Bob Dylan - Precious Angel Lyrics

love this song

You're talking about an angel. Slow it down......bob.

Precious angel, under the sun
How was I to know you'd be the one
To show me I was blinded, to show me I was gone
How weak was the foundation I was standing upon ?
Now there's spiritual warfare and flesh and blood breaking down
Ya either got faith or ya got unbelief and there ain't neutral ground
The enemy is subtle, how be it we are so deceived
When the truth's in our hearts and we still don't believe ?
Shine you light, shine your light on me
Shine you light, shine your light on me
Shine you light, shine your light on me
Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself
I'm a little too blind to see.
My so called friends have fallen under a spell
They look me squarely in the eye and they say, "Well all is well'"
Can they imagine the darkness that will fall from on high
When men will beg God to kill them and they won't be able to die.

Jannes Platteau i know the words but thanks for that 👍🏻

Another shit version. Why are these plebs killing a genius.

Love is great

Energy, again.

Atheism is an impossibility. To say there is no God, is to possess all knowledge. You cannot look at creation, and know there is no Creator.

lanes58 very well said 👍🏻

Looking at the creator brings same thought.

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Love this song sooooooo much~

Precious Angel is about Bob Dylan realizing he (like all of us) was a sinner in need of salvation. The Holy Spirit of the Lord comes to Dylan and converts him from death to life through the shed blood of Jesus Christ.

Buck Young yes it’s a wonderful fictional story, Bob has an amazing imagination and is a great storyteller!

I wonder how Bob deduced that Jews took the route through utopian to the promise land..... Anyways the song contains most inspiring words.

i think you have misheard ethiopia for utopia....

Don't know how the hell you are getting away with this Pete, long may it contine. ✌🏻

Peter Sugarman; Hope you don't mind the use of your post to... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqH24B1jKA

13:50 *Comprimising; Just brought strong to mind a song from Bob Dylan. You may know it & you may not. Yet the words you speak, smiles an earned whisper, of knowing all about the place. Blessin's on your each & every endeavor, with what God had so long ago set into rhyme.
"Precious Angel"

Precious angel, under the sun
How was I to know you'd be the one
To show me I was blinded, to show me I was gone
How weak was the foundation I was standing upon ?

Now there's spiritual warfare and flesh and blood breaking down
*Ya either got faith or ya got unbelief and there ain't neutral ground
The enemy is subtle, how be it we are so deceived
When the truth's in our hearts and we still don't believe ?

Shine you light, shine your light on me
Shine you light, shine your light on me
Shine you light, shine your light on me
Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself
I'm a little too blind to see.

My so called friends have fallen under a spell
They look me squarely in the eye and they say, "Well all is well'"
Can they imagine the darkness that will fall from on high
When men will beg God to kill them and they won't be able to die.

Sister, lemme tell you about a vision that I saw
You were drawing water for your husband, you were suffering under the law
You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in the same breath
You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal's death.
Chorus

Precious angel, you believe me when I say
What God has given to us no man can take away
We are covered in blood girl, you know our forefathers were slaves
Let us hope they've found mercy in their bone-filled graves.

You're the queen of my flesh, girl, you're my woman, you're my delight
You're the lamb of my soul, girl, and you touch up the night
But there's violence in the eyes, girl, so let us not be enticed
On the way out of Egypt, through Ethiopia, to the judgement hall of Christ.

Shine you light, shine your light on me
Shine you light, shine your light on me
Shine you light, shine your light on me
Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself
I'm a little too blind to see.
album: "Slow Train Coming" (1979)
Lyrics from https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bobdylan/preciousangel.html
Song from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L-3vygXj_A

''I AM THAT I AM & HE IS THE WHO OF WHICH, WE BOTH SAY HE IS.''
Yours Truly... -GOD & SON
-former recondo sgt. ''rock'' gilpin 82nd abn. 11b4p 1/504 inf. bn. '71-'74 102518

if u are atheist u can't be a real bob dylan fan mr zimmerman has all ways been spiritual in his song writing

That’s an ignorant thing to say.

Yea but he sold his soul then got all christian

As an atheist, I realize that spirituality is far deeper than written words can ever convey.

An atheist is just he who has never had a psychedelic experience. It only takes ten minutes to change their minds but few queue up for treatment

My favorite Dylan track ever. Thanks.

Is that really Dylan?

Oh yeah, that's him, no doubt, he's young in this video

of all pictures ive seen of bob throughout his life, he looks happiest in pics with suze

Pictures often lie

Also before the crush of fame and all the vipers and vampires that came with it. And the harder drugs.

Very catchy tune by Bob, thanks.

Thanks Peter for uploading this amazing song. I've been looking for a quality upload. Really appreciate it. Love the slide show too.

Thanks for posting and thank you Bob for helping us through your words on the path to salvation.

I like this version -- where's it from?

Infidels album? When dylan became a christian.

@Lloyd Gittens From the Slow Train Coming. This might be from San Francisco or Toronto - 1979 or 1980. Just a guess.

Thinkyouknowmusic on Twitter brought me here.

Very nice, thank you for posting

walking with the best; Dave Van Ronk. . .

I saw Suze Rotolo passed away a while back.