Mr. Tambourine Man (Live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY - October 1964)

[Chorus]

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you

[Verse 1]

Though I know that evening's empire has returned into sand

Vanished from my hand

Left me blindly here to stand, but still not sleeping

My weariness amazes me, I am branded on my feet

I have no one to meet

And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming

[Chorus]

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to

Hеy, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

In the jinglе jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you

[Verse 2]

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship

My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip

My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels

To be wandering

I'm ready to go anywhere, I am ready for to fade

Into my own parade, cast your dancin' spell my way

I promise to go under it

[Chorus]

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you

[Verse 3]

Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging madly through the sun

It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escaping on the run

And but for the sky there are no fences facing

And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme

To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind

I wouldn't pay it any mind

It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing

[Chorus]

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you

[Verse 4]

And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind

Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves

The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach

Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow

Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free

Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands

With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves

Let me forget about today until tomorrow

[Chorus]

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you