Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Live)
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Lyrics
With your mercury mouth in the missionary times And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes Oh, who among them do you think could bury you? With your pockets well protected, at last And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass And your flesh like silk, and your face like glass So, who among them do you think could carry you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophet say that no man comes My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums Should I leave them by your gate? Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? With your sheet like metal and your belt like lace And your deck o' cards missin' the jack and the ace And your basement clothes and your hollow face Oh, who among them do you think could outguess you? With your silhouette when the sunlight dims Into your eyes where the moonlight swims And your matchbook songs and your gypsy hymns Oh, who among them could ever impress you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophet say that no man comes My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums Should I leave them by your gate? Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? When the kings of Tyrus with their convict list Are waitin' in line for their geranium kiss And you wouldn't know that it would happen like this But who among them really wants just to kiss you? With your childhood flames upon your midnight rug And your Spanish manners and your mother's drugs And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plug Oh, who among them could ever resist you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophets say that no man comes My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums Should I leave them by your gate? Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? The farmers and the businessmen, they all did decide To show you the dead angels that you used to hide Oh, but why did they pick you to sympathize with your side? Oh, who among them could ever mistake you? They wish you'd accepted the blame for the farm And with the sea at your feet and your phony false alarm And with the child of a hoodlum wrapped in your arm Oh, who among them could ever replace you? Oh, yay Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophet say that no man comes My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums Should I leave them by your gate? Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? ♪ With your sheet-metal memory of Cannery Row And your magazine husband who just one day had to go And your gentleness now, which you can't help but show Oh, who among them could ever destroy you? Now you stand with your thief, you're on his parole With your holy medallion which your fingertips hold And your saint-like face and your ghost-like soul Oh, who among them could ever employ you? Aye Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophet say that no man comes My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums Should I leave them by your gate? Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? Should I leave them by your gate? Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? Yeah Alright ♪ 50 years of Blonde On Blonde
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Song Details
- Duration
- 09:27
- Key
- 7
- Tempo
- 103 BPM