The Ballad of a Thin Man by Bob Dylan
“Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?”
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Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?
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Dylan's unsettling, lyrically impenetrable masterpiece from Highway 61.
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Al Kooper described this as "a nasty song" and his organ playing has been likened to horror movie music. Furious, mysterious, contemptuous 'ballad'.
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'Cause it's his birthday.
You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek, who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak and says, "How does it feel to be such a freak?" And you say, "Impossible!" as he hands you a bone.
There ought to be a law against you comin' round
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