[ti:Isis(Album Version)] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:Biograph] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Isis (Live at the Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec - December 1975) - Bob Dylan [00:21.68]I married Isis on the fifth day of May [00:25.12]But I could not hold on to her very long [00:28.93]So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away [00:32.60]For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong [00:36.67]I came to a high place of darkness and light [00:40.17]Dividing line ran through the center of town [00:44.04]I hitched up my pony to a post on the right [00:47.79]Went into a laundry to wash my clothes down [00:51.59]A man in the corner approached me for a match [00:55.27]I knew right away he was not ordinary [00:58.95]He said"Are you lookin' for somethin' easy to catch" [01:02.76]I said"I got no money" he said"That ain't necessary" [01:21.73]We set out that night for the cold in the North [01:25.04]I gave him my blanket and he gave me his word [01:29.03]I said"Where are we goin'" he said"We'd be back by the fourth" [01:32.79]I said"That's the best news that I've ever heard" [01:36.35]I was thinkin' about turquoise I was thinkin' about gold [01:40.03]I was thinkin' about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace [01:43.90]As we rode through the canyons through the devilish cold [01:47.71]I was thinkin' about Isis how she thought I was so reckless [01:51.58]How she told me that one day we would meet up again [01:55.63]And things would be different the next time we wed [01:59.06]If I only could hang on and just be her friend [02:02.86]I still can't remember all the best things she said [02:21.59]We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice [02:25.21]He said"There's a body I'm tryin' to find [02:28.77]If I carry it out it'll bring a good price" [02:32.51]'Twas then that I knew what he had on his mind [02:36.19]The wind it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous [02:40.12]We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn [02:43.62]When he died I was hopin' that it wasn't contagious [02:47.30]But I made up my mind that I had to go on [03:06.20]I broke into the tomb but the casket was empty [03:09.45]There was no jewels no nothin' I felt I'd been had [03:13.19]When I saw that my partner was just bein' friendly [03:16.86]When I took up his offer I musta been mad [03:20.49]I picked up his body and I dragged him inside [03:24.16]Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover [03:28.16]I said a quick prayer and I felt satisfied [03:31.47]Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her [03:50.00]She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise [03:53.55]Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed [03:57.30]I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes [04:00.92]I cursed her one time then I rode on ahead [04:04.66]She said"Where ya been" I said"No place special" [04:08.40]She said"You look different" I said"Well I guess" [04:12.08]She said"You been gone" I said"That's only natural" [04:15.59]She said"You gonna stay" I said"If you want me to yes" [04:34.31]Isis oh Isis you mystical child [04:37.59]What drives me to you is what drives me insane [04:41.46]I still can remember the way that you smiled [04:45.01]On the fifth day of May in the drizzlin' rain