Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan"Subterranean Homesick Blues" is a song by Bob Dylan, released in 1965 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:05 long and contains 70 lines and 326 words.
0:09Johny's in the basement
0:10Mixing up the medicine
0:11I'm on the pavement
0:12Thinking about the government
0:15The man in the trench coat
0:16Badge out laid off
0:17Says he's got a bad cough
0:19Wants to get it paid off
0:21Look out kid
0:23It's somethin' you did
0:24God knows when
0:24But you're doin' it again
0:25You better duck down the alley way
0:27Lookin' for a new friend
0:28The man in the coon-skip cap
0:29In the big pen
0:30Wants eleven dollar bills
0:32You only got ten
0:39Maggie comes fleet foot
0:40Face full of black soot
0:41Talkin' that the heat put
0:43Plants in the bed but
0:45The phone's tapped anyway
0:46Maggie says that many say
0:47They must bust in early May
0:48Orders from the DA
0:50Look out kid
0:51Don't matter what you did
0:53Walk on your tip toes
0:54Don't try 'No Doz'
0:55Better stay away from those
0:57That carry around a fire hose
0:59Keep a clean nose
1:00Watch the plain clothes
1:01You don't need a weather man
1:02To know which way the wind blows
1:10Get sick get well
1:11Hang around an ink well
1:12Ring bell hard to tell
1:13If anything is goin' to sell
1:15Try hard get barred
1:18Get back write Braille
1:19Get jailed jump bail Join the army if you failed
1:21Look out kid
1:22You're gonna get hit
1:23But users cheaters
1:24Six-time losers
1:24Hang around the theaters
1:28Girl by the whirlpool
1:29Lookin' for a new fool
1:30Don't follow leaders
1:32Watch the parkin' meters
1:40Ah get born keep warm
1:42Short pants romance learn to dance
1:43Get dressed get blessed
1:45Try to be a success
1:47Please her please him buy gifts
1:49Don't steal don't lift
1:50Twenty years of schoolin'
1:50And they put you on the day shift
1:52Look out kid
1:54They keep it all hid
1:55Better jump down a manhole
1:56Light yourself a candle
1:58Don't wear sandals
1:58Try to avoid the scandals
2:01Don't wanna be a bum
2:02You better chew gum
2:03The pump don't work
2:05'Cause the vandals took the handles
Johny's in the basement Mixing up the medicine I'm on the pavement Thinking about the government The man in the trench coat Badge out laid off Says he's got a bad cough Wants to get it paid off Look out kid It's somethin' you did God knows when But you're doin' it again You better duck down the alley way Lookin' for a new friend The man in the coon-skip cap In the big pen Wants eleven dollar bills You only got ten Maggie comes fleet foot Face full of black soot Talkin' that the heat put Plants in the bed but The phone's tapped anyway Maggie says that many say They must bust in early May Orders from the DA Look out kid Don't matter what you did Walk on your tip toes Don't try 'No Doz' Better stay away from those That carry around a fire hose Keep a clean nose Watch the plain clothes You don't need a weather man To know which way the wind blows Get sick get well Hang around an ink well Ring bell hard to tell If anything is goin' to sell Try hard get barred Get back write Braille Get jailed jump bail Join the army if you failed Look out kid You're gonna get hit But users cheaters Six-time losers Hang around the theaters Girl by the whirlpool Lookin' for a new fool Don't follow leaders Watch the parkin' meters Ah get born keep warm Short pants romance learn to dance Get dressed get blessed Try to be a success Please her please him buy gifts Don't steal don't lift Twenty years of schoolin' And they put you on the day shift Look out kid They keep it all hid Better jump down a manhole Light yourself a candle Don't wear sandals Try to avoid the scandals Don't wanna be a bum You better chew gum The pump don't work 'Cause the vandals took the handles
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