Bob Dylan - Highlands Lyrics
Well my hearts in the highlands, gentle and fairHoneysuckle blooming in the wildwood airBluebells blazing where the aberdeen waters flowWell my hearts in the highlandsIm gonna go there when I feel good enough to goWindows were shaking all night in my dreamsEverything was exactly the way that it seemsWoke up this mornin and I looked at the same old page/pain/paint?Same old rat race, life in the same old cageI dont want nothin from anyone, aint that much to takeWouldnt know the difference between a real blonde and a fakeFeel like a prisoner in a world of mysteryI wish someoned come and push back the clock for meWell my hearts in the highlands wherever I roamThats where Ill be when I get called homeThe wind it whispers to the buckeye trees of rhymeWell my hearts in the highlandsI can only get there one step at a timeIm listening to neil young, I gotta turn up the soundSomeones always yellin turn it downFeel like Im driftin, driftin from scene to sceneIm wonderin what in the devil could it all possibly meanInsanity is smashin up against my soulYou could say I was on anything but a rollIf I had a conscience, well I just might blow my topWhat would I do with it anyway, maybe take it to the pawn shopMy hearts in the highlands at the break of dawnBy the beautiful lake of the black swanBig white clouds like chariots that swing down lowWell my hearts in the highlands only place left to goIm in boston town in some restaurantI got no idea what I wantOr maybe I do but Im just really not sureWaitress comes over, nobody in the place but me and herWell it must be a holiday, theres nobody aroundShe studies me closely as I sit downShe got a pretty face and long white shiny legsI said tell me what I wantShe say you probably want hard boiled eggsI said thats right, bring me someShe says we aint got any, you picked the wrong time to comeThen she says i know youre an artist, draw a picture of meI said i would if I could butI dont do sketches from memoryWell shes? ? near she says Im right here in front of you or havent you lookedI say all right I know but I dont have my drawin bookShe gives me a napkin, she say you can do it on thatI say yes I could but I dont know where my pencil is atShe pulls one out from behind her earShe says alright now go ahead draw me Im stayin right hereI make a few lines and I show it for her to seeWell she takes the napkin and throws it back and saysthat dont look a thing like meI said oh kind miss, it most certainly doesShe say you must be joking, I said i wish I wasShe says you dont read women authors do ya?At least thats what I think I hear her sayWell I say how would you know, and what would it matter anywayWell she says ya just dont seem like ya do, I said youre way wrongShe says which ones have you read then? , I say read erica jongShe goes away for a minute, and I slide out, out of my chairI step outside back to the busy street, but nobodys goin anywhereWell my hearts in the highlands with the horses and houndsWay up in the border country far from the townsWith the twang of the arrow and the snap of the bowMy hearts in the highlands, cant see any other way to goEvery day is the same thing, out the doorFeel further away than ever beforeSome things in life it just gets too late to learnWell Im lost somewhere, I must have made a few bad turnsI see people in the park, forgettin their troubles and woesTheyre drinkin and dancin, wearin bright colored clothesAll the young men with the young women lookin so goodWell Id trade places with any of em, in a minute if I couldIm crossin the street to get away from a mangy dogTalkin to myself in a monologueI think what I need might be a full length leather coatSomebody just asked me if Im registered to voteThe sun is beginnin to shine on meBut its not like the sun that used to beThe partys over and theres less and less to sayI got new eyes, everything looks far awayWell my hearts in the highlands at the break of dayOver the hills and far awayTheres a way to get there, and Ill figure it out somehowWell Im already there in my mind and thats good enough for now
