The
Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar - Bob Dylan
Prayed in the ghetto
with my face in the cement
Heard the last moan of a boxer, seen the massacre of the innocent
Felt around for the light switch, became nauseated
She was walkin' down the hallway while the walls deteriorated.
East of Jordan, hard as the rock of Gibraltar
I see the burnin' of the page
Curtain risin' on a new age
See the groom's still waitin' at the altar.
Try to be pure at heart, the arrest you for robbery
Mistake your shyness for aloofness, your silence for sobbery
Got the message this mornin', the one that was sent to me
About the madness of becomin' what one was never meant to be.
East of Jordan, east as the rock of Gibraltar
I see the burnin' of the stage
Curtain risin' on a new age
See the groom 's still waitin' at the altar.
Don't know what i can say about Claudette that wouldn't come back to haunt
me
Finally had to her give up 'bout the time she began to want me
But i know god has mercy on them who are slandered an' humiliated
I'd a-done anythin' for what woman if she didn't make me feel so obligated.
East of Jordan,west as the rock of Gibraltar
I see the burnin' of the cage
Curtain risin' on a new stage
See the groom 's still waitin' at the altar.
Put your hand on my head, baby, do i have a temperature
I see people who are supposed to know better standin' around like furniture
There's a wall between you an' what you want and you got to leap it
Tonight you got the power to take it, tomorrow you won't have the power
to keep it.
East of Jordan, hard as the rock of Gibraltar
I see the burnin' of the page
Curtain risin' on a new age
See the groom 's still waitin' at the altar.
Cities on fire, phones out of order
They're killin' mum an' soldiers, there's fightin' on the border
What can i say about Claudette, ain't seen her since january
She could be respectably married or runnin' a whorehouse in Buenos Aires.
East of Jordan, hard as the rock of Gibraltar
I see the burnin' of the page
Curtain risin' on a new age
See the groom 's still waitin' at the altar