" TEMPORARY LIKE ACHILLES "- Randy Brook / Andrea Rabuffetti - Bob Dylan song

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-----ANDY STRIKES AGAIN!! ----- Yep, my main man in Italy has favored me with ANOTHER remix of one of my acoustic-solo song performances. This time it's "Temporary, Like Achiles" - A Bob Dylan song from the Album "Blond On Blond". This time around Andy (Andrea Rabufetti - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1358697369 ) has added lead guitar, bass, organ and drums - and as if that wasn't enough, for no good reason that I can think of he added the sound of ocean waves at the beginning and end, and the sound of applause. Not only that, but he changed the video to black and white and added an "old film" mask. Way to get creative on me, Andy! So, I had to go one better and add some video of the ocean as a backdrop for the opening and closing titles. Things are DEFINITELY getting out of hand around here, but, I love it. And I love the music he plays on this cut. What a difference a band makes...of course, it helps if the player (s) have talent - which Andy does. Too bad he's in Italy, we could go on tour.----- Well...I HAVE been running on, haven't I? Guess I'm excited about the remix. Anyway, here it is and I hope you like it as much as I do. :-) ----
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LYRICS

Lyrics by Bob Dylan 1966, 1976 Dwarf Music

Standing on your window, honey,
Yes, I've been here before.
Feeling so harmless,
I'm looking at your second door.
How come you don't send me no regards?
You know I want your lovin',
Honey, why are you so hard?

Kneeling 'neath your ceiling,
Yes, I guess I'll be here for a while.
I'm tryin' to read your portrait, but,
I'm helpless, like a rich man's child.
How come you send someone out to have me barred?
You know I want your lovin',
Honey, why are you so hard?

Like a poor fool in his prime,
Yes, I know you can hear me walk,
But is your heart made out of stone, or is it lime,
Or is it just solid rock?

Well, I rush into your hallway,
Lean against your velvet door.
I watch upon your scorpion
Who crawls across your circus floor.
Just what do you think you have to guard?
You know I want your lovin',
Honey, but you're so hard.

Achilles is in your alleyway,
He don't want me here,
He does brag.
He's pointing to the sky
And he's hungry, like a man in drag.
How come you get someone like him to be your guard?
You know I want your lovin',
Honey. but you're so hard.

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[randybrook77]

You bet it was! Heidelberg was enchanting. For a boy from the suburbs of Los Angeles it was a whole other world. Irmgardt Khurt...a beautiful, thin, blond, brilliant, fragile and somewhat insane student...her one room walk-up flat on a cobblestone street...God, I was in love with her...songs were coming on the radio for the first time like "Hey Jude"...I was ready to take the underground railroad to Scandanavia but luckily I never got orders for Nam...I miss Germany...

[KulturThaler]

hello randy,

youre a funny guy I guess ;-)

listening to your music made the Germans around you healthy that time then,

hasnt it :-) ? best wishes.

[randybrook77]

Matthias, I guess you are talking about my "It's Coming" video. I did play some shows for the German people while I was stationed there, and they seemed to enjoy them. Germans are a great people...strong culture...good minds...simple hearts. I slept in the Heidelberg university with the students when they took it over in '69. I loved my time in Germany. Glad you enjoy my videos. :-)

[ltschmidt02]

You still have the pipes, Randy. You need to get a band together my friend ... this mix is excellent. Please take care.

[randybrook77]

Thanks Smitty, we are all praying for your safe return from Afghanistan. You have left home and family to put your body on the line to protect the noblest experiment in government the world has ever known. America has its faults, and is struggling against enemies of freedom both abroad and even within its own government, but it is still the best country on earth. We salute you. We appreciate you. We owe you.

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Keep us posted.

[KulturThaler]

Great version. I love the album and the singers expression on this YouTube take.

[randybrook77]

Vas is loss in dise gasthaus? Another country heard from. Thanks Kultur Thayler. Your ayer brotchen is in the mail. :-) PS - click my channel link...I have other Dylan songs, and a video montage I made while I was a medic in Germany.

[BeingPollock]

Thanks (...)

[KulturThaler]

the only time I once was in Heidelberg recent years ago I couldnt find a bed to lay down my sleepy head cause everything was completely booked out by visitors from foreign countries ;-)

Germany that time should have been a better choice than Vietnam I guess.

[randybrook77]

Nice try, Eli, but I'm still not going to loan you that $10.