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Bob Dylan – If I Were a Carpenter (2014) | Track profile | Dork

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Bob Dylan
The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete
If I Were a Carpenter

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If I Were a Carpenter

Release date: 4th November 2014

From The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete

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"If I Were a Carpenter" is a track by Bob Dylan, from the album The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete, released 4th November 2014. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Bob Dylan.

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Lyrics

If I Were a Carpenter

[Chorus]

...and you were a lady

Would you marry me anyway?

Would you have my baby?

[Verse 1]

If I was a miller

At a mill wheel grinding

Would you miss your color box

And your soft shoe shining?

[Pre-Chorus]

Save my love through loneliness

Save my love for sorrow

I'm given you my onliness

Come give your tomorrow

[Chorus]

If I was a carpenter

And you were a lady

Would you marry me anyway?

Would you have my baby?

[Verse 3]

If I was a carpenter

Baby, would you love me?

Answer me babe, "Yes I would

I'll put you above me."

[Pre-Chorus]

Save my love through loneliness

Save my love for sorrow

I'm given you my onliness

Come give your tomorrow

[Chorus]

If I was a carpеnter

And you were a lady

Would you marry mе anyway?

Would you have my baby?

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Track details

From The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete

2014

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Album

The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete

Release year

2014

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