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Dylan Bob
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Miscellaneous
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Percy's Song
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by Bob Dylan
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Bad news, bad news,
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Come to me where I sleep,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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Sayin' one of your friends
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Is in trouble deep,
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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Tell me the trouble,
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Tell once to my ear,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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Joliet prison
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And ninety-nine years,
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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Oh what's the charge
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Of how this came to be,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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Manslaughter
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In the highest of degree,
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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I sat down and wrote
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The best words I could write,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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Explaining to the judge
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I'd be there on Wednesday night,
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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Without a reply,
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I left by the moon,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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And was in his chambers
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By the next afternoon,
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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Could ya tell me the facts?
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I said without fear,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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That a friend of mine
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Would get ninety-nine years,
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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A crash on the highway
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Flew the car to a field,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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There was four persons killed
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And he was at the wheel,
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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But I knew him as good
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As I'm knowin' myself,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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And he wouldn't harm a life
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That belonged to someone else,
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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The judge spoke
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Out of the side of his mouth,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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Sayin', "The witness who saw,
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He left little doubt,"
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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That may be true,
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He's got a sentence to serve,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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But ninety-nine years,
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He just don't deserve,
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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Too late, too late,
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For his case it is sealed,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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His sentence is passed
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And it cannot be repealed,
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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But he ain't no criminal
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And his crime it is none,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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What happened to him
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Could happen to anyone,
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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And at that the judge jerked forward
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And his face it did freeze,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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Sayin', "Could you kindly leave
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My office now, please,"
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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Well his eyes looked funny
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And I stood up so slow,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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With no other choice
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Except for to go,
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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I walked down the hallway
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And I heard his door slam,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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I walked down the courthouse stairs
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And I did not understand,
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Turn, turn to the rain
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And the wind.
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And I played my guitar
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Through the night to the day,
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Turn, turn, turn again.
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And the only tune
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My guitar could play
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Was, "Oh the Cruel Rain
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And the Wind."
Fairport Convention - Percy's Song (1969...
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