GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY
(Words and Music by Bob Dylan)
© 1979 Special Rider Music
You may be an ambassador to England
or France,
You may like to gamble, you might like to dance,
You may be the heavyweight champion of the world,
You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls
But you're gonna have to serve
somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You might be a rock 'n' roll addict
prancing on the stage,
You might have drugs at your command, women in
a cage,
You may be a business man or some high degree thief,
They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief
But you're gonna have to serve
somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You may be a state trooper, you
might be a young Turk,
You may be the head of some big TV network,
You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame,
You may be living in another country under another
name
But you're gonna have to serve
somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You may be a construction worker
working on a home,
You may be living in a mansion or you might live
in a dome,
You might own guns and you might even own tanks,
You might be somebody's landlord, you might even
own banks
But you're gonna have to serve
somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You may be a preacher with your
spiritual pride,
You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the
side,
You may be workin' in a barbershop, you may know
how to cut hair,
You may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's
heir
But you're gonna have to serve
somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
Might like to wear cotton, might
like to wear silk,
Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink
milk,
You might like to eat caviar, you might like to
eat bread,
You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a
king-sized bed
But you're gonna have to serve
somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You may call me Terry, you may
call me Timmy,
You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy,
You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray,
You may call me anything but no matter what you
say
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody.
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
WHEN YOU GONNA WAKE UP?
(Words and Music by Bob Dylan)
© 1979 Special Rider Music
God don't make no promises that
He don't keep.
You got some big dreams, baby, but in order to
dream you gotta still be asleep.
When you gonna wake up, when you
gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things
that remain?
Counterfeit philosophies have polluted
all of your thoughts.
Karl Marx has got ya by the throat, Henry Kissinger's
got you tied up in knots.
When you gonna wake up, when you
gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things
that remain?
You got innocent men in jail, your
insane asylums are filled,
You got unrighteous doctors dealing drugs that'll
never cure your ills.
When you gonna wake up, when you
gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things
that remain?
You got men who can't hold their
peace and women who can't control their tongues.
The rich seduce the poor and the old are seduced
by the young.
When you gonna wake up, when you
gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things
that remain?
Adulterers in churches and pornography
in the schools,
You got gangsters in power and lawbreakers making
rules.
When you gonna wake up, when you
gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things
that remain?
Spiritual advisors and gurus to
guide your every move,
Instant inner peace and every step you take has
got to be approved.
When you gonna wake up, when you
gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things
that remain?
Do you ever wonder just what God
requires?
You think He's just an errand boy to satisfy your
wandering desires.
When you gonna wake up, when you
gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things
that remain?
You can't take it with you and
you know that it's too worthless to be sold,
They tell you, "Time is money" as if your life
was worth its weight in gold.
When you gonna wake up, when you
gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things
that remain?
There's a Man up on a cross and
He's been crucified.
Do you have any idea why or for who He died?
When you gonna wake up, when you
gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things
that remain?
SLOW TRAIN
(Words and Music by Bob Dylan)
© 1979 Special Rider Music
Sometimes I feel so low-down and
disgusted
Can't help but wonder what's happenin' to my companions,
Are they lost or are they found, have they counted
the cost it'll take to bring down
All their earthly principles they're gonna have
to abandon?
There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the
bend.
I had a woman down in Alabama,
She was a backwoods girl, but she sure was realistic,
She said, "Boy, without a doubt, have to quit your
mess and straighten out,
You could die down here, be just another accident
statistic."
There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the
bend.
All that foreign oil controlling
American soil,
Look around you, it's just bound to make you embarrassed.
Sheiks walkin' around like kings, wearing fancy
jewels and nose rings,
Deciding America's future from Amsterdam and to
Paris
And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around
the bend.
Man's ego is inflated, his laws
are outdated, they don't apply no more,
You can't rely no more to be standin' around waitin'
In the home of the brave, Jefferson turnin' over
in his grave,
Fools glorifying themselves, trying to manipulate
Satan
And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around
the bend.
Big-time negotiators, false healers
and woman haters,
Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition
But the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency,
All non-believers and men stealers talkin' in the
name of religion
And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around
the bend.
People starving and thirsting,
grain elevators are bursting
Oh, you know it costs more to store the food than
it do to give it.
They say lose your inhibitions, follow your own
ambitions,
They talk about a life of brotherly love, show
me someone who knows how to live it.
There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the
bend.
Well, my baby went to Illinois
with some bad-talkin' boy she could destroy
A real suicide case, but there was nothin' I could
do to stop it,
I don't care about economy, I don't care about
astronomy
But it sure do bother me to see my loved ones turning
into puppets,
There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the
bend.
I BELIEVE IN YOU
(Words and Music by Bob Dylan)
© 1979 Special Rider Music
They ask me how I feel
And if my love is real
And how I know I'll make it through.
And they, they look at me and frown,
They'd like to drive me from this town,
They don't want me around
'Cause I believe in you.
They show me to the door,
They say don't come back no more
'Cause I don't be like they'd like me to,
And I walk out on my own
A thousand miles from home
But I don't feel alone
'Cause I believe in you.
I believe in you even through the
tears and the laughter,
I believe in you even though we be apart.
I believe in you even on the morning after.
Oh, when the dawn is nearing
Oh, when the night is disappearing
Oh, this feeling is still here in my heart.
Don't let me drift too far,
Keep me where you are
Where I will always be renewed.
And that which you've given me today
Is worth more than I could pay
And no matter what they say
I believe in you.
I believe in you when winter turn
to summer,
I believe in you when white turn to black,
I believe in you even though I be outnumbered.
Oh, though the earth may shake me
Oh, though my friends forsake me
Oh, even that couldn't make me go back.
Don't let me change my heart,
Keep me set apart
From all the plans they do pursue.
And I, I don't mind the pain
Don't mind the driving rain
I know I will sustain
'Cause I believe in you.
SAVED
(Words and Music by Bob Dylan and Timothy Drummond)
©1980 Special Rider Music
I was blinded by the devil,
Born already ruined,
Stone-cold dead
As I stepped out of the womb.
By His grace I have been touched,
By His word I have been healed,
By His hand I've been delivered,
By His spirit I've been sealed.
I've been saved
By the blood of the lamb,
Saved
By the blood of the lamb,
Saved,
Saved,
And I'm so glad.
Yes, I'm so glad,
I'm so glad,
So glad,
I want to thank You, Lord,
I just want to thank You, Lord,
Thank You, Lord.
By His truth I can be upright,
By His strength I do endure,
By His power I've been lifted,
In His love I am secure.
He bought me with a price,
Freed me from the pit,
Full of emptiness and wrath
And the fire that burns in it.
I've been saved
By the blood of the lamb,
Saved
By the blood of the lamb,
Saved,
Saved,
And I'm so glad.
Yes, I'm so glad,
I'm so glad,
So glad,
I want to thank You, Lord,
I just want to thank You, Lord,
Thank You, Lord.
Nobody to rescue me,
Nobody would dare,
I was going down for the last time,
But by His mercy I've been spared.
Not by works,
But by faith in Him who called,
For so long I've been hindered,
For so long I've been stalled.
I've been saved
By the blood of the lamb,
Saved
By the blood of the lamb,
Saved,
Saved,
And I'm so glad.
Yes, I'm so glad,
I'm so glad,
So glad,
I want to thank You, Lord,
I just want to thank You, Lord,
Thank You, Lord.
WHEN HE RETURNS
(Words and Music by Bob Dylan)
© 1979 Special Rider Music
The iron hand it ain't no match
for the iron rod,
The strongest wall will crumble and fall to a mighty
God.
For all those who have eyes and all those who have
ears
It is only He who can reduce me to tears.
Don't you cry and don't you die and don't you burn
For like a thief in the night, He'll replace wrong
with right
When He returns.
Truth is an arrow and the gate
is narrow that it passes through,
He unleashed His power at an unknown hour that
no one knew.
How long can I listen to the lies of prejudice?
How long can I stay drunk on fear out in the wilderness?
Can I cast it aside, all this loyalty and this
pride?
Will I ever learn that there'll be no peace, that
the war won't cease
Until He returns?
Surrender your crown on this blood-stained
ground, take off your mask,
He sees your deeds, He knows your needs even before
you ask.
How long can you falsify and deny what is real?
How long can you hate yourself for the weakness
you conceal?
Of every earthly plan that be known to man, He
is unconcerned,
He's got plans of His own to set up His throne
When He returns.
SOLID ROCK
(Words and Music by Bob Dylan)
© 1980 Special Rider Music
Well, I'm hangin' on to a solid
rock
Made before the foundation of the world
And I won't let go, and I can't let go, won't let
go
And I can't let go, won't let go, and I can't let
go no more.
For me He was chastised, for me
He was hated,
For me he was rejected by a world that He created.
Nations are angry, cursed are some,
People are expecting a false peace to come.
Well, I'm hangin' on to a solid
rock
Made before the foundation of the world
And I won't let go, and I can't let go, won't let
go
And I can't let go, won't let go, and I can't let
go no more.
It's the ways of the flesh to war
against the spirit
Twenty-four hours a day you can feel it and you
can hear it
Using all the devices under the sun.
And He never give up 'til the battle's lost or
won.
Well, I'm hangin' on to a solid
rock
Made before the foundation of the world
And I won't let go, and I can't let go, won't let
go
And I can't let go, won't let go, and I can't let
go no more.
GONNA CHANGE MY WAY OF THINKING
(Words and Music by Bob Dylan)
© 1979 Special Rider Music
Gonna change my way of thinking,
Make myself a different set of rules.
Gonna change my way of thinking,
Make myself a different set of rules.
Gonna put my good foot forward,
And stop being influenced by fools.
So much oppression,
Can't keep track of it no more.
So much oppression,
Can't keep track of it no more.
Sons becoming husbands to their mothers,
And old men turning young daughters into whores.
Stripes on your shoulders,
Stripes on your back and on your hands.
Stripes on your shoulders,
Stripes on your back and on your hands.
Swords piercing your side,
Blood and water flowing through the land.
Well don't know which one is worse,
Doing your own thing or just being cool.
Well don't know which one is worse,
Doing your own thing or just being cool.
You remember only about the brass ring,
You forget all about the golden rule.
You can mislead a man,
You can take ahold of his heart with your eyes.
You can mislead a man,
You can take ahold of his heart with your eyes.
But there's only one authority,
And that's the authority on high.
I got a God-fearing woman,
One I can easily afford.
I got a God-fearing woman,
One I can easily afford.
She can do the Georgia crawl,
She can walk in the spirit of the Lord.
Jesus said, "Be ready,
For you know not the hour in which I come."
Jesus said, "Be ready,
For you know not the hour in which I come."
He said, "He who is not for Me is against Me,"
Just so you know where He's coming from.
There's a kingdom called Heaven,
A place where there is no pain of birth.
There's a kingdom called Heaven,
A place where there is no pain of birth.
Well the Lord created it, mister,
About the same time He made the earth.
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
(Words and Music by Bob Dylan)
© 1980 Special Rider Music
You have given everything to me.
What can I do for You?
You have given me eyes to see.
What can I do for You?
Pulled me out of bondage and You
made me renewed inside,
Filled up a hunger that had always been denied,
Opened up a door no man can shut and You opened
it up so wide
And You've chosen me to be among the few.
What can I do for You?
You have laid down Your life for
me.
What can I do for You?
You have explained every mystery.
What can I do for You?
Soon as a man is born, you know
the sparks begin to fly,
He gets wise in his own eyes and he's made to believe
a lie.
Who would deliver him from the death he's bound
to die?
Well, You've done it all and there's no more anyone
can pretend to do.
What can I do for You?
You have given all there is to
give.
What can I do for You?
You have given me life to live.
How can I live for You?
I know all about poison, I know
all about fiery darts,
I don't care how rough the road is, show me where
it starts,
Whatever pleases You, tell it to my heart.
Well, I don't deserve it but I sure did make it
through.
What can I do for You?
SAVING GRACE
(Words and Music by Bob Dylan)
© 1980 Special Rider Music
If You find it in Your heart, can
I be forgiven?
Guess I owe You some kind of apology.
I've escaped death so many times, I know I'm only
living
By the saving grace that's over me.
By this time I'd-a thought I would
be sleeping
In a pine box for all eternity.
My faith keeps me alive, but I still be weeping
For the saving grace that's over me.
Well, the death of life, then come
the resurrection,
Wherever I am welcome is where I'll be.
I put all my confidence in Him, my sole protection
Is the saving grace that's over me.
Well, the devil's shining light,
it can be most blinding,
But to search for love, that ain't no more than
vanity.
As I look around this world all that I'm finding
Is the saving grace that's over me.
The wicked know no peace and you
just can't fake it,
There's only one road and it leads to Calvary.
It gets discouraging at times, but I know I'll
make it
By the saving grace that's over me.
MAN GAVE NAMES TO ALL THE ANIMALS
(Words and Music by Bob Dylan)
© 1979 Special Rider Music
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal that liked to
growl,
Big furry paws and he liked to howl,
Great big furry back and furry hair.
"Ah, think I'll call it a bear."
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal up on a hill
Chewing up so much grass until she was filled.
He saw milk comin' out but he didn't know how.
"Ah, think I'll call it a cow."
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal that liked to
snort,
Horns on his head and they weren't too short.
It looked like there wasn't nothin' that he couldn't
pull.
"Ah, think I'll call it a bull."
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal leavin' a muddy
trail,
Real dirty face and a curly tail.
He wasn't too small and he wasn't too big.
"Ah, think I'll call it a pig."
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
Next animal that he did meet
Had wool on his back and hooves on his feet,
Eating grass on a mountainside so steep.
"Ah, think I'll call it a sheep."
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal as smooth as glass
Slithering his way through the grass.
Saw him disappear by a tree near a lake . . .