Changing of the Guards Lyrics

Song	Changing of the Guards
Artist	Bob Dylan
Album	Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
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[00:09.05]	Sixteen years
[00:12.15]	Sixteen banners united over the field
[00:19.70]	Where the good shepherd grieves
[00:25.10]	Desperate men, desperate women divided
[00:32.27]	Spreading their wings ’neath the falling leaves
[00:33.27]
[00:42.40]	Fortune calls
[00:46.35]	I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace
[00:51.51]	Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down
[00:59.84]	She’s smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born
[01:07.02]	On midsummer’s eve, near the tower
[01:11.09]
[01:30.00]	The cold-blooded moon
[01:32.47]	The captain waits above the celebration
[01:35.87]	Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
[01:40.54]	Whose ebony face is beyond communication
[01:52.17]	The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid
[01:59.36]
[02:00.15]	They shaved her head
[02:09.81]	She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo
[02:13.11]	A messenger arrived with a black nightingale
[02:14.13]	I seen her on the stairs and I couldn’t help but follow
[02:23.25]	Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil
[02:27.14]
[02:46.18]	I stumbled to my feet
[02:49.83]	I rode past destruction in the ditches
[02:55.53]	With the stitches still mending ’neath a heart-shaped tattoo
[02:59.47]	Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
[03:06.50]	Were handing out the flowers that I’d given to you
[03:15.73]
[03:18.07]	The palace of mirrors
[03:21.08]	Where dog soldiers are reflected
[03:22.81]	The endless road and the wailing of chimes
[03:29.80]	The empty rooms where her memory is protected
[03:37.89]	Where the angels’ voices whisper to the souls of previous times
[03:45.81]
[04:00.91]	She wakes him up
[04:03.82]	Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking
[04:06.66]	Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks
[04:15.45]	She’s begging to know what measures he now will be taking
[04:23.88]	He’s pulling her down and she’s clutching on to his long golden locks
[04:31.74]
[04:32.90]	Gentlemen, he said
[04:35.55]	I don’t need your organization, I’ve shined your shoes
[04:43.86]	I’ve moved your mountains and marked your cards
[04:50.17]	But Eden is burning, either brace yourself for elimination
[04:55.97]	Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards
[05:02.26]
[05:18.10]	Peace will come
[05:21.60]	With tranquillity and splendor on the wheels of fire
[05:30.68]	But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall
[05:35.64]	And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
[05:48.21]	Between the King and the Queen of Swords
[05:52.32]
[06:06.06]	end

[00:09.05]	Sixteen years
[00:12.15]	Sixteen banners united over the field
[00:19.70]	Where the good shepherd grieves
[00:25.10]	Desperate men, desperate women divided
[00:32.27]	Spreading their wings ' neath the falling leaves
[00:33.27]
[00:42.40]	Fortune calls
[00:46.35]	I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace
[00:51.51]	Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down
[00:59.84]	She' s smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born
[01:07.02]	On midsummer' s eve, near the tower
[01:11.09]
[01:30.00]	The coldblooded moon
[01:32.47]	The captain waits above the celebration
[01:35.87]	Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
[01:40.54]	Whose ebony face is beyond communication
[01:52.17]	The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid
[01:59.36]
[02:00.15]	They shaved her head
[02:09.81]	She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo
[02:13.11]	A messenger arrived with a black nightingale
[02:14.13]	I seen her on the stairs and I couldn' t help but follow
[02:23.25]	Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil
[02:27.14]
[02:46.18]	I stumbled to my feet
[02:49.83]	I rode past destruction in the ditches
[02:55.53]	With the stitches still mending ' neath a heartshaped tattoo
[02:59.47]	Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
[03:06.50]	Were handing out the flowers that I' d given to you
[03:15.73]
[03:18.07]	The palace of mirrors
[03:21.08]	Where dog soldiers are reflected
[03:22.81]	The endless road and the wailing of chimes
[03:29.80]	The empty rooms where her memory is protected
[03:37.89]	Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times
[03:45.81]
[04:00.91]	She wakes him up
[04:03.82]	Fortyeight hours later, the sun is breaking
[04:06.66]	Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks
[04:15.45]	She' s begging to know what measures he now will be taking
[04:23.88]	He' s pulling her down and she' s clutching on to his long golden locks
[04:31.74]
[04:32.90]	Gentlemen, he said
[04:35.55]	I don' t need your organization, I' ve shined your shoes
[04:43.86]	I' ve moved your mountains and marked your cards
[04:50.17]	But Eden is burning, either brace yourself for elimination
[04:55.97]	Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards
[05:02.26]
[05:18.10]	Peace will come
[05:21.60]	With tranquillity and splendor on the wheels of fire
[05:30.68]	But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall
[05:35.64]	And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
[05:48.21]	Between the King and the Queen of Swords
[05:52.32]
[06:06.06]	end

[00:09.05]	Sixteen years
[00:12.15]	Sixteen banners united over the field
[00:19.70]	Where the good shepherd grieves
[00:25.10]	Desperate men, desperate women divided
[00:32.27]	Spreading their wings ' neath the falling leaves
[00:33.27]
[00:42.40]	Fortune calls
[00:46.35]	I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace
[00:51.51]	Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down
[00:59.84]	She' s smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born
[01:07.02]	On midsummer' s eve, near the tower
[01:11.09]
[01:30.00]	The coldblooded moon
[01:32.47]	The captain waits above the celebration
[01:35.87]	Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
[01:40.54]	Whose ebony face is beyond communication
[01:52.17]	The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid
[01:59.36]
[02:00.15]	They shaved her head
[02:09.81]	She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo
[02:13.11]	A messenger arrived with a black nightingale
[02:14.13]	I seen her on the stairs and I couldn' t help but follow
[02:23.25]	Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil
[02:27.14]
[02:46.18]	I stumbled to my feet
[02:49.83]	I rode past destruction in the ditches
[02:55.53]	With the stitches still mending ' neath a heartshaped tattoo
[02:59.47]	Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
[03:06.50]	Were handing out the flowers that I' d given to you
[03:15.73]
[03:18.07]	The palace of mirrors
[03:21.08]	Where dog soldiers are reflected
[03:22.81]	The endless road and the wailing of chimes
[03:29.80]	The empty rooms where her memory is protected
[03:37.89]	Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times
[03:45.81]
[04:00.91]	She wakes him up
[04:03.82]	Fortyeight hours later, the sun is breaking
[04:06.66]	Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks
[04:15.45]	She' s begging to know what measures he now will be taking
[04:23.88]	He' s pulling her down and she' s clutching on to his long golden locks
[04:31.74]
[04:32.90]	Gentlemen, he said
[04:35.55]	I don' t need your organization, I' ve shined your shoes
[04:43.86]	I' ve moved your mountains and marked your cards
[04:50.17]	But Eden is burning, either brace yourself for elimination
[04:55.97]	Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards
[05:02.26]
[05:18.10]	Peace will come
[05:21.60]	With tranquillity and splendor on the wheels of fire
[05:30.68]	But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall
[05:35.64]	And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
[05:48.21]	Between the King and the Queen of Swords
[05:52.32]
[06:06.06]	end

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