When Your Gravity Fails

JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES
Nina Simone's superb version of one of Dylan's most touching songs... combined with some of my personal photos (and memories...)

LYRICS:
When you're lost in the rain in Juarez
And it's Eastertime too
And your gravity fails
And negativity don't pull you through
Don't put on any airs
When you're down on Rue Morgue Avenue
They got some hungry women there
And they really make a mess outa you

Now if you see Saint Annie
Please tell her thanks a lot
I cannot move
My fingers are all in a knot
I don't have the strength
To get up and take another shot
And my best friend, my doctor
Won't even say what it is I've got

Sweet Melinda
The peasants call her the goddess of gloom
She speaks good English
And she invites you up into her room
And you're so kind
And careful not to go to her too soon
And she takes your voice
And leaves you howling at the moon

Up on Housing Project Hill
It's either fortune or fame
You must pick up one or the other
Though neither of them are to be what they claim
If you're lookin' to get silly
You better go back to from where you came
Because the cops don't need you
And man they expect the same

Now all the authorities
They just stand around and boast
How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms
Into leaving his post
And picking up Angel who
Just arrived here from the coast
Who looked so fine at first
But left looking just like a ghost

I started out on burgundy
But soon hit the harder stuff
Everybody said they'd stand behind me
When the game got rough
But the joke was on me
There was nobody even there to call my bluff
I'm going back to New York City
I do believe I've had enough

Category:

Music

Tags:

• When Your Gravity Fails
• Bob Dylan
• Nina Simone
• Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

[spideyheidi]

thank you x 

[rossshadowross]

so beautiful, thanks

[rcp117416]

SPEECHLESS/BEEN IN JAIL IN MEX/THIS IS FREEEEEEEDOM

[lakuip]

Fantastic.

[mudrooroo2]

This is the most beautiful and powerful rendition of this song. I have loved it since the beginning long ago and thank God that I have discovered it again .It reflects my life. I love Ninia Simone and want to find her Balitmore Oreal thank you

[ImpliedBodyMan]

Like ... wow.

"Negativity won't pull you though."

A shot at the dreamy melancholic.

"The goddess of gloom."

"She takes your voice and leaves you howling at the moon."

Danger!

"You must pick one or the other, though netiher are to be what they claim."

That's Shakespearian.

Seems a song about long winter doubt, and it's wintry women. The broken promise and the dull blade of vengance.

[strawwoodclaw]

perfect cover

[ScotsjohnSE]

As always Ms. Simone gives a beautiful cover of this wonderful balad! The Dead, and also Bryan Ferry do it justice! However Ms. Simone is closer to perfection! Thank you wearytune for uploading, you are appreciated! Be Well, JSE.

[mconner427]

i feel like everyone should listen to this song. needs more views so i felt the need to comment. i watch this like everyday for lack of any other means of hearing it so maybe that'll help.