Bob Dylan - Foot Of Pride

Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man
So can a woman who passes herself off as a male
They sang Danny Boy at his funeral and the Lord's Prayer
The preacher talked 'bout Christ betrayed
It's like the earth just opened and swallowed him up
He reached too high was thrown back to the ground
You know what they say about bein' nice to the right people on the way up
Sooner or later you gonna meet them comin' down
Yeah there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
Ain't no goin' back
Hear ya got a brother named James don't forget faces or names
Sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed
He’ll look straight into the sun and say revenge is mine hon
But he drinks and drinks can be fixed
Sing me one more song about your lovin’ to the morning stranger
And you’ll fall by the sordid love affair with Erroll Flynn
In these times of compassion when conformity's in fashion
Say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in
Well there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
Ain't no goin' back
There's a retired businessman named Red cast down from heaven and he's out of his head
He feeds off of everyone that he can touch
He said he only deals in cash and sells tickets to a plane crash
Not somebody that you play around with much
Miss Delilah is his a Philistine is what she is
She'll do wondrous works with your fate
Feed you coconut bread spice buns in bed
If you don't mind sleepin' with your head face down in the plate
Well there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
Ain't no goin' back
Well they'll choose a man for you to meet tonight
You'll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors
How to enter into the gates of paradise
No how to carry a burden too heavy to be yours
Yeah from the stage they'll be tryin' to get water outta rocks
A whore will pass the hat collect a hundred grand and say thanks
They like to take all this money from sin build big universities to study in
Sing Amazing Grace all the way to the Swiss banks
Well there ain't no goin' back when the foot of pride come down
Ain't no goin' back
They got some beautiful people out there man
They can be a terror to your mind and show you how to hold your tongue
They got mystery written all over their forehead
They kill babies in the crib and say only the good die young
They don't believe in mercy
Judgment on them is something that you'll never see
They can exalt you up or bring you down bankrupt
Turn you into anything that they want you to be
Well there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
Ain't no goin' back
Yes I guess I loved him too
I can still see him in my mind climbin' that hill
Did he make it to the top well he probably did and dropped
Struck down by the strength of the will
Ain't nothin' left here partner just the dust of a plague that has left this whole town afraid
From now on this'll be where you're from
Let the dead bury the dead your time will come
Feel that hot iron glow as you raise the shade
Well there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
Ain't no goin' back

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