play a song for me

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 following' 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 mornin' --  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





{"Mr. Tambourine Man" - Bob Dylan - Recorded, January 15, 1965, Columbia Recording Studios, New York City - Released, March 22, 1965 (album, Bringing It All Back Home) - Producer, Tom Wilson}


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