BOB DYLAN - Subterranean Homesick Blues lyrics

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Johnny's in the basement<br>Mixing up the medicine<br>I'm on the pavement<br>Thinking about the government<br>The man in the trench coat<br>Badge out, laid off<br>Says he's got a bad cough<br>Wants to get it paid off<br>Look out kid<br>It's somethin' you did<br>God knows when<br>But you're doin' it again<br>You better duck down the alley way<br>Lookin' for a new friend<br>The man in the coon-skin cap<br>In the big pen<br>Wants eleven dollar bills<br>You only got ten<br><br>Maggie comes fleet foot<br>Face full of black soot<br>Talkin' that the heat put<br>Plants in the bed but<br>The phone's tapped anyway<br>Maggie says that many say<br>They must bust in early may<br>Orders from the d. a.<br>Look out kid<br>Don't matter what you did<br>Walk on your tip toes<br>Don't try no doz<br>Better stay away from those<br>That carry around a fire hose<br>Keep a clean nose<br>Watch the plain clothes<br>You don't need a weather man<br>To know which way the wind blows<br><br>Get sick, get well<br>Hang around a ink well<br>Ring bell, hard to tell<br>If anything is goin' to sell<br>Try hard, get barred<br>Get back, write braille<br>Get jailed, jump bail<br>Join the army, if you fail<br>Look out kid<br>You're gonna get hit<br>But losers, cheaters<br>Six-time users<br>Hang around the theaters<br>Girl by the whirlpool<br>Lookin' for a new fool<br>Don't follow leaders<br>Watch the parkin' meters<br><br>Ah get born, keep warm<br>Short pants, romance, learn to dance<br>Get dressed, get blessed<br>Try to be a success<br>Please her, please him, buy gifts<br>Don't steal, don't lift<br>Twenty years of schoolin'<br>And they put you on the day shift<br>Look out kid<br>They keep it all hid<br>Better jump down a manhole<br>Light yourself a candle<br>Don't wear sandals<br>Try to avoid the scandals<br>Don't wanna be a bum<br>You better chew gum<br>The pump don't work<br>'cause the vandals took the handles