Blind Willie McTell..all along the WATCHTOWER..and more Dylan goodness.

by BurnTheShips 4 Replies latest jw friends

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  BurnTheShips

  This is a Bob Dylan thread damnit.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEyt3kKqrs

  Seen the arrow on the doorpost
  Saying, "This land is condemned
  All the way from New Orleans
  To Jerusalem."
  I traveled through East Texas
  Where many martyrs fell
  And I know no one can sing the blues
  Like Blind Willie McTell
  
  Well, I heard the hoot owl singing
  As they were taking down the tents
  The stars above the barren trees
  Were his only audience
  Them charcoal gypsy maidens
  Can strut their feathers well
  But nobody can sing the blues
  Like Blind Willie McTell
  
  See them big plantations burning
  Hear the cracking of the whips
  Smell that sweet magnolia blooming
  (And) see the ghosts of slavery ships
  I can hear them tribes a-moaning
  (I can) hear the undertaker's bell
  (Yeah), nobody can sing the blues
  Like Blind Willie McTell
  
  There's a woman by the river
  With some fine young handsome man
  He's dressed up like a squire
  Bootlegged whiskey in his hand
  There's a chain gang on the highway
  I can hear them rebels yell
  And I know no one can sing the blues
  Like Blind Willie McTell
  
  Well, God is in heaven
  And we all want what's his
  But power and greed and corruptible seed
  Seem to be all that there is
  I'm gazing out the window
  Of the St. James Hotel
  And I know no one can sing the blues
  Like Blind Willie McTell
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  BurnTheShips

  All Along The Watchtower

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ncQgjIlFM

  All Along The Watchtower

  "There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief,
  "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
  Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
  None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."

  "No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
  "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
  But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
  So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."

  All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
  While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

  Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
  Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.

  BTS
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  PopeOfEruke

  Luv Ya Bob!!

  Enjoy the Summer Ballpark show with Willie and Johnny Cougar.

  May you stay forever young!

  More Dylan comments for JW's:

  Trust Yourself

  Trust yourself,
  Trust yourself to do the things that only you know best.
  Trust yourself,
  Trust yourself to do what's right and not be second-guessed.
  Don't trust me to show you beauty
  When beauty may only turn to rust.
  If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself.

  Trust yourself,
  Trust yourself to know the way that will prove true in the end.
  Trust yourself,
  Trust yourself to find the path where there is no if and when.
  Don't trust me to show you the truth
  When the truth may only be ashes and dust.
  If you want somebody you can trust, trust yourself.

  Well, you're on your own, you always were,
  In a land of wolves and thieves.
  Don't put your hope in ungodly man
  Or be a slave to what somebody else believes.

  Trust yourself
  And you won't be disappointed when vain people let you down.
  Trust yourself
  And look not for answers where no answers can be found.
  Don't trust me to show you love
  When my love may be only lust.
  If you want somebody you can trust, trust yourself.

  Copyright ©1985 Special Rider Music
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  BurnTheShips

  The End Times

  They are a CHANGIN!!!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgECKj9LSH4

  The Times They Are A-Changin'
  Come gather 'round people
  Wherever you roam
  And admit that the waters
  Around you have grown
  And accept it that soon
  You'll be drenched to the bone.
  If your time to you
  Is worth savin'
  Then you better start swimmin'
  Or you'll sink like a stone
  For the times they are a-changin'.

  Come writers and critics
  Who prophesize with your pen
  And keep your eyes wide
  The chance won't come again
  And don't speak too soon
  For the wheel's still in spin
  And there's no tellin' who
  That it's namin'.
  For the loser now
  Will be later to win
  For the times they are a-changin'.

  Come senators, congressmen
  Please heed the call
  Don't stand in the doorway
  Don't block up the hall
  For he that gets hurt
  Will be he who has stalled
  There's a battle outside
  And it is ragin'.
  It'll soon shake your windows
  And rattle your walls
  For the times they are a-changin'.

  Come mothers and fathers
  Throughout the land
  And don't criticize
  What you can't understand
  Your sons and your daughters
  Are beyond your command
  Your old road is
  Rapidly agin'.
  Please get out of the new one
  If you can't lend your hand
  For the times they are a-changin'.

  The line it is drawn
  The curse it is cast
  The slow one now
  Will later be fast
  As the present now
  Will later be past
  The order is
  Rapidly fadin'.
  And the first one now
  Will later be last
  For the times they are a-changin'.

  BTS
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  BurnTheShips

  It may be the Devil, or it may be the Lord, but you are going to serve somebody.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdfXHi1oqEY

  Gotta Serve Somebody

  You may be an ambassador to England or France,
  You may like to gamble, you might like to dance,
  You may be the heavyweight champion of the world,
  You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls

  But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
  You're gonna have to serve somebody,
  Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
  But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

  You might be a rock 'n' roll addict prancing on the stage,
  You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage,
  You may be a business man or some high degree thief,
  They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief

  But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
  You're gonna have to serve somebody,
  Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
  But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

  You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk,
  You may be the head of some big TV network,
  You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame,
  You may be living in another country under another name

  But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
  You're gonna have to serve somebody,
  Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
  But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

  You may be a construction worker working on a home,
  You may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome,
  You might own guns and you might even own tanks,
  You might be somebody's landlord, you might even own banks

  But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
  You're gonna have to serve somebody,
  Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
  But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

  You may be a preacher with your spiritual pride,
  You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side,
  You may be workin' in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair,
  You may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's heir

  But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
  You're gonna have to serve somebody,
  Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
  But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

  Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk,
  Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk,
  You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread,
  You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed

  But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
  You're gonna have to serve somebody,
  Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
  But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

  You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy,
  You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy,
  You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray,
  You may call me anything but no matter what you say

  You're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
  You're gonna have to serve somebody.
  Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
  But you're gonna have to serve somebody