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Idiot Wind - Bob Dylan (original Lyrics)
Verse
Someone's got it in for me,
they're planting stories in the
press
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out
but
when they will
I can only
guess.
They
say I shot a
man named Gray, too
k his wife to Ita
ly,
She inherited a
million bucks and
when she died it
came to me.
I can't
help it if I'm
lucky.
People see me all the time and
they just can't re
member how to
act
Their minds are filled with big ideas,
images
and distorted f
acts.
Even you,
yesterday you
had to ask me
where it was at,
I
couldn't believe after
all these years,
you didn't know me any
better than that
Sweet
lady.
Chorus
Idiot wind,
blowing every time you move your
mouth,
Blowing down the backroads headin'
south.
Idiot wind,
blowing every time you move your
teeth,
You're an
idiot,
babe.
It's a
wonder that you s
till know how to
breathe.
Verse
I threw the I ching yesterday, it s
aid
there'd be
some thunder at the
well
I haven't tasted peace and quiet
for so long it seems
like living hell
There's a l
one soldier o
n the hill, w
atching falling raindro
ps kill
You never know it, to lo
ok at him
At the final shot he
won the war
After
losin' every
battle.
I woke up on the roadside,
daydreamin' 'bout the
way things sometimes
are
hoofbeats pounding in my head, at br
eakneck speed
And maki
n' me see star
s.
You
hurt the ones that
I love best and
cover up the
truth with lies.
One day you'll be
in the ditch,
flies buzzin' a
round your eyes,
Blood on your s
addle.
Chorus
Idiot wind,
blowing through the flowers on your
tomb,
Blowing through the curtains in your
room.
Idiot wind,
blowing every time you move your
teeth,
You're an
idiot,
babe.
It's a
wonder that you still know how to
breathe.
Verse
It
was gravity which pulled us in and de
stiny which br
oke us apa
rt
You tamed the lion in my cage
But
it just wasn't e
nough to change my
heart.
Now
everything's a little
upside down
As a
matter of fact the
wheels have stopped,
What's
good is bad, what's
bad is good
You'll find out when you
reach the top
You're on the
bottom.
I noticed at the ceremony, that yo
u left your bag
s behind
The driver came in after you left
He gav
e 'em all to me and the
n he resigned
The priest wore black on the
seventh day
And
waltzed around while the b
uilding burned.
Yo
u didn't trust me for
a minute babe
I've neve
r known the spring to tur
n
so quickly into au
tumn.
Chorus
Idiot wind,
blowing every time you move your
jaw,
From the
Grand Coulee Dam to the Mar
di Gras.
Idiot wind,
blowing every time you move your
teeth,
You're an
idiot,
babe.
It's a
wonder that you still know how to
breathe.
Verse
We pushed each other a lit
tle too far a
nd one day it just turn
ed into a raging storm
The hound dog bayed beyond your trees
As I was
packing up my un
iform
I figured I'd lost
you anyway, why
go on, what's the
use
In
order to get i
n a word with you
I'd have to com
e up with some excuse
It j
ust struck
me kinda funny...
I been double-crossed too much, at
times I think I've
almost lost my
mind
La
dy-killers load dice on me,
behind
my back while imi
tators steal me bli
nd
You close your eyes an
d pout your lips
and slip your
fingers from your glove
You
can have the best th
ere is, but it's gonn
a cost you all yo
ur love
You won
't get it for mon
ey...
Chorus
Idiot wind,
blowing through the buttons of our
coats,
Blowing through the letters that we
wrote.
Idiot wind,
blowing through the dust upon our s
helves,
We're
idiots,
babe.
It's a
wonder we can
even feed our
selves.
[Outro] (harp)
(f
ade o
ut
over
last bars)
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