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Dylan Bob
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Highway 61 Revisited
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Tombstone Blues
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by Bob Dylan
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The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course
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The city fathers they're trying to endorse
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The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse
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But the town has no need to be nervous
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The ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits
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To Jezebel the nun she violently knits
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A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits
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At the head of the chamber of commerce
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Mama's in the fact'ry
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She ain't got no shoes
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Daddy's in the alley
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He's lookin' for the fuse
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I'm in the streets
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With the tombstone blues
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The hysterical bride in the penny arcade
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Screaming she moans, "I've just been made"
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Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade
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Says, "My advice is to not let the boys in"
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Now the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside
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He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride
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"Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride
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You will not die, it's not poison"
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Mama's in the fact'ry
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She ain't got no shoes
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Daddy's in the alley
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He's lookin' for the fuse
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I'm in the streets
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With the tombstone blues
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Well, John the Baptist after torturing a thief
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Looks up at his hero the Commander-in-Chief
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Saying, "Tell me great hero, but please make it brief
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Is there a hole for me to get sick in?"
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The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly
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Saying, "Death to all those who would whimper and cry"
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And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky
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Saving, "The sun's not yellow it's chicken"
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Mama's in the fact'ry
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She ain't got no shoes
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Daddy's in the alley
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He's lookin' for the fuse
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I'm in the streets
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With the tombstone blues
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The king of the Philistines his soldiers to save
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Put jawbones on their tombstones and flatters their graves
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Puts the pied pipers in prison and fattens the slaves
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Then sends them out to the jungle
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Gypsy Davey with a blowtorch he burns out their camps
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With his faithful slave Pedro behind him he tramps
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With a fantastic collection of stamps
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To win friends and influence his uncle
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Mama's in the fact'ry
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She ain't got no shoes
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Daddy's in the alley
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He's lookin' for the fuse
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I'm in the streets
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With the tombstone blues
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The geometry of innocence flesh on the bone
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Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown
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At Delilah who sits worthlessly alone
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But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter
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Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
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I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
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Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
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He could die happily ever after
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Mama's in the fact'ry
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She ain't got no shoes
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Daddy's in the alley
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He's lookin' for the fuse
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I'm in the streets
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With the tombstone blues
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Where Ma Raney and Beethoven once unwrapped their bed roll
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Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole
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And the National Bank at a profit sells road maps for the soul
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To the old folks home and the college
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Now I wish I could write you a melody so plain
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That could hold you dear lady from going insane
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That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain
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Of your useless and pointless knowledge
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Mama's in the fact'ry
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She ain't got no shoes
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Daddy's in the alley
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He's lookin' for the fuse
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I'm in the streets
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With the tombstone blues
Bob Dylan - Tombstone Blues (Official Au...
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