[id:$00000000] [ti:Tombstone Blues(Album Version)] [ar:Bob Dylan] [00:01.03]Tombstone Blues - Bob Dylan [00:10.38]The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course [00:14.38]The city fathers they're trying to endorse [00:18.19]The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse [00:21.99]But the town has no need to be nervous [00:28.15]The ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits [00:32.03]The Jezebel the nun she violently knits [00:35.84]A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits [00:39.72]At the head of the chamber of commerce [00:43.97]Mama's in the factory [00:45.52]She ain't got no shoes [00:47.90]Daddy's in the alley [00:49.27]He is lookin' for food [00:51.76]I am in the kitchen [00:53.20]With the tombstone blues [01:02.01]The hysterical bride in the Penny Arcade [01:06.28]Screaming she moans just been made [01:09.92]Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade [01:13.48]And says advice is to not let the boys in [01:20.38]And now the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside [01:24.43]He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride [01:28.56]all this weeping swallow your pride [01:32.11]You will not die it's not poison [01:36.61]Mama's in the factory [01:37.85]She ain't got no shoes [01:40.29]Daddy's in the alley [01:41.71]He is lookin' for food [01:44.11]I am in the kitchen [01:45.54]With the tombstone blues [01:58.20]Well John the Baptist after torturing a thief [02:02.32]Looks up at his hero the Commander-in-Chief [02:06.06]Saying me great hero but please make it brief [02:09.68]Is there a hole for me to get sick in [02:14.73]The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly [02:18.79]Saying to all those who would whimper and cry [02:22.77]And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky [02:26.28]Saying sun's not yellow it's chicken [02:30.89]Mama's in the factory [02:32.28]She ain't got no shoes [02:34.67]Daddy's in the alley [02:36.17]He is lookin' for food [02:38.41]I am in the kitchen [02:39.85]With the tombstone blues [02:48.77]The king of the Philistines his soldiers to save [02:52.88]Put jawbones on their tombstones and flatters their graves [02:56.70]Puts the pied pipers in prison and fattens the slaves [03:00.44]Then sends them out to the jungle [03:07.24]Gypsy Davey with a blowtorch he burns out their camps [03:11.22]With his faithful slave Pedro behind him he tramps [03:15.09]With a fantastic collection of stamps [03:18.96]To win friends and influence his uncle [03:24.20]Mama's in the factory [03:25.64]She ain't got no shoes [03:28.09]Daddy's in the alley [03:29.53]He is lookin' for food [03:31.77]I am in trouble [03:33.33]With the tombstone blues [03:47.76]The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone [03:52.31]Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown [03:55.99]At Delilah who's sitting worthlessly alone [03:59.74]But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter [04:07.30]I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill [04:11.09]I would set him in chains at the top of the hill [04:15.05]Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B DeMille [04:18.87]He could die happily ever after [04:23.34]Mama's in the factory [04:24.65]She ain't got no shoes [04:27.08]Daddy's in the alley [04:28.54]He is lookin' for food [04:30.95]I am in the kitchen [04:32.51]With the tombstone blues [04:53.75]Where Ma Raney and Beethoven once unwrapped their bed roll [04:58.27]Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole [05:01.69]And the National Bank at a profit sells road maps for the soul [05:05.88]To the old folks home and the college [05:12.36]Now I wish I could write you a melody so plain [05:16.36]That could hold you dear lady from going insane [05:20.29]That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain [05:24.10]Of your useless and pointless knowledge [05:28.67]Mama's in the factory [05:29.93]She ain't got no shoes [05:32.38]Daddy's in the alley [05:33.75]He is lookin' for food [05:36.31]I am in the kitchen [05:37.68]With the tombstone blues [05:41.43]All right