Mr.Tambourine Man

Bob DylanBob Dylan

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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
    I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
    Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
    In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come followin' you.Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand,
Vanished from my hand,
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.    Hey, Mr.Tambourine Man, etc.Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wanderin'.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it.    Hey, Mr.Tambourine Man, etc.Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the sun,It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facin'.
And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seeing' that he's chasing    Hey, Mr.Tambourine Man, etc.
Bob Dylan
About the poet

Bob Dylan

1941 - /Male/AmericanRobert Allen Zimmerman is a poetic songwriter, singer, painter, writer, and Nobel prize laureate, incorporates a range of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences.

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