Bob Dylan & The Band - I'm Not There Lyrics

Lyrics I'm Not There - Bob Dylan & The Band



Things are crashing down
She's all too tight
In my neighborhood
She cried both day and night
I know it because it was there
It's a milestone
But she's down on her luck
And the day makes her lonely
But to make it hard to buck, now and then
I believe that she'd stop him
If she would start to care
I believe that she'd look upon
His side that used to care
And I'd go by the Lord
Anywhere she's on my way
But I don't belong there
No I don't belong to her
I don't belong to any body
She's my Christ-forsaken angel
But she don't hear me cry
She's a lone-hearted mystic
And she can't carry on
When I'm there, she's all right
But she's not when I'm gone
Heaven knows that the answer
She don't calling no one
She's the way, forsaken beauty
For she's mine, for the one
And I lost her, hesitation
By temptation as it runs
But she don't holler me
But I'm not there, I'm gone
Now I'll cry tonight
Like I cried the night before
And I'm knees on the hassle
But I'll dream about the door
It's so long, she's forsaken
By her faith, worse to tell
It don't have contonation
She smiles, fare thee well
Now when I treat to leave 'er
I was born to love her
But she knows that the kingdom awaits
So high above her
And I run a better race
But it's not too fast still
But I don't perceive her
I'm not there, I'm gone
Well it's all about diffusion
And I cry for her veil
I don't need anybody now
Beside me to tell
And it's all affirmation
I receive but it's not
She's a lone-hearted beauty
But she don't like a spot
And she calls
Yeah, she's gone like the rain
Below the shining yesterday
But now she's home beside me
And I'd like her here to stay
She's a lone, forsaken beauty
And it don't trust anyone
And I wish I was beside her
But I'm not there, I'm gone
Well, it's too hard to stay here
And I don't want to leave
It's so bad, for so few
See, but she's a heart too hard to need
It's alone, it's a crime
The way she mauls me around
But she don't fall to hate me
But tears are gone, a painted clown
Yes, I believe that it's rightful
Oh, I believe it in my mind
I've been told like I said one night before
Carry on the cryin'
And the sole gypsy told her
Like I said, carry on
I wish I was there to help her
But I'm not there, I'm gone



Writer(s): BOB DYLAN


Bob Dylan & The Band - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete

1 Minstrel Boy
2 Dress It Up, Better Have It All
3 Mary Lou, I Love You Too
4 Santa-Fe
5 My Woman She's A-Leavin'
6 Ain't No More Cane (Take 2)
7 Ain't No More Cane (Take 1)
8 It Ain't Me Babe
9 A Satisfied Mind
10 One Too Many Mornings
11 Bourbon Street
12 Apple Suckling Tree (Take 2)
13 Apple Suckling Tree (Take 1)
14 Get Your Rocks Off
15 Odds and Ends (Take 2)
16 Tears of Rage (Take 1)
17 Tears of Rage (Take 2)
18 Tears of Rage (Take 3)
19 Quinn the Eskimo (Take 1)
20 Quinn the Eskimo (Take 2)
21 Open the Door Homer (Take 1)
22 Open the Door Homer (Take 2)
23 Nothing Was Delivered (Take 1)
24 Nothing Was Delivered (Take 2)
25 Nothing Was Delivered (Take 3)
26 All American Boy
27 Sign On the Cross
28 Odds and Ends (Take 1)
29 Open the Door Homer (Take 3)
30 Too Much of Nothing (Take 2)
31 Silent Weekend
32 900 Miles from My Home
33 The Spanish Song (Take 1)
34 Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies
35 Bring It On Home
36 Silhouettes
37 Love Is Only Mine
38 Northern Claim
39 Next Time On the Highway
40 I Can't Come In With a Broken Heart
41 On a Rainy Afternoon
42 Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad
43 She's On My Mind Again
44 King of France
45 Will the Circle Be Unbroken
46 Pretty Mary
47 That's the Breaks
48 Hallelujah, I've Just Been Moved
49 Down By the Station
50 Wildwood Flower
51 One Kind Favor
52 She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain
53 It's the Flight of the Bumblebee
54 Wild Wolf
55 What's It Gonna Be When It Comes Up
56 Gonna Get You Now
57 Confidential
58 All You Have to Do Is Dream (Take 1)
59 All You Have to Do Is Dream (Take 2)
60 2 Dollars and 99 Cents
61 Jelly Bean
62 Any Time
63 If I Were a Carpenter
64 Too Much of Nothing (Take 1)
65 900 Miles from My Home / Confidential
66 I Shall Be Released (Take 2)
67 Four Strong Winds
68 I'm Your Teenage Prayer
69 Big Dog
70 See You Later Allen Ginsberg (Take 2)
71 See You Later Allen Ginsberg (Take 1)
72 Kickin' My Dog Around
73 Tupelo
74 Johnny Todd
75 I'm a Fool for You (Take 2)
76 I'm a Fool for You (Take 1)
77 Po' Lazarus
78 The Auld Triangle
79 Cool Water
80 I'm Guilty of Loving You
81 Ol' Roison the Beau
82 Under Control
83 Edge of the Ocean
84 My Bucket's Got a Hole In It
85 Roll On Train
86 Mr. Blue
87 Belshazzar
88 I Forgot to Remember to Forget
89 The French Girl (Take 1)
90 You Win Again
91 Waltzing With Sin
92 Big River (Take 1)
93 Big River (Take 2)
94 Folsom Prison Blues
95 Bells of Rhymney
96 Spanish Is the Loving Tongue
97 Still In Town
98 The French Girl (Take 2)
99 Joshua Gone Barbados
100 I'm In the Mood
101 I'm Alright
102 Million Dollar Bash (Take 1)
103 Million Dollar Bash (Take 2)
104 Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread (Take 1)
105 Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread (Take 2)
106 I'm Not There
107 One for the Road
108 Crash On the Levee (Take 2)
109 Lo and Behold! (Take 1)
110 Lo and Behold! (Take 2)
111 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Take 1)
112 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Take 2)
113 I Shall Be Released (Take 1)
114 Crash On the Levee (Take 1)
115 The Spanish Song (Take 2)
116 Down On Me
117 Bonnie Ship the Diamond
118 Baby Ain't That Fine
119 Rock, Salt and Nails
120 A Fool Such As I
121 Song for Canada
122 People Get Ready
123 I Don't Hurt Anymore
124 The Hills of Mexico
125 Be Careful of Stones That You Throw
126 Lock Your Door
127 Baby, Won't You Be My Baby
128 Try Me Little Girl
129 I Can't Make It Alone
130 Don't You Try Me Now
131 Young But Daily Growing
132 One Man's Loss



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