One of my favorites and also a nice take on the song by Sarah Jarosz. Simple Twist of Fate They sat together in the park As the evening sky grew dark She looked at him and he felt a spark Tingle to his bones 'Twas then he felt alone And wished that he'd gone straight And watched out for a simple twist of fate They walked along by the old canal A little confused, I remember well And stopped into a strange hotel With a neon burnin' bright He felt the heat of the night Hit him like a freight train Moving with a simple twist of fate A saxophone someplace far-off played As she was walkin' on by the arcade As the light bust through a beat-up shade Where he was waking up She dropped a coin into the cup Of a blind man at the gate And forgot about a simple twist of fate He woke up, the room was bare He didn't see her anywhere He told himself he didn't care Pushed the window open wide Felt an emptiness inside To which he just could not relate Brought on by a simple twist of fate He hears the ticking of the clocks And walks along with a parrot that talks Hunts her down by the waterfront docks Where the sailors all come in Maybe she'll pick him out again How long must he wait? One more time, for a simple twist of fate People tell me it's a sin To know and feel too much within I still believe she was my twin But I lost the ring She was born in spring But I was born too late Blame it on a simple twist of fate
One of his first songs. Not your typical Bob Dylan lyrics, but a pretty tune. Girl from the North Country by Bob Dylan, 1963 If you're traveling to the north country fair Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline Remember me to the one who lives there She once was a true love of mine See for me that her hair's hanging long It curls and falls all down her breast See for me that her hair's hanging long That's the way I remember her best If you go where the snowflakes fall Where the rivers freeze and summer ends Please see for me if she's wearing a coat so warm To keep her from the howling winds
"and the princess and the prince discuss what's real and what is not......" Gates of Eden This lyric was in my head for so many years, I thought that *I* had written it! "Come, you MASTERS OF WAR You that build the big guns You that build the death planes You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks" This gets so vicious at the end, I'm almost ashamed I like this song so much! "And I hope that you die And your death will come soon I will follow your casket By the pale afternoon And I’ll watch while you’re lowered Down to your deathbed And I’ll stand over your grave 'Til I’m sure that you’re dead" https://genius.com/Bob-dylan-masters-of-war-lyrics When I was in high school and would play Dylan, my mother would poke her head in my room to ask "What's he complaining about NOW?"
Welcome to the forum, Lulu! When He Returns WRITTEN BY: BOB DYLAN The iron hand it ain’t no match for the iron rod The strongest wall will crumble and fall to a mighty God For all those who have eyes and all those who have ears It is only He who can reduce me to tears Don’t you cry and don’t you die and don’t you burn For like a thief in the night, He’ll replace wrong with right When He returns Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through He unleashed His power at an unknown hour that no one knew How long can I listen to the lies of prejudice? How long can I stay drunk on fear out in the wilderness? Can I cast it aside, all this loyalty and this pride? Will I ever learn that there’ll be no peace, that the war won’t cease Until He returns? Surrender your crown on this blood-stained ground, take off your mask He sees your deeds, He knows your needs even before you ask How long can you falsify and deny what is real? How long can you hate yourself for the weakness you conceal? Of every earthly plan that be known to man, He is unconcerned He’s got plans of His own to set up His throne When He returns
A New Dylan Christmas Song Uncovered Posted on November 1, 2017 by TonyAttwood A New Dylan Christmas Song Uncovered by Larry Fyffe The unwavering detectives at the Untold Dylan offices have managed to lay their sleuth-hound paws on the lyrics of a yet-to-be-released new Christmas song by Bob Dylan. For the pleasure of our readers only, we publish the song’s lyrics along with its title: Hard Reindeer Are Gonna Fall Oh where have you been, Rudolf?, my red-nosed son Where have you been?, my sad young one The other reindeer call me nasty names I’ve been left out of all their reindeer games I’ve been up early mornin’, lookin’ for a deer yard And it’s hard, and it’s hard, and it’s hard And hard reindeer a-gonna fall Oh what have you seen?, my red-nosed son What have you seen?, my sad-eyed one I saw St. Nick’s throne with no body on it I saw a red sleigh with grey fog all around it I saw ten thousand children with stockings all empty And it’s hard, and it’s hard, and it’s hard And hard reindeer a-gonna fall Oh what’ll we do now?, my red-nosed son What’ll we do now?, my sad-eyed one Well the weatherman, he ain’t so proud I can lead Santa through the darkest cloud With my red nose a-blinkin’, and my horns a-blowin’ The soles of those socks won’t be forgotten I tell ya ol’ foggie, you ain’t hard It’s not hard, it’s not hard, it ain’t hard The eight other reindeer shouted out with glee And they all played games around the Christmas tree Everyone of them’ll go down in history Rudolf, Dasher, Dancer, Donner, Vixen Comet, Cupid, Prancer, Blitzen The tree caught on fire and killed them all Blazin’ reindeer meat’s a-gonna fall And its hard, it’s hard, it’s hard, it’s very hard