Bob Dylan - Visions of johanna
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Ain't itA just like the night to playD tricks when you're E7tryin' to be so Aquiet
We sit here stranded though we're all Ddoin' our bE7est to deny Ait
And LouiEse holds a handful of rain temptin' you to defAy it
Lights flDicker from the opposite lAoft
In tDhis room the heat pipes just coAugh
The cDountry music station plays soft
ABut there's nothing really nothing to turn ofE7f
Just LouiAse and her Dlover E7so enAtwined
And these visionsD of JohannaA that E7conquer my mind A D A
In the empty Alot where the ladies playD blind man's E7bluff with the Akey chain
And the allnight girls they whisDper of escapadE7es out on the D trAain
We can hEear the night watchman click his flashlight
Ask himself if it's him or them that's realy insAane
LouDise she's allright she's just neaAr
She's dDelicate and seems like theA mirror
But she just mDakes it all too concice and too clear
AThat Johanna's not here E7
The Aghost of 'lectricity Dhowls in the bE7ones of her Aface
Where these visionsD of JohannaA have now E7taken my place A D A
Now lAittle boy lost he takesD himself so seE7riouslyA
He brags of his misery he likes Dto live dE7angerously A
And when briEnging her name up He speaks of a farewell kiss to Ame
He's sDure got a lotta Agall
to Dbe so useless and Aall
MutterDing small talk at the wall
Awhile I'm in the haE7ll
How can AI explain Oh itD's so harE7d to get onA
And these visionsD of JohannaA they kept me uE7p past the dawn A D A
InsAide the museums DInfinity goE7es up on tArial
Voices echo this is what salDvation must be E7like after a whilAe
But Mona ELisa musta had the highway blues You can tell by the way she Asmiles
See the pDrimitive wallflower frAeeze
When the jeDllyfaced women all snAeeze
Hear the Done with the mustache say JeeAze I can't find my knees E7
Oh jeAwels and binoculars haDng from the heE7ad of the muAle
But these visions oDf Johanna tAhey make iE7t all seem so cAruel D A
The pAeddler now speaks to the coDuntess who's preteE7nding to cAare for him
Sayin' Name me someone that's not a parasite
Dand I'll go out E7and say a prayer Afor him But like Louise
Ealways says Ya can't look at much can ya man As she herself pre
Apares for him
And MaDdonna she still has not showAed
We see this eDmpty cage now corroDde
Where her cDape of the stage once had flAowed
The fiddler hDe now steps to the roAad
He writes Dev'rything's been returned which was Aowed
On the backD of the fish truck that loadsA While my conscience expE7lodes
The harmAonicas play the sDkeleton Ekeys and the Arain
And these visionsD of JohannaA are now E7all that reAmain