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Mr. Tambourine ManJack’s Mannequin

Released: January 24, 2012

Songwriter: Bob Dylan

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you

Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand
Vanished from my hand
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wanderin'
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you

Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the sun
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facin'
And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seein' that he's chasing

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you

Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you

Jack’s Mannequin

Exhausted after months of touring in summer 2004, Something Corporate’s frontman Andrew McMahon began penning his own songs, which diverged from the feel of many SoCo songs, and conflicted with the ideas of the band’s other songwriter, Josh Partington. Following the announcement of Something Corporate’s disbandment, Andrew officially announced his solo project.

Initially, the project was considered to be called The Mannequins, but the idea was discouraged due to the surplus of band names beginning with “the.” The project picked up its eventual name of Jack’s Mannequin from McMahon’s song “Dear Jack,” which ended up on the Dear Jack EP accompanying the 2009 documentary of the same name chronicling McMahon’s battle with leukemia. While many believe Jack’s Mannequin’s first album, Everything in Transit, addresses his battle with leukemia, in fact he learned of his illness while mastering the album.

After his diagnosis, McMahon later stated that “the band name became ironic–considering the Jack I wrote the song for & ultimately named the project after, suffered from childhood leukemia.”

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