Bob Dylan - Highwater - For Charlie Patton Lyrics
Highwater 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
He made it to Kansas City, Twelfth Street and Vine
Nothin' standing there
Highwater rising the shacks are sliding down
Folks lose their possessions, the folks are leaving town
Reformation shook it, broke it, then she hung it on the wall
Say you dance with whom they tell you to or you don't dance at all
It's tough out there
Highwater everywhere
I got a cravin' love for blazin' speed
I got a hopped up Mustang Ford
Throw your panties overboard
I can write you poems, make a strong man lose his mind
I'm no pig without a wig, I hope you treat me kind
Things are breakin' up out there
Highwater everywhere
Highwater rising, six inches above my head
Coffin's dropping in the street like balloons made out of lead
Water poured into Vicksburg, don't know what I'm gonna do
Don't reach out for me, she said, can't you see I'm drowning too
It's rough out there
Highwater everywhere
Well, George Lewis told the Englishman, the Italian and the Jew
You can't open up your mind, boys, to every conceivable point of view
They got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway 5
Judge says to the high sheriff, I want him dead or alive
Either one, I don't care
Highwater everywhere
Well, the cuckoo is a pretty bird, she warbles as she flies
I'm preachin' the word of God, I'm puttin' out your eyes
I asked Fat Nancy for someth'n' to eat, she said take it off the shelf
As great as you are man, you'll never be greater than yourself
I told her I didn't really care
Highwater everywhere
I get up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom
Keepin' away from the women, I'm givin' them lots of room
Thunder rollin' over Clarksdale, everythin' a lookin' blue
I just can't be happy, love, unless you're happy too
It's bad out there
Highwater everywhere
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Bob Dylan Highwater - For Charlie Patton Comments
Great companion piece to lonesome day blues. Two different songs but if you close your eyes both songs transport you to another time long past. Lyrics are brilliant.
For the people out there who say, yeah he's a great songwriter but he can't sing: who else could have done as much justice to this song? He sounds like he's lived 10 lifetimes.
High water everywhere.
Great song. I particularly like the live versions from the early 2000s period. Here is a link to an amazing analysis of the lyrics https://www.keesdegraaf.com/media/Misc/7431p16erms5pckej1n7q1vjqqf9hul1.pdf .I especially love the explanation about George Lewis.
I like this, with the banjos behind him, instead of his usual minimalist style. Good stuff.
High water sure did rise in North Carolina.
"though your plant is overboard "- u scandalous little runts ...
Throw your pantries overboard.
High water times indeed
Chancellor Robert Beekman Livingston you are AWESOME Son!! Thankso Much!! dig on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePDn16srOBA
10 people don't get it.
frightening as it should be, I feel this so well... and some of the versions with his band are just amazing.
The man's a genius.
Houston.
Fabulous song! What a talent. I've been listening to him since the 60s! ❤️❤️
Dont reach out to me she said. Cant u c im drowning too
Too powerful.....need to lie down and rest.
I can write you poems, make a strong man lose his mind...Oh, baby. Fuck it.
twice..
bucketts of bongs around every corner... seriously... loaded... im out there... HELL YEAH!!!!
Awesome general rock musician/artist with his band!...
Queen is also a rock singer with a...little moustache!...
my greatest influence who did not give me the flu
Long live Dylan..
The man.
What a voice. Bob Dylan's voice.
High water risin', risin' night and day
All the gold and silver are being stolen away
Big Joe Turner lookin' East and West
From the dark room of his mind
He made it to Kansas City
Twelfth Street and Vine
Nothing standing there
High water everywhere
High water risin', the shacks are slidin' down
Folks lose their possessions and folks are leaving town
Bertha Mason shook, it broke it
Then she hung it on a wall
Says, "You're dancin' with whom they tell you to
Or you don't dance at all"
It's tough out there
High water everywhere
I got a cravin' love for blazing speed got a hopped up Mustang Ford
Jump into the wagon, love, throw your panties overboard
I can write you poems, make a strong man lose his mind
I'm no pig without a wig
I hope you treat me kind
Things are breakin' up out there
High water everywhere
High water risin', six inches 'bove my head
Coffins droppin' in the street
Like balloons made out of lead
Water pourin' into Vicksburg, don't know what I'm going to do
"Don't reach out for me," she said
"Can't you see I'm drownin' too?"
It's rough out there
High water everywhere
Well, George Lewis told the Englishman, the Italian and the Jew
"You can't open your mind, boys
To every conceivable point of view"
They got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway Five
Judge says to the High Sheriff
"I want him dead or alive
Either one, I don't care"
High Water everywhere
Well, the cuckoo is a pretty bird, she warbles as she flies
I'm preachin' the word of God
I'm puttin' out your eyes
I asked Fat Nancy for something to eat, she said, "Take it off the shelf
As great as you are a man,
You'll never be greater than yourself"
I told her I didn't really care
High water everywhere
I'm getting' up in the morning I believe I'll dust my broom
Keeping away from the women
I'm givin' 'em lots of room
Thunder rolling over Clarksdale, everything is looking blue
I just can't be happy, love
Unless you're happy too
It's bad out there
High water everywhere
Read more: Bob Dylan - High Water (For Charley Patton) Lyrics | MetroLyrics
Nobel Prize for Literature Oct. 2016, and this is another song proving he's worth it! More have followed, such as "Workingman's Blues #2", "Ain't Walkin'," "Tempest," and others.
SO VERY EXCELLENT!!
+ATMABRAHM true ecstasy
"I can write you poems, make a strong man lose his mind, I'm no pig without a wig, I hope you treat me kind."
+Mark 975 haha
Who's words are those from? AND DONT SAY BOB DYLAN !! Here is a clue it is from a 1894 poam- YEs Bob Dylan is very well read
Loved this video! All the best!!
High water risin', risin' night and day
水面上升 日夜無間
All the gold and silver are being stolen away
金銀財寶盡失竊
Big Joe Turner lookin' East and West
大橋唐納 東張西望
From the dark room of his mind
從他陰暗的心房
He made it to Kansas City
大橋趕到堪薩斯市
Twelfth Street and Vine
十二號街與蔓
Nothing standing there
那兒一片荒涼
High water everywhere
一片汪洋
High water risin', the shacks are slidin' down
水面上升 間陋小屋順坡下
Folks lose their possessions and folks are leaving town
老鄉喪失一切 老鄉遠赴他鄉
Bertha Mason shook, it broke it
渤薩 瑪殤 又砸又摔
Then she hung it on a wall
最後把它釘上牆
Says, "You're dancin' with whom they tell you to
上面寫到 叫你跟誰跳舞就跳 要就不准跳
Or you don't dance at all"
It's tough out there
那兒日子艱難
High water everywhere
一片汪洋
I got a cravin' love for blazing speed got a hopped up Mustang Ford
我生性求快求HIGH 跳上一台福特野馬
Jump into the wagon, love, throw your panties overboard
快上車 我的愛 甩掉底褲到窗外
I can write you poems, make a strong man lose his mind
我能為你寫詩 讓堅強的男人也癡狂
I'm no pig without a wig
我不是沒有假髮的豬
I hope you treat me kind
我希望你能對我溫柔以待
Things are breakin' up out there
那兒 分崩離析
High water everywhere
一片汪洋
High water risin', six inches 'bove my head
水面上升 過頭又六吋
Coffins droppin' in the street
棺材從天而降 到街上
Like balloons made out of lead
好像生鉛做的氣球
Water pourin' into Vicksburg, don't know what I'm going to do
為克斯堡 大雨滂薄 我身無所措
"Don't reach out for me," she said
她說 別靠過來
"Can't you see I'm drownin' too?"
你沒看到 我也溺水嗎
It's rough out there
那兒 日子真艱難
High water everywhere
一片汪洋
Well, George Lewis told the Englishman, the Italian and the Jew
是 喬治麗文斯 告訴 英國佬 義大利人 與猶太人
"You can't open your mind, boys
孩子 可別胡亂相信
To every conceivable point of view"
任何可信的觀點
They got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway Five
他們在五號高速公路擒獲查爾斯 達爾文
Judge says to the High Sheriff
法官向警長說
"I want him dead or alive
我要他 死活不論
Either one, I don't care"
我才不甩
High Water everywhere
一片汪洋
Well, the cuckoo is a pretty bird, she warbles as she flies
嗯 杜鵑鳥是漂亮 飛起來東倒西歪
I'm preachin' the word of God
我傳上帝的話
I'm puttin' out your eyes
我要解放你的雙眼
I asked Fat Nancy for something to eat, she said, "Take it off the shelf
我向胖南希要吃的 他說 架上拿
As great as you are a man,
好生也是男兒身
You'll never be greater than yourself"
難是好過自己命
I told her I didn't really care
我告訴他 我不在乎
High water everywhere
一片汪洋
I'm getting' up in the morning I believe I'll dust my broom
早起後我想信 我會打掃一番
Keeping away from the women
離女人遠一點
I'm givin' 'em lots of room
我要給他們很多空間
Thunder rolling over Clarksdale, everything is looking blue
克拉斯戴爾 滾滾震雷 蒼藍一片
I just can't be happy, love
我快樂不起來 我的愛
Unless you're happy too
除非你也快樂
It's bad out there
那兒很難
High water everywhere
到處都是水
They got Charlie Darwin trapped out there on Highway 5.
Work of pure genius!
You can't open up your mind, boys, to every conceivable point of view
They got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway 5
Judge says to the high sheriff, I want him dead or alive
Either one, I don't care
Highwater everywhere
Uważam. ze masz racje,
I got a craving love for blazing speed; got a hopped-up mustang ford; jump into the wagon, love, throw your panties overboard.
+Andrzej Zydroń Indeed.
This song makes my ears laugh
Love this tune especially when its blasting!!!
Check out "High Water The Black Pits"
ya, ha. the god rocks.
didn'tbelieve 'twas such a great song; seems like fate is comin' down to catch you. Great great great song
I just can't be happy, if you are not drinking too.
The live version on Tell Tale Signs is incredible, shame it's not on youtube.
anyone know who's playing banjo on here? I've looked all around and can't find, even on Dylan's official site.
@Patrick Meehan
Thanks! I'm learning banjo and need to know who to aspire to :) Tony Trischka is top of my list and who is teaching me. (Thru my blu-ray player)
+Patrick Meehan That sounds right and true. Pretty amazing - Larry Campbell is a multi-instrumentalist.
No, that's Donnie Herron, also his pedal steel player.
Herron wasn't with Dylan at that time, it's Larry.
Allmusic has the banjoist as Larry Campbell
very american album, like The Basement Tapes and Times Are A-Changing. I mean these are his 3 less universal albums, cuz of that, which is not bad. Although I onced heard if you want to get something universal, focus on the local things. just rambling. btw I'm from spain
Very American ? No wonder all the words are from American poet writers from the 1800's Bob knows how to steal words without us knowing about it- Well i do
@me & you That ain't stealing, that's paying homage to and weaving the tale.
This album came out on 9/11.
This song is a prophecy.
Yeah, the entire album has a dark sound. Good stuff.
Sky's full of fire, pain pourin' down. -Mississippi
I wouldn't be all that surprised if he makes at least one more album. Tempest was fucking great and proves that he has it more in his 70s than most 20-somethings do these days. Dude is a fucking Killer.
^^^^ I concur salsburysteakjr :P
Oh very much certainly, they're classics as well, I ought to of proclaimed it as my personal particular list of his best records, not necessarily as what I think "THE LIST" of his best records is.
Bringing It All Back Home? Highway 61? I think Tempest will start to creep into the upper reaches of his discography given time aswell. Fingers crossed he still has a few masterpieces in him yet.
Blonde on Blonde, Blood on the Tracks, Desire and Time Out of Mind. But hell, it's hard to decide, my list leaves out Freewheelin Bob Dylan, Another Side of, New Morning, Oh Mercy, and the just released Tempest, all monumentally beautiful, re-listenable records worth adoring.
2 masterpieces Love & Theft, this is one.
Probably to avoid being taken down from YT.
Bob=my salve on my fevered mind
From Love and Theft, one of the top five greatest records he's ever released, I says.
dont say it was n,t so
ya, you and everyone else on youtube..
This is one of the great artistic works of our time. I've been thinking about it particularly as the monster storm attacks the east coast. Thanks for creating this video.
Bob Dylan has written hundreds and hundreds of songs. This is one of the five best.
"Don't reach out for me," she said, "can't you see I'm drownin' too?" What a master of words. This is a great song. Love Love and Theft. Thanks for the post.
Even in the 2000s, Bob Dylan can still create haunting pieces of music!