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Current version of Bob Dylan Lyrics Gates of Eden (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bob-dylan/gates-of-eden/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of Bob Dylan Lyrics Gates of Eden (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bob-dylan/gates-of-eden/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||||
| Of war and peace the truth just twists | Of war and peace the truth just twists | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Its curfew gull it glides | Its curfew gull just glides | 1 | |||||||||||
| Upon four-legged forest clouds | Upon four-legged forest clouds | |||||||||||||
| The cowboy angel rides | The cowboy angel rides | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| With his candle lit into the sun | With his candle lit into the sun | |||||||||||||
| Though its glow is waxed in black | Though its glow is waxed in black | |||||||||||||
| 2 | All except when 'neath the trees of Eden | All except when 'neath the trees of Eden. | 2 | |||||||||||
| The lamppost stands with folded arms | The lamppost stands with folded arms | |||||||||||||
| Its iron claws attached | Its iron claws attached | |||||||||||||
| 3 | To curbs beneath holes where babies wail | To curbs 'neath holes where babies wail | 3 | |||||||||||
| Though it shadows metal badge | Though it shadows metal badge | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| All and all can only fall | All and all can only fall | |||||||||||||
| With a crashing but meaningless blow | With a crashing but meaningless blow | |||||||||||||
| 4 | No sound ever comes from the gates of Eden | No sound ever comes from the Gates of Eden. | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | The savage soldier sticks his head in sand | The savage soldiers sticks his head in sand | 5 | |||||||||||
| And then complains | And then complains | |||||||||||||
| Unto the shoeless hunter who's gone deaf | Unto the shoeless hunter who's gone deaf | |||||||||||||
| But still remains | But still remains | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Upon the beach where hound dogs bay | Upon the beach where hound dogs bay | |||||||||||||
| 6 | At ships with tattooed sails | At ships with tatooed sails | 6 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Heading for the gates of Eden | Heading for the Gates of Eden. | 7 | |||||||||||
| With a time-rusted compass blade | With a time-rusted compass blade | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Aladdin and his lamp | Alladin and his lamp | 8 | |||||||||||
| Sits with Utopian hermit monks | Sits with Utopian hermit monks | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Side saddle on the golden calf | Side saddle on the Golden Calf | 9 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| And on their promises of paradise | And on their promises of paradise | |||||||||||||
| You will not hear a laugh | You will not hear a laugh | |||||||||||||
| 10 | All except inside the gates of Eden | All except inside the Gates of Eden. | 10 | |||||||||||
| Relationships of ownership | Relationships of ownership | |||||||||||||
| They whisper in the wings | They whisper in the wings | |||||||||||||
| To those condemned to act accordingly | To those condemned to act accordingly | |||||||||||||
| And wait for succeeding kings | And wait for succeeding kings | |||||||||||||
| 11 | And I will try to harmonize with songs | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | And I try to harmonize with songs | 5 | ||||||||||||
| The lonesome sparrow sings | The lonesome sparrow sings | |||||||||||||
| 12 | There are no kings inside the gates of Eden | There are no kings inside the Gates of Eden. | 12 | |||||||||||
| 13 | The motorcycle black Madonna | The motorcycle black madonna | 13 | |||||||||||
| Two-wheeled gypsy queen | Two-wheeled gypsy queen | |||||||||||||
| 14 | And her silver-studded phantom caused | And her silver-studded phantom cause | 14 | |||||||||||
| The gray flannel dwarf to scream | The gray flannel dwarf to scream | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| As he weeps to wicked birds of prey | As he weeps to wicked birds of prey | |||||||||||||
| Who pick up on his bread crumb sins | Who pick up on his bread crumb sins | |||||||||||||
| 15 | And there are no sins inside the gates of Eden | And there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden. | 15 | |||||||||||
| 16 | The kingdoms of experience | The kingdoms of Experience | 16 | |||||||||||
| 17 | In the precious winds they rot | In the precious wind they rot | 17 | |||||||||||
| While paupers change possessions | While paupers change possessions | |||||||||||||
| Each one wishing for what the other has got | Each one wishing for what the other has got | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| And the princess and the prince | And the princess and the prince | |||||||||||||
| Discuss what's real and what is not | Discuss what's real and what is not | |||||||||||||
| 18 | It doesn't matter inside the gates of Eden | It doesn't matter inside the Gates of Eden. | 18 | |||||||||||
| The foreign sun, it squints upon | The foreign sun, it squints upon | |||||||||||||
| A bed that is never mine | A bed that is never mine | |||||||||||||
| As friends and other strangers | As friends and other strangers | |||||||||||||
| From their fates try to resign | From their fates try to resign | |||||||||||||
| 19 | Leaving men wholly totally free | 19 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Leaving men wholly, totally free | 8 | ||||||||||||
| To do anything they wish to do but die | To do anything they wish to do but die | |||||||||||||
| 20 | And there are no trials inside the gates of Eden | And there are no trials | 20 | |||||||||||
| 1 | inside the Gates of Eden. | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | At dawn my lover comes to me | At dawn my lower comes to me | 21 | |||||||||||
| And tells me of her dreams | And tells me of her dreams | |||||||||||||
| With no attempts to shovel the glimpse | With no attempts to shovel the glimpse | |||||||||||||
| Into the ditch of what each one means | Into the ditch of what each one means | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| At times I think there are no words | At times I think there are no words | |||||||||||||
| But these to tell what's true | But these to tell what's true | |||||||||||||
| And there are no truths outside the gates of Eden | And there are no truths | |||||||||||||
| 2 | outside the Gates of Eden. | 2 | ||||||||||||
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