Bob Dylan - Man In The Long Black Coat Lyrics
Crickets are chirpin, the water is highTheres a soft cotton dress on the line hangin dryThe windows wide open, african treesBent over backwards from a hurricane breezeNot a word of goodbye, not even a noteShed gone with the man in the long black coatSomebody seen him hangin aroundAt the old dance hall on the outskirts of townHe looked into her eyes when she stopped him to askIf he wanted to dance, he had a face like a maskSomebody said from the Bible hed quoteThere was dust on the man in the long black coatPreacher was a-talkin, theres a sermon he gaveHe said every mans conscience is vile and depravedYou cannot depend on it to be your guideWhen its you who must keep it satisfiedIt aint easy to swallow, it sticks in the throatShe gave her heart to the man in the long black coatThere are no mistakes in life, some people sayAnd its true sometimes, you can see it that wayBut people dont live or die, people just floatShe went with the man in the long black coatTheres smoke on the water, its been there since juneTreetrunks uprooted neath the high crescent moonFeel the pulse and vibration and the rumblin forceSomebody is out there beating on a dead horseShe never said nothin, there was nothin she wroteShed gone with the man in the long black coat
