Lyrics




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 fact'ry, 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"
Then sends out for the doctor, who pulls down the shade
And says, "My advice is to not let the boys in"
Now, 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 fact'ry, 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
Well, John the Baptist after torturing a thief
Looks up at his hero, the Commander-in-Chief
Saying, "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 fact'ry, 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 king of the Philistines his soldiers to save
Puts jawbones on their tombstones and flatters their graves
Puts the pied pipers in prison and fattens the slaves
Then sends them out to the jungle
Gypsy Davey, with a blowtorch he burns out their camps
With his faithful slave Pedro behind him, he tramps
With a fantastic collection of stamps
To win friends and influence his uncle
Mama's in the fact'ry, she ain't got no shoes
Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food
I'm in trouble with the tombstone blues
The geometry of innocent, flesh on the bone
Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown
At Delilah, who's sitting worthlessly alone
But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter
I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
He could die happily ever after
Mama's in the fact'ry, 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
Where Ma Rainey and Beethoven once unwrapped their bed roll
Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole
And the National Bank at a profit sells road maps for the soul
To the old folks home and the college
I wish I could write you a melody so plain
That could hold you, dear lady, from going insane
That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain
Of your useless and pointless knowledge
Mama's in the fact'ry, 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
Alright



Writer(s): BOB DYLAN


Bob Dylan - The Complete Album Collection: The 60's
Album The Complete Album Collection: The 60's
date of release
01-11-2013

1   The Wicked Messenger
2   Absolutely Sweet Marie
3   I Want You
4   Mr. Tambourine Man
5   One Too Many Mornings
6   The Times They Are A-Changin’
7   Blowin' in the Wind
8   Subterranean Homesick Blues
9   Lay, Lady, Lay
10   To Be Alone With You
11   Like a Rolling Stone
12   Girl from the North Country
13   Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
14   When the Ship Comes In
15   It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
16   Gates of Eden
17   Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
18   On the Road Again
19   Outlaw Blues
20   Ballad In Plain D
21   I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
22   My Back Pages
23   To Ramona
24   I Shall Be Free No. 10
25   Spanish Harlem Incident
26   Black Crow Blues
27   All I Really Want to Do
28   I Shall Be Free
29   Corrina, Corrina
30   Talkin' World War III Blues
31   Oxford Town
32   Bob Dylan's Dream
33   Bob Dylan's Blues
34   Down the Highway
35   Freight Train Blues
36   It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
37   A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
38   Maggie's Farm
39   It Ain't Me, Babe
40   See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
41   Song to Woody
42   House of the Risin' Sun
43   Highway 51 Blues
44   Pretty Peggy-O
45   Man of Constant Sorrow
46   In My Time of Dyin'
47   From a Buick 6
48   Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
49   Desolation Row
50   Visions of Johanna
51   Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
52   Chimes of Freedom
53   John Wesley Harding
54   As I Went Out One Morning
55   I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
56   All Along the Watchtower
57   The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
58   Drifter's Escape
59   Dear Landlord
60   I Am a Lonesome Hobo
61   I Pity the Poor Immigrant
62   Nashville Skyline Rag
63   Boots of Spanish Leather
64   Talkin' New York
65   Restless Farewell
66   Only a Pawn in Their Game
67   North Country Blues
68   With God on Our Side
69   Ballad of Hollis Brown
70   Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
71   Gospel Plow
72   You're No Good
73   Fixin' to Die
74   Pledging My Time
75   Highway 61 Revisited
76   Queen Jane Approximately
77   Ballad of a Thin Man
78   Tombstone Blues
79   Masters of War
80   Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
81   Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
82   Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
83   Just Like a Woman
84   One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
85   Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
86   Temporary Like Achilles
87   She Belongs to Me
88   The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
89   Love Minus Zero/No Limit
90   It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
91   Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
92   Motorpsycho Nitemare
93   I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
94   Girl from the North Country (with Johnny Cash)




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