Bob Dylan - Foot Of Pride Lyrics
Like the lion tears the flesh off of a manSo can a woman who passes herself off as a maleThey sang danny boy at his funeral and the lords prayerPreacher talking bout christ betrayedIts like the earth just opened and swallowed him upHe reached too high, was thrown back to the groundYou know what they say about bein nice to the right people on the way upSooner or later you gonna meet them comin downWell, there aint no goin back when your foot of pride come downAint no goin backHear ya got a brother named james, dont forget faces or namesSunken cheeks and his blood is mixedHe looked straight into the sun and said revenge is mineBut he drinks, and drinks can be fixedSing me one more song, about ya love me to the moon and the strangerAnd your fall by the sword love affair with erroll flynnIn these times of compassion when conformitys in fashionSay one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in.Well, there aint no goin back when your foot of pride come downAint no goin backTheres a retired businessman named red, cast down from heaven and hes out of his headHe feeds off of everyone that he can touchHe said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crashHes not somebody that you play around with muchMiss delilah is his, a philistine is what she isShell do wondrous works with your fateFeed you coconut bread, spice buns in your bedIf you dont mind sleepin with your head face down in a grave.Well, there aint no goin back when your foot of pride come downAint no goin backWell theyll choose a man for you to meet tonightYoull play the fool and learn how to walk through doorsHow to enter into the gates of paradiseNo, how to carry a burden too heavy to be yoursYeah, from the stage theyll be tryin to get water outta rocksA whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand and say thanksThey like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study inSing amazing grace all the way to the swiss banksWell, there aint no goin back when your foot of pride come downAint no goin backThey got some beautiful people out there, manThey can be a terror to your mind and show you how to hold your tongueThey got mystery written all over their foreheadThey kill babies in the crib and say only the good die youngThey dont believe in mercyJudgment on them is something that youll never seeThey can exalt you up or bring you down main routeTurn you into anything that they want you to beWell, there aint no goin back when your foot of pride come downAint no goin backYes, I guess I loved him tooI can still see him in my mind climbin that hillDid he make it to the top, well he probably did and droppedStruck down by the strength of the willAint nothin left here partner, just the dust of a plague that has left this whole town afraidFrom now on, thisll be where youre fromLet the dead bury the dead. your time will comeLet hot iron blow as he raised the shadeWell, there aint no goin back when your foot of pride come downAint no goin back
