Around The World In 1978
(Budokan version)
I ain't
lookin' to make you fry,
See you fly
or watch you die
I don't
care if you feel like me,
See like me
or be like me.
All I
really want to do,
All I
really want to do,
All I
really want to do,
Is, baby,
be friends with you.
I don't
want to meet your kin,
Make you
spin or do you in,
And I don't
want to drag you down,
Chain you
down, or be your clown.
All I
really want to do,
All I
really want to do,
All I
really want to do,
Is, baby,
be friends with you.
I don't
care if you analyze me.
Categorize
me or hypnotize me.
I don't care
if you feel like me,
See like me
or be like me.
All I
really want to do,
All I
really want to do,
All I
really want to do,
Is, baby,
be friends with you,
Be friends
with you,
Be friends
with you.
[Source: Bob Dylan At Budokan]
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Well, I've
just reached a place
Where I
can't stay awake
I got to
leave you baby
Before my
heart will break
I'm going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.
Come over
here babe
Cause I'm
telling you this
You got to believe
me
You got to
give me one more kiss
I'm going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.
Fix me one
more drink baby
And hold me
one more time
But don't
get to close
To make me
change my mind
I'm going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.
Now, my
mama always said "Someday, too, you got to follow your heart"
"You'll
be mine at the end of the line"
"All
that's gold wasn't meant to shine"
"Just
don't put your horse in front of your car"
Now, from
Boston to Birmingham
Is a two
day ride
But I got
to be going now
Cause I'm
so dissatisfied
I'm going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.
[Source: Bob Dylan At Budokan]
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Well, I've
just reached a place
Where I'm
just felling kind of low
I don't
mind leaving
Baby, I'm
not afraid to go
I'm going,
Yes, I'm
going,
Well, I'm
gone.
Fix me one
more drink baby
And hold me
one more time
But don't
get to close
Start make
me change my mind
Cause I'm
going,
Yes, I'm
going,
Well, I'm
gone.
I've been
hanging 'round your place so long
Feelin'
like a clown
You don't know
how to do nothin' but
Tear a good
man's reputation down
I'm going,
Yes, I'm
going,
Well, I'm
gone.
Now, from
Memphis to Norfolk
Is a 33
hour ride
But I got
to be going now baby
Cause I'm
just so dissatisfied
So I'm
going,
Yes, I'm
going,
Well, I'm
gone.
Now, my
mama always said something true "Follow your heart"
"You'll
be fine at the end of the line"
"All
that's gold wasn't meant to shine"
"Just
don't put your horse in front of your car"
Step over
here baby
And shake
my hand
I can find
another woman
You can
find another man
I'm going,
Yes, I'm
going,
Well, I'm
gone.
[Source: Tape from
Paris 3 July 1978 with help from Åke Jonsson]
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(Rehearsal
version)
If you see her
say hello, she might be in Tangier
She left
here last early spring, she's livin' there, I hear
Say for me
that I'm all right though things are kind of slow
If she's
wonderin' what I'm doin' by now, just tell her that you don't know.
We had a
falling-out like lovers sometimes do
But to
think of how she left that night it still hurts me kinda through and through
And though
our situation, it hurts me to the bone
She's
better off with someone else and I'm better off alone.
I see a lot
of people as I make the rounds
And I hear
her name here and there as I go from town to town
And I've
never gotten used to it, but I've learned to turn it off
Either I'm
too sensitive or else I'm just gettin' soft.
Sundown,
yellow moon, I replay the past
I know
every scene by heart 'cause they all went by so fast
If she's
passin' back this way, most likely I will be gone
But if I'm
not, just let her know it's best that she stay gone.
[Source: Tape from
tour rehearsals with help from Liz Bradley]
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(Rehearsal
version)
The man in
me will do nearly any thing
As for
compensation, whatever you want to bring
Take a
woman like you
To get
through to the man in me.
Lost on the
river of no return
I try to
make it to ya but I'm afraid my heart will burn
Take a
woman like your kind
To find the
man in me.
[Source: Tape from tour rehearsals with help
from Liz Bradley]
But, oh,
what a wonderful feeling
Just to
know that you're really there
It sets my
heart a-reeling
Right from
my feet to the top of the stairs
I can't
believe it, I can't believe it's true
I'm lyin'
next to her but I'm thinking of you
Takes a
woman like you
To get
through to the man in me
But, oh,
what a wonderful feeling
Just to
know that you're really real
It makes my
head go reeling
I can't
believe that you __________________
[Source: Tape from tour rehearsals with help
from Liz Bradley]
I know you
got a husband and that's a fact
But, ah
baby, turn me loose or cover my track
Takes a
woman like you
To get through to the man in me
[Source: Tape from
tour rehearsals with help from Liz Bradley]
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(Budokan
version)
They sat
together in the park
As the
evening sky got dark
She looked
at him and he felt a spark tingle to her bones
Twas then
she felt alone and wished that she'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
Stopped
into a renovated hotel with the neon burning bright
She felt
the heat of the night hit her like a freight train
Moving with
a simple twist of fate.
A saxophone
some place played
She was
walking on by the arcade
She heard
the melody rise and fade, the sun was comin' 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
and she was gone
He didn't
see nothin' but the dawn
Got out of
bed and put his clothes back on, pushed back the blinds
Found a
note she'd left behind, but he could not concentrate
On anything
except a simple twist of fate.
He hears
the ticking of the clocks
Walks alone
through the city blocks
Hunts her
down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
Maybe he'll
see her once again, how long must he wait
One more
time for a simple twist of fate.
People tell
me it's a crime
To remember
her for too long a time
She should
have caught me in my prime, she would have stayed with me
Instead of goin' back off to sea and
leavin' me to meditate
Upon a
simple twist of fate.
[Source: Bob Dylan At Budokan]
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You
mistreat me baby
I can't see
no reason why
You know
that I would kill for you
And I'm not
afraid to die
But you treat
me like a stepchild
Am I your
stepchild?
I want to
turn and walk all over you
But my
heart just won't let you be
I'm nervous
in your company
And my
knees get weak
Both my
eyes get misty
And my
tongue can't speak
You treat
me like a stepchild
Like a stepchild
I wanna
turn, hide away
But I just
can't let you be
You know we
go back a long way baby
You know
that it's true
I pulled
you out of dope scenes
Orgies and
jam sessions too
You treat
me like a stepchild
Like a
stepchild
I want to
turn and walk all over you
But my
heart just won't let you be
Am I Your
Stepchild?
[Source: Isis # 12/13 – from Boston,
Massachusetts, 20 September 1978]
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You treat
me mean girl
And then
you treat me rough
I give you
all my loving
And it's
never quite enough
You treat
me like a stepchild
What do you
think, am I your stepchild?
I wanna
turn and walk all over you
But my
heart says no, just let her be
I crawl
across the desert for you girl
And you say
"So what?"
Bring you
all the diamonds from the mine
And I find
that your door is shut
You treat
me like a stepchild
Am I your
stepchild?
I wanna
turn and walk away from you
But I just
can't let you be
What's the
matter with you baby
Have you lost
your point of view
Well you
try to tell me one person
That's
taken advantage of you
You treat
me like a stepchild
You think
that's right?
You treat
me like a stepchild
I wanna
turn and walk all over you
But my heart says no, just let her
be
[Source: The Telegraph – as performed in St Paul,
Minnesota, 31 October 1978]
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Early one
morning the sun was shinin'
And I was
layin' in bed
Wond'ring
if she'd changed at all
If her hair
was still red
Her folks
they said that our lives together
Well, it
sure was gonna be rough
They never
did like Mama's homemade dress,
Papa's
bankbook wasn't big enough
And I was
standin' on the side of the road
Rain
fallin' on my shoes
Heading out
for the East Coast
Ready to pay
some dues, gettin' through
Tangled up
in blue.
She was
married when we first met
Soon to be
divorced
I helped
her out of a jam I guess
But I used
a little too much force
And we
drove that car as far as we could
We
abandoned it way out west
Splittin' up
on a dark sad night
Both
agreeing that it was best
She turned
around to look at me
One more
time as I was walking away
Sayin' over
her shoulder
"Boy,
we're bound to meet again some day, on the avenue,"
"Tangled
up in blue."
I remember
stayin' in the north woods
Livin' in a
vagabond hotel
One day
during the pourin' rain
I could
feel how the ax just fell
So I
drifted down to New Orleans
I was lucky
not to be destroyed
I almost
died from the boiling flat
Two miles
outside of Delacroix
But all the
while I was alone
The past
was close behind
I seen a
lot of women
But she
never escaped my mind and I just grew
Tangled up
in blue.
She was
dancin' in the Flamingo Club
And I was
passing by, so I stopped in for a beer
I just kept
starin' at the side of her face
In the
spotlight so clear
And later
on as the crowd thinned out
I was just
about to do the same
She was
standing there right behind my chair
Touchin'
me, said "You know, it ain't no accident that you came"
I muttered
something underneath my breath
She studied
the lines on my face
I must
admit I felt a little uneasy
When she
bent down to tie the laces of my shoes
Tangled up
in blue.
She lit a
burner on the stove
Wearin' a
dress made out of stars and stripes
"Thought
you'd never say hello", she said
"You
know, you look like you could be the silent type"
And she
opened up the Bible
And she
started quoting it to me
Jeremiah,
chapter 17,
From verses
21 and 33
And every
one of them words rang true
And glowed
like burning coal
Pouring off
of every page
Like it was
written in my soul from me to you
Tangled up
in blue.
I lived
with them on Montague Street
In a
basement down the stairs
There was
music in the cafes at night
There was
revolution in the air
Then he
started into dealing with slaves
And something
inside of her froze
She had to
sell everything she owned
Even her
jewellery and her clothes
And when it
all came crashing down
I became
withdrawn
The only
thing I knew how to do
Was keep on
keeping on like a bird that flew
Tangled up
in blue.
So now I'm
going on back again
I got to
get to her and be brave
All the
people we used to know
At least
the ones that ain't in the grave
Some are
bricklayers, some are bank robbers,
Some are
burglars and some are truck drivers' wives
I don't
know how it all got started
I have no
idea what they're doin' with their lives
But me, I'm
still on the road
Heading for
another joint
We always
did feel the same
We just saw
it from a different point, different point of view
Tangled up
in blue.
[Source: Tape from Charlotte, North Carolina, 10 December 1978, with help from
John Howells and Ron Mura]
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