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Song Hurricane
Artist Bob Dylan
Album Playlist: The Very Best of Bob Dylan '70s
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[00:00.20] Hurricane (Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy)
[00:03.23]
[00:20.50] Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night
[00:21.48] Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall
[00:24.70] She sees the bartender in a pool of blood
[00:28.05] Cries out, “My God, they killed them all!”
[00:31.71] Here comes the story of the Hurricane
[00:35.05] The man the authorities came to blame
[00:38.77] For somethin’ that he never done
[00:42.44] Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
[00:47.45] The champion of the world
[00:49.62]
[01:00.64] Three bodies lyin’ there does Patty see
[01:02.87] And another man named Bello, movin’ around mysteriously
[01:06.62] “I didn’t do it,” he says, and he throws up his hands
[01:09.57] “I was only robbin’ the register, I hope you understand
[01:14.63] I saw them leavin’,” he says, and he stops
[01:17.30] “One of us had better call up the cops”
[01:20.56] And so Patty calls the cops
[01:24.89] And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin’
[01:29.48] In the hot New Jersey night
[01:31.97]
[01:43.84] Meanwhile, far away in another part of town
[01:47.13] Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin’ around
[01:50.99] Number one contender for the middleweight crown
[01:51.93] Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down
[01:55.35] When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road
[01:58.32] Just like the time before and the time before that
[02:02.36] In Paterson that’s just the way things go
[02:05.49] If you’re black you might as well not show up on the street
[02:10.62] ’Less you wanna draw the heat
[02:13.18]
[02:22.89] Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops
[02:25.53] Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin’ around
[02:28.73] He said, “I saw two men runnin’ out, they looked like middleweights
[02:32.43] They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates”
[02:36.29] And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head
[02:39.79] Cop said, “Wait a minute, boys, this one’s not dead”
[02:43.03] So they took him to the infirmary
[02:50.12] And though this man could hardly see
[02:51.81] They told him that he could identify the guilty men
[02:54.15]
[03:03.78] Four in the mornin’ and they haul Rubin in
[03:06.57] Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs
[03:10.00] The wounded man looks up through his one dyin’ eye
[03:13.23] Says, “Wha’d you bring him in here for? He ain’t the guy!”
[03:17.24] Yes, here’s the story of the Hurricane
[03:20.36] The man the authorities came to blame
[03:24.01] For somethin’ that he never done
[03:27.93] Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
[03:32.65] The champion of the world
[03:35.15]
[03:44.67] Four months later, the ghettos are in flame
[03:48.05] Rubin’s in South America, fightin’ for his name
[03:52.71] While Arthur Dexter Bradley’s still in the robbery game
[03:54.44] And the cops are puttin’ the screws to him, lookin’ for somebody to blame
[03:58.34] “Remember that murder that happened in a bar?”
[04:01.76] “Remember you said you saw the getaway car?”
[04:05.57] “You think you’d like to play ball with the law?”
[04:09.16] “Think it might-a been that fighter that you saw runnin’ that night?”
[04:11.84] “Don’t forget that you are white”
[04:15.63]
[04:27.27] Arthur Dexter Bradley said, “I’m really not sure”
[04:28.69] Cops said, “A poor boy like you could use a break
[04:31.74] We got you for the motel job and we’re talkin’ to your friend Bello
[04:35.50] Now you don’t wanta have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow
[04:40.24] You’ll be doin’ society a favor
[04:42.56] That sonofabitch is brave and gettin’ braver
[04:46.28] We want to put his ass in stir
[04:49.24] We want to pin this triple murder on him
[04:54.07] He ain’t no Gentleman Jim”
[04:55.45]
[05:05.85] Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
[05:09.03] But he never did like to talk about it all that much
[05:12.10] It’s my work, he’d say, and I do it for pay
[05:15.68] And when it’s over I’d just as soon go on my way
[05:19.71] Up to some paradise
[05:22.86] Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice
[05:26.35] And ride a horse along a trail
[05:30.41] But then they took him to the jailhouse
[05:34.40] Where they try to turn a man into a mouse
[05:39.66]
[05:46.52] All of Rubin’s cards were marked in advance
[05:48.96] The trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance
[05:51.56] The judge made Rubin’s witnesses drunkards from the slums
[05:55.22] To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum
[05:58.79] And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger
[06:02.78] No one doubted that he pulled the trigger
[06:09.77] And though they could not produce the gun
[06:13.84] The D.A. said he was the one who did the deed
[06:17.91] And the all-white jury agreed
[06:21.25]
[06:29.87] Rubin Carter was falsely tried
[06:32.66] The crime was murder “one,” guess who testified?
[06:37.59] Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied
[06:39.78] And the newspapers, they all went along for the ride
[06:43.80] How can the life of such a man
[06:46.67] Be in the palm of some fool’s hand?
[06:52.97] To see him obviously framed
[06:54.01] Couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
[06:57.35] Where justice is a game
[07:02.36]
[07:10.39] Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
[07:13.38] Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
[07:16.38] While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell
[07:20.59] An innocent man in a living hell
[07:24.30] That’s the story of the Hurricane
[07:27.50] But it won’t be over till they clear his name
[07:30.97] And give him back the time he’s done
[07:36.27] Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
[07:38.07] The champion of the world
[00:00.20] Hurricane Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy
[00:03.23]
[00:20.50] Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night
[00:21.48] Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall
[00:24.70] She sees the bartender in a pool of blood
[00:28.05] Cries out, " My God, they killed them all!"
[00:31.71] Here comes the story of the Hurricane
[00:35.05] The man the authorities came to blame
[00:38.77] For somethin' that he never done
[00:42.44] Put in a prison cell, but one time he coulda been
[00:47.45] The champion of the world
[00:49.62]
[01:00.64] Three bodies lyin' there does Patty see
[01:02.87] And another man named Bello, movin' around mysteriously
[01:06.62] " I didn' t do it," he says, and he throws up his hands
[01:09.57] " I was only robbin' the register, I hope you understand
[01:14.63] I saw them leavin'," he says, and he stops
[01:17.30] " One of us had better call up the cops"
[01:20.56] And so Patty calls the cops
[01:24.89] And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin'
[01:29.48] In the hot New Jersey night
[01:31.97]
[01:43.84] Meanwhile, far away in another part of town
[01:47.13] Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin' around
[01:50.99] Number one contender for the middleweight crown
[01:51.93] Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down
[01:55.35] When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road
[01:58.32] Just like the time before and the time before that
[02:02.36] In Paterson that' s just the way things go
[02:05.49] If you' re black you might as well not show up on the street
[02:10.62] ' Less you wanna draw the heat
[02:13.18]
[02:22.89] Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops
[02:25.53] Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin' around
[02:28.73] He said, " I saw two men runnin' out, they looked like middleweights
[02:32.43] They jumped into a white car with outofstate plates"
[02:36.29] And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head
[02:39.79] Cop said, " Wait a minute, boys, this one' s not dead"
[02:43.03] So they took him to the infirmary
[02:50.12] And though this man could hardly see
[02:51.81] They told him that he could identify the guilty men
[02:54.15]
[03:03.78] Four in the mornin' and they haul Rubin in
[03:06.57] Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs
[03:10.00] The wounded man looks up through his one dyin' eye
[03:13.23] Says, " Wha' d you bring him in here for? He ain' t the guy!"
[03:17.24] Yes, here' s the story of the Hurricane
[03:20.36] The man the authorities came to blame
[03:24.01] For somethin' that he never done
[03:27.93] Put in a prison cell, but one time he coulda been
[03:32.65] The champion of the world
[03:35.15]
[03:44.67] Four months later, the ghettos are in flame
[03:48.05] Rubin' s in South America, fightin' for his name
[03:52.71] While Arthur Dexter Bradley' s still in the robbery game
[03:54.44] And the cops are puttin' the screws to him, lookin' for somebody to blame
[03:58.34] " Remember that murder that happened in a bar?"
[04:01.76] " Remember you said you saw the getaway car?"
[04:05.57] " You think you' d like to play ball with the law?"
[04:09.16] " Think it mighta been that fighter that you saw runnin' that night?"
[04:11.84] " Don' t forget that you are white"
[04:15.63]
[04:27.27] Arthur Dexter Bradley said, " I' m really not sure"
[04:28.69] Cops said, " A poor boy like you could use a break
[04:31.74] We got you for the motel job and we' re talkin' to your friend Bello
[04:35.50] Now you don' t wanta have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow
[04:40.24] You' ll be doin' society a favor
[04:42.56] That sonofabitch is brave and gettin' braver
[04:46.28] We want to put his ass in stir
[04:49.24] We want to pin this triple murder on him
[04:54.07] He ain' t no Gentleman Jim"
[04:55.45]
[05:05.85] Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
[05:09.03] But he never did like to talk about it all that much
[05:12.10] It' s my work, he' d say, and I do it for pay
[05:15.68] And when it' s over I' d just as soon go on my way
[05:19.71] Up to some paradise
[05:22.86] Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice
[05:26.35] And ride a horse along a trail
[05:30.41] But then they took him to the jailhouse
[05:34.40] Where they try to turn a man into a mouse
[05:39.66]
[05:46.52] All of Rubin' s cards were marked in advance
[05:48.96] The trial was a pigcircus, he never had a chance
[05:51.56] The judge made Rubin' s witnesses drunkards from the slums
[05:55.22] To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum
[05:58.79] And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger
[06:02.78] No one doubted that he pulled the trigger
[06:09.77] And though they could not produce the gun
[06:13.84] The D. A. said he was the one who did the deed
[06:17.91] And the allwhite jury agreed
[06:21.25]
[06:29.87] Rubin Carter was falsely tried
[06:32.66] The crime was murder " one," guess who testified?
[06:37.59] Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied
[06:39.78] And the newspapers, they all went along for the ride
[06:43.80] How can the life of such a man
[06:46.67] Be in the palm of some fool' s hand?
[06:52.97] To see him obviously framed
[06:54.01] Couldn' t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
[06:57.35] Where justice is a game
[07:02.36]
[07:10.39] Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
[07:13.38] Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
[07:16.38] While Rubin sits like Buddha in a tenfoot cell
[07:20.59] An innocent man in a living hell
[07:24.30] That' s the story of the Hurricane
[07:27.50] But it won' t be over till they clear his name
[07:30.97] And give him back the time he' s done
[07:36.27] Put in a prison cell, but one time he coulda been
[07:38.07] The champion of the world
[00:00.20] Hurricane Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy
[00:03.23]
[00:20.50] Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night
[00:21.48] Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall
[00:24.70] She sees the bartender in a pool of blood
[00:28.05] Cries out, " My God, they killed them all!"
[00:31.71] Here comes the story of the Hurricane
[00:35.05] The man the authorities came to blame
[00:38.77] For somethin' that he never done
[00:42.44] Put in a prison cell, but one time he coulda been
[00:47.45] The champion of the world
[00:49.62]
[01:00.64] Three bodies lyin' there does Patty see
[01:02.87] And another man named Bello, movin' around mysteriously
[01:06.62] " I didn' t do it," he says, and he throws up his hands
[01:09.57] " I was only robbin' the register, I hope you understand
[01:14.63] I saw them leavin'," he says, and he stops
[01:17.30] " One of us had better call up the cops"
[01:20.56] And so Patty calls the cops
[01:24.89] And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin'
[01:29.48] In the hot New Jersey night
[01:31.97]
[01:43.84] Meanwhile, far away in another part of town
[01:47.13] Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin' around
[01:50.99] Number one contender for the middleweight crown
[01:51.93] Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down
[01:55.35] When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road
[01:58.32] Just like the time before and the time before that
[02:02.36] In Paterson that' s just the way things go
[02:05.49] If you' re black you might as well not show up on the street
[02:10.62] ' Less you wanna draw the heat
[02:13.18]
[02:22.89] Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops
[02:25.53] Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin' around
[02:28.73] He said, " I saw two men runnin' out, they looked like middleweights
[02:32.43] They jumped into a white car with outofstate plates"
[02:36.29] And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head
[02:39.79] Cop said, " Wait a minute, boys, this one' s not dead"
[02:43.03] So they took him to the infirmary
[02:50.12] And though this man could hardly see
[02:51.81] They told him that he could identify the guilty men
[02:54.15]
[03:03.78] Four in the mornin' and they haul Rubin in
[03:06.57] Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs
[03:10.00] The wounded man looks up through his one dyin' eye
[03:13.23] Says, " Wha' d you bring him in here for? He ain' t the guy!"
[03:17.24] Yes, here' s the story of the Hurricane
[03:20.36] The man the authorities came to blame
[03:24.01] For somethin' that he never done
[03:27.93] Put in a prison cell, but one time he coulda been
[03:32.65] The champion of the world
[03:35.15]
[03:44.67] Four months later, the ghettos are in flame
[03:48.05] Rubin' s in South America, fightin' for his name
[03:52.71] While Arthur Dexter Bradley' s still in the robbery game
[03:54.44] And the cops are puttin' the screws to him, lookin' for somebody to blame
[03:58.34] " Remember that murder that happened in a bar?"
[04:01.76] " Remember you said you saw the getaway car?"
[04:05.57] " You think you' d like to play ball with the law?"
[04:09.16] " Think it mighta been that fighter that you saw runnin' that night?"
[04:11.84] " Don' t forget that you are white"
[04:15.63]
[04:27.27] Arthur Dexter Bradley said, " I' m really not sure"
[04:28.69] Cops said, " A poor boy like you could use a break
[04:31.74] We got you for the motel job and we' re talkin' to your friend Bello
[04:35.50] Now you don' t wanta have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow
[04:40.24] You' ll be doin' society a favor
[04:42.56] That sonofabitch is brave and gettin' braver
[04:46.28] We want to put his ass in stir
[04:49.24] We want to pin this triple murder on him
[04:54.07] He ain' t no Gentleman Jim"
[04:55.45]
[05:05.85] Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
[05:09.03] But he never did like to talk about it all that much
[05:12.10] It' s my work, he' d say, and I do it for pay
[05:15.68] And when it' s over I' d just as soon go on my way
[05:19.71] Up to some paradise
[05:22.86] Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice
[05:26.35] And ride a horse along a trail
[05:30.41] But then they took him to the jailhouse
[05:34.40] Where they try to turn a man into a mouse
[05:39.66]
[05:46.52] All of Rubin' s cards were marked in advance
[05:48.96] The trial was a pigcircus, he never had a chance
[05:51.56] The judge made Rubin' s witnesses drunkards from the slums
[05:55.22] To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum
[05:58.79] And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger
[06:02.78] No one doubted that he pulled the trigger
[06:09.77] And though they could not produce the gun
[06:13.84] The D. A. said he was the one who did the deed
[06:17.91] And the allwhite jury agreed
[06:21.25]
[06:29.87] Rubin Carter was falsely tried
[06:32.66] The crime was murder " one," guess who testified?
[06:37.59] Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied
[06:39.78] And the newspapers, they all went along for the ride
[06:43.80] How can the life of such a man
[06:46.67] Be in the palm of some fool' s hand?
[06:52.97] To see him obviously framed
[06:54.01] Couldn' t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
[06:57.35] Where justice is a game
[07:02.36]
[07:10.39] Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
[07:13.38] Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
[07:16.38] While Rubin sits like Buddha in a tenfoot cell
[07:20.59] An innocent man in a living hell
[07:24.30] That' s the story of the Hurricane
[07:27.50] But it won' t be over till they clear his name
[07:30.97] And give him back the time he' s done
[07:36.27] Put in a prison cell, but one time he coulda been
[07:38.07] The champion of the world
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