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Mr. Tambourine Man Lyrics by Bob Dylan
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- Recording: “Mr. Tambourine Man” is credited to Bob Dylan.
- Length: The recording runs 6:26.
- Genre: Filed under Rock.
- Lyrics: This page has 58 lyric lines and 59 timed cues.
- Chart: No dated chart rank is attached yet.
- Karaoke: Timed playback is ready on this page.
- Written by: Bob Dylan.
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The recording on this page is credited to Bob Dylan.
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The stored release association is “1995-03-15: Down in the Flood, Unterfrankenhalle, Aschaffenburg, Germany”, with a duration of 6:26.
Mr. Tambourine Man lyrics by Bob Dylan
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0:05Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
0:10I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
0:17Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
0:22In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you
0:31Though I know that evening's empire has returned into sand
0:36Vanished from my hand
0:39Left me blindly here to stand, but still not sleeping
0:45My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet
0:50I have no one to meet
0:53And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming
0:59Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
1:04I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
1:11Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
1:16In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you
1:26Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship
1:31My senses have been stripped
1:34My hands can't feel to grip
1:37My toes too numb to step
1:39Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering
1:45I'm ready to go anywhere
1:47I'm ready for to fade
1:50Into my own parade
1:53Cast your dancing spell my way
1:55I promise to go under it
1:59Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
2:04I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
2:10Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
2:15In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you
2:25Though you might hear laughing, spinning
2:28Swinging madly across the sun
2:31It's not aimed at anyone
2:33It's just escaping on the run
2:36And but for the sky, there are no fences facing
2:42And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme
2:47To your tambourine in time
2:50It's just a ragged clown behind
2:52I wouldn't pay it any mind
2:55It's just a shadow you're seeing, that he's chasing
3:01Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
3:06I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
3:12Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
3:17In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you
4:07Then take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind
4:12Down the foggy ruins of time
4:14Far past the frozen leaves
4:17The haunted, frightened trees
4:20Out to the windy beach
4:22Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
4:28Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
4:30With one hand waving free
4:33Silhouetted by the sea
4:35Circled by the circus sands
4:38With all memory and fate, driven deep beneath the waves
4:43Let me forget about today until tomorrow
4:49Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
4:54I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
5:00Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
5:05In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you
5:11♪
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Mr. Tambourine Man song profile
The stored record for “Mr. Tambourine Man” credits Bob Dylan and connects the lyric timeline with release and chart metadata. Continue with more Bob Dylan lyrics and songs, or compare this recording with other Rock song lyrics.
- 6:26Length
- 58Lyric lines
- 59Timed cues
- 305sTimed span
- Lyric record matched as “Mr. Tambourine Man” by Bob Dylan
- 59 ordered lyric timestamps verified
- Karaoke follow-along playback enabled
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AskLyrics connects this recording to the release “1995-03-15: Down in the Flood, Unterfrankenhalle, Aschaffenburg, Germany.” This matched version has a duration of 6:26. The writing field currently credits Bob Dylan.
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This transcription is organized into 12 text sections with 58 readable lines. The synchronized sequence runs for about 305 seconds across 59 cues. There are 3 repeated line patterns, which helps the player identify recurring passages without guessing at meaning. During playback, the saved offset corrects the difference between video time and the lyric timeline.
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- Album / release
- 1995-03-15: Down in the Flood, Unterfrankenhalle, Aschaffenburg, Germany
- Length
- 6:26
- Written by
- Bob Dylan
- Recording source
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