Bob Dylan : I and I

Folk Rock / USA
(1983 - CBS Records)
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1. I AND I

Been so long since a strange woman has slept in my bed
Look how sweet she sleeps, how free must be her dreams
In another lifetime she must have owned the world, or been Faithfully wed
To some righteous king who wrote psalms beside moonlit Streams.

I and I
In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives
I and I
One say to the other, no man sees my face and lives.

Think I'll go out and go for a walk
Not much happening here, nothing ever does
Besides, if she wakes up now, she'll just want me to talk
I got nothing to say, 'specially about whatever was.

I and I
In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives
I and I
One say to the other, no man sees my face and lives.

Took an untrodden path once, where the swift don't win the Race
It goes to the worthy, who can divide the word of truth
Took a stranger to teach me, to look into justice's Beautiful face
And to see an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

I and I
In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives
I and I
One say to the other, no man sees my face and lives.

Outside of two men on a train platform there's nobody in Sight
They're waiting for spring to come, smoking down the track
The world could come to an end tonight, but that's all right
She could still be there sleeping when I get back.

I and I
In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives
I and I
One say to the other, no man sees my face and lives.
Noontime, and I'm still pushing myself along the road, the Darkest part
Into the narrow lanes, I can't stumble or stay put
Someone else is speaking with my mouth, but I'm listening Only to my heart
I've made shoes for everyone, even you, while I still go Barefoot.

I and I
In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives
I and I
One say to the other, no man sees my face and lives.


2. ANGEL FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND

If you had not have fallen then I would not have found you
Angel flying too close to the ground
I patched up your broken wing and hung around for a while
Trying to keep your spirits up and your fever down

So leave me if you need to,
I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground.
I knew someday that you would fly away

for love’s the greatest healer to be found
So leave me if you need to,
I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground
Fly on fly on past the speed of sound

I’d rather see you up than see you down
So leave me if you need to,
I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground.


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