Released: March 22, 1965
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Tom Wilson (producer)
[Verse 1]
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
Well, I wake up in the morning
Fold my hands and pray for rain
I got a head full of ideas
That are drivin' me insane
[Bridge]
It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
[Verse 2]
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
Well, he hands you a nickel
He hands you a dime
He asks you with a grin
If you're having a good time
[Bridge]
Then he fines you every time you slam the door
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
[Verse 3]
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Pa no more
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Pa no more
Well, he puts his cigar
Out in your face just for kicks
His bedroom window
It is made out of bricks
[Bridge]
The National Guard stands around his door
Ah, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Pa no more
[Verse 4]
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Ma no more
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Ma no more
Well, she talks to all the servants
About man and God and law
Everybody says
She's the brains behind Pa
[Bridge]
She's 68, but she says she's 54
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Ma no more
[Verse 5]
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am
But everybody wants you
To be just like them
[Bridge]
They say "Sing while you slave" and I just get bored
Ah, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
Well, I wake up in the morning
Fold my hands and pray for rain
I got a head full of ideas
That are drivin' me insane
[Bridge]
It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
[Verse 2]
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
Well, he hands you a nickel
He hands you a dime
He asks you with a grin
If you're having a good time
[Bridge]
Then he fines you every time you slam the door
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
[Verse 3]
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Pa no more
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Pa no more
Well, he puts his cigar
Out in your face just for kicks
His bedroom window
It is made out of bricks
[Bridge]
The National Guard stands around his door
Ah, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Pa no more
[Verse 4]
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Ma no more
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Ma no more
Well, she talks to all the servants
About man and God and law
Everybody says
She's the brains behind Pa
[Bridge]
She's 68, but she says she's 54
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Ma no more
[Verse 5]
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am
But everybody wants you
To be just like them
[Bridge]
They say "Sing while you slave" and I just get bored
Ah, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Vol. II
- She Belongs to Me
- Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You
- Watching the River Flow
- If Not for You
- Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
- Tomorrow Is a Long Time
- When I Paint My Masterpiece
- I Shall Be Released
- Down in the Flood
- Lay Lady Lay
- I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
- My Back Pages
- Maggie’s Farm
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- All Along the Watchtower
- A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
- Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
- All I Really Want to Do
- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
- Murder Most Foul
- Blowin’ in the Wind
- The Times They Are A-Changin’
- All Along the Watchtower
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Make You Feel My Love
- Hurricane
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
- Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Desolation Row
- Tangled Up in Blue
- Masters of War
- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
- It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
- Girl from the North Country
- Tempest
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
- Ballad of a Thin Man
- Visions of Johanna
- I Contain Multitudes
- To Fall in Love with You
- Shelter from the Storm