Mr. Tambourine Man

R: Hey Mister Tambourine Man play a song for me

I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to

hey Mister Tambourine Man play a song for me

in the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

1. Though I know that evening's empire

has returned into sand

vanished from my hand

left me blindly here to stand

but still not sleepin'

my weariness amazes me

I'm branded on my feet

I have no one to meet

and my ancient empty street's

too dead for dreamin'.

R: Hey Mister Tambourine Man...

2. Take me on a trip

upon your magic swirling ship

my senses have been stripped

my hands can't feel to grip

my toes to numb to step

wait only for my bootheels

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.

R: Hey Mister Tambourine Man...

3. Though you might hear laughing spinning swinging

madly across the sun

its not aimed at anyone

its just escaping on the run

and but for the sky there

are no fences facin'

and if you hear vague traces

of skipping reels of rhyme

to your tambourine in time

its just a ragged clown behind

I wouldn't pay it any mind

its just a shadow you're seeing

that he's chasing.

R: Hey Mister Tambourine Man...

4. Then take me dissappearing

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.

R: Hey Mister Tambourine Man...