Talkin' World War III Blues

Song Talkin' World War III Blues
Artist Bob Dylan
Album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Lyrics

[00:20.07] One time ago a crazy dream came to me
[00:22.38] I dreamt I was walkin' into World War Three
[00:26.29] Went to the doctor the very next day
[00:28.16] To see what kinda words he could say
[00:30.11] He said, "It was a bad dream
[00:34.10] I wouldn't worry 'bout it none, though
[00:35.59] They were my own dreams
[00:36.66] Were only in your head
[00:48.75] I said, "Hold it Doc, a World War passed through my brain "
[00:51.67] He said, "Nurse, get your pad, the boy's insane "
[00:57.36] He grabbed my arm, I said, "Ouch! "
[00:59.27] As I landed on the psychiatric couch
[01:01.78] He said, "Tell me about it "
[01:12.37] Well, the whole thing started at three o'clock fast
[01:14.74] It was all over by quarter past
[01:18.35] I was down in the sewer with some little lover
[01:20.74] When I peeked out from a manhole cover
[01:24.25] Wondering who turned the lights on us
[01:35.85] Well, I got up and I walked around
[01:38.12] Up and down the lonesome town
[01:43.83] I stood on wondering which way to go
[01:45.79] I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
[01:47.87] And walked on down the road, it was a normal day
[02:03.01] Well, I rung me fallout shelter bell
[02:05.25] And I leaned my head and I gave a yell
[02:08.60] "Give me a string bean, I'm a hungry man" “
[02:11.15] Shotgun fired and away I ran
[02:15.09] I don't blame them too much though, they didn't know me
[02:28.02] Down the corner by the hot-dog stand
[02:30.21] I seen a man, I said, "Howdy friend
[02:34.05] I guess there's just us two"
[02:35.83] He screamed a bit and away he flew
[02:39.34] Thought I was a Communist
[03:00.79] Well, I spied me a girl before she could leave
[03:02.99] I said, "Let's go play Adam and Eve"
[03:06.88] I took her by the hand and my heart was thumpin'
[03:08.83] When she said, "Hey man, you crazy or something
[03:14.37] You seen what happened last time they started"
[03:33.96] Well, I seen me a Cadillac window uptown
[03:36.71] There was nobody around
[03:39.43] I got into the driver's seat
[03:41.27] And I drove down 42nd street in my Cadillac
[03:47.12] Good car to drive after a war
[04:04.35] Well, I remember seein' some ad
[04:06.44] So I turned on my Conelrad but I didn't pay the Con Ed bill
[04:11.01] So the radio didn't work so well, turned on my record player
[04:18.16] It was Rock-A-Day, Johnny singin', "Tell your ma, tell your pa
[04:23.16] Our loves are gonna grow ooh wah, ooh wah"
[04:39.97] I was feelin' kinda lonesome and blue I needed somebody to talk to
[04:45.23] So I called up the operator of time just to hear a voice of some kind
[04:52.71] "When you hear the beep it will be three o'clock" “
[04:56.83] She said that for over an hour and I hung up
[05:11.83] Well, the doctor interrupted me just about then
[05:14.23] Sayin', "Hey I've been havin' the same old dreams
[05:18.59] But mine was a little different you see
[05:21.18] I dreamt the only person left after the war was me
[05:25.21] I didn't see you around "
[05:35.19] Well, now time passed and now it seems
[05:38.07] Everybody's having them dreams
[05:41.79] Everybody sees their self walkin' around with no one else
[05:49.36] Half the people can be part right all of the time and
[05:54.54] Some of the people can be all right part of the time but
[05:58.38] All the people can't be all alright all of the time
[06:02.67] I think Abraham Lincoln said that
[06:07.15] "I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours", I said that “

Pinyin

[00:20.07] One time ago a crazy dream came to me
[00:22.38] I dreamt I was walkin' into World War Three
[00:26.29] Went to the doctor the very next day
[00:28.16] To see what kinda words he could say
[00:30.11] He said, " It was a bad dream
[00:34.10] I wouldn' t worry ' bout it none, though
[00:35.59] They were my own dreams
[00:36.66] Were only in your head
[00:48.75] I said, " Hold it Doc, a World War passed through my brain "
[00:51.67] He said, " Nurse, get your pad, the boy' s insane "
[00:57.36] He grabbed my arm, I said, " Ouch! "
[00:59.27] As I landed on the psychiatric couch
[01:01.78] He said, " Tell me about it "
[01:12.37] Well, the whole thing started at three o' clock fast
[01:14.74] It was all over by quarter past
[01:18.35] I was down in the sewer with some little lover
[01:20.74] When I peeked out from a manhole cover
[01:24.25] Wondering who turned the lights on us
[01:35.85] Well, I got up and I walked around
[01:38.12] Up and down the lonesome town
[01:43.83] I stood on wondering which way to go
[01:45.79] I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
[01:47.87] And walked on down the road, it was a normal day
[02:03.01] Well, I rung me fallout shelter bell
[02:05.25] And I leaned my head and I gave a yell
[02:08.60] " Give me a string bean, I' m a hungry man" "
[02:11.15] Shotgun fired and away I ran
[02:15.09] I don' t blame them too much though, they didn' t know me
[02:28.02] Down the corner by the hotdog stand
[02:30.21] I seen a man, I said, " Howdy friend
[02:34.05] I guess there' s just us two"
[02:35.83] He screamed a bit and away he flew
[02:39.34] Thought I was a Communist
[03:00.79] Well, I spied me a girl before she could leave
[03:02.99] I said, " Let' s go play Adam and Eve"
[03:06.88] I took her by the hand and my heart was thumpin'
[03:08.83] When she said, " Hey man, you crazy or something
[03:14.37] You seen what happened last time they started"
[03:33.96] Well, I seen me a Cadillac window uptown
[03:36.71] There was nobody around
[03:39.43] I got into the driver' s seat
[03:41.27] And I drove down 42nd street in my Cadillac
[03:47.12] Good car to drive after a war
[04:04.35] Well, I remember seein' some ad
[04:06.44] So I turned on my Conelrad but I didn' t pay the Con Ed bill
[04:11.01] So the radio didn' t work so well, turned on my record player
[04:18.16] It was RockADay, Johnny singin', " Tell your ma, tell your pa
[04:23.16] Our loves are gonna grow ooh wah, ooh wah"
[04:39.97] I was feelin' kinda lonesome and blue I needed somebody to talk to
[04:45.23] So I called up the operator of time just to hear a voice of some kind
[04:52.71] " When you hear the beep it will be three o' clock" "
[04:56.83] She said that for over an hour and I hung up
[05:11.83] Well, the doctor interrupted me just about then
[05:14.23] Sayin', " Hey I' ve been havin' the same old dreams
[05:18.59] But mine was a little different you see
[05:21.18] I dreamt the only person left after the war was me
[05:25.21] I didn' t see you around "
[05:35.19] Well, now time passed and now it seems
[05:38.07] Everybody' s having them dreams
[05:41.79] Everybody sees their self walkin' around with no one else
[05:49.36] Half the people can be part right all of the time and
[05:54.54] Some of the people can be all right part of the time but
[05:58.38] All the people can' t be all alright all of the time
[06:02.67] I think Abraham Lincoln said that
[06:07.15] " I' ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours", I said that "