Man in The Long Black Coat — текст песни (Bob Dylan)

Crickets are chirpin, the water is high

Theres a soft cotton dress on the line hangin dry

The windows wide open, african trees

Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze

Not a word of goodbye, not even a note

Shed gone with the man in the long black coat



Somebody seen him hangin around

At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town

He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask

If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask

Somebody said from the Bible hed quote

There was dust on the man in the long black coat



Preacher was a-talkin, theres a sermon he gave

He said every mans conscience is vile and depraved

You cannot depend on it to be your guide

When its you who must keep it satisfied

It aint easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat

She gave her heart to the man in the long black coat



There are no mistakes in life, some people say

And its true sometimes, you can see it that way

But people dont live or die, people just float

She went with the man in the long black coat



Theres smoke on the water, its been there since june

Treetrunks uprooted neath the high crescent moon

Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumblin force

Somebody is out there beating on a dead horse

She never said nothin, there was nothin she wrote

Shed gone with the man in the long black coat