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JOAN BAEZ ~ I Pity The Poor Immigrant ~

Posted on December 28, 2013 | Leave a comment

I Pity The Poor Immigrant Lyrics

“I Pity The Poor Immigrant” is track #7 on the album John Wesley Harding. It was written by Bob Dylan

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I pity the poor immigrant
Who wishes he would’ve stayed home
Who uses all his power to do evil
But in the end is always left so alone

That man whom with his fingers cheats
And who lies with every breath
Who passionately hates his life
And likewise, fears his death

I pity the poor immigrant
Whose strength is spent in vain
Whose heaven is like Ironsides
Whose tears are like rain

Who eats but is not satisfied
Who hears but does not see
Who falls in love with wealth itself
And turns his back on me

I pity the poor immigrant
Who tramples through the mud
Who fills his mouth with laughing
And who builds his town with blood

Whose visions in the final end
Must shatter like the glass
I pity the poor immigrant
When his gladness comes to pass

Songwriters
Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan sings ‘I Dreamed I Saw Saint Augustine’s’

Posted on December 8, 2011 | Leave a comment

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“I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine” is a song by Bob Dylan that was originally released on his 1967 album John Wesley Harding. It was recorded at the first John Wesley Harding session on October 17, 1967.^[1] It has been covered by many artists, including Joan Baez, Vic Chesnutt, John Doe, Thea Gilmore, Adam Selzer and Dirty Projectors.^[2] In addition, Jimi Hendrix at one point intended to cover this song, but felt it was too personal to Dylan and instead covered a different song from the album, “All Along the Watchtower“.^[3]

“I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine” is a pensive ballad.^[4] Like the rest of the John Wesley Harding album, the music of “I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine” uses spare, unobtrusive musical accompaniment.^[4] The primary instruments are an acoustic guitar and drums.^[4] The lyrics describe a dream that is enigmatic and subject to interpretation.^[4] However, the lyrics do convey a deeply felt sense of guilt, as well as a vision of faith, righteousness, fear and betrayal.^[4]^[5] The sense of guilt is particularly prevalent in the final verse:^[4]

“I dreamed I saw St. Augustine

Alive, with fiery breath

And I dreamed I was amongst the ones that put him out to death

Oh, I awoke in anger, so alone and terrified

I put my fingers against the glass

And bowed my head and cried.”

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dreamed_I_Saw_St._Augustine)

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Jimmy Hendrix: All Along The Watchtower

Posted on April 12, 2011 | Leave a comment

All Along The Watch Tower, by Bob Dylan
There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
Theres too much confusion
I cant get no relief
Businessman they drink my wine
Plow men dig my earth
None will level on the line
Nobody of it is worth
Hey hey

No reason to get excited
The thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke but uh
But you and I weve been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hours getting late
Hey Hey

All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Bare-foot servants to, but huh
Outside in the cold distance
A wild cat did growl
Two riders were approachin
And the wind began to howl
Hey Oh
All along the watchtower
Hear you sing around the watch
Gotta beware gotta beware I will
Yeah Ooh baby
All along the watchtower
“All Along the Watchtower” is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The song, which has been included on most of Dylan’s greatest hits compilations, initially appeared on his 1967 album John Wesley Harding. Over the past 35 years, he has performed it in concert more than any of his other songs.
Sourse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Along_the_Watchtower