Bob Dylan's Song Lyrics
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BobBob Dylan’sDylan’s SongSong LLLyricsyrics Bob Dylan’s Song Lyrics Introduction I’ve often had a bit of a Dylan lyric running through my head, and failed to identify the song it was from, or how the next line went. This is a response to that need in the belief others may find it useful to have them handy as an ebook too. These are the lyrics to all Bob Dylan’s songs, from 51 albums. If I have left any out, please tell me and I’ll rectify it. It is organised alphabetically, all titles beginning with each letter are grouped together, and individually bookmarked to aid fast access. You can also do a search if the line doesn’t summon up the song title immediately, type the words in and see where it finds them. DISCOGRAPHY 1. Bob Dylan 27. Infidels 2. The Freewheelin' 28. Real Live 3. The Times They Are A-Changin' 29. Empire Burlesque 4. Another Side Of Bob Dylan 30. Biograph 5. Bringing It All Back Home 31. Knocked Out Loaded 6. Highway 61 Revisited 32. Dylan And The Dead 7. Blonde On Blonde 33. Down In The Groove 8. Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 34. Oh Mercy 9. John Wesley Harding 35. Under The Red Sky 10. Nashville Skyline 36. The Bootleg Series Vols.1-3 11. Self-Portrait 37. Good As I Been To You 12. New Morning 38. The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration 13. Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol.2 39. World Gone Wrong 14. Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid 40. Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol.3 15. Dylan 41. Masterpieces 16. Planet Waves 42. MTV Unplugged 17. Before The Flood 43. Bob Dylan; Gift Pack Series 18. Blood On The Tracks 44. Time Out Of Mind 19. The Basement Tapes 45. The Best Of Bob Dylan 20. Desire 46. Bob Dylan Live 1966 21. Hard Rain 47. The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol.2 22. Street Legal 48. The Essential Bob Dylan 23. At Budokan 49. Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000 24. Slow Train Coming 50. Love And Theft 25. Saved 51. Bob Dylan Live 1975 26. Shot Of Love http://www.oneworldnet.co.uk/ - blog, free ebooks, beech seeds http://ccgi.passwordpublish.force9.co.uk/ - publishing services, vinyl records, beech seeds, ebooks ABANDONED LOVE I can hear the turning of the key I’ve been deceived by the clown inside of me. I thought that he was righteous but he’s vain Oh, something’s a-telling me I wear the ball and chain. My patron saint is a-fighting with a ghost He’s always off somewhere when I need him most. The Spanish moon is rising on the hill But my heart is a-tellin’ me I love ya still. I come back to the town from the flaming moon I see you in the streets, I begin to swoon. I love to see you dress before the mirror Won’t you let me in your room one time ‘fore I finally disappear? Everybody’s wearing a disguise To hide what they’ve got left behind their eyes. But me, I can’t cover what I am Wherever the children go I’ll follow them. I march in the parade of liberty But as long as I love you I’m not free. How long must I suffer such abuse Won’t you let me see you smile one time before I turn you loose? I’ve given up the game, I’ve got to leave, The pot of gold is only make-believe. The treasure can’t be found by men who search Whose gods are dead and whose queens are in the church. We sat in an empty theater and we kissed, I asked ya please to cross me off-a your list. My head tells me it’s time to make a change But my heart is telling me I love ya but you’re strange. One more time at midnight, near the wall Take off your heavy make-up and your shawl. Won’t you descend from the throne, from where you sit? Let me feel your love one more time before I abandon it. ABSOLUTELY SWEET MARIE Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can’t jump it Sometimes it gets so hard, you see I’m just sitting here beating on my trumpet With all these promises you left for me But where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Well, I waited for you when I was half sick Yes, I waited for you when you hated me Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic When you knew I had some other place to be Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately. Well, six white horses that you did promise Were fin’lly delivered down to the penitentiary But to live outside the law, you must be honest I know you always say that you agree But where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Well, I don’t know how it happened But the river-boat captain, he knows my fate But ev’rybody else, even yourself They’re just gonna have to wait. Well, I got the fever down in my pockets The Persian drunkard, he follows me Yes, I can take him to your house but I can’t unlock it You see, you forgot to leave me with the key Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed That a man can’t give his address out to bad company And now I stand here lookin’ at your yellow railroad In the ruins of your balcony Wond’ring where you are tonight, sweet Marie. AIN’T A-GONNA GRIEVE Well, I ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more And ain’t a-gonna grieve no more. Come on brother, join the band, Come on sisters, clap your hands, Tell everybody that’s in the land, You ain’t a-gonna grieve no more. Well, I ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more And ain’t a-gonna grieve no more. Brown and blue and white and black, All one color on the one-way track, We got this far and ain’t a-goin’ back And ain’t a-gonna grieve no more. Well, I ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more I ain’t a-gonna grieve no more. We’re gonna notify your next of kin, You’re gonna raise the roof until the house falls in. If you get knocked down get up again, We ain’t a-gonna grieve no more. Well, I ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more I ain’t a-gonna grieve no more. We’ll sing this song all night long, Sing it to my baby from midnight on. She’ll sing it to you when I’m dead and gone, Ain’t a-gonna grieve no more. Well, I ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain’t a-gonna grieve no more, no more I ain’t a-gonna grieve no more. AIN’T NO MAN RIGHTEOUS (No Not One) When a man he serves the Lord, it makes his life worthwhile. It don’t matter ‘bout his position, it don’t matter ‘bout his lifestyle. Talk about perfection, I ain’t never seen none And there ain’t no man righteous, no not one. Sometimes the devil likes to drive you from the neighborhood. He’ll even work his ways through those whose intentions are good. Some like to worship on the moon, others are worshipping the sun And there ain’t no man righteous, no not one. Look around, ya see so many social hypocrites Like to make rules for others while they do just the opposite. You can’t get to glory by the raising and the lowering of no flag. Put your goodness next to God’s and it comes out like a filthy rag. In a city of darkness there’s no need of the sun And there ain’t no man righteous, no not one. Done so many evil things in the name of love, it’s a crying shame I never did see no fire that could put out a flame. Pull your hat down, baby, pull the wool down over your eyes, Keep a-talking, baby, ‘til you run right out of alibis. Someday you’ll account for all the deeds that you done. Well, there ain’t no man righteous, no not one. God got the power, man has got his vanity, Man gotta choose before God can set him free. Don’t you know there’s nothing new that’s under the sun? Well, there ain’t no man righteous, no not one. When I’m gone don’t wonder where I be. Just say that I trusted in God and that Christ was in me.