Featuring: Nils Lofgren
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
I can hear the turning of the key
I've been deceived by the clown inside of me
I thought that he was righteous but he's vain
Oh, something's a-telling me, I wear the ball and chain
My patron saint is a-fighting with a ghost
He's always off somewhere when I need him most
The Spanish moon is rising on the hill
But my heart is a-tellin' me, I love ya' still
I come back to the town from the flaming moon
I see you in the streets, I begin to swoon
I love to see you dress before the mirror
Won't you let me in your room
One time 'fore I finally disappear?
Everybody's wearing a disguise
To hide what they've got left behind their eyes
But me, I can't cover what I am
Wherever the children go I'll follow them
I march in the parade of liberty
But as long as I love you I'm not free
How long must I suffer such abuse?
Won't you let me see you smile
One time before I turn you loose?
I've given up the game, I've got to leave
The pot of gold is only make believe
The treasure can't be found by men who search
Whose gods are dead and whose queens are in the church
We sat in an empty theater and we kissed
I asked ya', please to cross me off-a your list
My head tells me it's time to make a change
But my heart is telling me, I love ya' but you're strange
One more time at midnight, near the wall
Take off your heavy make up and your shawl
Won't you descend from the throne, from where you sit?
Let me feel your love one more time before I abandon it
I've been deceived by the clown inside of me
I thought that he was righteous but he's vain
Oh, something's a-telling me, I wear the ball and chain
My patron saint is a-fighting with a ghost
He's always off somewhere when I need him most
The Spanish moon is rising on the hill
But my heart is a-tellin' me, I love ya' still
I come back to the town from the flaming moon
I see you in the streets, I begin to swoon
I love to see you dress before the mirror
Won't you let me in your room
One time 'fore I finally disappear?
Everybody's wearing a disguise
To hide what they've got left behind their eyes
But me, I can't cover what I am
Wherever the children go I'll follow them
I march in the parade of liberty
But as long as I love you I'm not free
How long must I suffer such abuse?
Won't you let me see you smile
One time before I turn you loose?
I've given up the game, I've got to leave
The pot of gold is only make believe
The treasure can't be found by men who search
Whose gods are dead and whose queens are in the church
We sat in an empty theater and we kissed
I asked ya', please to cross me off-a your list
My head tells me it's time to make a change
But my heart is telling me, I love ya' but you're strange
One more time at midnight, near the wall
Take off your heavy make up and your shawl
Won't you descend from the throne, from where you sit?
Let me feel your love one more time before I abandon it
more tracks from the album
Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International
- Make You Feel My Love
- New Morning
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- It Ain’t Me, Babe
- Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Simple Twist of Fate
- Abandoned Love
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Property of Jesus
- Ring Them Bells
- You’re a Big Girl Now
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
- Girl from the North Country
- Ballad of Hollis Brown
- Chimes of Freedom
- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
- Desolation Row
- One Too Many Mornings
- Song To Woody
- Most of the Time
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
- The Times They Are A-Changin’
- I Shall Be Released
- I’d Have You Anytime
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Man In the Long Black Coat
From the album
Paul Rodgers popular songs