Bob Dylan's Blues
Jim Savarino © 2001
My last good friend on the West Coast Sat by the ocean with me She said you'll need your strength my friend To live in the land of the free Out on some highway in Utah I blew out my last pair of shoes Now I'm alone with my cellular phone Singin' Bob Dylan's Blues Well, the clouds, I think they are lifting Been lifting for many a year Give it some time just a cent'ry or two I think it'll be pretty clear The ladies apply their makeup While the gentlemen tune in the news A container truck loads up the misery And the driver sings Bob Dylan's Blues But for me, I cannot tarry There's a sale at the old five and dime I will buy back all of the mem'ries I lost If I can just get there on time The rivers they all run backwards Filling the wellsprings again Rainbows are melting to separate hues While angels sing Bob Dylan's Blues Chorus The fire has lost it's warmth The cold wind is hotter than hell I sit here thinkin' that nothin makes sense But you know, you can't always tell Five hundred grave digging Jesuits Work overtime under the gun They must bury all the unfaithful Before this day's setting sun And a used car salesman is praying His patrons get all that they choose While his children and wife spend the rest of their life Off key singing Bob Dylan's Blues The streetlamps go off at twilight Turn on when the darkness gives sway Tearing the rays of the sun from the sky Stealing the light from the day The freeway is jammed with dreamers Idle with nothing to lose The busses are stopped at the side of the road While the riders sing Bob Dylan's Blues Chorus I learned to forget my learning Collected back all of my dues Even my doctor has patience again While I'm singing Bob Dylan's Blues Old MacDonald, he killed all the animals He laughed as he watched them cry Mother Goose was writing a protest song She was one of the first ones to die Now all of the children's nursery rhymes Are headline events in the news Brier' Fox, Brier' Rabbit, the Three Little Pigs They're all singing Bob Dylan's Blues Chorus