Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie

Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie Lyrics

Song Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie
Artist Bob Dylan
Album Ten Of Swords
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[00:01.91] When your head gets twisted and your mind grows numb
[00:04.15] When you think you're too old, too young,
[00:05.60] Too smart or too dumb
[00:07.63] When you're laggin' behind and losin' your pace
[00:09.63] In a slow motion crawl of life's busy race
[00:12.33] No matter what you're doing, if you start givin' up
[00:14.07] If the wine don't come to the top of your cup
[00:16.31] If the winds got you sideways with, with one hand holdin' on
[00:18.79] And the other starts slippin' and the feelin' is gone
[00:21.14] And your train engine fire needs a new spark to catch it
[00:23.58] And the woods' easy findin' but you're lazy to fetch it
[00:26.67] And your sidewalk starts curlin' and the street gets too long
[00:29.27] And you start walkin' backwards though you know it's wrong
[00:31.43] And lonesome comes up as down goes the day
[00:33.92] And tomorrow's mornin' seems so far away
[00:35.99] And you feel the reins from your pony are slippin'
[00:38.28] And your rope is a slidin' 'cause your hands are a drippin'
[00:40.44] And your sun-decked desert and evergreen valleys
[00:42.49] Turn to broken down slums and trash-can alleys
[00:45.89] And your sky cries water and your drain pipes a pourin'
[00:48.79] And the lightnin's a flashin' and the thunders a crashin'
[00:51.03] And the windows are rattlin' and breakin'
[00:52.44] And the roof tops a shakin'
[00:53.53] And your whole world's a slammin' and bangin'
[00:55.58] And your minutes of sun turn to hours of storm
[00:57.27] And to yourself, you sometimes say
[00:59.15] "I never knew it was gonna be this way
[01:00.55] Why didn't they tell me the day I was born?"
[01:02.73] And you start gettin' chills and you're jumpin' from sweat
[01:04.92] And you're lookin' for somethin' you ain't quite found yet
[01:07.42] And you're knee-deep in the dark water with your hands in the air
[01:09.77] And the whole world's a watchin' with a window peek stare
[01:11.97] And your good gal leaves and she's long gone a flyin'
[01:14.11] And your heart feels sick like fish when they're fryin'
[01:17.22] And your jackhammer falls from your hand to your feet
[01:19.36] And you need it badly but it lays on the street
[01:21.67] And your bells bangin' loudly but you can't hear its beat
[01:24.26] And you think your ears might been hurt
[01:25.75] Or your eyes've turned filthy from the sight-blindin' dirt
[01:28.45] And you figured you failed in yesterday's rush
[01:30.32] When you were faked out, an fooled white facin' a four flush
[01:32.72] And all the time you were holdin' three queens
[01:34.71] And it's makin' you mad, it's makin' you mean
[01:36.31] Like in the middle of life magazine
[01:37.95] Bouncin' around a pinball machine
[01:39.94] And there's somethin' on your mind you wanna be sayin'
[01:41.81] That somebody someplace oughta be hearin'
[01:44.37] But it's trapped on your tongue and sealed in your head
[01:46.47] And it bothers you badly when you're layin' in bed
[01:48.64] And no matter how you try, you just can't say it
[01:50.59] And you're scared to your soul, you just might forget it
[01:52.69] And your eyes get swimmy from the tears in your head
[01:54.62] And your pillows of feathers turn to blankets of lead
[01:56.76] And the lion's mouth opens and your starin' at his teeth
[01:59.11] And his jaws start closin' with you underneath
[02:01.10] And you're flat on your belly with your hands tied behind
[02:03.40] And you wish you'd never taken that last detour sign
[02:05.64] And you say to yourself, just what am I doin'?
[02:08.02] On this road I'm walkin', on this trail I'm turnin'
[02:11.14] On this curve I'm hangin', on this pathway I'm strollin'
[02:13.51] In the space I'm takin', in this air I'm inhalin'"
[02:16.00] Am I mixed up too much, am I mixed up too hard?
[02:18.36] Why am I walkin', where am I runnin'?
[02:20.04] What am I sayin', what am I knowin'
[02:21.40] On this guitar I'm playin', on this banjo I'm frailin'?
[02:24.10] On this mandolin I'm strummin'
[02:25.50] In the song I'm singin', in the tune I'm hummin'
[02:27.61] In the words I'm thinkin', in the words that I'm writtin'
[02:30.82] In this ocean of hours, I'm all the time drinkin'
[02:33.30] Who am I helpin', what am I breakin'?
[02:34.82] What am I givin', what am I takin'?
[02:36.81] But you try with your whole soul best
[02:38.38] Never to think these thoughts and never to let
[02:40.08] Them kind of thoughts gain ground or make your heart pound
[02:42.83] But then again, you know why they're around
[02:44.28] Just waitin' for a chance to slip and drop down
[02:47.08] 'Cause sometimes you hear 'em
[02:48.11] When the night times comes creepin'
[02:49.31] And you fear that they might catch you a sleepin'
[02:50.86] And you jump from your bed, from your last chapter of dreamin'
[02:53.42] And you can't remember for the best of your thinkin'
[02:55.07] If that was you in the dream that was screamin'
[02:57.67] And you know that it's somethin' special you're needin'
[02:59.43] And you know that there's no drug that'll do for the healin'
[03:01.19] And no liquor in the land to stop your brain from bleedin'
[03:04.24] And you need somethin' special
[03:05.21] You need somethin' special, all right
[03:06.68] You need a fast flyin' train on a tornado track
[03:08.96] To shoot you someplace and shoot you back
[03:11.56] You need a cyclone wind on a stream engine howler
[03:13.90] That's been bangin' and boomin' and blowin' forever
[03:15.75] That knows your troubles a hundred times over
[03:20.01] That won't laugh at your looks, your voice or your face
[03:21.95] And by any number of bets in the book
[03:17.84] You need a Greyhound bus that don't bar no race
[03:23.25] Will be rollin' long after the bubblegum craze
[03:25.71] You need somethin' to open up a new door
[03:27.42] To show you somethin' you seen before
[03:28.72] But overlooked a hundred times or more
[03:30.97] You need somethin' to open your eyes
[03:32.22] You need somethin' to make it known
[03:33.51] That it's you and no one else that owns
[03:35.05] That spot that you're standin', that space that you're sittin'
[03:37.20] That the world ain't got you beat
[03:39.31] That it ain't got you licked
[03:40.21] It can't get you crazy, no matter how many times
[03:42.09] You might get kicked
[03:43.43] You need somethin' special all right
[03:44.68] You need somethin' special to give you hope
[03:46.67] But hope's just a word
[03:47.67] That maybe you said or maybe you heard
[03:49.22] On some windy corner, 'round a wide-angled curve
[03:51.56] But that's what you need, man and you need it bad
[03:53.94] And your trouble is you know it too good
[03:55.45] 'Cause you look and you start gettin' the chills
[03:57.09] 'Cause you can't find it on a dollar bill
[03:59.09] And it ain't on Macy's window sill
[04:01.69] And it ain't on no rich kid's road map
[04:03.28] And it ain't in no fat kid's fraternity house
[04:05.27] And it ain't made in no Hollywood wheat germ
[04:06.98] And it ain't on that dim lit stage
[04:08.63] With that half-wit comedian on it
[04:10.05] Rantin' and ravin' and takin' your money
[04:11.39] And you thinks it's funny
[04:12.49] No, you can't find it in no night club or no yacht club
[04:14.83] And it ain't in the seats of a supper club
[04:16.45] And sure as hell, you're bound to tell
[04:17.94] No matter how hard you rub
[04:18.84] You just ain't a gonna find it on your ticket stub
[04:20.98] No and it ain't in the rumors people are tellin' you
[04:22.86] And it ain't in the pimple lotion people are sellin' you
[04:25.00] And it ain't in no cardboard box house
[04:26.50] Or down any movie star's blouse
[04:28.51] And you can't find it on the golf course
[04:30.35] And Uncle Remus can't tell you and neither can Santa Claus
[04:33.50] And it ain't in the cream puff hair-do or cotton candy clothes
[04:36.01] And it ain't in the dime store dummies or bubblegum goons
[04:38.30] And it ain't in the marshmallow noises
[04:39.34] of the chocolate cake voices
[04:40.89] That come knockin' and tappin' in Christmas wrappin'
[04:43.14] Sayin', ain't I pretty? and ain't I cute?"
[04:44.68] "Look at my skin
[04:45.33] Look at my skin shine, look at my skin glow
[04:48.26] Look at my skin laugh, look at my skin cry
[04:50.15] When you can't even sense if they got any insides
[04:52.15] These people so pretty in their ribbons and bows
[04:54.90] No, you'll not, now or no other day
[04:56.29] Find it on the doorsteps made out a paper mache
[04:58.39] And inside it the people made of molasses
[05:00.04] That every other day buy a new pair of sunglasses
[05:02.44] And it ain't in the fifty star generals
[05:03.98] And flipped out phonies
[05:05.18] Who'd turn you in for a tenth of a penny
[05:06.77] Who breathe and burp and bend and crack
[05:08.47] And before you can count from one to ten
[05:10.06] Do it all over again but this time behind your back,
[05:11.82] My friend
[05:13.37] The one's that wheel and deal and whirl and twirl
[05:15.32] And play games with each other in their sand-box world
[05:17.66] And you can't find it either in the no talent fools
[05:19.65] That run around gallant
[05:20.52] And make all rules for the ones that got talent
[05:22.47] And it ain't in the ones that ain't got any talent
[05:24.03] But think they do and think they're foolin' you
[05:25.72] The ones who jump on the wagon
[05:26.85] Just for a while 'cause they know it's in style
[05:28.64] To get their kicks, get out of it quick
[05:30.08] And make all kinds of money and chicks
[05:31.92] And you yell to yourself and you throw down your hat
[05:33.73] Sayin', "Christ, do I gotta be like that?
[05:35.48] Ain't there no one here that knows where I'm at
[05:37.44] Ain't there no one here that knows how I feel
[05:39.08] Good God Almighty, that stuff ain't real"
[05:41.37] No, but that ain't your game, it ain't your race
[05:43.97] You can't hear your name, you can't see your face
[05:45.66] You gotta look some other place
[05:47.56] And where do you look for this hope that you're seekin'
[05:49.41] Where do you look for this lamp that's a burnin'?
[05:51.06] Where do you look for this oil well gushin'?
[05:52.85] Where do you look for this candle that's glowin'?
[05:54.55] Where do you look for this hope that you know is there
[05:55.90] And out there somewhere?
[05:57.55] And your feet can only walk down two kinds of roads
[06:00.00] Your eyes can only look through two kinds of windows
[06:02.14] Your nose can only smell two kinds of hallways
[06:04.50] You can touch and twist and turn two kinds of doorknobs
[06:07.34] You can either go to the church of your choice
[06:09.04] Or you can go to Brooklyn State Hospital
[06:10.40] You'll find God in the church of your choice
[06:12.79] You'll find Woody Guthrie in Brooklyn State Hospital
[06:15.26] And though it's only my opinion, I may be right or wrong
[06:17.25] You'll find them both in Grand Canyon, at sundown
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