Bob Dylan - Tough Mama текст песни

Tough mama

Meat shakin on your bones

Im gonna go down to the river and get some stones.

Sisters on the highway with that steel-drivin crew,

Papas in the big house, his workin days are through.

Tough mama

Can I blow a little smoke on you?

Dark beauty

Wont you move it on over and make some room?

Its my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom.

Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise,

You came through it all the way, flyin through the skies.

Dark beauty

With that long nights journey in your eyes.

Sweet goddess

Born of a blinding light and a changing wind,

Now, dont be modest, you know who you are and where youve been.

Jack the cowboy went up north

Hes buried in your past.

The lone wolf went out drinking

That was over pretty fast.

Sweet goddess

Your perfect strangers comin in at last.

Silver angel

With the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve,

Id be grateful if this golden ring you would receive.

Today on the countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch,

I stood alone upon the ridge and all I did was watch.

Sweet goddess

It must be time to carve another notch.

Im crestfallen

The world of illusion is at my door,

I aint a-haulin any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore.

The prison walls are crumblin, there is no end in sight,

Ive gained some recognition but I lost my appetite.

Dark beauty

Meet me at the border late tonight.