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CousinIT

(9,225 posts)
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:53 AM Mar 2020

Released just yesterday: Bob Dylan - Murder Most Foul





Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude for all your support and loyalty across the years.
This is an unreleased song we recorded a while back that you might find interesting.
Stay safe, stay observant and may God be with you.
Bob Dylan
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Released just yesterday: Bob Dylan - Murder Most Foul (Original Post) CousinIT Mar 2020 OP
Thank you for this! This is deep. Here's lyrics ('cause Dylan's got a Nobel Prize for that). ancianita Mar 2020 #1
Thanks for the lyrics! Nobel is well-earned. CousinIT Mar 2020 #2
... ancianita Mar 2020 #3
Enjoyed every moment. Here's some info from Variety. Hoyt Mar 2020 #4
Now there's a picker upper... Blues Heron Mar 2020 #5
It's a reality check. saidsimplesimon Mar 2020 #6
Oh Bobby! You are still the best. abakan Mar 2020 #7
Kick burrowowl Mar 2020 #8

ancianita

(35,950 posts)
1. Thank you for this! This is deep. Here's lyrics ('cause Dylan's got a Nobel Prize for that).
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 12:12 PM
Mar 2020

It was a dark day in Dallas, November '63
A day that will live on in infamy
President Kennedy was a-ridin' high
Good day to be livin' and a good day to die

Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb
He said, "Wait a minute, boys, you know who I am?"
"Of course we do, we know who you are!"
Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car

Shot down like a dog in broad daylight
Was a matter of timing and the timing was right
You got unpaid debts, we've come to collect
We're gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect

We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face
We've already got someone here to take your place
The day they blew out the brains of the king
Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing

It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise
Right there in front of everyone's eyes
Greatest magic trick ever under the sun
Perfectly executed, skillfully done
Wolfman, oh wolfman, oh wolfman howl
Rub-a-dub-dub, it's a murder most foul

Hush, little children, you'll understand
The Beatles are comin', they're gonna hold your hand
Slide down the banister, go get your coat
Ferry 'cross the Mersey and go for the throat

There's three bums comin' all dressed in rags
Pick up the pieces and lower the flags
I'm goin' to Woodstock, it's the Aquarian Age
Then I'll go to Altamont and sit near the stage

Put your head out the window, let the good times roll
There's a party going on behind the Grassy Knoll
Stack up the bricks, pour the cement
Don't say Dallas don't love you, Mr. President

Put your foot in the tank and then step on the gas
Try to make it to the triple underpass
Blackface singer, whiteface clown
Better not show your faces after the sun goes down

Up in the red light district, they've got cop on the beat
Living in a nightmare on Elm Street
When you're down on Deep Ellum, put your money in your shoe
Don't ask what your country can do for you

Cash on the ballot, money to burn
Dealey Plaza, make a left-hand turn
I'm going down to the crossroads, gonna flag a ride
The place where faith, hope, and charity lie

Shoot him while he runs, boy, shoot him while you can
See if you can shoot the invisible man
Goodbye, Charlie! Goodbye, Uncle Sam!
Frankly, Miss Scarlett, I don't give a damn

What is the truth, and where did it go?
Ask Oswald and Ruby, they oughta know
"Shut your mouth," said a wise old owl
Business is business, and it's a murder most foul

Tommy, can you hear me? I'm the Acid Queen
I'm riding in a long, black Lincoln limousine
Ridin' in the backseat next to my wife
Headed straight on in to the afterlife

I'm leaning to the left, I got my head in her lap
Hold on, I've been led into some kind of a trap
Where we ask no quarter, and no quarter do we give
We're right down the street, from the street where you live

They mutilated his body and they took out his brain
What more could they do? They piled on the pain
But his soul was not there where it was supposed to be at
For the last fifty years they've been searchin' for that

Freedom, oh freedom, freedom over me
I hate to tell you, mister, but only dead men are free
Send me some lovin', then tell me no lie
Throw the gun in the gutter and walk on by

Wake up, little Susie, let's go for a drive
Cross the Trinity River, let's keep hope alive
Turn the radio on, don't touch the dials
Parkland hospital, only six more miles

You got me dizzy, Miss Lizzy, you filled me with lead
That magic bullet of yours has gone to my head
I'm just a patsy like Patsy Cline
Never shot anyone from in front or behind

I've blood in my eye, got blood in my ear
I'm never gonna make it to the new frontier
Zapruder's film I seen night before
Seen it thirty-three times, maybe more

It's vile and deceitful, it's cruel and it's mean
Ugliest thing that you ever have seen
They killed him once and they killed him twice
Killed him like a human sacrifice

The day that they killed him, someone said to me, "Son
The age of the Antichrist has just only begun"
Air Force One comin' in through the gate
Johnson sworn in at 2:38

Let me know when you decide to throw in the towel
It is what it is, and it's murder most foul

ancianita

(35,950 posts)
3. ...
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 12:22 PM
Mar 2020

Music -- not all, but the righteous kind -- strengthens civilization.

Right now we need everything that does that.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
4. Enjoyed every moment. Here's some info from Variety.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 01:10 PM
Mar 2020

". . . . . . A Dylan representative said the statement was all the information they would be releasing about the song, so whether “a while back” means a matter of months or many years remains a mystery. . . . . .

"Dylan’s tender vocal tone — a trademark of his more recent shows and recordings — and elements of the song’s minimal bed of violin, piano and light percussion quickly had hardcore fans guesstimating that the tune might actually be of fairly recent vintage. . . . .

"The lyrics of the monumental track will fascinate Dylanologists who’ve waited years for something fresh to dissect, since there’s literally half an album’s worth of lyrical material just in one track here.

"In verses that proceed freely enough that it’s not always easy to break them down into separate stanzas, the lyrics often speak extremely literally of the Kennedy assassination, with a bent toward conspiratorial takes on the event. But as the song goes along it breaks more freely into a pop-culture fantasia. . . . . ."

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/bob-dylan-releases-17-minute-song-jfk-kennedy-assassination-murder-most-foul-1203546713/?fbclid=IwAR1CqLgk9IXrWYV8IPcpA5oxPpi0m3dcrI6NSAsHzbp0XAFKbeTQ3FpFhDw

abakan

(1,815 posts)
7. Oh Bobby! You are still the best.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 06:42 PM
Mar 2020

And this proves even age can't silence your greatness.
Life long fan. I will add this to my list.
Thank you sir for all the times I have let you speak for me.

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