road o nowhere

[Shanti (die Echte)]

ROAD TO NOWHERE/TALKING HEADS

Well we know where we’re goin’
But we don’t know where we’ve been
And we know what we’re knowin’
But we can’t say what we’ve seen
And we’re not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out

We’re on a road to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin’ that ride to nowhere
We’ll take that ride

I’m feelin’ okay this mornin’
And you know,
We’re on the road to paradise
Here we go, here we go

Chorus

Maybe you wonder where you are
I don’t care
Here is where time is on our side
Take you there...take you there

We’re on a road to nowhere
We’re on a road to nowhere
We’re on a road to nowhere

There’s a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
And it’s all right, baby, it’s all right

And it’s very far away
But it’s growing day by day
And it’s all right, baby, it’s all right

They can tell you what to do
But they’ll make a fool of you
And it’s all right, baby, it’s all right

We’re on a road to nowhere

[Barabbas]

RE: road o nowhere


LP little creatures. habe ich.

[Nerea]

Desolation row


They're selling postcards of the hanging
They're painting the passports brown
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors
The circus is in town
Here comes the blind commissioner
They've got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
The other is in his pants
And the riot squad they're restless
They need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight
From Desolation Row

Cinderella, she seems so easy
"It takes one to know one," she smiles
And puts her hands in her back pockets
Bette Davis style
And in comes Romeo, he's moaning
"You Belong to Me I Believe"
And someone says," You're in the wrong place, my friend
You better leave"
And the only sound that's left
After the ambulances go
Is Cinderella sweeping up
On Desolation Row

Now the moon is almost hidden
The stars are beginning to hide
The fortunetelling lady
Has even taken all her things inside
All except for Cain and Abel
And the hunchback of Notre Dame
Everybody is making love
Or else expecting rain
And the Good Samaritan, he's dressing
He's getting ready for the show
He's going to the carnival tonight
On Desolation Row

Now Ophelia, she's 'neath the window
For her I feel so afraid
On her twenty-second birthday
She already is an old maid

To her, death is quite romantic
She wears an iron vest
Her profession's her religion
Her sin is her lifelessness
And though her eyes are fixed upon
Noah's great rainbow
She spends her time peeking
Into Desolation Row

Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood
With his memories in a trunk
Passed this way an hour ago
With his friend, a jealous monk
He looked so immaculately frightful
As he bummed a cigarette
Then he went off sniffing drainpipes
And reciting the alphabet
Now you would not think to look at him
But he was famous long ago
For playing the electric violin
On Desolation Row

Dr. Filth, he keeps his world
Inside of a leather cup
But all his sexless patients
They're trying to blow it up
Now his nurse, some local loser
She's in charge of the cyanide hole
And she also keeps the cards that read
"Have Mercy on His Soul"
They all play on penny whistles
You can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough
From Desolation Row

Across the street they've nailed the curtains
They're getting ready for the feast
The Phantom of the Opera
A perfect image of a priest
They're spoonfeeding Casanova
To get him to feel more assured
Then they'll kill him with self-confidence
After poisoning him with words

And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls
"Get Outa Here If You Don't Know
Casanova is just being punished for going
To Desolation Row"

Now at midnight all the agents
And the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
Then they bring them to the factory
Where the heart-attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles
By insurance men who go
Check to see that nobody is escaping
To Desolation Row

Praise be to Nero's Neptune
The Titanic sails at dawn
And everybody's shouting
"Which Side Are You On?"
And Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot
Fighting in the captain's tower
While calypso singers laugh at them
And fishermen hold flowers
Between the windows of the sea
Where lovely mermaids flow
And nobody has to think too much
About Desolation Row

Yes, I received your letter yesterday
(About the time the door knob broke)
When you asked how I was doing
Was that some kind of joke?
All these people that you mention
Yes, I know them, they're quite lame
I had to rearrange their faces
And give them all another name
Right now I can't read too good
Don't send me no more letters no
Not unless you mail them
From Desolation Row


Copyright © 1965,Bob Dylan

[Messalina]

RE: road o nowhere


Hallo Shanti

Vielen Dank für den Hinweis! Habe mir soeben von Talking Heads: Little Creatures + Psycho Killer als CD bestellt. Ich habe sie nur als Schallplatte.

Schönen Abend noch!

[Shanti (die Echte)]

RE: road o nowhere


ja ich habe eigentlich auch nur die LP von damals. Aber habe das Lied heute wieder mal nach langem im Radio gehört.

Wünsche ebenfalls einen schönen Abend. :-)

[Shanti (die Echte)]

RE: Desolation row


kenne ich nicht. Ist es gut???

[Poison.27w]

RE: road o nowhere


da sind wir aber alle froh, dass du die auch hast. ist das alles, was du dazu zu sagen hast?

[Poison27w]

RE: road o nowhere


Und warum schreibst du uns dieses Lied hier rein???

[Shanti (die Echte)]

RE: road o nowhere


weil mir der Sinn danach stand :-))

[Poison.27w]

RE: road o nowhere


du, ich hab da einen vorschlag: hier gibts einen, der das forum auch ganz schlimm findet, weil es ja eigentlich ein chat ist. wenn ich das richtig peile, seid ihr da genau derselben meinung. und er fühlt sich auch sehr unwohl hier, was ihn aber nicht davon abhält, ständig hier zu sein. er meldet sich sicher noch bei dir und bietet dir seine mailadresse an, damit ihr privat mailen könnt. BITTE: nimm die adresse und tausch dich mit ihm aus, ja?
hier ist ja sowieso nichts interessantes zu lesen.

[Poison27w]

An Shanti


Shanti hör nicht auf diesen Troll, sing llieber weiter grins

[Barabbas]

RE: Desolation row


Der alte Robert Zimmermann....strikes again

[Shanti (die Echte)]

RE: An Shanti


hmmm, also ich weiß nicht. Aber vielleicht hast du Recht. Nur "singen" werde ich besser nicht, sondern mir lieber das Lied anhören. ;-)

[Poison.27w]

RE: Desolation row


ui, du kennst dich so richtig gut aus, was?

[Irgendwer]

RE: An Shanti


Ja lass das mal mit dem singen, sonst sing ich zurück und dann ist das Forum leer.

[Poison27w]

RE: An Shanti


ja mach das
Viel Spaß dabei
Gruß Poison27w

[Shanti (die Echte)]

RE: An Shanti


und das wollen/sollen wir doch auf jeden Fall vermeiden. Aber hin und wieder Songtexte zu posten, lasse ich mir nicht nehmen. Soweit reicht meine Kooperationsbereitschaft nun doch nicht :-)))

[Irgendwer]

RE: An Shanti


Das ist schon ok. Solange es nicht um Karl Moik und seine Heimatblödelöbarden sind...

[Barabbas]

RE: road o nowhere


...von dir auf jedem fall nicht

[Poison.27w]

RE: road o nowhere


oh, ich bin ja so schizophren...
:-))))

[Shanti (die Echte)]

RE: An Shanti


schade und gerade von dem wollte ich jetzt was posten ;-))

[Barabbas]

RE: road o nowhere


Immer gewesen. Weist sich jetzt nur auf

[Irgendwer]

RE: An Shanti


Puh! Glück gehabt!

[Barabbas]

RE: An Shanti


Tu es. Es ist das einzige, dass noch um die letzte untere Stufe zu erreichen fehlt...

[Shanti (die Echte)]

RE: ja - o.w.t. ;-))


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