Released: May 3, 1971
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Denny Cordell Leon Russell
[Verse 1]
Tell me where have you been, my blue eyed son?
Where have you been, my darling young one?
I've stumbled up on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I've crawled over six crooked highways
I've stepped out in the middle of seven sad forests
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
But I tell ya it's hard, yeah it's hard, well it's hard
Oh it's hard, girl
It's a hard rain's gonna fall
[Verse 2]
Tell me what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
What did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a black branch dripping with blood all around it
I saw a room full of men with their hammers bleeding
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
Well it's hard, yes it's hard, yes it's hard
Whoa yeah
It's a hard rain's gonna fall
[Verse 3]
Tell me what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
What did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard one hundred drummers, hands that were blazing
Ten thousand whispering and nobody listening
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughing
I heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Well it's hard, yes it's hard, yeah it's hard
Oh it's hard yeah
It's a hard rain's gonna fall
[Verse 4]
Well what'll you do now, my blue eyed son?
What'll you do now, my darling young one?
Well I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding the waters
But I'll know my song well and I sure won't forget it
‘Cause it's hard, yes it's hard, well it's hard
Oh yeah
It's a hard rain's gonna fall
[Outro]
Wah ooh
Wah ooh
Wah ooh
Wah ooh
Tell me where have you been, my blue eyed son?
Where have you been, my darling young one?
I've stumbled up on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I've crawled over six crooked highways
I've stepped out in the middle of seven sad forests
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
But I tell ya it's hard, yeah it's hard, well it's hard
Oh it's hard, girl
It's a hard rain's gonna fall
[Verse 2]
Tell me what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
What did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a black branch dripping with blood all around it
I saw a room full of men with their hammers bleeding
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
Well it's hard, yes it's hard, yes it's hard
Whoa yeah
It's a hard rain's gonna fall
[Verse 3]
Tell me what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
What did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard one hundred drummers, hands that were blazing
Ten thousand whispering and nobody listening
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughing
I heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Well it's hard, yes it's hard, yeah it's hard
Oh it's hard yeah
It's a hard rain's gonna fall
[Verse 4]
Well what'll you do now, my blue eyed son?
What'll you do now, my darling young one?
Well I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding the waters
But I'll know my song well and I sure won't forget it
‘Cause it's hard, yes it's hard, well it's hard
Oh yeah
It's a hard rain's gonna fall
[Outro]
Wah ooh
Wah ooh
Wah ooh
Wah ooh
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- Wild Horses
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- She Belongs to Me
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- Love Minus Zero/No Limit
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- Roll Away the Stone
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