Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Bob Dylan Mark Knopfler
[Verse 1]
Tell me--I’ve got to know
Tell me--tell me before I go
Does that flame still burn, Does that fire still glow
Or has it died out and melted like the snow
Tell me
Tell me
[Verse 2]
Tell me--what are you focused upon
Tell me--will it come to me after you're gone
Tell me quick with a glance or a sigh
Shall I hold you close or let you go by
Tell me
Tell me
[Verse 3]
Is that the heat and the beat of your pulse that I feel
If it's not that then what are you tryin' to conceal
Do you have any secrets
That will only come out in time
Do you lay in your bed
Do you stare at the stars
Is your main friend someone who’s an old acquaintance of ours
Tell me
Tell me
[Verse 4]
Tell me--are those rock'n'roll dreams in your eyes
Tell me--behind what door your treasure lies
Ever gone broke in a big way
Ever done the opposite of what the experts say
Tell me
Tell me
[Verse 5]
Is this some kind of game that you’re playing’ with my heart
How deep must I go? When do I start?
Do you have any morals
Do you have any point of view
Is that a smile that I see on your face
Will it lead me to glory or lead me to disgrace
Tell me
Tell me
[Verse 6]
Tell me--is that man's name in your book
Tell me--will you go back and take another look
Tell me the truth, don't tell me no lies
Are you anybody's someone prays for or cries
Tell me
Tell me
Tell me--I’ve got to know
Tell me--tell me before I go
Does that flame still burn, Does that fire still glow
Or has it died out and melted like the snow
Tell me
Tell me
[Verse 2]
Tell me--what are you focused upon
Tell me--will it come to me after you're gone
Tell me quick with a glance or a sigh
Shall I hold you close or let you go by
Tell me
Tell me
[Verse 3]
Is that the heat and the beat of your pulse that I feel
If it's not that then what are you tryin' to conceal
Do you have any secrets
That will only come out in time
Do you lay in your bed
Do you stare at the stars
Is your main friend someone who’s an old acquaintance of ours
Tell me
Tell me
[Verse 4]
Tell me--are those rock'n'roll dreams in your eyes
Tell me--behind what door your treasure lies
Ever gone broke in a big way
Ever done the opposite of what the experts say
Tell me
Tell me
[Verse 5]
Is this some kind of game that you’re playing’ with my heart
How deep must I go? When do I start?
Do you have any morals
Do you have any point of view
Is that a smile that I see on your face
Will it lead me to glory or lead me to disgrace
Tell me
Tell me
[Verse 6]
Tell me--is that man's name in your book
Tell me--will you go back and take another look
Tell me the truth, don't tell me no lies
Are you anybody's someone prays for or cries
Tell me
Tell me
more tracks from the album
The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991
- Tangled Up in Blue (Alternate take)
- Nobody ’Cept You
- Wallflower
- Santa Fé
- She’s Your Lover Now
- Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence
- If You Gotta Go, Go Now
- Suze (The Cough Song)
- Eternal Circle
- Seven Curses
- Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie
- Moonshiner
- Only a Hobo
- Call Letter Blues
- Golden Loom
- Catfish
- Worried Blues
- Man on the Street
- Series of Dreams
- Foot of Pride
- Lord Protect My Child
- Tell Me
- Someone’s Got a Hold of My Heart
- Angelina
- Need a Woman
- You Changed My Life
- Ye Shall Be Changed
- Seven Days
- Who Killed Davey Moore?
- Paths of Victory
- Idiot Wind
- When the Ship Comes In
- Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues
- Rambling Gambling Willie
- Let Me Die in My Footsteps
- Every Grain of Sand
- He Was a Friend of Mine
- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
- Blind Willie McTell
- The Times They Are A-Changin’
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
- Mama, You Been on My Mind
- Farewell, Angelina
- If Not for You
- Walls of Red Wing
- Walkin’ Down the Line
- Kingsport Town
- Quit Your Low Down Ways
- Talkin’ Hava Negeilah Blues
- House Carpenter
- No More Auction Block
- Hard Times in New York Town (Demo)
- I’ll Keep It with Mine
- When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky
- If You See Her, Say Hello
- I Shall Be Released
- Subterranean Homesick Blues
From the album
Bob Dylan popular songs
- 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