I Shall Be Free Lyrics by Bob Dylan

I Shall Be Free Lyrics

    Well, i took me a woman late last night,
    I's three-fourths drunk, she looked uptight.
    She took off her wheel, took off her bell,
    Took off her wig, said, "how do i smell?"
    I hot-footed it . . . bare-naked . . .
    Out the window!

    Well, sometimes i might get drunk,
    Walk like a duck and stomp like a skunk.
    Don't hurt me none, don't hurt my pride
    'cause i got my little lady right by my side.
    (right there
    Proud as can be)

    I's out there paintin' on the old woodshed
    When a can a black paint it fell on my head.
    I went down to scrub and rub
    But i had to sit in back of the tub.
    (cost a quarter
    And i had to get out quick . . .
    Someone wanted to come in and take a sauna)

    Well, my telephone rang it would not stop,
    It's president kennedy callin' me up.
    He said, "my friend, bob, what do we need to make the country grow?"
    I said, "my friend, john, brigitte bardot,
    Anita ekberg, sophia loren."
    (put 'em all in the same room with ernest borgnine!)

    Well, i got a woman sleeps on a cot,
    She yells and hollers and squeals a lot.
    Licks my face and tickles my ear,
    Bends me over and buys me beer.
    (she's a honeymooner
    A june crooner
    A spoon feeder
    And a natural leader)

    Oh, there ain't no use in me workin' so heavy,
    I got a woman who works on the levee.
    Pumping that water up to her neck,
    Every week she sends me a monthly check.
    (she's a humdinger
    Folk singer
    Dead ringer
    For a thing-a-muh jigger)

    Late one day in the middle of the week,
    Eyes were closed i was half asleep.
    I chased me a woman up the hill,
    Right in the middle of an air raid drill.
    It was little bo peep!
    (i jumped a fallout shelter
    I jumped a bean stalk
    I jumped a ferris wheel)

    Now, the man on the stand he wants my vote,
    He's a-runnin' for office on the ballot note.
    He's out there preachin' in front of the steeple,
    Tellin' me he loves all kinds-a people.
    (he's eatin' bagels
    He's eatin' pizza
    He's eatin' chitlins
    He's eatin' bullshit!)

    Oh, set me down on a television floor,
    I'll flip the channel to number four.
    Out of the shower comes a grown-up man
    With a bottle of hair oil in his hand.
    (it's that greasy kid stuff.
    What i want to know, mr. football man, is
    What do you do about willy mays and yul brynner,
    Charles de gaulle
    And robert louis stevenson?)

    Well, the funniest woman i ever seen
    Was the great-granddaughter of mr. clean.
    She takes about fifteen baths a day,
    Wants me to grow a cigar on my face.
    (she's a little bit heavy!)

    Well, ask me why i'm drunk alla time,
    It levels my head and eases my mind.
    I just walk along and stroll and sing,
    I see better days and i do better things.
    (i catch dinosaurs
    I make love to elizabeth taylor . . .
    Catch hell from richard burton!)

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