Uploaded by thamuddler on Aug 16, 2009
Lyrics:
She came and she touched me
With hands made of heaven
Reflections sent spinnin
Through a face laced in mist
Now I stand where she left me
Buried deep neath her shadow
And the mirror plead sadly
Does it all come to this
And I wonder: will she call my name?
The wind careens madly
Through wide windows paneless
Fragrancies mingle
In a room full of shade
The peons pick partners
And waltz cross the ceilings
But the violins whisper
That Ive been betrayed
Tryin not to look ashamed
The drunkards drink deeply
From cups full of nothingness
Ghost lovers laugh
At the games that they play
The moments do somersaults
Into eternity
Cling to their coattails
And beg them to stay
Saying I got nothing to hide
Illusions projected
On walls made of tiffany
Mad men you adds to
A sad satin song
A harlequin mandolins
Harmonize helplessly
Hoping that endlessly
Wont last for long
Praying that their God aint dying
Then I turn and I see her
In a dress made of moonlight
Teardrops like diamonds
Run slow down her face
Her arms surround me
Like chains made of velvet
And the demons fall faithfully
Into their place
And the rivers run with jewels
Now the morning lies open
The night went quite quickly
Memory harmlessly
Fractures and fades
All the poets do push-ups
On carpets of rubber foam
Loudly they laugh
At some joke thats been made
And the wise men speak like fools
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beautiful!
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The truth.
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Great writing!
"The drunkards drink deeply
From cups full of nothingness
Ghost lovers laugh
At the games that they play"
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Thank you for posting this, thamuddler.
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One of the greatest live albums....
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FYI on the lyrics it's "mad minuets to a sad sudden song" all the lyrics sites get this wrong. Thnaks for putting this up, incredible song!
4 months ago 2
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Hands down my favorite of his songs. "Hoping that endlessly won't be for long...."
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Townes was never better than that night in Houston at the Old Quarter.
Brilliant!!
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@dantean thank you!
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Amazing!!
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This is one of his songs that I never hear anybody talk about. One of his best. It's about nothing and everything, flawlessly delivered, hypnotically transcendent.
bth2458 2 years ago 18
@bth2458 I'll happily talk about it. There are few better songs ever written by anyone anywhere at any time. Furthermore, the album from which the original recording of this song is derived, Our Mother the Mountain, is a better collection of songs than any ever recorded by ANYBODY. Dylan's greaest hits make up more than a few albums of incredibly great songs, but even ol' Bob himself never put together one album like Our Mother. How's that?
dantean 10 months ago 8