Bob Dylan - Tombstone Blues (Take 9) Lyrics

Lyrics Tombstone Blues (Take 9) - Bob Dylan



The sweet pretty things are in bed now, of course
The city fathers, they are 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
Now, John the blacksmitht, he torturing a thief
Says to 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 have 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
Alright
Let's hear that back
He got to put the wall up over him



Writer(s): Bob Dylan


Bob Dylan - The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Deluxe Edition)

1 If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 2, Alternate Take)
2 Absolutely Sweet Marie (Take 1, Alternate Take)
3 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 14, Complete)
4 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1, Breakdown)
5 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 2, Acoustic)
6 Just Like a Woman (Take 1, Complete)
7 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
8 Just Like a Woman (Take 4, Alternate Take)
9 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
10 Just Like a Woman (Take 8, Complete)
11 I'll Keep It With Mine (Take 1, Piano Demo)
12 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Take 1)
13 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Take 1, Complete)
14 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 1, Fragment)
15 Temporary Like Achilles (Take 3, Complete)
16 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 2, Complete)
17 She Belongs to Me (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
18 Obviously Five Believers (Take 3, Complete)
19 She Belongs to Me (Take 2 Remake, Complete)
20 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Take 1, Complete)
21 She Belongs to Me (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
22 Subterranean Homesick Blues (Take 1)
23 Outlaw Blues (Take 1, Complete)
24 Outlaw Blues (Take 2, Alternate Take)
25 On the Road Again (Take 1, Complete)
26 On the Road Again (Take 4, Alternate Take)
27 On the Road Again (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
28 On the Road Again (Take 7 Remake, Complete)
29 Farewell, Angelina (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
30 If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 1, Complete)
31 You Don't Have to Do That (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
32 California (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
33 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Take 1, False Start)
34 Mr. Tambourine Man (Takes 1-2, False Starts)
35 Mr. Tambourine Man (Take 3 with Band, Incomplete)
36 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 1, Complete (6/15/65))
37 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 8, Alternate Take)
38 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3, Incomplete)
39 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
40 Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence (Take 2)
41 Tombstone Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take)
42 Tombstone Blues (Take 9)
43 Positively 4th Street (Takes 1-3, False Starts)
44 Positively 4th Street (Take 4, Complete)
45 Positively 4th Street (Take 5, Alternate Take)
46 Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take)
47 Desolation Row (Take 5 Remake, Complete)
48 From a Buick 6 (Take 1, False Start)
49 From a Buick 6 (Take 4)
50 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 1-3, Rehearsal)
51 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4, Rehearsal)
52 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5, Rehearsal)
53 Like a Rolling Stone (Rehearsal Remake)
54 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 1 Remake, Rehearsal)
55 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 2-3 Remake, False Starts)
56 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4 Remake)
57 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5 Remake, Rehearsal)
58 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 6 Remake, False Start)
59 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 8 Remake, Breakdown)
60 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 9-10 Remake, False Starts)
61 Like a Rolling Stone - Take 11, Alternate Take
62 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 12 Remake, False Start)
63 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 13 Remake, Breakdown)
64 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 14 Remake, False Start)
65 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 15 Remake, Breakdown)
66 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Guitar)
67 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Vocals, Guitar)
68 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Piano, Bass)
69 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Drums, Organ)
70 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 1, Alternate Take)
71 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 17)
72 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 5, Complete)
73 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 7, False Start)
74 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 1, Breakdown)
75 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 3, Rehearsal)
76 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 13, Complete)
77 Queen Jane Approximately (Take 2, Complete)
78 Ballad of a Thin Man (Take 2, Breakdown)
79 Medicine Sunday (Take 1)
80 Jet Pilot (Take 1)
81 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 1, Fragment)
82 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 6, Complete)
83 Instrumental (Take 2, Complete)
84 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 6, Complete)
85 Visions of Johanna (Take 1, Rehearsal)
86 Visions of Johanna (Take 7, Complete)
87 Visions of Johanna (Take 8)
88 Visions of Johanna (Take 14, Complete)
89 She's Your Lover Now (Take 1, Breakdown)
90 She's Your Lover Now (Take 6, Rehearsal)
91 She's Your Lover Now (Take 15)
92 She's Your Lover Now (Take 16, Complete)
93 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 2, Rehearsal)
94 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 4, Rehearsal)
95 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 19, Alternate Take)
96 Lunatic Princess (Take 1)
97 Fourth Time Around (Take 11, Complete)
98 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Take 3, Complete)
99 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Take 1, Rehearsal and Finished Track)
100 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 1, Rehearsal)
101 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Rehearsal)
102 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 5)




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