"Oh, the ragman draws circles" "Up and down the block" "I'd ask him what the matter was" "But I know that he don't talk" "And the ladies treat me kindly" "And they furnish me with tape" "But deep inside my heart" "I know I can't escape" "Oh, Mama, can this really be the end" "To be stuck inside of Mobile" "With the Memphis blues again" "Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley" "With his pointed shoes and his bells" "Speaking to some French girl" "Who says she knows me well" "And I would send a message" "To find out if she's talked" "But the post office has been stolen" "And the mailbox is locked" "Oh, Mama, can this really be the end" "To be stuck inside of Mobile" "With the Memphis blues again" "Now the rainman gave me two cures" "Then he said, "Jump right in"" "The one was Texas medicine" "The other was just railroad gin" "An' like a fool I mixed them" "An' it strangled up my mind" "An' now people just get uglier" "An' I have no sense of time" "Oh, Mama, can this really be the end" "To be stuck here inside of Mobile" "With the Memphis blues again" "I've been a moon... moonshiner" "For 17 long years" "The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course" "The city fathers they're trying to endorse" "The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse" "But the town has no need to be nervous" "The hysterical bride in the penny arcade" "Screaming she moans, "I've just been made"" "Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade" "Says, "My advice is to not let the boys in"" "Where Ma Raney and Beethoven once unwrapped their bed roll" "Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole" "And the National Bank for a profit sells road maps for the soul" "To the old folks home and the college" "Mama's in the fact'ry, she ain't got no shoes" "Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food" "I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues" "Hey, hey, yeah" "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'" "William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll" "With a cane that he twirled 'round his diamond ring finger" "At a Baltimore hotel society gath'rin'" "And the cops were called in and his weapon took from him" "As they rode him in custody down to the station" "And booked William Zanzinger for first-degree murder" "Ah, but you who philosophize, disgrace and criticize all fears" "Take the rag away from your face" "Now ain't the time for your tears" "With rich wealthy parents who provide and protect him" "And high office relations in the politics of Maryland" "Reacted to his deed with a shrug of his shoulders" "And swear words and sneering, and his tongue it was snarling" "In a matter of minutes on bail was out walking" "Ah, but you who philosophize, disgrace and criticize all fears" "Take the rag away from your face" "Now ain't the time for your tears" "Hattie Carroll was a maid of the kitchen" "She was 51 years old and gave birth to ten children" "Who carried the dishes and took out the garbage" "And never sat once at the head of the table" "And didn't even talk to the people at the table" "Who just cleaned up all the food from the table" "And emptied the ashtrays on a whole other level" "Got killed by a blow, lay slain by a cane" "That sailed through the air and came down through the room" "Doomed and determined to destroy all the gentle" "And she never done nothing to William Zanzinger" "Ah, but you who philosophize, disgrace and criticize all fears" "Bury the rag deep in your face" "Now is the time for your tears" "You will search, babe" "At any cost" "Ev'rybody will help you" "Some people are very kind" "But if I" "Can save you any time" "Come on, give it to me" "I'll keep it with mine" "Ain't it just like the night" "To play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?" "We'll sit here stranded" "Though we're all doin' our best to deny it" "And Louise holds a handful of rain, tempting' you to defy it" "Lights flicker from the opposite loft" "In this room the heat pipes just cough" "The country music station plays soft" "But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off" "Just Louise and her lover so entwined" "And these visions of Johanna" "That conquer my mind" "Inside the museums, infinity goes up on trial" "Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while" "But Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues" "You can tell by the way she smiles" "Louise, she's all right, she's just near" "She's delicate and seems like the mirror" "But she just makes it all too concise and too clear" "That Johanna's not here" "The ghost of 'lectricity howls in the bones of her face" "Where these visions of Johanna" "Have now taken my place" "The guilty undertaker sighs" "The lonesome organ grinder cries" "The silver saxophones say I should refuse you" "The cracked bells and washed-out horns" "Blow into my face with scorn" "But it's not that way, I wasn't born to lose you" "I want you" "I want you" "I want you so bad" "Honey, I want you" "The drunken politician leaps" "Upon the street where mothers weep" "And the saviors who are fast asleep" "They wait for you" "And I wait for them to interrupt" "Me drinking from my broken cup" "And ask me to open up the gate for you" "I want you" "I want you" "Yes, I want you so bad" "Honey, I want you" "Now all my fathers, they've gone down" "True love, they've been without it" "And all their daughters put me down" "'Cause I don't think about it" "Well, I return to the Queen of Spades" "And talk with my chambermaid" "She knows that I'm not afraid to look at her" "She is good to me, and there's nothing she doesn't see" "She knows where I'd like to be, but it doesn't matter" "I want you" "I want you" "Yes, I want you so bad" "Honey, I want you" "Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit" "He spoke to me, I took his flute" "No, I wasn't very cute to him, was I?" "But I did it because he lied" "And because he took you for a ride" "And because time was on his side" "And because I..." "I want you" "I want you" "Yes, I want you so bad" "Honey, I want you" "Oh the time will come up when the winds will stop" "And the breeze will cease to be breathin'" "Like the stillness in the wind before the hurricane begins" "The hour that the ship comes in" "And the sea will split and the ships will hit" "And the sands on the shoreline will be shakin'" "And the tide will pound and the wave will sound" "And the morning will be a-breakin'" "Then they'll raise their hands, sayin' we'll meet all your demands" "But we'll shout from the bow your days are numbered" "And like Pharaoh's tribe, they'll be drownded in the tide" "And like Goliath, they'll be conquered" "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" "See them big plantations burnin'" "Hear the cracking of the whips" "Smell that sweet magnolia blooming" "See the ghosts of slavery ships" "Well, God is in His 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" "Well, I try my best to be just like I am" "But everybody wants you to be just like them" "They say sing while you slave, and I just get bored" "I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more" "You've got a lotta' nerve" "To say you are my friend" "When I was down, you just stood there grinning" "You've got a lotta' nerve" "To say you got a helping hand to lend" "You just want to be on the side that's winning" "Yes, I wish that for just one time" "You could stand inside my shoes" "You'd know what a drag it is to see you" "I'm beginning to hear voices" "And there's no one around" "Well, I'm all used up" "And the fields have turned brown" "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 the neon burning bright" "He felt the heat of night" "Hit him like a freight train" "Moving with 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" "You walk into the room" "With your pencil in your hand" "You see somebody naked" "You say, "Who is that, man?"" "You try so hard" "But you don't understand" "Just what you will say when you get home" "But there's something happening here" "And you don't know what it is" "Do you, Mister Jones?" "So you hand in your ticket" "And you go watch the geek" "Who immediately walks up to you" "When he hears you speak" "And he says" ""Well, how does it feel to be such a freak?"" "You say, "lmpossible"" "As he hands you a bone" "Something's happening here" "But you don't know what it is" "Do you" "Mister Jones?" "You have so many contacts" "Among the lumberjacks" "To get you the facts when someone attacks your imagination" "And no one has any respect" "Anyway, they always expect" "You to just give a check to" "Tax deductible charity organizations" "You've been with the professors" "And they all liked your looks" "With great lawyers you have" "Discussed lepers and crooks" "You've been through all of" "F. Scott Fitzgerald's books" "You're very well-read, yeah, it's well-known" "Because something is happening here" "But you don't know what it is" "Do you" "Mister Jones?" "Well, the sword swallower" "He comes up to you and then he kneels" "He crosses himself" "Then he clicks his high heels" "Without further notice" "He tells you how it feels" "And he says, "Here's your mouth back" "Thanks for the loan"" "And you know..." "Because something is happenin' here" "And you don't know what it is" "Do you, Mister Jones?" "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" "Two riders were approaching" "And the wind began to howl" "Your breath is sweet" "Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky" "Your back is straight, your hair is smooth" "On the pillow where you lie" "But I don't sense affection, no gratitude or love" "Your loyalty is not to me but to the stars above" "One more cup of coffee for the road" "One more cup of coffee 'fore I go" "To the valley below" "One more cup of coffee for the road" "One more cup of coffee 'fore I go" "To the valley below" "Hollis Brown he lived on the outside of town" "Hollis Brown he lived on the outside of town" "With his wife and five children" "And his cabin broken down" "Down" "Down" "Down" "Down" "I'm going down to Rose Marie's" "She never does me wrong" "She puts it to me plain as day" "And gives it to me for a song" "It's a wicked life but what the hell" "Everybody's got to eat" "And I'm just the same as anyone else" "When it comes to scratching' for my meat" "Goin' to Acapulco" "Goin' on the run" "Goin' down to see that girl" "Goin' to have some fun" "It's not a bad way to make a living" "And I ain't complaining' none" "I can blow my crumb and drink my rum" "And then go on home and have my fun" "Goin' to Acapulco" "Goin' on the run" "Goin' down to see that girl" "Goin' to have some fun" "Yeah" "Goin' to have some fun" "Well, the rainman comes with his magic wand" "And the judge says, "Mona can't have no bond"" "And the walls collide, Mona cries" "And the rainman leaves in the wolfman's disguise" "I'm beginning to hear voices" "And there's no one around" "Now I'm all used up" "And the fields have turned brown" "I'm 20 miles out of town, in cold irons bound" "I got to know, Lord" "When to pull back on the reins" "Death can be the result of the most underrated pain" "Satan whispers to ya, Well, I don't want to bore ya" "But when ya get tired of that Miss So-and-so" "I got another woman for ya" "Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind" "Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind" "Lord, take away this trouble in mind" "I'm pressing on" "I keep pressing on" "Yes, I'm pressing on" "To the higher calling of my Lord" "I'm pressing on" "I keep pressin' on" "I'm pressin' on" "To the higher calling of my Lord" "Shake the dust off your feet, don't look back" "Nothing can hold you down, there's nothing you lack" "Temptation's not an easy thing, Adam given the devil reign" "Because he sinned I got no choice" "It runs in my veins" "I am pressing' on" "On and on and on and on" "Pressin' on" "Can't hold me back" "I'm pressin' on" "To the higher calling' of my Lord" "Pressin' on" "On and on and on" "Pressin' on" "Yeah, I'm pressin' on" "To the higher calling of my Lord" "Pressin' on" "On and on and on and on" "Pressin' on" "Gotta keep pressin' on" "To the higher calling' of my Lord" "Someone's got it in for me" "They're planting stories in the press" "Whoever it is, I wish they'd cut it out" "But when they will I can only guess" "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" "I can't help it if I'm lucky" "People see me all the time" "And they just can't remember how to act" "Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts" "Even you, yesterday, you had to ask me where it was at" "I couldn't believe after all these years" "You didn't know me any better than that" "Sweet lady" "Idiot wind" "Blowing every time you move your mouth" "Goin' down the back roads heading' south" "Idiot wind" "Blowin' every time you move your teeth" "You're an idiot, babe" "It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe" "It was gravity which pulled us down" "And destiny which broke us apart" "You tamed the lion in my cage" "But it just wasn't enough to change my heart" "Now everything's a little upside down" "As a matter of fact, the wheels have stopped" "What's good is bad, what's bad is good" "You'll find out when you reach the top" "You're on the bottom" "Ev'ry thing's all right" "And then she's all the time in my neighborhood" "She cries both day and night" "She cries both day and night" "I know it because it was there" "It's a milestone" "But she's down on her luck" "And she's daily so alone and" "But to make too hard to buck" "I been there" "I believe where she's stopping" "If she wants time to care" "I believe that she'd look upon" "Deciding to care" "And I go by the Lord in ways" "She's on my way" "But I don't belong there" "No, I don't belong to her" "I don't belong to ev'ry prize" "She's my prize- forsaken angel" "But she don't hear me cry" "She's a long-hearted mystic" "And she can't carry on" "When I'm there, she's all right" "But then she's not when I'm gone" "Heaven knows that the answer is" "She don't call no one" "She's the way, a sailing beauty" "For she's mine, for the one" "And I lost her habitation" "By temptation less it runs" "But she don't holler me" "But I'm not there, I'm gone" "Now I'll cry out tonight" "Like I cried the night before" "And I'm leased on the highs" "But I dream about the door" "So long, she's forsaken" "By fate worse to tell" "It don't hang proclamation" "She smiles fare-thee-well" "Now I went out to the levee" "I was born to love her" "But she knows that the kingdom" "Weighs so high above her" "And I run but I race" "But it's not too fast for Slim" "But I don't perceive her" "I'm not there, I'm gone" "Well, it's all about diffusion" "As I cry for her veil" "I don't need anybody now" "Beside me to tell" "And it's all affirmation" "I receive, but it's not" "She's a lone-hearted beauty" "But she don't like the spot" "And she's gone" "Yeah, she's gone like the rain, oh" "That's shinin' yesterday" "But now she's a-home beside me" "And I'd like for her to stay" "She's a bone-forsaken beauty" "And it's "Don't trust anyone"" "I wish I was beside her" "But I'm not there, I'm gone" "With your mercury mouth" "In the missionary times" "And your eyes like smoke" "And your prayers like rhymes" "And your silver cross" "And your voice like chimes" "Oh, who among them" "Do they think can bury you?" "Sad-eyed lady" "Of the lowlands" "Where the sad-eyed prophet" "Says that no man comes" "My warehouse eyes" "My Arabian drums" "Should I leave them by your gate?" "Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?" "Once upon a time you dressed so fine" "You threw the bums a dime in your prime" "Didn't you?" "People'd call, say, "Beware, doll, you're bound to fall"" "You thought they were all" "Kidding you" "You used to laugh about" "Everybody that was hangin' out" "Now you don't talk so loud" "Now you don't seem so proud" "About having to be scrounging" "For your next meal" "How does it feel" "How does it feel" "To be without a home" "Like a complete unknown" "Like a rolling stone" "Ev'ry thing's all crashing down" "She's all too tight" "In my neighborhood" "She cried both day and night" "She's a long-hearted mystic" "And she can't carry on" "When I'm there, she's all right" "Then she's not when I'm gone" "Heaven knows that the answer" "She don't con no one" "She's the way, forsaken beauty" "She's mine, for the one" "And I lost her hesitatin'" "By temptation as it runs" "She don't holler me" "I'm not there" "I'm gone" "Now I'll cry tonight" "Like I cried the night before" "And I'll feast on the highway" "But I'll dream about the door" "It's alone, she's forsaken" "By her fate, worse to tell" "It don't have proximation" "She smiled fare-thee-well" "Her smile is contagious" "I was born to love her" "But she knows that the kingdom" "Waits so high above her" "And I run, but I race" "But it's not too fast to stay on" "But I got the fever" "I'm not there" "I'm gone" "Well, it's too hard to stay here" "And I don't wanna leave" "It's so hard for so few" "But it's hard, too hard to leave" "It's a load, it's a crime" "The way she mauls me around" "But she taught them to hate me" "But it's time to make a clown" "Yes, I believe that it's rightful" "I believe it in my mind" "I've been told like I said before" "Carry on the grind" "Yes, the soul gypsy told her" "Like I said, carry on" "Wish I was there to help her" "But I'm not there" "I'm gone" "Mama, take this badge off of me" "I can't use it anymore" "It's getting dark, much too dark to see" "Feel like I'm knocking on heaven's door" "Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door" "Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door" "Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door" "Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door" "Mama, wipe this blood from my face" "I'm sick and tired of the war" "Don't know if it's night or if it's the sun rising higher" "Scared of knocking' on heaven's door"