The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar

Song The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar
Artist Bob Dylan
Album Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3

Lyrics

[00:01.08] The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar
[00:03.78]
[00:11.40] Prayed in the ghetto with my face in the cement,
[00:14.95] Heard the last moan of a boxer, seen the massacre of the innocent
[00:19.60] Felt around for the light switch, became nauseated.
[00:24.03] She was walking down the hallway while the walls deteriorated.
[00:28.04]
[00:29.13] East of the jordan, hard as the rock of gibraltar,
[00:37.11] I see the burning of the page, curtain risin' on a new age,
[00:42.98] See the groom still waitin' at the altar.
[00:44.78]
[00:56.03] Try to be pure at heart, they arrest you for robbery,
[01:00.10] Mistake your shyness for aloofness, your shyness for snobbery,
[01:04.55] Got the message this morning, the one that was sent to me
[01:09.62] About the madness of becomin' what one was never meant to be.
[01:13.72]
[01:15.60] West of the jordan, east of the rock of gibraltar,
[01:22.26] I see the burning of the stage,
[01:25.07] Curtain risin' on a new age,
[01:28.83] See the groom still waitin' at the altar.
[01:30.51]
[01:43.76] Don't know what i can say about claudette that wouldn't come back to haunt me,
[01:45.49] Finally had to give her up 'bout the time she began to want me.
[01:48.91] But i know god has mercy on them who are slandered and humiliated.
[01:57.32] I'd a-done anything for that woman if she didn't make me feel so obligated.
[01:58.43]
[01:58.94] West of the jordan, west of the rock of gibraltar,
[02:06.89] I see the burning of the cage,
[02:08.71] Curtain risin' on a new stage,
[02:11.18] See the groom still waitin' at the altar.
[02:14.34]
[02:26.79] Put your hand on my head, baby, do i have a temperature?
[02:29.11] I see people who are supposed to know better standin' around like furniture.
[02:33.71] There's a wall between you and what you want and you got to leap it,
[02:37.94] Tonight you got the power to take it, tomorrow you won't have the power to
[02:41.48] Keep it.
[02:42.35]
[02:42.89] West of the jordan, east of the rock of gibraltar,
[02:49.37] I see the burning of the stage, curtain risin' on a new age,
[02:59.11] See the groom still waitin' at the altar.
[03:01.38]
[03:14.70] Cities on fire, phones out of order,
[03:15.04] They're killing nuns and soldiers, there's fighting on the border.
[03:17.53] What can i say about claudette?
[03:20.07] Ain't seen her since january,
[03:22.42] She could be respectably married or running a whorehouse in buenos aires.
[03:26.06]
[03:27.30] West of the jordan, east of the rock of gibraltar,
[03:35.27] I see the burning of the stage,
[03:37.67] Curtain risin' on a new age,
[03:40.13] See the groom still waitin' at the altar.