Lyrics and translation Bob Dylan - It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 8, Alternate Take)
Well,
I
drive
a
mailtrain,
mama,
Eh
bien,
je
conduis
un
train
postal,
ma
chérie,
Can't
buy
a
thrill
Impossible
d'acheter
un
frisson
Well,
I've
been
up
all
night,
mama,
Eh
bien,
j'ai
passé
la
nuit
debout,
ma
chérie,
Leanin'
on
the
window
sill
Appuyé
sur
le
rebord
de
la
fenêtre
If
I
die
on
top
of
the
hill
Si
je
meurs
au
sommet
de
la
colline
And
if
I
don't
make
it,
you
know
my
ba
by
will
Et
si
je
ne
réussis
pas,
tu
sais
que
mon
bébé
le
fera
Don't
the
moon
look
good,
La
lune
n'est-elle
pas
belle,
Shinin'
through
the
trees?
Qui
brille
à
travers
les
arbres
?
Don't
the
brakeman
look
good,
mama,
Le
freineur
n'est-il
pas
beau,
ma
chérie,
Flagging
down
the
"Double
E"?
Qui
signale
le
"Double
E"
?
Don't
the
sun
look
good
goin'
down
over
the
sea?
Le
soleil
n'est-il
pas
beau
en
train
de
se
coucher
sur
la
mer
?
Don't
my
gal
look
fine
when
she's
comin'
after
me?
Ma
chérie
n'est-elle
pas
belle
quand
elle
me
poursuit
?
Wintertime
is
coming,
the
windows
are
filled
with
frost
L'hiver
arrive,
les
fenêtres
sont
recouvertes
de
givre
I
went
to
tell
everybody,
but
I
could
not
get
across
Je
suis
allé
le
dire
à
tout
le
monde,
mais
je
n'ai
pas
pu
me
faire
comprendre
Well,
I
wanna
be
your
lover,
baby,
don't
wanna
be
your
boss
Eh
bien,
je
veux
être
ton
amant,
ma
chérie,
je
ne
veux
pas
être
ton
patron
Don't
say
I
never
warned
you
when
your
train
gets
lost
Ne
dis
pas
que
je
ne
t'ai
pas
prévenu
quand
ton
train
se
perdra
Well,
I
drive
a
mailtrain,
mama,
Eh
bien,
je
conduis
un
train
postal,
ma
chérie,
Can't
buy
a
thrill
Impossible
d'acheter
un
frisson
Well,
I've
been
up
all
night,
mama,
Eh
bien,
j'ai
passé
la
nuit
debout,
ma
chérie,
Leanin'
on
the
window
sill
Appuyé
sur
le
rebord
de
la
fenêtre
If
I
die
on
top
of
the
hill
Si
je
meurs
au
sommet
de
la
colline
And
if
I
don't
make
it,
you
know
my
ba
by
will
Et
si
je
ne
réussis
pas,
tu
sais
que
mon
bébé
le
fera
Don't
the
moon
look
good,
La
lune
n'est-elle
pas
belle,
Shinin'
through
the
trees?
Qui
brille
à
travers
les
arbres
?
Don't
the
brakeman
look
good,
mama,
Le
freineur
n'est-il
pas
beau,
ma
chérie,
Flagging
down
the
"Double
E"?
Qui
signale
le
"Double
E"
?
Don't
the
sun
look
good
goin'
down
over
the
sea?
Le
soleil
n'est-il
pas
beau
en
train
de
se
coucher
sur
la
mer
?
Don't
my
gal
look
fine
when
she's
comin'
after
me?
Ma
chérie
n'est-elle
pas
belle
quand
elle
me
poursuit
?
Wintertime
is
coming,
the
windows
are
filled
with
frost
L'hiver
arrive,
les
fenêtres
sont
recouvertes
de
givre
I
went
to
tell
everybody,
but
I
could
not
get
across
Je
suis
allé
le
dire
à
tout
le
monde,
mais
je
n'ai
pas
pu
me
faire
comprendre
Well,
I
wanna
be
your
lover,
baby,
don't
wanna
be
your
boss
Eh
bien,
je
veux
être
ton
amant,
ma
chérie,
je
ne
veux
pas
être
ton
patron
Don't
say
I
never
warned
you
when
your
train
gets
lost
Ne
dis
pas
que
je
ne
t'ai
pas
prévenu
quand
ton
train
se
perdra
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Album
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Deluxe Edition) date of release
01-01-1965
1
If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 2, Alternate Take)
2 Desolation Row (Take 5 Remake, Complete)
3 Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take)
4 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 8, Alternate Take)
5 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3, Incomplete)
6 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 1, Complete (6/15/65))
7 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
8 She Belongs to Me (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
9 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Take 3, Complete)
10 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 9-10 Remake, False Starts)
11 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 8 Remake, Breakdown)
12 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 15 Remake, Breakdown)
13 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 14 Remake, False Start)
14 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 6 Remake, False Start)
15 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 12 Remake, False Start)
16 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Vocals, Guitar)
17 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 13 Remake, Breakdown)
18 Like a Rolling Stone - Take 11, Alternate Take
19 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Drums, Organ)
20 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Piano, Bass)
21 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Guitar)
22 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 2-3 Remake, False Starts)
23 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5, Rehearsal)
24 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 1-3, Rehearsal)
25 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5 Remake, Rehearsal)
26 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4 Remake)
27 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 1 Remake, Rehearsal)
28 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4, Rehearsal)
29 Like a Rolling Stone (Rehearsal Remake)
30 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 6, Complete)
31 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 1, Fragment)
32 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 13, Complete)
33 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 1, Breakdown)
34 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 3, Rehearsal)
35 She's Your Lover Now (Take 6, Rehearsal)
36 She's Your Lover Now (Take 1, Breakdown)
37 She's Your Lover Now (Take 16, Complete)
38 She's Your Lover Now (Take 15)
39 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 7, False Start)
40 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 5, Complete)
41 Absolutely Sweet Marie (Take 1, Alternate Take)
42 Queen Jane Approximately (Take 2, Complete)
43 Visions of Johanna (Take 7, Complete)
44 Visions of Johanna (Take 8)
45 Visions of Johanna (Take 14, Complete)
46 Visions of Johanna (Take 1, Rehearsal)
47 Subterranean Homesick Blues (Take 1)
48 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 6, Complete)
49 Instrumental (Take 2, Complete)
50 Jet Pilot (Take 1)
51 Medicine Sunday (Take 1)
52 Ballad of a Thin Man (Take 2, Breakdown)
53 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 17)
54 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 1, Alternate Take)
55 Obviously Five Believers (Take 3, Complete)
56 Temporary Like Achilles (Take 3, Complete)
57 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Take 1, Complete)
58 Just Like a Woman (Take 8, Complete)
59 Just Like a Woman (Take 4, Alternate Take)
60 Just Like a Woman (Take 1, Complete)
61 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 14, Complete)
62 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 5)
63 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Rehearsal)
64 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Take 1, Rehearsal and Finished Track)
65 Fourth Time Around (Take 11, Complete)
66 Lunatic Princess (Take 1)
67 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 19, Alternate Take)
68 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 4, Rehearsal)
69 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 2, Rehearsal)
70 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 1, Rehearsal)
71 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Take 1, Complete)
72 California (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
73 You Don't Have to Do That (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
74 If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 1, Complete)
75 Farewell, Angelina (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
76 On the Road Again (Take 7 Remake, Complete)
77 On the Road Again (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
78 On the Road Again (Take 4, Alternate Take)
79 On the Road Again (Take 1, Complete)
80 Outlaw Blues (Take 2, Alternate Take)
81 Outlaw Blues (Take 1, Complete)
82 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Take 1, False Start)
83 She Belongs to Me (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
84 She Belongs to Me (Take 2 Remake, Complete)
85 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 2, Complete)
86 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 1, Fragment)
87 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Take 1)
88 I'll Keep It With Mine (Take 1, Piano Demo)
89 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
90 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
91 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 2, Acoustic)
92 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1, Breakdown)
93 Mr. Tambourine Man (Takes 1-2, False Starts)
94 Mr. Tambourine Man (Take 3 with Band, Incomplete)
95 From a Buick 6 (Take 4)
96 From a Buick 6 (Take 1, False Start)
97 Positively 4th Street (Take 5, Alternate Take)
98 Positively 4th Street (Take 4, Complete)
99 Positively 4th Street (Takes 1-3, False Starts)
100 Tombstone Blues (Take 9)
101 Tombstone Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take)
102 Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence (Take 2)
2 Desolation Row (Take 5 Remake, Complete)
3 Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take)
4 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 8, Alternate Take)
5 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3, Incomplete)
6 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 1, Complete (6/15/65))
7 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
8 She Belongs to Me (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
9 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Take 3, Complete)
10 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 9-10 Remake, False Starts)
11 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 8 Remake, Breakdown)
12 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 15 Remake, Breakdown)
13 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 14 Remake, False Start)
14 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 6 Remake, False Start)
15 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 12 Remake, False Start)
16 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Vocals, Guitar)
17 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 13 Remake, Breakdown)
18 Like a Rolling Stone - Take 11, Alternate Take
19 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Drums, Organ)
20 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Piano, Bass)
21 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Guitar)
22 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 2-3 Remake, False Starts)
23 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5, Rehearsal)
24 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 1-3, Rehearsal)
25 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5 Remake, Rehearsal)
26 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4 Remake)
27 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 1 Remake, Rehearsal)
28 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4, Rehearsal)
29 Like a Rolling Stone (Rehearsal Remake)
30 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 6, Complete)
31 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 1, Fragment)
32 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 13, Complete)
33 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 1, Breakdown)
34 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 3, Rehearsal)
35 She's Your Lover Now (Take 6, Rehearsal)
36 She's Your Lover Now (Take 1, Breakdown)
37 She's Your Lover Now (Take 16, Complete)
38 She's Your Lover Now (Take 15)
39 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 7, False Start)
40 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 5, Complete)
41 Absolutely Sweet Marie (Take 1, Alternate Take)
42 Queen Jane Approximately (Take 2, Complete)
43 Visions of Johanna (Take 7, Complete)
44 Visions of Johanna (Take 8)
45 Visions of Johanna (Take 14, Complete)
46 Visions of Johanna (Take 1, Rehearsal)
47 Subterranean Homesick Blues (Take 1)
48 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 6, Complete)
49 Instrumental (Take 2, Complete)
50 Jet Pilot (Take 1)
51 Medicine Sunday (Take 1)
52 Ballad of a Thin Man (Take 2, Breakdown)
53 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 17)
54 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 1, Alternate Take)
55 Obviously Five Believers (Take 3, Complete)
56 Temporary Like Achilles (Take 3, Complete)
57 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Take 1, Complete)
58 Just Like a Woman (Take 8, Complete)
59 Just Like a Woman (Take 4, Alternate Take)
60 Just Like a Woman (Take 1, Complete)
61 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 14, Complete)
62 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 5)
63 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Rehearsal)
64 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Take 1, Rehearsal and Finished Track)
65 Fourth Time Around (Take 11, Complete)
66 Lunatic Princess (Take 1)
67 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 19, Alternate Take)
68 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 4, Rehearsal)
69 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 2, Rehearsal)
70 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 1, Rehearsal)
71 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Take 1, Complete)
72 California (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
73 You Don't Have to Do That (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
74 If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 1, Complete)
75 Farewell, Angelina (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
76 On the Road Again (Take 7 Remake, Complete)
77 On the Road Again (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
78 On the Road Again (Take 4, Alternate Take)
79 On the Road Again (Take 1, Complete)
80 Outlaw Blues (Take 2, Alternate Take)
81 Outlaw Blues (Take 1, Complete)
82 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Take 1, False Start)
83 She Belongs to Me (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
84 She Belongs to Me (Take 2 Remake, Complete)
85 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 2, Complete)
86 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 1, Fragment)
87 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Take 1)
88 I'll Keep It With Mine (Take 1, Piano Demo)
89 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
90 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
91 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 2, Acoustic)
92 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1, Breakdown)
93 Mr. Tambourine Man (Takes 1-2, False Starts)
94 Mr. Tambourine Man (Take 3 with Band, Incomplete)
95 From a Buick 6 (Take 4)
96 From a Buick 6 (Take 1, False Start)
97 Positively 4th Street (Take 5, Alternate Take)
98 Positively 4th Street (Take 4, Complete)
99 Positively 4th Street (Takes 1-3, False Starts)
100 Tombstone Blues (Take 9)
101 Tombstone Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take)
102 Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence (Take 2)
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