Bob Dylan - 4th Time Around

When she said
Don't waste your words, they're just lies
I cried she was deaf
And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes
Then said, What else you got left
It was then that I got up to leave
But she said, Don't forget
Everybody must give something back
For something they get

I stood there and hummel
I tapped on her drum and asked her how come
And she buttoned her boot
And straightened her suit
Then she said, Don't get cute
So I forced my hands in my pockets
And felt with my thumbs
And gallantly handed her
My very last piece of gum

She threw me outside
I stood in the dirt where ev'ryone walked
And after finding I'd
Forgotten my shirt
I went back and knocked
I waited in the hallway, she went to get it
And I tried to make sense
Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair
That leaned up against

Her Jamaican rum
And when she did come, I asked her for some
She said, No dear
I said, Your words aren't clear
You'd better spit out your gum
She screamed till her face got so red
Then she fell on the floor
And I covered her up and then
Thought I'd go look through her drawer
And when I was through
I filled up my shoe
And brought it to you
And you, you took me in
You loved me then
You didn't waste time
And I, I never took much
I never asked for your crutch
Now dont ask for mine
When she said
Don't waste your words, they're just lies
I cried she was deaf
And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes
Then said, What else you got left
It was then that I got up to leave
But she said, Don't forget
Everybody must give something back
For something they get

I stood there and hummel
I tapped on her drum and asked her how come
And she buttoned her boot
And straightened her suit
Then she said, Don't get cute
So I forced my hands in my pockets
And felt with my thumbs
And gallantly handed her
My very last piece of gum

She threw me outside
I stood in the dirt where ev'ryone walked
And after finding I'd
Forgotten my shirt
I went back and knocked
I waited in the hallway, she went to get it
And I tried to make sense
Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair
That leaned up against

Her Jamaican rum
And when she did come, I asked her for some
She said, No dear
I said, Your words aren't clear
You'd better spit out your gum
She screamed till her face got so red
Then she fell on the floor
And I covered her up and then
Thought I'd go look through her drawer
And when I was through
I filled up my shoe
And brought it to you
And you, you took me in
You loved me then
You didn't waste time
And I, I never took much
I never asked for your crutch
Now dont ask for mine
Bob Dylan - Fourth Time Around

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4th time around, music and lyrics written and performed by Bob Dylan

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Bob Dylan's response to 'Norwegian Wood" - 4th time around (live)

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Bob Dylan "4th Time Around" Electrifying live performance 2001 England

When she said, "Don't waste your words, they're just lies," I cried she was deaf. And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes, Then said, "What else you got left?" It was then that I got...

4th Time Around Liverpool 12 Juli 2001

"Well, actually, Norwegian Wood sounds al lot like this". (BD)

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