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	Current version of Bob Dylan Lyrics It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bob-dylan/its-alright-ma-im-only-...) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Bob Dylan Lyrics It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bob-dylan/its-alright-ma-im-only-...) Version 1 of the lyrics
	Darkness at the break of noon						Darkness at the break of noon
	Shadows even the silver spoon						Shadows even the silver spoon
	The handmade blade, the child's balloon						The handmade blade, the child's balloon
	Eclipses both the sun and moon						Eclipses both the sun and moon
1	To understand you know too soon, there is no sense in trying						To understand you know too soon	1
1							There is no sense in trying.	1
	Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn						Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
	Suicide remarks are torn						Suicide remarks are torn
2	From the fool's gold mouthpiece the hollow horn						From the fools gold mouthpiece	2
3	Plays                      wasted words proves to warn						The hollow horn plays wasted words	3
4	That he not busy being born is busy dying						Proved to warn	4
2							That he not busy being born	2
3							Is busy dying.	3
	Temptation's page flies out the door						Temptation's page flies out the door
	You follow, find yourself at war						You follow, find yourself at war
	Watch waterfalls of pity roar						Watch waterfalls of pity roar
	You feel to moan but unlike before						You feel to moan but unlike before
5	You discover that you'd just be one more person crying						You discover	5
4							That you'd just be	4
5							One more person crying.	5
	So don't fear if you hear						So don't fear if you hear
6	A foreign sound to your ear						A foreign sound to you ear	6
7	It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing						It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing.	7
	As some warn victory, some downfall						As some warn victory, some downfall
	Private reasons great or small						Private reasons great or small
	Can be seen in the eyes of those that call						Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
	To make all that should be killed to crawl						To make all that should be killed to crawl
8	While others say don't hate nothing at all, except hatred						While others say don't hate nothing at all	8
6							Except hatred.	6
	Disillusioned words like bullets bark						Disillusioned words like bullets bark
9	As human gods aim for their mark						As human gods aim for their marks	9
10	Made everything from toy guns that spark						Made everything from toy guns that sparks	10
	To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark						To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
11	It's easy to see without looking too far that not much is really sacred						It's easy to see without looking too far	11
7							That not much	7
8							Is really sacred.	8
12	Our preachers preach of evil fates						While preachers preach of evil fates	12
	Teachers teach that knowledge waits						Teachers teach that knowledge waits
	Can lead to hundred-dollar plates						Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
	Goodness hides behind its gates						Goodness hides behind its gates
	But even the President of the United States						But even the President of the United States
13	Sometimes must have to stand naked						Sometimes must have	13
9							To stand naked.	9
14	An' all the rules of the road have been lodged						An' though the rules of the	14
10							road have been lodged	10
	It's only people's games that you got to dodge						It's only people's games that you got to dodge
15	And it's alright, Ma, I can make it						And it's alright, Ma, I can make it.	15
	Advertising signs that con you						Advertising signs that con you
	Into thinking you're the one						Into thinking you're the one
	That can do what's never been done						That can do what's never been done
	That can win what's never been won						That can win what's never been won
16	Meantime life outside goes on all around you						Meantime life outside goes on	16
11							All around you.	11
17	You lose yourself, you reappear						You loose yourself, you reappear	17
	You suddenly find you got nothing to fear						You suddenly find you got nothing to fear
18	Alone you stand with nobody near						Alone you stand without nobody near	18
	When a trembling distant voice, unclear						When a trembling distant voice, unclear
	Startles your sleeping ears to hear						Startles your sleeping ears to hear
19	That somebody thinks they really found you						That somebody thinks	19
12							They really found you.	12
	A question in your nerves is lit						A question in your nerves is lit
20	Yet you know there is no answer fit						Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy	20
21	To satisfy insure you not to quit						Insure                  you not to quit	21
	To keep it in your mind and not forget						To keep it in your mind and not forget
22	That it is not he or she or them or it that you belong to						That it is not he or she or them or it	22
13							That you belong to.	13
	Although the masters make the rules						Although the masters make the rules
	For the wise men and the fools						For the wise men and the fools
23	I got nothing, Ma, to live up to						I got nothing, Ma, to live up to.	23
	For them that must obey authority						For them that must obey authority
	That they do not respect in any degree						That they do not respect in any degree
24	Who despise their jobs, their destinies						Who despite their jobs, their destinies	24
	Speak jealously of them that are free						Speak jealously of them that are free
25	Do what they do just to be						Cultivate their flowers           to be	25
26	Nothing more than something they invest in						Nothing more than something	26
14							They invest in.	14
	While some on principles baptized						While some on principles baptized
27	To strict party platform ties						To strict party platforms ties	27
	Social clubs in drag disguise						Social clubs in drag disguise
	Outsiders they can freely criticize						Outsiders they can freely criticize
28	Tell nothing except who to idolize and say, "God bless him"						Tell nothing except who to idolize	28
15							And then say God Bless him.	15
	While one who sings with his tongue on fire						While one who sings with his tongue on fire
	Gargles in the rat race choir						Gargles in the rat race choir
	Bent out of shape from society's pliers						Bent out of shape from society's pliers
	Cares not to come up any higher						Cares not to come up any higher
29	But rather get you down in the hole that he's in						But rather get you down in the hole	29
16							That he's in.	16
	But I mean no harm nor put fault						But I mean no harm nor put fault
	On anyone that lives in a vault						On anyone that lives in a vault
30	But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him						But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him.	30
31	Old lady judges watch people in pairs						Old lady judges, watch people in pairs	31
	Limited in sex, they dare						Limited in sex, they dare
	To push fake morals, insult and stare						To push fake morals, insult and stare
	While money doesn't talk, it swears						While money doesn't talk, it swears
32	Obscenity, who really cares propaganda, all is phony						Obscenity, who really cares	32
17							Propaganda, all is phony.	17
	While them that defend what they cannot see						While them that defend what they cannot see
	With a killer's pride, security						With a killer's pride, security
	It blows the minds most bitterly						It blows the minds most bitterly
	For them that think death's honesty						For them that think death's honesty
	Won't fall upon them naturally						Won't fall upon them naturally
33	Life sometimes must get lonely						Life sometimes	33
18							Must get lonely.	18
34	My eyes collide head-on with stuffed graveyards						My eyes collide head-on with	34
35	False goals, I scuff at pettiness which plays so rough						stuffed graveyards	35
19							False gods, I scuff	19
20							At pettiness which plays so rough	20
	Walk upside-down inside handcuffs						Walk upside-down inside handcuffs
	Kick my legs to crash it off						Kick my legs to crash it off
36	Say, "Okay, I have had enough, what else can you show me?"						Say okay, I have had enough	36
21							What else can you show me ?	21
37	And if my thought dreams could be seen						And if my thought-dreams         could been seen	37
	They'd probably put my head in a guillotine						They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
	But it's alright, Ma, it's life, and life only						But it's alright, Ma, it's
22							life, and life only.	22

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