Released: January 1, 2012

Songwriter: Bob Dylan

[Verse 1]
Crickets are chirping, the water is high
There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin’ dry
Window wide open, African trees
Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze
Not a word of goodbye, not even a note
She gone with the man
In the long black coat

[Verse 2]
Somebody seen him hanging around
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask
Somebody said from the Bible he’d quote
There was dust on the man
In the long black coat

[Verse 3]
Preacher was a talkin’, there’s a sermon he gave
He said every man’s conscience is vile and depraved
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
When it’s you who must keep it satisfied
It ain’t easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
She gave her heart to the man
In the long black coat

[Verse 4]
There are no mistakes in life some people say
It is true sometimes you can see it that way
But people don't live or die, people just float
She went with the man
In the long black coat

[Verse 5]
There’s smoke on the water, it’s been there since June
Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon
Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force
Somebody is out there beating a dead horse
She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote
She gone with the man
In the long black coat

Daniel Bedingfield

Daniel Bedingfield is a British singer, songwriter and record producer, based in London United Kingdom. He is also the brother of singers and songwriters Nikola Bedingfield and Natasha Bedingfield. He first broke to fame when he released his debut album “Gotta get Thru This” in 2002, sparking hits, including “Gotta Get Thru This” and “If You’re Not the One”.

However, in recent years since his comeback project “Stop the Traffik – Secret Fear” was released in 2013, he did a lot of side projects away from music and began to go into songwriting for other artists. His most notable contribution was with SecondCity on their hit single “I Wanna Feel”, which went to number 1 in the UK. He went on to write for former X Factor successes, including Ben Haenow and Matt Terry. His song “Gotta Get Thru This” was also sampled in Fifth Harmony’s single “Work from Home”.