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Lyrics for Blind Willie McTell by Bob Dylan:
| | | Artist: | Bob Dylan |
| | Album: | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 | | Track: | Blind Willie McTell | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 151 | | | | Lyrics: | by Bob Dylan
Seen the arrow on the doorpost
Saying, "This land is condemned
All
the way from New Orleans
To Jerusalem."
I traveled through East Texas
Where many
martyrs fell
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie
McTell
Well, I heard the hoot owl singing
As they were taking down the
tents
The stars above the barren trees
Were his only audience
Them charcoal gypsy
maidens
Can strut their feathers well
But nobody can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie
McTell
See them big plantations burning
Hear the cracking of the whips
Smell
that sweet magnolia blooming
(And) see the ghosts of slavery ships
I can hear them tribes
a-moaning
(I can) hear the undertaker's bell
(Yeah), nobody can sing the blues
Like
Blind Willie McTell
There's a woman by the river
With some fine young handsome
man
He's dressed up like a squire
Bootlegged whiskey in his hand
There's a chain gang
on the highway
I can hear them rebels yell
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like
Blind Willie McTell
Well, God is in heaven
And we all want what's his
But power
and greed and corruptible seed
Seem to be all that there is
I'm gazing out the
window
Of the St. James Hotel
And I know no one can sing the blues
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