Wednesday, August 30, 2006

JUST LIKE A WOMAN

(Words and Music by Bob Dylan)
1966, 1976 Dwarf Music


Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as I stand inside the rain
Ev'rybody knows
That Baby's got new clothes
But lately I see her ribbons and her bows
Have fallen from her curls.
She takes just like a woman, yes, she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl.
Queen Mary, she's my friend
Yes, I believe I'll go see her again
Nobody has to guess
That Baby can't be blessed
Till she sees finally that she's like all the rest
With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls.
She takes just like a woman, yes, she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl.
It was raining from the first
And I was dying there of thirst
So I came in here
And your long-time curse hurts
But what's worse
Is this pain in here
I can't stay in here
Ain't it clear that
I just can't fit
Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit
When we meet again
Introduced as friends
Please don't let on that you knew me when
I was hungry and it was your world.
Ah, you fake just like a woman, yes, you do
You make love just like a woman, yes, you do
Then you ache just like a woman
But you break just like a little girl.





the last 3 lines here are just, well, he really nails it, almost spooky
how well and how much he caught a woman's being in so few words.
he is a poet first and foremost, to me, a magnificent poet.


someone should tell him to get rid of the damn mustache tho! s

4 comments:

LSqrd said...

...

Life is sad
Life is a bust
ALl you can do is do what you must

You do what you must do
and you do it well
I do it for you, honey baby can't you tell

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Sherry Pasquarello said...

ah, that made me smile!

Plus Ultra said...

Yes those last three lines crushes the heart, thank you for sharing

Sherry Pasquarello said...

hi, welcome, thanks much. dylan is just amazing. i love to just read the lyrics, same with simon and garfunkel. their lyrics can being me to the verge of tears at times.