Bob Dylan

You walk into the room With your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked and you 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?…

Well, i ride on a mailtrain, baby, Can’t buy a thrill. Well, i’ve been up all night, baby, Leanin’ on the window sill. Well, if i die On top of the hill And if i don’t make it, You know my baby will. Don’t the moon look good, mama, Shinin’ through the trees? Don’t the…

William zanzinger killed poor hattie carroll With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger At a baltimore hotel society gath’rin’ And the cops were called in and his weapon took from him As they rode him in custody down to the station And booked william zanzinger for first-degree murder But you who…

I was young when i left home An’ i been out a-ramblin’ round An’ i never wrote a letter to my home To my home, lord, to my home An’ i never wrote a letter to my home It was just the other day I was bringin’ home my pay When i met an’ old…

The guilty undertaker sighs The lonesome 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 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…

He sits in your room, his tomb, with a fist full of tacks Preoccupied with his vengeance Cursing the dead that can’t answer him back I’m sure that he has no intentions Of looking your way, unless it’s to say That he needs you to test his inventions Can you please crawl out your window?…

Well, i was feelin’ sad and feelin’ blue I didn’t know what in the world i wus gonna do Them communists they wus comin’ around They wus in the air They wus on the ground They wouldn’t gimme no peace . . . So i run down most hurriedly And joined up with the john…

It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe If you don’t know by now An’ it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe It’ll never do somehow When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window and i’ll be gone You’re the reason i’m trav’lin’ on Don’t…

Everything went from bad to worse, money never changed a thing Death kept followin’, trackin’ us down, at least i heard your bluebird sing Now somebody’s got to show their hand, time is an enemy I know you’re long gone, i guess it must be up to me If i’d thought about it i never…

Johnny’s in the basement Mixing up the medicine I’m on the pavement Thinking about the government The man in the trench coat Badge out, laid off Says he’s got a bad cough Wants to get it paid off Look out kid It’s somethin’ you did God knows when But you’re doin’ it again You better…

Well, i walked all night long Listenin’ to them church bells tone Yes, i walked all night long Listenin’ to them church bells tone Either someone needing mercy Or maybe something i’ve done wrong Well, your friends come by for you I don’t know what to say Well, your friends come by for you I…

I never dreamed there could be someone made just for me I’m not letting her have her way I come here to see what she has to say Oh, the poor gal always wins the day I’m staying ahead of the game, she’s doing the same And the whiskey’s flying into my head The fiddler’s…

Broken lines, broken strings, Broken threads, broken springs, Broken idols, broken heads, People sleeping in broken beds. Ain’t no use jiving Ain’t no use joking Everything is broken. Broken bottles, broken plates, Broken switches, broken gates, Broken dishes, broken parts, Streets are filled with broken hearts. Broken words never meant to be spoken, Everything is…

Well, that midnight train pulled on all down the track You’re standing there watching, with your hands folded behind your back And you smile so pretty, and nod to the prison guard Well, i know you want my loving, mama but you’re so hard