Bob Dylan - Ain't Talkin' (Alternate Version) Lyrics

Lyrics Ain't Talkin' (Alternate Version) - Bob Dylan



As I walked out tonight in the mystic garden
The wounded flowers were dangling from the vine
I was passing by yon cool crystal fountain
Someone hit me from behind
Ain't talking, just walking
Through this weary world of woe
Heart burning, still yearning
No one on earth would ever know
They say prayer has the power to heal, so pray for me, mother
In the human heart an evil spirit can dwell
I am trying to love my neighbor and do good unto others
But oh, mother, things ain't going well
Ain't talking, just walking
I'll burn that bridge before you can cross
Heart burning, still yearning
There'll be no mercy for you once you've lost
Now I'm all worn down by weeping
My eyes are filled with tears, my lips are dry
If I catch my opponents ever sleeping
I will just slaughter 'em where they lie
Ain't talking, just walking
Through the world mysterious and vague
Heart burning, still yearning
Walking through the cities of the plague
Well, the whole world is filled with speculation
The whole wide world which people say is round
They will tear your mind away from contemplation
They will jump on your misfortune when you're down
Ain't talking, just walking
Eating hog eyed grease in a hog eyed town
Heart burning, still yearning
Some day you'll be glad to have me around
They will crush you with wealth and power
Every waking moment you could crack
I'll make the most of one last extra hour
I'll avenge my father's death and I'll step back
Ain't talking, just walking
Hand me down my walking cane
Heart burning, still yearning
Got to get you out of my miserable brain
All my loyal and my much-loved companions
They approve of me and share my code
I practice a faith that's been long abandoned
Ain't no altars on this long and lonesome road
Ain't talking, just walking
My mule is sick, my horse is blind
Heart burning, still yearning
Thinking about that girl I left behind
Well, it's bright in the heavens and the wheels are flying
Fame and honor never seem to fade
The fire gone out but the light is never dying
Who says I can't get heavenly aid?
Ain't talking, just walking
Carrying a dead man's shield
Heart burning, still yearning
Walking with a toothache in my heel
The suffering is unending
Every nook and cranny has its tears
I'm not playing, I'm not pretending
I'm not nursing any superfluous fears
Ain't talking, just walking
Walking ever since the other night
Heart burning, still yearning
Walking till I'm clean out of sight
As I walked out in the mystic garden
On a hot summer day, a hot summer lawn
Excuse me, ma'am, I beg your pardon
There's no one here, the gardener is gone
Ain't talking, just walking
Up the road, around the bend
Heart burning, still yearning
In the last outback at the world's end



Writer(s): Bob Dylan


Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006 (Bonus Track Version)

1 Mississippi
2 Most of the Time (Alternate Version)
3 Dignity (Piano Demo)
4 Someday Baby (Alternate Version)
5 Red River Shore
6 Tell Ol' Bill (Alternate Version) [From the "North Country" Soundtrack]
7 Born In Time
8 Can't Wait (Alternate Version)
9 Everything Is Broken (Alternate Version)
10 Dreamin' of You
11 Huck's Tune (From Lucky You Soundtrack)
12 Marchin' to the City
13 High Water (For Charley Patton) [Live, 2003]
14 Mississippi (Version #2)
15 32-20 Blues
16 Series of Dreams - Studio Outtake - 1989
17 God Knows
18 Can't Escape from You
19 Dignity
20 Ring Them Bells (Live At The Supper Club, 1993)
21 Cocaine Blues - Live at Filene Center, Vienna, VA - August 1997
22 Ain't Talkin' (Alternate Version)
23 The Girl On the Greenbriar Shore - Live at Cote d'Opale, Dunkerque, France - June 1992
24 Lonesome Day Blues - Live at National Car Rental Center, Sunrise, FL - February 2002
25 Miss the Mississippi
26 The Lonesome River
27 'Cross the Green Mountain - from 'Gods and Generals' OST
28 Love Sick (Live 2001) [Bonus Track]




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