Idiot
Wind - Bob Dylan
Someone's got it in
for me, they're plantin' stories in the press
Who ever it is i wish they'd cut it out quick but when they will i can
only guess
They say i killed a man named Gray an' took his wife to Italy
She inherited a million bucks an' when she died it came to me
I can't help it if i'm lucky.
People see me all the time, they just can't remember how to act
Their minds are filled with big ideas, images an' distorted facts
Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at
I couldn't believe after all these years you didn't know me any better
than that
Sweet lady.
Idiot wind blowin' every time you move your mouth
Blowin' down the back roads headin' south
Idiot wind blowin' every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe, its's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
I ran into the fortune teller who said, ``Beware of lightnin that might
strike!''
I haven't known peace an' quiet for so long, i can't remember what it's
like
There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a box-car door
You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done in the final end
he won the war
After losin' every battle.
I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin about the way things sometimes are
Visions of your chestnut mare shoot thru my head an' are makin' me see
stars
You hurt the ones that i love best an' cover up the truth with lies
One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzlin' around your eyes
Blood on your saddle.
Idiot wind blowin' thru the flowers of your tomb
Blowin' thru the curtains in your room
Idiot wind blowin' every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe, its's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
It was gravity which pulled us down an' destiny which broke us apart
You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart
Now everything's a little upside down as a matter of facts the wheels have
stopped
What's good is bad, what's bad is good, you'll find out when you reach
the top
You're on the bottom.
I noticed at the ceremony your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
I can't remember your face anymore, your mouth is changed, your eyes don't
look into mine
The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the
buildings burned
I waited for you on the runnin' boards near the cypress tree while the
spring time turned
Slowly into autumn.
Idiot wind blowin' like a circle around my skull
From the Grand Coulee dam to the capitole
Idiot wind blowin' every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe, its's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
I can't feel you anymore, i can't even touch the books you've read
Everytime i crawl past your door, i been wishin' i been somebody else instead
Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy
I followed you beneath the stars haunted by your memory
An' all your ragin' glory
I been double crossed now for the very last time an' now i'm finally free
I kissed goodbye the howlin' beast on the borderline which separated you
from me
You'll never know the hurt i suffered nor the pain i rise above
An' i'l never know the same about you, your holiness an' your kind of love
An' it makes me feel so sorry.
Idiot wind blowin' thru the buttons of your coats
Blowin' the letters that we wrote
Idiot wind blowin' thru the dust upon our shelves
We're idiots, babe, its's a wonder we can even feed ourselves