Bob Dylan - Tombstone Blues - Alternate Take Lyrics

Lyrics Tombstone Blues - Alternate Take - Bob Dylan



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 ghost of Belle Starr, she hands down her wits
To Jezebel the nun, she violently knits
A bald wig for Jack the Ripper, who sits
At the head of the Chamber of Commerce
Mama's in the factory, 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
The hysterical bride in the penny arcade
Screaming, she moans, "I've just been made"
Sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade
And says, "My advice is to not let the boys in"
And the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside
He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride
"Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride
You will not die, it's not poison"
Mama's in the factory, 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
"Ah, John the Blacksmith, he torturing a thief"
Says the hero, the Commander-in-Chief
"Tell me, great hero, but please make it brief
Is there a hole for me to get sick in?"
The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly
Saying, "Death to all those who would whimper and cry"
And dropping a barbell, he points to the sky
Saying, "The sun's not yellow, it's chicken"
Mama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes
Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for the food
I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues



Writer(s): Bob Dylan


Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (A Martin Scorsese Picture)

1 Blowin' In the Wind (Live)
2 When I Got Troubles
3 Rambler, Gambler
4 This Land Is Your Land (Live)
5 Song to Woody
6 Dink's Song
7 I Was Young When I Left Home
8 Sally Gal - Alternate Take
9 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Demo
10 Man of Constant Sorrow (Live)
11 Masters of War (Live)
12 A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall (Live at Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec - December 1975)
13 When the Ship Comes In (Live)
14 Mr. Tambourine Man - Alternate Take
15 Chimes of Freedom (Live)
16 It's All over Now, Baby Blue - Alternate Take
17 She Belongs to Me - Alternate Take
18 Maggie's Farm - Live at Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI - July 1965
19 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - Alternate Take
20 Tombstone Blues - Alternate Take
21 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Alternate Take
22 Desolation Row - Alternate Take
23 Highway 61 Revisited - Alternate Take
24 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat - Alternate Take
25 Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - Alternate Take
26 Visions of Johanna - Alternate Take
27 Ballad of a Thin Man (Live)
28 Like a Rolling Stone - Live at Sony Music Studios, New York, NY - November 1994




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