Tekster:
Bob Dylan

Well, I'm stranded in the city that never sleeps Some of these women they just give me the creeps I'm avoidin' the south side, the best I can These memories

Oh, God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son" Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on" God say, "No", Abe say, "What?" God say, "You can do what you want

Crash on the levee, mama Water's gonna overflow Swamps gonna rise And no boats gonna row You can train on down To Williams Point You can bust your feet

You may be an ambassador to England or France You may like to gamble, you might like to dance You may be the heavyweight champion of the world You may

Seen a shootin' star tonight And I thought of you You're tryin' to break into another world A world I never knew I always kind of wondered If you ever

Love is a burning thing Can change into a fiery ring Bound for wild desire I fell into a ring of fire I fell into a burning ring of fire I went down,

I'm just average, common too I'm just like him, the same as you I'm everybody's brother and son I ain't different than anyone It ain't no use to talk

High water risin', rising night and day All the gold and silver are being stolen away Big Joe Turner looking east and west from the dark room of his mind

The sweetest girl in the world Is my blue-eyed Jane We fell in love like turtledoves While the moon was shining down I asked her then, I asked her when