[ti:Tombstone Blues] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:Real Live] [by:] [offset:0] [00:10.67]The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course [00:14.04]The city fathers they're trying to endorse [00:17.54]The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse [00:20.61]But the town has no need to be nervous [00:25.85]The ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits [00:28.17]To Jezebel the nun she violently knits [00:31.57]A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits [00:34.62]At the head of the chamber of commerce [00:39.69]Mama's in the fact'ry [00:40.38]She ain't got no shoes [00:42.76]Daddy's in the alley [00:44.08]He's lookin' for the fuse [00:46.47]I'm in the streets [00:47.53]With the tombstone blues [00:54.87]The hysterical bride in the penny arcade [00:58.30]Screaming she moans"I've just been made" [01:01.29]Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade [01:05.11]Says"My advice is to not let the boys in" [01:09.05]Now the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside [01:12.42]He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride [01:15.73]"Stop all this weeping swallow your pride [01:18.80]You will not die it's not poison" [01:23.61]Mama's in the fact'ry [01:24.99]She ain't got no shoes [01:26.48]Daddy's in the alley [01:27.86]He's lookin' for the fuse [01:30.04]I'm in the streets [01:32.18]With the tombstone blues [01:57.98]Well John the Baptist after torturing a thief [02:00.74]Looks up at his hero the Commander-in-Chief [02:04.28]Saying"Tell me great hero but please make it brief [02:07.79]Is there a hole for me to get sick in" [02:11.10]The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly [02:15.10]Saying"Death to all those who would whimper and cry" [02:18.10]And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky [02:21.16]Saving"The sun's not yellow it's chicken" [02:26.48]Mama's in the fact'ry [02:27.72]She ain't got no shoes [02:28.85]Daddy's in the alley [02:30.10]He's lookin' for the fuse [02:32.16]I'm in the streets [02:33.16]With the tombstone blues [03:01.80]The king of the Philistines his soldiers to save [03:05.30]Put jawbones on their tombstones and flatters their graves [03:07.87]Puts the pied pipers in prison and fattens the slaves [03:11.61]Then sends them out to the jungle [03:15.68]Gypsy Davey with a blowtorch he burns out their camps [03:18.67]With his faithful slave Pedro behind him he tramps [03:20.42]With a fantastic collection of stamps [03:21.49]To win friends and influence his uncle [03:29.38]Mama's in the fact'ry [03:31.00]She ain't got no shoes [03:32.81]Daddy's in the alley [03:33.69]He's lookin' for the fuse [03:35.88]I'm in the streets [03:36.88]With the tombstone blues