For dignity
Wise man lookin’ in a blade of grass
Young man lookin’ in the shadows that pass
Poor man lookin’ through painted glass
For dignity
Somebody got murdered on New Year’s Eve
Somebody said that dignity was the first to leave
I went into the city, into the town
Into the land of the midnight sun
Searchin’ high, searchin’ low
Searchin’ everywhere I know
Askin’ the cops wherever I go
Have you seen dignity?
Blind man breakin’ out of a trance
Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance
Hopin’ to find one circumstance
Of dignity
I went to the wedding of Mary Lou
She said, “I don’t want nobody see me talkin’ to you”
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew
About dignity
I went down where the vultures feed
I would’ve gone deeper, but there wasn’t any need
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men
Wasn’t any difference to me
Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade
House on fire, debts unpaid
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid
Have you seen dignity?
Drinkin’ man listens to the voice he hears
In a crowded room full of covered-up mirrors
Lookin’ into the lost forgotten years
For dignity
I met Prince Phillip in the home of the blues
Said he’d give me information if his name wasn’t used
He wanted money up front, he said hed abused
By dignity
Footprints runnin’ ’cross the silver sand
Steps goin’ down into tattoo land
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light
In the bordertowns of despair
Got no place to fade, got no coat
I’m on the rollin’ river in a jerkin’ boat
Tryin’ to read a letter to me somebody wrote
About dignity
Sick man lookin’ for the doctor’s cure
Lookin’ at his hands for the lines that were
And into every masterpiece of literature
For dignity
Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind
Combin’ his hair back, his future looks thin
He bites the bullet and he looks within
For dignity
Someone showed me a picture, I just had laughed
Dignity never been photographed
I went into the red, I went into the black
Wwent into the valley of dry bone dreams
So many roads, so much at stake
So many dead ends, I’m at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it’s gonna take
To find dignity
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Johnnys in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
Im on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says hes got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
Its somethin you did
God knows when
But youre doin it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten
Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phones tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D. A
Look out kid
Dont matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Dont try No Doz
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You dont need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows
Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
Youre gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin for a new fool
Dont follow leaders
Watch the parkin meters
Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Dont steal, dont lift
Twenty years of schoolin
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Dont wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Dont wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump dont work
Cause the vandals took the handles
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My mama always taught me that good things come from adversity if we put our faith in the Lord
We couldnt see much good in the flood waters
When they were causing us to have to leave home
But when the water went down, we found that it had washed a load of rich black bottom dirt across our land. The following year we had the best cotton crop wed ever had
I remember hearing:
How highs the water, mama?
Two feet high and risin
How highs the water, papa?
Two feet high and risin
We can make it to the road in a homemade boat
Thats the only thing we got left thatll float
Its already over all the wheat and the oats
Two feet high and risin
How highs the water, mama?
Three feet high and risin
How highs the water, papa?
Three feet high and risin
Well, the hives are gone
Ive lost my bees
The chickens are sleepin
In the willow trees
Cows in water up past her knees
Three feet high and risin
How highs the water, mama?
Four feet high and risin
How highs the water, papa?
Four feet high and risin
Hey, come look through the window pane
The bus is comin, gonna take us to the train
Looks like well be blessed with a little more rain
Four feet high and risin
How highs the water, mama?
Five feet high and risin
How highs the water, papa?
Five feet high and risin
Well, the rails are washed out north of town
We gotta head for higher ground
We cant come back till the water comes down
Five feet high and risin
Well, its five feet high and risin
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Our conversation was short and sweet
It nearly swept me off-a my feet
And Im back here in the rain
Oh and you are on dry land
You made it there somehow
Youre a big girl now
Bird on the horizon, sittin on a fence
Hes singin a song for me at his own expense
And Im just like that bird
Oh singin just for you
I hope that you can hear
Hear me singin through these tears
Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast
Oh, but what is the use of changing if all weve shared cant last
I can change, I swear
Oh see what you can do
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 learnin it these days
Oh, I know I can find you
Oh in somebodys room
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 use of changing horses in midstream
Im going out of my mind
Oh with a pain that stops and starts
Like a corkscrew to my heart
Ever since weve been apart
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Johnnys in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
Im on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says hes got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
Its somethin you did
God knows when
But youre doing it again
You better duck down the alleyway
Lookin for a new friend
The man in the coonskin cap,in the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills but you only got ten
Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phones tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A. look out kid
Dont matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Dont try No Doz
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You dont need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows
Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
Youre gonna get hit
But losers, cheaters
Six-time users
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin for a new fool
Dont follow leaders, watch the parkin meters
Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Dont steal, dont lift
Twenty years of schoolin
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Dont wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Dont want to be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump dont work
Cause the vandals took the handles
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I’ve just reached a place
Where the willow don’t bend
There’s not much more to be said
It’s the top of the end
I’m going
I’m going
I’m gone
I’m closing’ the book
On the pages and the text
And I don’t really care
What happens next
I’m just going
I’m going
I’m gone
I been hanging on threads
I have been playing’ it straight
Now, I’ve just got to cut loose
Before it gets late
So I’m going
I’m going
I’m gone
Grandma said, “Boy, go and follow your heart
And you’ll be fine at the end of the line
All that’s gold isn’t meant to shine
Don’t you and your one true love ever part”
I been walking the road
I been living on the edge
Now, I’ve just got to go
Before I get to the ledge
So I’m going
I’m just going
I’m gone
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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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If youre traveling in the north country fair
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me to the one who lives there
She was once a true love of mine
And if youre goin when the snowflakes storm
When the rivers freeze and summer ends
Please see for me she has a coat so warm
To keep her from the howling wind
Would you see for me that her hairs hanging long
That it rolls and flows all down her breasts
See for me that her hairs hanging long
Cause thats the way I remember her best
But Im a-wondering if she remembers me at all
Many times Ive often prayed
In the darkness of my night
In the brightness of my day
So if youre traveling in the north country fair
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me to the one who lives there
Cause she was once, she was once a true love of mine
And shell always be a true love of mine
And I never, never, never, never give her up
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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 will 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
No, 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
But you aint 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
To make you feel my lo-ove
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Went to see the gypsy
Staying in a big hotel
He smiled when he saw me coming
And he said, “Well, well, well”
His room was dark and crowded
Lights were low and dim
“How are you?” he said to me
I said it back to him
I went down to the lobby
To make a small call out
A pretty dancing girl was there
And she began to shout
“Go on back to see the gypsy
He can move you from the rear
Drive you from your fear
Bring you through the mirror
He did it in Las Vegas
And he can do it here”
Outside the lights were shining
On the river of tears
I watched them from the distance
With music in my ears
I went back to see the gypsy
It was nearly early dawn
The gypsy’s door was open wide
But the gypsy was gone
And that pretty dancing girl
She could not be found
So I watched that sun come rising
From that little Minnesota town
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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, 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
The hour is getting late
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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Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby
Cant buy a thrill
Well, Ive been up all night, baby
Leanin on the window sill
Well, if I die
On top of the hill
And if I dont make it
You know my baby will
And if I dont make it
You know my baby will
Now the wintertime is coming
The windows are filled with frost
I went to tell everybody
But I could not get across
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
I dont wanna be your boss
Dont say I never warned you
When your train gets lost
Dont say I never warned you
When your train gets lost
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You must leave now
Take what you need
You would think may last
But, whatever you wish to keep
Youd better learn to grab it fast
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Crying like a fire in the sun
Look out, the saints are coming through
And, its all over now, baby, baby blue
The highway is-a for gamblers
Better use your sense
And take what you have gathered
From coincidence
The empty-handed painter
On your streets, heh
Is drawing crazy patterns
On your sheets, yeah
The sky, too, is closing over you
And Im tellin you baby
Its all over now, baby, baby blue
Leave your steppin stones behind
They will someday follow you
Forget the dead youve just left
It will someday fall on you
The vagabond is rappin
On your door
Is standing in the clothes
That you once wore
Youve got to strike another match
Dont start a new
And Im tellin you
Its all over now, baby, baby blue
Yeah, la la la la la, la la la la
Oh, oh, Its all over now, baby, baby blue
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They say everything can be replaced
They say every distance is not near
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here
I see my light come shinin
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
They say every man needs protection
They say that every man must fall
Yet I swear I see my reflection
Somewhere so high above this wall
I see my light come shinin
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
Now, yonder stands a man in this lonely crowd
A man who swears hes not to blame
All day long, I hear him shouting so loud
Just crying out that he was framed
I see my light come shinin
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
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Blowin in the wind
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, n how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, n 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 times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, n how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, n 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
How many years can a mountain exist
Before its washed to the sea?
Yes, n how many years can some people exist
Before theyre allowed to be free?
Yes, n how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesnt see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind
The answer is blowin in the wind
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Oh you can read out of your bible
You can fall down on your knees
Pretty mama, and pray to the lord
But it aint gonna do you no good
Youre gonna need
Youre gonna need my help someday
Well, if you cant quit your sinnin
Please quit your low down ways
Well you can run down to the White House
You can gaze at the Capitol Dome
Pretty mama, you can pound on the Presidents gate
Itll do you no good
Youre gonna need
Youre gonna need my help someday
Well, if you cant quit your sinnin
Please quit your low down ways
Well you can run down to the desert
Throw yourself on the burnin sand
You can raise up your right hand pretty mama
But you better understand
Youre gonna need
Youre gonna need my help someday
Well, if you cant quit your sinnin
Please quit your low down ways
You can hitch hike on the highways
You can stand alone by the side of the road
You can try to flag a ride back home, pretty mama
But you cant ride in my car
Youre gonna need
Youre gonna need my help someday
Well, if you cant quit your sinnin
Please quit your low down ways
Oh you can read out of your bible
You can fall down on your knees
Pretty mama, and pray to the lord
But it aint gonna do you no good
Youre gonna need
Youre gonna need my help someday
Well, if you cant quit your sinnin
Please quit your low down ways
Quit your low down ways
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For his age, he is wise
Hes got his mothers eyes
Theres gladness in his heart
Hes young and hes wild
My only prayer
Is, if I cant be there
Lord, protect my child
As his youth now unfolds
He is centuries old
Seeing him at play makes me smile
No matter what happens to me
No matter what my destiny
Lord, protect my child
Protect my child
Protect my child
When the world is asleep
You can look at him and weep
Few things you find that are worthwhile
Though I dont ask for much
No material things to touch
Lord, protect my child
Hes young and on fire
Full of hope and desire
In a world thats been raped--raped and defiled
And if I fall along the way
And cant see another day
Lord, protect my child
Protect my child
Protect my child
Therell be a time I hear tell
When all will be well
Knowing God and man have been reconciled
But until men lose their chains
And the righteousness reigns
Lord, protect my child
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I cant understand she let go of my hand an left me here facing the wall
Id sure like to know why she did go but I cant get close to her at all
Though we kissed through the wild blazing nighttime she said she would never forget
But now morning is clear its like I aint here she just acts like we never have met
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She wont get out of bed
Shake her snaky hair
Grab her, throw her in the tub
She says, Coffee and a piece of pie
She never wears a dress on Sunday
Or any Monday afternoon
This is no goddamn country to wander alone
Devil doll, devil doll
Rags and bones and battered shoes
Devil doll, devil doll
Rags and bones and battered shoes
Devil doll, devil doll
Devil doll, devil doll
People turn their heads
And now she scares little kids
Eyes narrow, jaw is set
Shell fix you with a stare
She keeps her body hidden
Lets her eyes make her bid
Id wrap her up in a bullet
And Id shoot her round the world
Devil doll, devil doll
Rags and bones and battered shoes
Devil doll, devil doll
Rags and bones and battered shoes
Devil doll, devil doll
Devil doll, devil doll
Well, I started out on Burgundy
Soon hit the harder stuff
Everybody said theyd stand behind me
When the game got rough
But that joke was on me
Nobody there yet to bluff
Im going back to New York City
I do believe Ive had enough
Ooooh, Wooo
Woo-hoo
She wont get out of bed
Shake her snaky hair
Grab her, throw her in the tub
She says, Coffee and a piece of pie
She never wears a dress on Sunday
Or any Monday afternoon
This is no goddamn country to wander alone
Devil doll, devil doll
Rags and bones and battered shoes
Devil doll, devil doll
Rags and bones and battered shoes
Devil doll, devil doll
Devil doll, devil doll
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If today was not an endless highway
If tonight was not a crooked trail
If tomorrow wasn’t such a long time
Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all
Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting
And if I could hear his heart softly pounding
Only if he was lying by me
Then I’d lie in my bed once again
I can’t see my reflection in the water
I can’t speak the sounds that show no pain
I can’t hear the echo of my footsteps
I can’t remember the sound of my own name
And if only my own true love was waiting
And if I could hear his heart softly pounding
Only if he was lying by me
Then I’d lie in my bеd once again
There’s bеauty in that silver, singing river
There’s beauty in the rainbow in the sky
But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty
That I remember in my true love’s eyes
Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting
And if I could hear his heart softly pounding
Only if he was lying by me
Then I’d lie in my bed once again
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