[ti:Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic M] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.23]Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic M – Bob Dylan [00:07.12]I saw it advertised one day [00:09.05]Bear Mountain picnic was comin' my way [00:11.74]“Come along 'n' take a trip [00:13.73]We'll bring you up there on a ship [00:15.92]Bring the wife family [00:17.91]Bring the whole kids [00:20.66]Yippee [00:28.46]Well I run right down 'n' bought a ticket [00:30.96]To this Bear Mountain Picnic [00:32.89]But little did I realize [00:34.26]I was in for a picnic surprise [00:36.63]Had nothin' to do with mountains [00:39.86]I didn't even come close to a bear [00:49.84]Took the wife 'n' kids down to the pier [00:52.36]Six thousand people there [00:54.10]Everybody had a ticket for the trip [00:56.35]“Oh well ” I said “it's a pretty big ship [01:00.97]Besides anyway the more the merrier” [01:10.02]Well we all got on 'n' what d'ya think [01:12.64]That big old boat started t' sink [01:14.70]More people kept a-pilin' on [01:16.38]That old ship was a-slowly goin' down [01:21.43]Funny way t' start a picnic [01:27.92]Well I soon lost track of m' kids 'n' wife [01:30.81]So many people there I never saw in m' life [01:33.74]That old ship sinkin' down in the water [01:35.49]Six thousand people tryin' t' kill each other [01:38.73]Dogs a-barkin' cats a-meowin' [01:41.67]Women screamin' fists a-flyin' babies cryin' [01:46.07]Cops a-comin' me a-runnin' [01:49.19]Maybe we just better call off the picnic [01:59.17]I got shoved down 'n' pushed around [02:01.17]All I could hear there was a screamin' sound [02:03.60]Don't remember one thing more [02:04.98]Just remember wakin' up on a little shore [02:09.97]Head busted stomach cracked [02:12.53]Feet splintered I was bald naked [02:22.45]Quite lucky to be alive though [02:27.02]Feelin' like I climbed outa m' casket [02:36.13]I grabbed back hold of m' picnic basket [02:42.90]Took the wife 'n' kids 'n' started home [02:44.96]Wishin' I'd never got up that morn [02:49.27]Now I don't care just what you do [02:51.27]If you wanta have a picnic that's up t' you [02:53.64]But don't tell me about it I don't wanta hear it [02:56.26]'Cause see I just lost all m' picnic spirit [03:00.00]Stay in m' kitchen have m' own picnic [03:03.31]In the bathroom [03:10.35]Now it don't seem to me quite so funny [03:12.40]What some people are gonna do f'r money [03:14.60]There's a bran' new gimmick every day [03:15.92]Just t' take somebody's money away [03:20.97]I think we oughta take some o' these people [03:24.28]And put 'em on a boat send 'em up to Bear Mountain [03:28.27]For a picnic