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1.1 - Mr Tambourine
Man
Hey mr. tambourine man play a song for me
I'm not sleepy an' there is no place I’m goin' to
Hey mr. tambourine man play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning' I’ll come following' you.
Though I know that evening’s empire has returned into sand
Vanished from my hand
Left me blindly here to stand
But still not sleepin'.
My weariness amazes me
I'm branded on my feet
I have not one to meet
An' my ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming'.
Hey mr. tambourine man play a song for me
I'm not sleepy an' there is no place I’m goin' to
Hey mr. tambourine man play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning' I’ll come following' you.
Then take me disappearing thru 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 wavin' free
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands
With all memory an' 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 an' there is no place I’m goin' to
Hey mr. tambourine man play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning' I’ll come following' you.
1.2 - Shelter From The
Storm
'T was in another lifetime, one of toil an' blood
Blackness was a virtue 'n' 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''.
An' 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 an' men who are fightin' to be 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 an' she was standin' there
With silver bracelets on her wrist an' flowers in her hair
She walked up to me so gracefully and she took my crown of thorns
"Come in'', she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm''.
I've heard new babies wailin' like a mornin' dove
An' 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''.
Well the deputy walks on hard nails an' the preacher rides a mount
But nothin' really matters much, it's doom alone that counts
An' the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn
"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, I 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 across the line
Beauty walks on a razor's edge, someday I’ll make it mine
If I could only turn back the clock to when god an' her were born
"Come in'', she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm''.
1.3 - Love Minus Zero
- No Limit
My love she speaks like silence
Without ideals or violence
Doesn't have to say she's faithful
Yet she's true like ice like fire
People carry roses
Make promises by the hours
My love she laughs like the flowers
Valentines can't buy her
In the dime stores an' bus stations
People talk of situations
Read books, repeat quotations
Draw conclusions on the wall
Some speak of the future
My love she speaks softly
She knows there's no success like failure
An' that failure's no success at all
The cloak an' dagger dangles
Madams light the candles
In ceremonies of the horsemen
Even the pawn must hold a grudge
Statues made of match sticks
Crumble into one another
My love winks she does not bother
She knows too much to argue or to judge
The bridge at midnight trembles
The country doctor rambles
Bankers' nieces seek perfection
Expectin' all the gifts that wise men bring
The wind howls like a hammer
The night blows cold and rainy
My love she's like some raven
At my window with a broken wing
1.4 - Ballad Of A Thin
Man
You walk into the room
With your pencil in your hand
You see somebody naked
An' you say "Who is that man?''
You try so hard
But you don't understand
Just what you will say
When you get home.
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you mister Jones?
You sneak in the window
An' you say "Is this where it is?''
An' somebody points to you
An' says, "It's his''
An' you say, "What's mine?''
An' somebody else says, "Where what is?''
An' you say, "Oh my god
Am I here all alone?''
But something is happening
An' you don't know what it is
Do you mister Jones?
You hand in your ticket
An' you go seek the geek
Who immediately walks up to you
When he hears you speak
An' say, "How does it feel to
Be such a freak?''
An' you say, "Impossible''
As he hands you a bone.
An' 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 our imagination
But nobody has any respect
Anyway they already expect you
To all give a check to
Tax deductible charity organization
Well the sword swallower he
Walks up to you an' then he kneels
He crosses himself an' then he
Clicks his high heels
An' without further notice
He asks you how it feels
An' he says, "Here is your throat back
Thanks for the loan.''
An' you know something is happening
But you don't know what it is
Do you mister Jones?
Well you walk into the room
Like a camel an' then you frown
You put your eyes in your pocket
An' your nose on the ground
There oughta be a law
Against you comin' around
You should made to wear earphones.
'Cause something is happening
An' you don’t know what it is
Do you mister Jones?
1.5 - Don't Think
Twice, It's All Right
Well it ain't no use to sit an' wonder why babe
If you don't know by now
An' it ain't no use to sit an' wonder why babe
It don’t matter anyhow
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window an' I’ll be gone
You're the reason I’m a travellin' on
Don't think twice, it's all right
Don't think twice, it's all right
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light babe
That light I never knowed
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
But I wish there was something you would do or say
To try an' make me change my mind an' stay
But we never did too much talkin' anyway
Don't think twice, it's all right
Don't think twice, it's all right
So it ain't no use in callin' out my name babe
Like you never done before
An' it ain't no use in callin' out my name babe
I can't hear you anymore
I'm a thinkin' an' a wonderin', walkin' down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I’m told
I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul
Don't think twice, it's all right
Don't think twice, it's all right
So I am walking down that longesome road babe
Where I’m bound I can't tell
Goodbye's too good a word babe
So I’ll just say fare thee well
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You coulda done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
Don't think twice, it's all right
Don't think twice, it's all right
2.1 - Maggie's Farm
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
Well I wake up in the mornin', fold my hands an' 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 for Maggie's brother no more
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
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 everytime you slam the door
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more
Well she talks to all her servants about man an' god an' law
Everybody says she's the brain behinds pa
She sixty eight but she says she's fifty (/twenty) four
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more
Well she 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
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 say `Sing while you slave' an' I just get bored
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
2.2 - One More Cup Of
Coffee
Your breath is sweet
Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky
Your back is straight, your hair is smooth
On the pillow where you lie
But I don't sense affection
No gratitude or love
Your loyalty is not to me
But to the stars above.
One more cup of coffee for the road
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
To the valley below.
Your daddy he's an' outlaw
An' a wanderer by trade
He'll teach you how to pick an' choose
An' how to throw the blade
He oversees his kingdom
Where no stranger does intrude
His voice it trembles as he calls out for
Another plate of food.
One more cup of coffee for the road
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
To the valley below.
Your sister sees the future
Like your mama an' yourself
She’s never learned to read or write
There's no books upon her shelf
An' her pleasure knows no limits
Her voice is like a meadow lark
But her heart is an ocean
Mysterious an' dark.
One more cup of coffee for the road
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
To the valley below.
2.3 - Like A Rolling
Stone
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
Peopled call, say "Beware doll, you're bound to fall''
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About havin' to be scroungin' for your next meal.
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone.
Ah you've gone to the finest school all right, miss lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street
An' now you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you never compromise
With the mystery tramp but now you realize
He's not sellin' any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
An' say "Do you want to make a deal?''
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be on your own
With no direction home
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone.
Ah you never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers an' the clowns
When they all did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discovered that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everythin' he could steal.
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To have you on your own
No direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone.
Ah princess on the steeple an' all the pretty people
They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchangin' all precious gifts an' things
But you'd better take your diamond ring you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags an' the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you ain't got nothin', you got nothin' to lose
You invisible , 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.
2.4 - I Shall Be
Released
They say everything' can be replaced
Yet 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.
Now yonder stands with me in this lonely crowd
A man who swears he's not to blame
All day long I hear his voice shouting' so loud
Crying' 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
They say every man needs protection
They say every man must fall
But I swear I see my reflection
Some place 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
I shall be released
I shall be released
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2.5 - Is Your Love In
Vain
Do you love me or are you just extending good will?
Do you need me half as bad as you say or are you just feeling guilt?
I've burned before an' I know the score so you won't hear me complain
Will I be able to count on you or is your love in vain?
Are you so fast that you cannot see that I must have solitude?
When I am in darkness why must you intrude?
Do you know my world, do you know my kind or must I explain
Will you let me be myself or is your love in vain?
Well I’ve been to the mountain an' I have been in the wind
I've been in an' out of happiness
I have dined with kings, I’ve been offered wings
An' I’ve never been too impressed.
Alright I’ll take a chance I will fall in love with you
If I’m a fool you can have the night, you can have the morning too
Can you cook and sew, make flowers grow, do you understand my pain
Are you willing to risk it all or is your love in vain?
Can you cook and sew, make flowers grow, do you understand my pain
Are you willing to risk it all or is your love in vain?
2.6 - Going, Going,
Gone
Well, I've just reached a place where I can't stay awake
I got to leave you baby before my heart will break
I'm going, I’m going, I’m gone.
Come over here babe, cause I'm telling you this
You got to believe me, you got to give me one more kiss
I'm going, I’m going, I’m gone.
Fix me one more drink baby and hold me one more time
But don't get to close to make me change my mind
I'm going, I’m going, I’m gone.
Now, my mama always said "Someday, too, you got to follow your heart"
"You'll be mine at the end of the line, all that's gold wasn't meant to shine"
"Just don't put your horse in front of your car"
Now, from Boston to Birmingham is a two day ride
But I got to be going now cause I'm so dissatisfied
I'm going, I’m going, I’m gone.
Going, going, gone.................
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3.1 - Blowin' In The
Wind
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must the cannon balls 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 is washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head
Pretend that 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?
How many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take till he knows
Too many people have died?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
3.2 - Just Like A
Woman
Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as I stand inside the rain
Everybody knows
Baby's got new clothes
But lately I see her ribbons an' her bows
Have fallen from her curls
She takes just like a woman
She makes love just like a woman
An' she aches just like a woman
But she breaks 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 amphetamines an' her pearls
She takes just like a woman
An' she aches just like a woman
She makes love just like a woman
But she breaks like a little girl.
It was rainin' from the first
An' I was dyin' there of thirst
So I came in here
An' your long time curse hurts
But what's worse
Is this pain in here
I can't stand 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 an' it was your world
Well, you fake just like a woman
Then you ache just like a woman
You make love just like a woman
But you break like a little girl.
3.3 - Oh, Sister
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
An' you must realize the danger.
Oh, sister, am I not a brother to you
And one deserving of affection
An' is our purpose not the same on this earth
To love an' follow his direction
We grew up together from the cradle to the grave
We died an' we're reborn an' 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.
3.4 - Simple Twist Of
Fate
They sat together in the park
As the evening sky got dark
She looked at him and he felt a spark
Tingle to her bones
It was then she felt alone
And wished that she'd gone straight
And watched out for a simple twist of fate
They walked along by the old canal
A little confused, I remember well
Stopped into a renovated hotel
With the neon burning bright
She felt the heat of the night
Hit her like a freight train
Moving with a simple twist of fate
A saxophone some place played
She was walking on by the arcade
She heard the melody rise and fade
The sun was coming' up
She dropped a coin into the cup
Of a blind man at the gate
And forgot about a simple twist of fate
He woke up and she was gone
He didn't see nothing but the dawn
Got out of bed and put his clothes back on
Pushed back the blinds
Found a note she'd left behind
But he could not concentrate
On anything except a simple twist of fate
He hears the ticking of the clocks
Walks alone through the city blocks
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks
Where the sailors all come in
Maybe he'll see her once again
How long must he wait
One more time for a simple twist of fate
People tell me it's a crime
To remember her for too long a time
She should have caught me in my prime
She would have stayed with me
Instead of going back off to sea
And leaving me to meditate
Upon a simple twist of fate
3.5 - All Along The
Watchtower
"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, ploughmen 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 an' I we've been thru that, an' 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 an' went, barefoot servants too
Outside in the distance a wild cat did growl
Two riders where approaching, the wind began to howl.
3.6 - I Want You
The guilty undertaker sighs
The lonesome organ grinder cries
The silver saxophones say I
Should refuse you
The cracked bells an' washed out horns
Blow into my face with scorn
But it's not that way, I wasn't born
To lose you
I want you, I want you
I want you so bad
Honey I want you.
The drunken politician leaps
Upon the street where mothers weep
An' the saviours who are fast asleep
They wait for you
An' I wait for them to interrupt
Me drinking from my broken cup
An' ask me to open up
The gate for you
I want you, I want you
I want you so bad
Honey I want you.
Well, all my fathers they've all gone
True love they've been without it
And all their daughters put me down
'Cause I don’t think about it
Well, I return to the queen of spades
An' talk with my chamber maid
She knows that I’m not afraid to look at her
She is good to me an' there's nothing she doesn't see
She knows where I’d like to be, but it doesn't matter.
I want you, I want you
I want you so bad
Honey I want you.
4.1 - All I Really
Want To Do
I ain't lookin' to make you fry
See you fly or watch you die
I don't care if you feel like me
See like me or be like me
All I really wanna do
All I really wanna do
All I really wanna do
Is baby be friends with you
I don't want to meet your kin
Make you spin or do you in
And I don't want to drag you down
Chain you down or be your clown
All I really wanna do
All I really wanna do
All I really wanna do
Is baby be friends with you
I don't care if you analyze me
Categorize me or hypnotize me
I don't care if you feel like me
See like me or be like me
All I really wanna do
All I really wanna do
All I really wanna do
Is baby be friends with you ...
4.2 - Knockin' On
Heaven's Door
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore
It's gettin' dark too dark to see
I feel 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 heaven's door
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't fire them any more
That long black train is pullin' down
I feel 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 heaven's door
Mama, wipe the blood from my face
I can't see thru it anymore
It's a feelin' that I just can't trace
Feel 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 heaven's door
4.3 - It's Alright, Ma
(I'm Only Bleedin')
Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The hand made blade, the child's balloon
Eclipses both the sun an' moon
To understand you know to soon
There is no sense in trying
Pointed threats they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool's gold mouthpiece
The hollow horn plays wasted words
Proves to warn
That he not busy being born
Is busy dying
Temptation's page flies out the door
You follow, find yourself at war
Watch water falls of pity roar
You feel to moan but unlike before
You discover
That you'd just be
One more person crying
So don't fear if you hear
A foreign sound to your ear
It's alright ma, I’m only sighing
As some warm victory, some downfall
Private reasons great or small
Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all that should be killed to crawl
While others say, ``don’t hate nothing at all
Except hatred''
Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Made everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored christs that glow in the dark
It's easy to see without lookin' too far
That not much
Is really sacred
While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the president of the united states
Sometimes must have
To stand naked
An' though the rules of the road have been lodged
It's people's games here you got to dodge
An' it's alright ma, I can make it.
Advertising signs that con you
Into thinking you're the one
That can do what's never been done
That can win what's never been won
Meantime life outside goes on
All around you
You lose yourself, you reappear
You suddenly find you got nothing to fear
Alone you stand with nobody near
When a trembling distant voice unclear
Startles your sleeping ears to hear
That somebody thinks
They really found you.
A question in your nerves is lit
Yet you know there is no answer to fit
To satisfy you, insure you not to quit
To keep it in your mind an' don’t forget
That it is not he or she or it
That you belong to
Although the masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools
I got nothing ma, to live up to.
Old lady judges people in pairs
Limited in sex, they dare
To push fake morals, insult and stare
While money doesn't talk, it swears
Obscenity, who really cares
Propaganda, all is phoney.
While them that defend what they cannot see
With a killer's pride security
It blows the minds most bitterly
For them that think death's honesty
Won't fall upon them naturally
Life sometimes must get lonely.
My eyes collide head on with stuffed graveyards
False goals I scuff
At pettiness which plays so rough
Walk upside down, inside handcuffs
Kick my leg to crash it off
Say, ``Okay, I’ve had enough
What else can you show me?''
And if my thought dreams could be seen
They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
But it's alright ma, it's life an' life only.
4.4 - Forever Young
May god bless an' keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for the others
An' let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
An' climb on every rung
An' may you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
An' see the light surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand up right an' be strong
An' may you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the wind of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
An' may your songs always be sung
An' may you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.
4.5 - The Times They
Are A-Changin'
Come gather 'round people wherever you roam
Admit that the waters around you have grown
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone,
For the times, they are a-changin'.
Come writers and critics who prophecize with your pen
Keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
And don't criticize what you can’t understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly aging
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend a hand
For the times they are a-changin'.
The line it is drawn the curse it is cast
The slow one now will later be fast
As the present now will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'
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