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 BOB DYLAN - I Shall Be Free Lyrics

Well, I took me a woman late last night
I's three-fourths drunk she looked all right
'Til she started peelin' off her onion gook
She took off her wig, said, How do I look ?
I's high flyin', bare naked Out the window.

Well, sometimes I might get drunk
Walk like a duck and smell like a skunk
Don't hurt me none, don't hurt my pride
'Cause I got my little lady right by my side
[She's a tryin' a hide pretendin'
She don't know me].

I's out there paintin' on the old wood shed
When a can a black paint it fell on my head
I went down to scrub and rub
But I had to sit in back of the tub
[Cost a quarter
Half price].

Well, my telephone rang it would not stop
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It's President Kennedy callin' me up
He said, My friend, Bob, what do we need to make the country grow ?
I said, My friend, John, Brigitte Bardot,
Anita Ekberg
Sophia Loren
Country'll grow.

Well, I got a woman five feet short
She yells and hollers and squeals and snorts
She tickles my nose pats me on the head
Blows me over and kicks me out of bed
[She's a man eater
Meat grinder
Bad looser].

Oh, there ain't no use in me workin' alla time
I got a woman who works herself blind
Works up to her britches, up to her neck
Write me letters and sends me checks
[She's a humdinger
Folk singer].

Late one day in the middle of the week
Eyes were closed I was half asleep
I chased me a woman up the hill
Right in the middle of an air drill
[I jumped a fallout shelter
I jumped the string bean
I jumped the TV dinner
I jumped the shot gun].

Now, the man on the stand he wants my vote
He's a-runnin' for office on the ballot note
He's out there preachin' in front of the steeple
Tellin' me he loves all kinds-a people
[He's eatin' bagels
He's eatin' pizza
He's eatin' chitlins].

Oh, set me down on a television floor
I'll flip the channel to number four
Out of the shower comes a football man
With a bottle of oil in his hand
[Greasy kid stuff
What I want to know, Mr. Football Man, is
What do you do about Willy Mays
Martin Luther King
Olatunji].

Well, the funniest woman I ever seen
Was the great-granddaughter of Mr. Clean
She takes about fifteen baths a day
Wants me to grow a moustache on my face
[She's insane].

Well, ask me why I'm drunk alla time
It levels my head and eases my mind
I just walk along and stroll and sing
I see better days and I do better things
[I catch dinosaurs
I make love to Elizabeth Taylor
Catch hell from Richard Burton !].