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Bob Dylan – Shooting Star (1989) | Track profile | Dork

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Bob Dylan
Oh Mercy
Shooting Star

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Shooting Star

Release date: 18th September 1989

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"Shooting Star" is a track by Bob Dylan, from the album Oh Mercy, released 18th September 1989. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Bob Dylan.

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Lyrics

Shooting Star

[Verse 1]

Seen a shooting star tonight

And I thought of you

You were trying to break into another world

A world I never knew

I always kind of wondered

If you ever made it through

Seen a shooting star tonight

And I thought of you

[Verse 2]

Seen a shooting star tonight

And I thought of me

If I was still the same

If I ever became what you wanted me to be

Did I miss the mark or overstep the line

That only you could see?

Seen a shooting star tonight

And I thought of me

[Verse 3]

Listen to the engine, listen to the bell

As the last fire truck from hell

Goes rolling by

All good people are praying

It’s the last temptation, the last account

The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount

The last radio is playing

[Verse 4]

Seen a shooting star tonight

Slip away

Tomorrow will be

Another day

Guess it’s too late to say the things to you

That you needed to hear me say

Seen a shooting star tonight

Slip away

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Track details

From Oh Mercy

1989

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1989

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Bass: Tony Hall
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