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Current version of Bob Dylan Lyrics Ballad in Plain D (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bob-dylan/ballad-in-plain-d/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of Bob Dylan Lyrics Ballad in Plain D (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bob-dylan/ballad-in-plain-d/v1.ht...) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||
| 1 | I once loved a girl, her skin, it was bronze | I once loved a girl, her skin it was bronze | 1 | |||||||||
| With the innocence of a lamb, she was gentle like a fawn | With the innocence of a lamb, she was gentle like a fawn | |||||||||||
| 2 | I courted her proudly but now she is gone | I courted her proudly, but now she is gone | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | Gone as the season, she's taken | Gone as the season she's taken. | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | And our young summers youth has stole her away | Through young summer's breeze, I stole her away | 4 | |||||||||
| From her mother and sister, though close did they stay | From her mother and sister, though close did they stay | |||||||||||
| Each one of them suffering from the failures of their day | Each one of them suffering from the failures of their day | |||||||||||
| 5 | With strings of guilt they tried hard to guide us | With strings of guilt they tried hard to guide us. | 5 | |||||||||
| 6 | Of the two sisters, I loved the young | Of the two sister, I loved the young | 6 | |||||||||
| With sensitive instincts, she was the creative one | With sensitive instincts, she was the creative one | |||||||||||
| 7 | Their constant scapegoat, she was easily undone | The constant scapegoat, she was easily undone | 7 | |||||||||
| 8 | By the jealousy of others around her | By the jealousy of others around her. | 8 | |||||||||
| For her parasite sister, I had no respect | For her parasite sister, I had no respect | |||||||||||
| Bound by her boredom, her pride to protect | Bound by her boredom, her pride to protect | |||||||||||
| Countless visions of the other she'd reflect | Countless visions of the other she'd reflect | |||||||||||
| 9 | As a crutch for her scenes and her society | As a crutch for her scenes and her society. | 9 | |||||||||
| 10 | Myself for what I did, I cannot be excused | Myself, for what I did, I cannot be excused | 10 | |||||||||
| The changes I was going through can't even be used | The changes I was going through can't even be used | |||||||||||
| 11 | For the lies that I told her in hope not to lose | For the lies that I told her in hopes not to lose | 11 | |||||||||
| 12 | The could-be dream-lover of my lifetime | The could-be dream-lover of my lifetime. | 12 | |||||||||
| With unseen consciousness, I possessed in my grip | With unseen consciousness, I possessed in my grip | |||||||||||
| 13 | A magnificent mantelpiece, though its heart's being chipped | A magnificent mantelpiece, though its heart being chipped | 13 | |||||||||
| 14 | Noticing not that id already slipped | Noticing not that I'd already slipped | 14 | |||||||||
| 15 | To a sin of love's false security | To a sin of love's false security. | 15 | |||||||||
| From silhouetted anger to manufactured peace | From silhouetted anger to manufactured peace | |||||||||||
| Answers of emptiness, voice vacancies | Answers of emptiness, voice vacancies | |||||||||||
| 16 | 'Til the tombstones of damage read me no questions but 'please | Till the tombstones of damage read me no question but, "Please | 16 | |||||||||
| 17 | What's wrong and what's exactly the matter?' | What's wrong and what's exactly the matter ?" | 17 | |||||||||
| 18 | And so it did happen like it could have been foreseen | And so it did happen, like it could have been foreseen | 18 | |||||||||
| The timeless explosion of fantasy's dream | The timeless explosion of fantasy's dream | |||||||||||
| At the peak of the night, the king and the queen | At the peak of the night, the king and the queen | |||||||||||
| 19 | Tumbled all down into pieces | Tumbled all down into pieces. | 19 | |||||||||
| 20 | "The tragic figure", her sister did shout | "The tragic figure" her sister did shout | 20 | |||||||||
| 21 | "Leave her alone, God damn, you get out" | "Leave her alone, God damn you, get out" | 21 | |||||||||
| 22 | And I, in my armor, turning about | And I in my armor, turning about | 22 | |||||||||
| 23 | And nailing her in the ruins of her pettiness | And nailing her in the ruins of her pettiness. | 23 | |||||||||
| Beneath a bare light bulb the plaster did pound | Beneath a bare light bulb the plaster did pound | |||||||||||
| Her sister and I in a screaming battleground | Her sister and I in a screaming battleground | |||||||||||
| And she in between, the victim of sound | And she in between, the victim of sound | |||||||||||
| 24 | Soon shattered as a child to the shadows | Soon shattered as a child to the shadows. | 24 | |||||||||
| 25 | All is gone, all is gone, I admit it, take flight | All is gone, all is gone, admit it, take flight | 25 | |||||||||
| I gagged in contradiction, tears blinding my sight | I gagged in contradiction, tears blinding my sight | |||||||||||
| 26 | My mind, it was mangled, I ran into the night | My mind it was mangled, I ran into the night | 26 | |||||||||
| 27 | Leaving all of love's ashes behind me | Leaving all of love's ashes behind me. | 27 | |||||||||
| The wind knocks my window, the room it is wet | The wind knocks my window, the room it is wet | |||||||||||
| 28 | The words to say 'I'm sorry', I haven't found yet | The words to say I'm sorry, I haven't found yet | 28 | |||||||||
| 29 | I think of her often and hope whoever shes met | I think of her often and hope whoever she's met | 29 | |||||||||
| 30 | Will be fully aware of how precious she is | Will be fully aware of how precious she is. | 30 | |||||||||
| 31 | Ah my friends from the prison, they ask unto me | Ah, my friends from the prison, they ask unto me | 31 | |||||||||
| 32 | "How good, how good does it feel to be free?" | "How good, how good does it feel to be free "? | 32 | |||||||||
| And I answer them most mysteriously | And I answer them most mysteriously | |||||||||||
| 33 | "Are birds free from the chains of the skyway?" | "Are birds free from the chains of the skyway"? | 33 | |||||||||
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