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25. This one says it all

Sun Oct 16, 2016, 06:31 PM

Oct 2016

Broken lines broken strings
Broken threads broken springs
Broken idols broken heads
People sleeping in broken beds
Ain't no use jiving
Ain't no use joking
Everything is broken.
Broken bottles broken plates
Broken switches broken gates
Broken dishes broken parts
Streets are filled with broken hearts
Broken words never meant to be spoken
Everything is broken.
Seem like every time you stop and turn around
Something else just hit the ground
Broken cutters broken saws
Broken buckles broken laws
Broken bodies broken bones
Broken voices on broken phones
Take a deep breath feel like you're chokin'
Everything is broken.
Everytime you leave and go off someplace
Things fall to pieces in my face
Broken hands on broken ploughs
Broken treaties broken vows
Broken pipes broken tools
People bending broken rules
Hound dog howling bullfrog croaking
Everything is broken.
Songwriters: Bob Dylan

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Post a favorite Bob Dylan song. [View all] mia Oct 2016 OP

I saw him I guess ten years ago with Merle Haggard NightWatcher Oct 2016 #1

Thanks for starting this thread. 'Cuz if you hadn't I was going to. aidbo Oct 2016 #2

Then there's this Italian version of Desolation Row which flows like thick red wine. aidbo Oct 2016 #4

Shelter From the Storm RobinA Oct 2016 #3

I always liked this one: "For the pangs of your sorrows will cease panader0 Oct 2016 #5

I havde lots but in honor of the Nobel Prize I'm picking Day Of The Locusts mulsh Oct 2016 #6

masters of war Bozvotros Oct 2016 #7

And one more I love Bozvotros Oct 2016 #8

Wow. Pretty. vanlassie Oct 2016 #19

Always liked Isis cemaphonic Oct 2016 #9

Boots of Spanish Leather rug Oct 2016 #10

Bob Dylan's Dream. Just one of many. This one never fails. retread Oct 2016 #11

Two more LWolf Oct 2016 #12

Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again BlueStateLib Oct 2016 #13

"Forever Young"....Bob Dylan Tikki Oct 2016 #14

"It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry" greendog Oct 2016 #15

Is that from the George Harrison Concert for Bangladesh? oberliner Oct 2016 #18

I think so. greendog Oct 2016 #22

"Ballad of a Thin Man" DinahMoeHum Oct 2016 #16

"Hurricane"!! lastlib Oct 2016 #17

visions of johanna fishwax Oct 2016 #20

Sang it to my wife before we were dating, since it's her name. NNadir Oct 2016 #23

tonight i'll be staying here with you cleveramerican Oct 2016 #21

Hard to pick just one... Major Nikon Oct 2016 #24

This one says it all ghostsinthemachine Oct 2016 #25

Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts struggle4progress Oct 2016 #26

Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word struggle4progress Oct 2016 #27

Hurricane struggle4progress Oct 2016 #28

Desolation Row struggle4progress Oct 2016 #29

Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands struggle4progress Oct 2016 #30