Ballad Of A Thin Man
by Bob DylanTranspose
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Intro
Verse 1
You walk into the room
with your pencil in your hand
You see somebody naked and you say,
"Who is that man?"
You try so hard but you
don't understand
Just what you'll
say when you get
home
Because something is
happening here but you
don't know what it is,
do you, Mister
Jones?
Verse 2
You raise up your head
and you ask, "Is this where it is?"
And somebody points to you and says
"It's his"
And you say, "What's mine?" and somebody
else says, "Where what is?"
And you say, "Oh my G
od am I here all
alone?"
Because something is
happening here but you
don't know what it is,
do you, Mister
Jones?
Verse 3
You hand in your ticket
and you go watch the geek
Who immediately walks up to you when
he hears you speak
And says, "How does it feel to
be such a freak?"
And you say, "Imp
ossible" as he hands you a
bone
And something is h
appening here but you d
on't know what it is, d
o you, Mister J
ones?
Verse 4
You have many contacts
among the lumberjacks
To get you facts when somebody attacks your imagina
tion
But nobody has any respect
anyway they already expect you
To just give a c
heck to tax deductible charity orga
nizations
Verse 5
You've been with the professors and
they've all liked your looks
With great lawyers you have
discussed lepers and crooks
You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzg
erald's books
You're very well
read it's well
known
But something is
happening here but you
don't know what it is,
do you, Mister
Jones?
Verse 6
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to
you and then he kneels
He crosses himself and then he
clicks his high heels
And without further notice he asks you
how it feels
And he says, "Here is your
throat back, thanks for the
loan"
And you know something is
happening here but you
don't know what it is,
do you, Mister
Jones?
Verse 7
Now you see this one-eyed midget
shouting the word "now!"
And you say, "For what reason?"
and he says, "How?"
And you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams
back, "You're a cow!
Give me some
milk or else
go home"
And you know something is
happening here but you
don't know what it is,
do you, Mister
Jones?
Verse 8
Well, you walk into the room like a
camel and then you frown
You put your eyes in your pocket and your
nose on the ground
There ought to be a law against
you comin' around
You should be mad
e to wear earp
hones
Because something is
happening here but you
don't know what it is,
do you, Mister
Jones?
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