| Lyrics: | by Bob Dylan
I saw it advertised one day,
Bear Mountain picnic was comin' my
way.
"Come along 'n' take a trip,
We'll bring you up there on a ship.
Bring the wife
and kids
Bring the whole family."
Yippee!
Well, I run right down 'n' bought a
ticket
To this Bear Mountain Picnic.
But little did I realize
I was in for a picnic
surprise.
Had nothin' to do with mountains.
I didn't even come close to a
bear.
Took the wife 'n' kids down to the pier,
Six thousand people
there,
Everybody had ticket for the trip.
"Oh well." I said, "it's a pretty big
ship.
Besides, anyway, the more the merrier."
Well, we all got on 'n' what d'ya
think,
That big old boat started t' sink
More people kept a-pilin' on,
That old ship
was a-slowly goin' down.
Funny way t' start a picnic.
Well, I soon lost track of m'
kids 'n' wife,
So many people there I never saw in m' life
That old ship sinkin' down in
the water,
Six thousand people tryin' t' kill each other,
Dogs a-barkin', cats
a-meowin',
Women screamin', fists a-flyin', babies cryin',
Cops a-comin', me
a-runnin'.
Maybe we just better call off the picnic.
I got shoved down 'n' pushed
around,
All I could hear there was a screamin' sound,
Don't remember one thing
more,
Just remember walkin' up on a little shore,
Head busted, stomach cracked,
Feet
splintered, I was bald, naked. . .
Quite lucky to be alive though.
Feelin' like I
climbed outa m' casket,
I grabbed back hold of m' picnic basket.
Took the wife 'n' kids
'n' started home,
Wishin' I'd never got up that morn.
Now, I don't care just what
you do,
If you wanta have a picnic, that's up t' you.
But don't tell me about it, I don't
wanta hear it,
'Cause, see, I just lost all m' picnic spirit.
Stay in m' kitchen, have m'
own picnic. . .
In the bathroom.
Now, it don't seem to me quite so funny
What
some people are gonna do f'r money.
There's a bran' new gimmick every day
Just t' take
somebody's money away.
I think we oughta take some o' these people
And put 'em on a boat,
send 'em up to Bear Mountain . . .
For a picnic |
