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"A Simple Twist of Fate"
She walks alone like a pair of detox's
She walks along with a parrot that talks
"Absolutely Sweet Marie"
Well, I've got the fever down in my bollucks.
Well, I've got the fever down in my pockets.
"All Along The Watchtower"
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Their blood circles too.
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants, too.
"All Along The Watchtower"
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Their foot servants, too.
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants, too.
"All Along The Watchtower"
Businessmen they, drink my wine
Come and dig my herb.
Businessmen, they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth.
"All Along The Watchtower"
Businessmen they, drink my wine
Come and take my herb.
Businessmen, they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth.
"All Along The Watchtower"
Mr Stanley drinks my wine
Plowmen dig my earth.
Businessmen, they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth.
"All Along The Watchtower"
Please just madly drink my wine
Come and dig my herb.
Businessmen, they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth.
"All Along The Watchtower"
Their foot servants, too.
Barefoot servants, too.
"All Along The Watchtower"
There's these men, they drink my wine,
Plowmen dig my earth.
Businessmen, they drink my wine,
Plowmen dig my earth.
"All Along The Watchtower"
There's these men, they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth.
or
Business men come drink my wine
Come and dig my herb.
Businessmen, they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth.
"All Along The Watchtower"
They f***ed servants, too.
Barefoot servants, too.
"All Along the Watchtower"
Please don't just sit there and drink my wine
Come and dig my herb.
Businessmen, they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth.
"All Along the Watchtower"
The owl is getting laid.
The hour is getting late.
The Hendrix version sounds like "But I was getting late" or "But I was getting laid."
"Black Diamond Bay"
She wears a Nick Diana Panama hat.
she wears a neck-tie and a Panama hat.
"Blowin' In The Wind" (MP3)
Dead ants are my friends
Dead ants are my friends
Dead ants, they are blowin' in the wind.
The answer, my friend
Is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
"Blowin' In The Wind" (MP3)
The ants are my friends
They're blowin in the wind
The ants are blowin in the wind
The answer my friend
is blowin' in the wind
the answer is blowin in the wind
"Blowin' In The Wind" (MP3)
The ants are my friends, they're blowin' in the wind
The ants are a'blowin in the wind.
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
"Blowin' In The Wind" (MP3)
The ants are my friends; they're blowin' in the wind...
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind...
"Blowin' In The Wind" (MP3)
The ants are my friends
Is blowin in the wind.
The answer, my friends
Is blowin' in the wind.
"Blowin' In The Wind" (MP3)
Yes, and how many seas must a wild duck sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
or
Yes, and how many seas must a wide duck sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
"Blowin' In The Wind" (MP3)
Yes, and how many times must a cannon balls flack
Before they're a forever band?
Yes, and how many times must cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
"Blowin' In The Wind" (MP3)
Yes, and how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to decree?
or
Before they're allowed to defreeze?
or
Before they're allowed to deplete?
or
Before they're allowed to deceive?
Yes and how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"
While his genocide fools and his friends rearrange
their religion of Potemkin women
While his genocide fools and his friends rearrange
their religion of the little ten women
"Changing Of The Guards"
I rode past destruction in the ditches
With the stitches still mending 'neath a hot shit tattoo.
I rode past destruction in the ditches
With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.
"Changing Of The Guards"
She wakes him up, but eight hours later,
The sun is breaking the broken chains.
She wakes him up, forty eight hours later,
The sun is breaking, near broken chains.
"Changing Of The Guards"
She wakes him up, forty-eight hours later
The sun is breaking the broken chains.
She wakes him up, forty-eight hours later
The sun is breaking near broken chains.
"Chimes Of Freedom" (MP3)
Far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toe
Far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll
"Cold Irons Bound"
I'm twenty miles out of town
And cold irons bound.
I'm twenty miles out of town
In cold irons bound.
"Cold Irons Bound"
The wall's upright, high and wide.
The walls of pride are high and wide.
"Cry A While"
Musty been dumped past the water makin' it to end in Budokan.
Musta been Don Pasquale makin' a 2 am booty call.
"Desolation Row"
As Repound and T.S. Eliot, fighting in the captain's tower
Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot, fighting in the captain's tower
"Desolation Row"
Hands in her back pocket, very latest style.
Hands in her back pocket, Bette Davis style.
"Desolation Row"
Yes, I received your letter yesterday
(about the time the dawn hour broke).
Yes, I received your letter yesterday
(about the time the door knob broke).
"Down The Highway"
With a seaking in my hand
With my suitcase in my hand
"Emotionally Yours"
The ocean will be yours.
Emotionally yours.
"Foot Of Pride"
How to enter into the gates of heaven...i should know, how to carry a burden too heavy to be yours.
How to enter into the gates of paradise, no, how to carry a burden too heavy to be yours.
"Foot Of Pride"
You know what they say,
About being nasty to the rat people,
On the way up.
You know what they say,
About being nice to right people,
On the way up.
"Foot Of Pride"
You know what they say
About being nasty to right people
On the way up.
You know what they say
About being nice to the right people
On the way up.
"Forever Young"
May you pay
Cold egg fu yung.
May you stay
Forever young.
"Gotta Serve Somebody"
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the law.
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord.
"Gotta Serve Somebody"
You may be somebody's mistress,
Maybe somebody cares.
You may be somebody's mistress,
May be somebody's heir.
"Highway 61 Revisited"
Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose,
Well fed and proper they wouldn't give him no clothes.
Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose,
Welfare Department they wouldn't give him no clothes.
"Highway 61 Revisited"
Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose
Well fatty poppa he wouldn't give him no clothes
Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose
Welfare Department, they wouldn't give him no clothes.
"Highway 61 Revisited"
Georgia Sam, he had a bloody noses
Welfare and proverty won't give him no clothes.
Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose
Welfare Department, they wouldn't give him no clothes.
"Highway 61 Revisited"
We'll just put some peaches out in the sun.
We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun.
An all-right jury agreed.
And the all-white jury agreed.
And all Nigeria grieved.
And the all-white jury agreed.
And the cops are puttin' the 'scuse to him
Lookin' for someone to blame.
or
And the cops are puttin' the goose to him
Lookin' for someone to blame.
or
And the cops are puttin' the goose to him
Lookin' for someone to blame.
The cops are puttin' the screws to him
lookin' for someone to blame
And the cops pull over excuse me I'm
Lookin' for someone to blame.
The cops are puttin' the screws to him
Lookin' for someone to blame.
If you're black you might as well not shown up on the street
'Less you wanna drive a heap.
If you're black you might as well not show up on the street
'Less you wanna draw the heat.
In the old Nigerian greed.
And the all white jury agreed.
That's the story of a parakeet.
That's the story of the hurricane.
While Rubin sits like Gudda in a ten foot cell
An innocent man in a living Hell.
While Rueben sits like Buddha in a ten foot cell
An innocent man in a living Hell.
The lonesome Oregon bandit cries.
The lonesome organ grinder cries.
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
Bring that body over here
Bing that bottle over here
"Idiot Wind"
Aeolian wind (as in Aeolian harp!)
Idiot wind
"Idiot Wind"
Alien wind
Idiot Wind
"Idiot Wind"
Blowing through the covers on your tomb
Blowing through the flowers on your tomb
"Idiot Wind"
Eddie and me
Idiot wind
"Idiot Wind"
I ran into the fortune teller,
who said beware of lightly lemoned stripes
I ran into the fortune teller,
who said beware of lightning that might strike
"Idiot Wind"
I ran into the fortune teller
Who said beware of light little lemon stripes.
I ran into the fortune teller
Who said beware of lightning that might strike.
"Idiot Wind"
I ran into the fortune teller
Who said beware of lime and lemon Sprite.
I ran into the fortune teller
Who said, 'Beware of lightning that might strike'.
"Idiot Wind"
Idiot Wind
Blowing through the Netherseppy Road
Idiot Wind
Blowing through the letters that we wrote
"Idiot Wind"
They say I shot a man named Greg and took his wife to Italy,
She had hats and a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
Hootie & The Blowfish later made reference to these lines in the third verse of their song "Only Wanna Be With You."
"Idiot Wind"
While the springtime turned slowly twaddle
While the springtime turned slowly into autumn
"Isis"
I cursed her one time
Then I wrote on her head
I cursed her one time
Then I rode on ahead
"Isis"
I cursed her one time
Then I rode on her head.
I cursed her one time
Then I rode on ahead.
"Isis"
I cursed her one time
Then I rode on her head.
I cursed her one time
Then I rode on ahead.
"Isis"
Went into the laundry and watched my clothes bounce.
Went into a laundry to wash my clothes down.
"It's All Over Now Baby Blue" (MP3)
He understands your orphan with his gun
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (MP3)
He understands you often with his gun.
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun.
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (MP3)
Take what you have gathered by Carl Wincedence.
Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (MP3)
Take what you have gathered from Carl Winter's Dance.
Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (MP3)
The cockatoo is moving under you.
The carpet, too, is moving under you.
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (MP3)
Yolanda stands, your orphan with his gum.
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun.
"Jack Of Hearts"
Rose-mary combed her her hair, and took a cabbage into town.
Rose-mary combed her hair and took a carriage into town.
"Jack of Hearts"
The cabaret was quiet,
except for the Dylan in the walls
The cabaret was quiet,
except for the drillin' in the walls
Have a sleep 'neath the stars with a small dark look in your face.
Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face.
Have a sleep 'neath the stars with a small dark look in your face
Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face
With a small dark look on your face.
With a small dog licking your face.
You're gonna saddle up your motor
But what do you care?
You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah
But what do you care?
"Just Like A Woman" (MP3)
She bakes jut like a woman.
And she aches just like a woman.
"Just Like A Woman" (MP3)
Tonight is Austin inside the rain
Tonight as I stand in the rain
"Just Like A Woman" (MP3)
We ain't married, she's my friend.
Queen Mary, she's my friend.
"Just Like A Woman" (MP3)
We married, she's my friend.
Queen Mary, she's my friend.
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
A feline knocking on Kevin's door
I feel I'm knocking on heaven's door
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Bob is knockin' on Heaven's door
or
Dylan's knockin' on Heaven's door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door.
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Don't stop knockin' on heaven's door
Knock knock knockin' on heaven's door
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Knock knock knockin' on Everett's door
Knock knock knockin' on heaven's door
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Knock, knock, knockin' on Kevin's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Knockin' on Kevin's do-oo-oh
Knockin' on heaven's door
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Knockin' on Kevin's door
Knockin' on heaven's door
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Knocking on Everett's door.
Knocking on Heaven's door.
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Knocking on Kevin's door
Knocking on Heaven's door
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Mama take this goat of chrome off of me.
or
Mama take this Kodachrome off of me.
Ma, take this badge off of me.
Kodachrome is a type of Kodak film that has a very high color depth compared to 35mm.
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Mama, put my gums in the ground
I can't chew them anymore.
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore.
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
My Uncle Matt fell to the ground.
Mama, put my guns in the ground.
"Knocking On Heaven's Door"
Knock knock knocky knock have in store
Knock knock knocking on Heaven's door
"Lay Lady Lay"
His clothes are dirty birdies hands are clean
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
"Lay Lady Lay"
Lady lady, lay
Lay on my humpin' brass bed.
Lay, lady, lay
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady Lay"
Lay across Buffy Graham's bed.
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady Lay"
Lay across my big breast and w****.
Lay across my brass bed, baby.
"Lay Lady Lay"
Lay across my big breast baby.
Lay across my brass bed, baby.
"Lay Lady Lay"
Lay across my big breast, baby.
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady Lay"
Lay across my big breasts, babe.
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady Lay"
Lay across my big gray a** beard.
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady Lay"
Lay across my big, brown bell-end.
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady Lay"
Lay across pumping brass band.
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady Lay"
Lay across pumping brass band.
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady Lay"
Lay across this monkey bay.
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady Lay"
Lay-da-da-lay
Lay, lady, lay.
"Lay Lady Lay"
You can have your Pekingese, too.
You can have your cake and eat it too.
"Lay Lady, Lay"
Lady Elaine, lay across my big breast bed.
Lay lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady, Lay"
Lady of the Lake
Eatin' on a big bass head.
Lay, lady, lay
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady, Lay"
Lay across my big a**, babe.
or
Lay across Bob's breast, babe.
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady, Lay"
Lay across my big breast, babe
Lay across my big brass bed
"Lay Lady, Lay"
Lay across my home cakes, ham, and steak
Lay across my big brass bed
"Lay Lady, Lay"
Lay across my puppy grass bed
Lay lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady, Lay"
Lay across puppy grass bed.
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady, Lay"
Lay across puppy gray.
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady, Lay"
Lay lady, lay - lay upon my big plaid spread
Lay lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay Lady, Lay"
Lay upon Bobby's brass bed
or
Lay upon monkey grass and spit
or
Lay upon monkey grass and spit
Lay across my big brass bed
"Lay Lady, Lay"
Lay upon your funky grass bed
Lay upon your big brass bed
"Lay Lady, Lay"
Leopold's my big brass bed.
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay, Lady, Lay"
Lady Delane
Lay, lady, lay
"Lay, Lady, Lay"
Lady Elaine
Lay across my big brass head.
Lay, lady, lay
Lay across my big brass bed.
"Lay, Lady, Lay"
Lady O'Lay
Lay, lady, lay
"License To Kill"
Man has invented his doom
First step was touching the womb.
Man has invented his doom
First step was touching the moon.
It's rare, but once in a while I think 'c'mon, Bob.... let me change that one word for you.'
"License To Kill"
Memphis is in planet Earth
He can do with it as he pleases.
Man thinks 'cause he rules the earth
He can do with it as he pleases.
"License To Kill"
Memphis, 'cause he rules the Earth
He can do wheaher as he pleases.
Man thinks 'cause he rules the Earth
He can do with it as he pleases.
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
...you'd do the bumps and grinds
...threw the bums a dime
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
As you steer him to the back, you hug his eyes.
or
As you stare into the black hue of his eyes
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
As you steer him to the back, you hug his eyes.
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
But you know you only used to get juice dinner.
But you know you only used to get juiced in it.
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Like-a completa-nong
Like a complete unknown
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
do the buggy jive in your prime. Then you?
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
threw the bums a dime in your prime.Didn't you?
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Did the funky jive in your prime.
Then you?
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime.
Didn't you?
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Did the monkey shine in your prime?
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime.
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Did the multy y jime in your prime?
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime.
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Do the bums in line for a dime
And then you?
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime.
Didn't you?
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Two's upon a time in your prime.
Didn't you?
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime.
Didn't you?
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Once upon a time, it dressed so fine
Do the perfect time me and yer friend
Didn't you?
Once upon a time, you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime
Didn't you?
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Through the bumps of time
Threw the bums a dime.
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
When you got nothing
You got nothing Toulouse
When you got nothing
You got nothing to lose.
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
You threw the bums a pie.
Threw the bums a dime.
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon and Reggs, and the language that he used.
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags, and the language that he used.
"Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get too skinny.
You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it.
"Like A Rolling Stone"
You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get used to it.
You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it.
"Lily, Rosemary & The Jack of Hearts"
Rosemary combed her hair,
and took a cabbage into town
Rosemary combed her hair,
and took a carriage into town
"Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts"
The cabaret was quiet, except for the Dylan in the wall.
The cabaret was quiet, except for the drillin' in the wall.
"Lily, Rosemary, And The Jack O' Hearts"
Rosemary combed her hair and took a carriage into town.
Rosemary combed her hair and took a cabbage into town.
"Lily, Rosemary, and The Jack Of Hearts"
Rosemary combed her hair and took a cabbage into town.
Rosemary combed her hair and took a carriage into town.
"Love is Just a Four-Letter Word"
Drifting in and out of lifetimes,
I mentioned the bull by name
Drifting in and out of lifetimes
unmentionable by names
"Maggie's Farm"
I ain't gonna work on make-it-pa no more.
Iain't gonna work on Maggie's Farm no more.
"Masters Of War"
You that build all the bongs
You that build all the bombs
"Meet Me In The Morning"
Meet me in the morning
56 and why be shy
Meet me in the morning
56 and Warbashaw
"Meet Me In The Morning"
Meet me in the morning
56 and barbershop.
Meet me in the morning
56 and Warbashaw.
"Meet Me In The Morning"
Meet me in the morning
After six at the barber shop.
Meet me in the morning
56 and Warbashaw.
"Meet Me In The Morning"
Meet me in the morning
My dog likes eating chicken shit
or
It's six a.m. and I wanna shower
Meet me in the morning
56 and Wabasha
"Memphis Blues Again" (MP3)
I'd ask him where the meadow is.
I asked him what that matter was.
"Memphis Blues Again" (MP3)
Oh mamma, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Bluegrass Band.
Oh mamma, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues again.
"Memphis Blues Again" (MP3)
Stuck inside immobile.
Stuck inside of Mobile.
Now the preacher looked so baffled
When I asked him why he dressed
With twenty pounds of head lice
Stapled to his chest.
Now the preacher looked so baffled
When I asked him why he dressed
With twenty pounds of headlines
Stapled to his chest.
Now the preacher looked so baffled
When I asked him why he dressed
With twenty pounds of headlights
Stapled to his chest.
Now the preacher looked so baffled
When I asked him why he dressed
With twenty pounds of headlines
Stapled to his chest.
"Mississippi"
Nothin' I can sell you, I'll accept your crown.
Nothin' you can sell me, I'll see you 'round.
"Most Likely You'll Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine)" (MP3)
I just can't do without none before
I just can't do what I've done before
"Most Likely You'll Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine)" (MP3)
I'm gonna lick your ass
I'm gonna let you pass
"Mr Tambourine Man" (MP3)
Hey, Mr. Tangerine Man
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man
"Mr. Tambourine Man" (MP3)
Cack your pants and spill my wee.
Cast your dancing spell my way.
"Mr. Tambourine Man" (MP3)
Cast your dance and spill my wee
I promise to go wandering.
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it.
"Mr. Tambourine Man" (MP3)
Cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go wandering
Cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it
"Mr. Tambourine Man" (MP3)
Cast your dancing, spill my way
I promise to go wandering.
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it.
"Mr. Tambourine Man" (MP3)
Cast your dancing, spill my wee
I promise to go wandering.
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it.
"Mr. Tambourine Man" (MP3)
I ain't Mr. Tambourine Man.
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man!
"Mr. Tambourine Man" (MP3)
Mr. Toy Marine Man
Mr. Tambourine Man
"Mr. Tambourine Man" (MP3)
Wait only for my boot heels to go under it.
Wait only for my boot heels to go wandering.
"Mr. Tambourine Man" (MP3)
Wait only for my foothills to go wandering
Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering
"My Back Pages"
Half-a**ed prejudice, reinforced
Come down, I hate ice cream.
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
'Rip down all hate,' I screamed.
"My Back Pages"
Throwin' high and mighty crap
Rollin' high and mighty traps
"My Back Pages"
the kids all hate ice cream
'Rip down all hate!', I screamed
"No Time To Think"
But the magician is quicker and his name is Lipsticker
Then blood and blacker than ink
And there's no time to think.
But the magician is quicker and his game is much thicker
Than blood and blacker than ink
And there's no time to think.
"Not Dark Yet"
Been down at the bottom of a whirlpool of lies.
Been down at the bottom of a world full of lies.
"Not Dark Yet"
Been down the bottle
Of a world full of lies.
Been down the bottom
Of a world full of lies.
"Not Dark Yet"
My sensitive manatee has gone down the drain.
My sense of humanity has gone down the drain.
"One Too Many Mornings" (MP3)
Listerine, the dogs of violence
Down the street, the dogs are barkin'.
"Positively 4th Street" (MP3)
You know what a drag it is to be you.
You'd know what a drag it is to see you.
"Queen Jane Approximately"
Won't you come see me, Green Jade?
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
"Rainy Day Women 12 And 35" (MP3)
They'll stone you when you try to take her home
They'll stone you when you try to go ho home
"Rainy Day Women 12 and 35" (MP3)
They stone you when your set down in your grave.
They'll stone you when your set down in your "FAV"
It has nothing to do with grave--he is mentioning being sitting in your favorite ez chair. I do know why the grave thing got spread all over the place.
"Romance in Durango"
I shot a man, Felina
Agarrame, mi vida
Loosely translated, it means 'Hold on to me, my love'.
"Shelter From The Storm"
'Come here', she said.
'I'll give you seltzer from the store.'
'Come here', she said.
'I'll give you shelter from the storm'
"Shelter From The Storm"
I came in from the wilderness,
a preacher boy deformed
I came in from the wilderness,
a creature void of form
"Shelter From The Storm"
Nothing really matters much
It's Du Malone that counts.
Nothing really matters much
It's doom alone that counts.
"Shelter From The Storm"
Nothing really matters much
It's do 'em alone that counts.
Nothing really matters much
It's doom alone that counts.
"Shelter from the storm"
Nothing really matters much
It's Du Malone that counts
Nothing really matters much
It's doom alone that counts
"Silvio"
Silvio, silver and gold
Gonna find out the beat of a hot run toad.
Silvio, silver and gold
Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold.
"Simple Twist Of Fate"
He hears the ticking of the clocks,
And walks along with a para du tux.
He hears the ticking of the clocks,
And walks along with a parrot that talks.
"Spanish Harlem Incident"
I am homliest, come and take me.
I am homeless, come and take me.
"Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Agai"
Twenty pounds of head lice stapled to his chest
Twenty pounds of headlines stapled to his chest
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (MP3)
Better stay away from those pair around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose, wash your clean clothes.
Better stay away from those that carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose, watch the plain clothes.
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (MP3)
Don't wear sandals -- the California scandals!
Don't wear sandals, try to avoid the scandals.
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (MP3)
Don't wear sandals
An' try to forge a scandal.
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals.
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (MP3)
Look out kid, he's sucking your d***.
Look out kid, it's something you did.
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (MP3)
Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
By losers, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hanging round the theaters.
Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time users
Hang around the theaters.
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (MP3)
Six time users
Hanging around the fetus.
Six-time losers
Hangin' around the theaters.
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (MP3)
Talkin' 'bout the heap of plans in the bed bugs.
Talkin' that the heat that put plants in the bed but...
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (MP3)
The man in the coon-skin cap in the big pen.
The man in the coon-skin cap and a pig-pen
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (MP3)
The man in the trench coat
Bad job, laid off.
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off.
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (MP3)
The pump don't work 'cos the bailiffs took the handles.
The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handles.
"Sugar Baby"
Some of these boot layers
They make pretty good stuff
Some of these bootleggers
They make pretty good stuff.
"Sweetheart Like You"
She wanted a home and not just a house.
She wanted a whole man, not just a half.
"Take A Message To Mary"
Please don't mention the stagecoach
Or the shot from a Carris gun.
Please don't mention the stagecoach
Or the shot from a careless gun.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
F*** me to you
Tangled up in blue.
Brought me to you
Tangled up in blue.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
F*** me to you
Tiger lovin' blues.
Brought me to you
Tangled up in blue.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
One evening she's changed it all
And my head was still red.
Wondering if she'd changed at all,
If her hair was still red.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Papa's banquet wasn't big enough.
Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a crepe.
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a crepe
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a plate.
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
She never did like mama's homemade dress
Papa's banguet wasn't big enough.
She never did like mama's homemade dress
Papa's bank book wasn't big enough.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
She was standing in back of my chair
Sayin, 'Jimmy, don't I know your name?'
She was standing there in back of my chair
Said to me, 'Don't I know your name?'
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
She was standing there in back of my chair
Sayin', 'Timmy, don't I know your name?'
She was standing there in back of my chair
Sayin', 'Tell me, don't I know your name?'
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Spit upon the ducks that night
Both agreeing it was best.
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Split up on a dachshund night
Both agreeing it was best.
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Split up on the docks at night where the reading it was best.
Split up on a dark sad night both agreeing it was best.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Split up on the docks at night
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Split up on the docks that night
Both agreeing it was best
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Split up on the docks that night.
Split up on a dark sad night.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Split up on the docks that night.
Split up on a dark sad night.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Split up on the docks that night
Well agreeing it was best.
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Split up on the docks that night
Both agreeing that it was best.
Split up on that dark sad night
Both agreeing that it was best.
(Editor's note: Please note that the "correction" links are for correction suggestions only, NOT for feedback on the misheard lyrics.)
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Tangle lovin' blues
Tangled up in blue
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Tango lovin' blues
Tangled up in blue
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Tiger lovin' blues
Tangled up in blue
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Timmy, don't I know your name?
Tell me, don't I know your name?
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Tangled up in you.
or
Trying to love you blue
or
Trying to love you blue
Tangled up in blue
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Turtle lucky blues
Tangled up in blue
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Wondering if she'd change it all,
If my hair was still red.
Wondering if she'd changed at all,
If her hair was still red.
"Tangled Up In Blue" (MP3)
Working for a while on a fishing boat
Right outside of the deli drawer.
Working for a while on a fishing boat,
Right outside of Delacroix.
"Tangled Up in Blue" (MP3)
She never did like mama's homemade bread
Papa's bacon wasn't crisp enough
She never did like mama's homemade dress
Papa's bank book wasn't big enough.
"Tangled Up in Blue" (MP3)
We drove that car as far as we could
Abandoned it out west
Split up on the docks that night
Both agreeing it was best
We drove that car as far as we could
Abandoned it out west
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best
If you drive your car as far west as you can, you do end up on the docks. That's how the imagery led me to the mishearing. (Kersplash.)
"Temporary Like Achilles"
He's pointing to the sky
And he's hungry, like a mandrake.
He's pointing to the sky
And he's hungry, like a man in drag.
"The Death of Emmett Till"
While Emmett's body floats the foam
Of a gentle southern sea.
While Emmett's body floats the foam
Of a Jim Crow southern sea.
Jim Crow is not a term in wide usage now adj. 1. Upholding or practicing discrimination against and segregation of Black people: Jim Crow laws; a Jim Crow town. 2. Reserved or set aside for a racial or ethnic group that is to be discriminated against: "I told them I wouldn't take a Jim Crow job”-Ralph Bunche.
"The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)"
When Quinn the Eskimo gets here
All the b****es gonna run to him.
When Quinn the Eskimo gets here
All the pigeons gonna run to him.
"The Mighty Quinn"
When Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everyone is gonna wanna dose.
When Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everyone is gonna wanna doze.
Speculation about the song referencing LSD-25 dropped on paper with with an Eskimo stamped on each piece.
"The Mighty Quinn"
When Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everybody's gonna dose.
When Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everybody's gonna doze.
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (MP3)
Your old road is rapidly Asian.
Your old road is rapidly agin'.
"The Times They Are A-Changing" (MP3)
Get out of the new one
With your candle in your hand.
Get out of the new one
If you can't lend a hand.
"The Weight"
Take a load off, Lenny.
Take a load off, Annie.
"The Weight"
Take the Lord off Granny.
Take a load off, Fanny.
"Things Have Changed" (MP3)
There's a white man on my lap and Shay's drinking champagne.
There's a woman on my lap and she's drinking champagne.
Wow. I never knew you liked white guys, Zimmy.
"This Wheels on Fire"
Let's kill this fire,
while bowling in the road,
Best mortify my next of kin,
This wheel shall explode
This Wheel's on Fire,
Rolling down the road,
best notify my next of kin...
this wheel shall explode
"To Ramona"
From fixtures & faucets
From fixtures and forces
"To Ramona"
It's only a dream, babe, a vacuum machine.
It's only a dream, babe, a vacuous scheme.
"True Love Tends to Forget"
I was lying' down the the reeds without any oxygen,
I saw you in the wilderness, a monument
I was lyin' down in the reeds without any oxygen
I saw you in the wilderness among the men
"Visions Of Johanna" (MP3)
She's delicate and seems like Vermeer.
She's delicate and seems like the mirror.
"Visions Of Johanna" (MP3)
She's delicate and seems like the Mir.
She's delicate and seems like veneer.
"Visions Of Johanna" (MP3)
She's delicate and seems like the mirror
She's delicate and seems like veneer
"Visions Of Johanna" (MP3)
She's delicate and seems like veneer.
She's delicate and seems like the mirror.
"Visions of Johanna" (MP3)
Is delicate and seems like Vermeer
or
Is delicate and seems like veneer
Is delicate and seems like the mirror
"Wedding Song"
Dried the tears up from my dreams and pulled me from the whore
Dried the tears up from my dreams and pulled me from the hole
Wheels on fire
Burning down the road
Better roll up my mystery
Let this little town explode.
Wheels on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode.
"You Go Your Way While I Go Mine"
I'm gonna lick yer a**.
I'm gonna let yer pass.
"You're a Big Girl Now"
Like a clock screwed on my heart
Ever since we've been apart.
Like a corkscrew to my heart
Ever since we've been apart.