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Idiot Wind Lyrics

Song Idiot Wind
Artist Bob Dylan
Album The Rolling Thunder Revue - The Warehouse, New Orleans, LA
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[00:00.00] Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
[00:09.78] Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out but when they will I can only guess.
[00:18.98] They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
[00:25.20] She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
[00:31.28] I can't help it if I'm lucky.
[00:36.44] People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act
[00:45.34] Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts.
[00:54.61] Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at,
[01:00.58] I couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me better than that
[01:07.24] Sweet lady.
[01:10.46]
[01:11.36] Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
[01:20.51] Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
[01:26.72] Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
[01:35.61] You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[01:43.76] ——————————————————————————————————
[01:44.50] Idiot Wind
[01:46.00] Bob Dylan
[01:47.50] ——————————————————————————————————
[01:48.36] I ran into the fortune-teller, who said beware of lightning that might strike
[01:57.46] I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like.
[02:03.47]
[02:06.10] There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door,
[02:12.43] You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done, in the final end he won the wars
[02:18.12] After losin' every battle.
[02:23.18] I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are
[02:32.25] Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars.
[02:41.27] You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies.
[02:47.51] One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes,
[02:53.44] Blood on your saddle.
[02:56.67]
[02:58.12] Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb,
[03:07.11] Blowing through the curtains in your room.
[03:13.03] Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
[03:22.15] You're an idiot, babe.It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[03:30.16]
[03:34.46] It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
[03:43.78] You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart.
[03:50.25]
[03:52.58] Now everything's a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped,
[03:58.61] What's good is bad, what's bad is good, you'll find out when you reach the top
[04:04.78] You're on the bottom.
[04:09.52] I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
[04:18.71] I can't remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed, your eyes don't look into mine.
[04:27.60] burned.
[04:33.62] I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned
[04:39.74] Slowly into autumn.
[04:43.60]
[04:44.26] Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull,
[04:53.18] From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol.
[04:59.66] Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
[05:08.50] You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[05:16.27]
[05:21.27] I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read
[05:30.37] Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' I was somebody else instead.
[05:39.41] Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy,
[05:45.29] I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory
[05:51.12] And all your ragin' glory.
[05:56.07] I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free,
[06:04.75] I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me.
[06:13.93] You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above,
[06:19.86] And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love,
[06:25.90] And it makes me feel so sorry.
[06:29.82]
[06:30.59] Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,
[06:39.73] Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
[06:45.79] Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,
[06:54.80] We're idiots, babe. It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
[07:02.67] ——————————————————————————————————
[07:04.67] End
[07:07.00]
[00:00.00] Someone' s got it in for me, they' re planting stories in the press
[00:09.78] Whoever it is I wish they' d cut it out but when they will I can only guess.
[00:18.98] They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
[00:25.20] She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
[00:31.28] I can' t help it if I' m lucky.
[00:36.44] People see me all the time and they just can' t remember how to act
[00:45.34] Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts.
[00:54.61] Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at,
[01:00.58] I couldn' t believe after all these years, you didn' t know me better than that
[01:07.24] Sweet lady.
[01:10.46]
[01:11.36] Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
[01:20.51] Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
[01:26.72] Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
[01:35.61] You' re an idiot, babe. It' s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[01:43.76]
[01:44.50] Idiot Wind
[01:46.00] Bob Dylan
[01:47.50]
[01:48.36] I ran into the fortuneteller, who said beware of lightning that might strike
[01:57.46] I haven' t known peace and quiet for so long I can' t remember what it' s like.
[02:03.47]
[02:06.10] There' s a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door,
[02:12.43] You didn' t know it, you didn' t think it could be done, in the final end he won the wars
[02:18.12] After losin' every battle.
[02:23.18] I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' ' bout the way things sometimes are
[02:32.25] Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars.
[02:41.27] You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies.
[02:47.51] One day you' ll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes,
[02:53.44] Blood on your saddle.
[02:56.67]
[02:58.12] Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb,
[03:07.11] Blowing through the curtains in your room.
[03:13.03] Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
[03:22.15] You' re an idiot, babe. It' s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[03:30.16]
[03:34.46] It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
[03:43.78] You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn' t enough to change my heart.
[03:50.25]
[03:52.58] Now everything' s a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped,
[03:58.61] What' s good is bad, what' s bad is good, you' ll find out when you reach the top
[04:04.78] You' re on the bottom.
[04:09.52] I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
[04:18.71] I can' t remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed, your eyes don' t look into mine.
[04:27.60] burned.
[04:33.62] I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned
[04:39.74] Slowly into autumn.
[04:43.60]
[04:44.26] Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull,
[04:53.18] From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol.
[04:59.66] Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
[05:08.50] You' re an idiot, babe. It' s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[05:16.27]
[05:21.27] I can' t feel you anymore, I can' t even touch the books you' ve read
[05:30.37] Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' I was somebody else instead.
[05:39.41] Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy,
[05:45.29] I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory
[05:51.12] And all your ragin' glory.
[05:56.07] I been doublecrossed now for the very last time and now I' m finally free,
[06:04.75] I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me.
[06:13.93] You' ll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above,
[06:19.86] And I' ll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love,
[06:25.90] And it makes me feel so sorry.
[06:29.82]
[06:30.59] Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,
[06:39.73] Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
[06:45.79] Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,
[06:54.80] We' re idiots, babe. It' s a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
[07:02.67]
[07:04.67] End
[07:07.00]
[00:00.00] Someone' s got it in for me, they' re planting stories in the press
[00:09.78] Whoever it is I wish they' d cut it out but when they will I can only guess.
[00:18.98] They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
[00:25.20] She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
[00:31.28] I can' t help it if I' m lucky.
[00:36.44] People see me all the time and they just can' t remember how to act
[00:45.34] Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts.
[00:54.61] Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at,
[01:00.58] I couldn' t believe after all these years, you didn' t know me better than that
[01:07.24] Sweet lady.
[01:10.46]
[01:11.36] Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
[01:20.51] Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
[01:26.72] Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
[01:35.61] You' re an idiot, babe. It' s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[01:43.76]
[01:44.50] Idiot Wind
[01:46.00] Bob Dylan
[01:47.50]
[01:48.36] I ran into the fortuneteller, who said beware of lightning that might strike
[01:57.46] I haven' t known peace and quiet for so long I can' t remember what it' s like.
[02:03.47]
[02:06.10] There' s a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door,
[02:12.43] You didn' t know it, you didn' t think it could be done, in the final end he won the wars
[02:18.12] After losin' every battle.
[02:23.18] I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' ' bout the way things sometimes are
[02:32.25] Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars.
[02:41.27] You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies.
[02:47.51] One day you' ll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes,
[02:53.44] Blood on your saddle.
[02:56.67]
[02:58.12] Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb,
[03:07.11] Blowing through the curtains in your room.
[03:13.03] Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
[03:22.15] You' re an idiot, babe. It' s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[03:30.16]
[03:34.46] It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
[03:43.78] You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn' t enough to change my heart.
[03:50.25]
[03:52.58] Now everything' s a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped,
[03:58.61] What' s good is bad, what' s bad is good, you' ll find out when you reach the top
[04:04.78] You' re on the bottom.
[04:09.52] I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
[04:18.71] I can' t remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed, your eyes don' t look into mine.
[04:27.60] burned.
[04:33.62] I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned
[04:39.74] Slowly into autumn.
[04:43.60]
[04:44.26] Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull,
[04:53.18] From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol.
[04:59.66] Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
[05:08.50] You' re an idiot, babe. It' s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[05:16.27]
[05:21.27] I can' t feel you anymore, I can' t even touch the books you' ve read
[05:30.37] Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' I was somebody else instead.
[05:39.41] Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy,
[05:45.29] I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory
[05:51.12] And all your ragin' glory.
[05:56.07] I been doublecrossed now for the very last time and now I' m finally free,
[06:04.75] I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me.
[06:13.93] You' ll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above,
[06:19.86] And I' ll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love,
[06:25.90] And it makes me feel so sorry.
[06:29.82]
[06:30.59] Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,
[06:39.73] Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
[06:45.79] Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,
[06:54.80] We' re idiots, babe. It' s a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
[07:02.67]
[07:04.67] End
[07:07.00]
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