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I lived with them on Montague Street In a basement down the stairs There was music in the cafes at night And revolution in the air. (Bob Dylan)
I'm sick of love but I'm in the thick of it. View quote
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You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe. View quote
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Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn Suicide remarks are torn From the fool's gold mouthpiece the hollow horn Plays wasted words, proves to warn That he not busy being born is busy dying. View quote
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All that foreign oil controlling American soil. Look around you, it's just bound to make you embarrassed: sheiks walking around like kings, wearing fancy jewels and nose rings, deciding America's future from Amsterdam and to Paris. View quote
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There's seven people dead On a South Dakota farm Somewhere in the distance There's seven new people born. View quote
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Capitalism is above the law; it's said it don't count 'less it sells. View quote
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Well, God is in His heaven And we all want what's his But power and greed and corruptible seed Seem to be all that there is I'm gazing out the window Of the St. James Hotel And I know no one can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell. View quote
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I might need a good lawyer, could be your funeral, my trial Well, I cried for you, now it's your turn, you can cry awhile. View quote
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And if my thought-dreams could be seen They'd probably put my head in a guillotine But it's alright, Ma, it's life, and life only. View quote
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As a performer I've played for 50,000 people and I've played for 50 people and I can tell you that it is harder to play for 50 people. 50,000 people have a singular persona, not so with 50. Each person has an individual, separate identity, a world unto themselves. They can perceive things more clearly. Your honesty and how it relates to the depth of your talent is tried. (Bob Dylan)
You've been with the professors and they've all liked your looks. With great lawyers you've discussed lepers and crooks. View quote
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If your mem'ry serves you well, we were gonna meet again and wait, so I think I'll just unpack my bags and sit before it gets too late. No man alive will come to you with another tale to tell, but you know that we shall meet again, if your mem'ry serves you well. View quote
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Do you take me for such a fool to think I'd make contact with one that tries to hide what he don't know to begin with. View quote
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Well, it's sugar for sugar And salt for salt If you go down in the flood It's gonna be your own fault. View quote
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Jan had told him many times "it was you to me who taught: in Jersey anything's legal as long as you don't get caught" View quote
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His clothes are dirty, but his hands are clean, and you're the best thing that he's ever seen. View quote
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A lot of people complaining that there is no work. I say, "Why you say that for?" When nothin' you got is US-made - they don't make nothin' here no more. View quote
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I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so far apart. View quote
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But my heart is not weary; it's light and it's free I've got nothing but affection for those who've sailed with me. View quote
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It ain't no use a-talking to me It's just the same as talking to you. (Bob Dylan)
The ghost of 'lectricity howls in the bones of her face. View quote
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And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme... View quote
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A change in the weather is known to be extreme; but what's the sense in changing horses in mid-stream? View quote
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Take your clothes, put 'em in a sack. You goin' down the road, baby, and you can't come back. Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry po' me any more. View quote
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