Subterranean Homesick Blues Lyrics by Bob Dylan

0:09Johnny's in the basement mixin' up the medicine

0:11I'm on the pavement, thinkin' about the government

0:14The man in the trench coat, badge out, laid off

0:16Says he's got a bad cough, wants to get it paid off

0:19Look out, kid, it's somethin' you did

0:22God knows when, but you're doin' it again

0:25You better duck down the alleyway, lookin' for a new friend

0:27The man in the coon-skin cap in the big pen

0:30Wants 11 dollar bills, you only got ten

0:34♪

0:39Maggie comes fleet foot, face full of black soot

0:41Talkin' that the heat put plants in the bed book

0:44The phone's tapped anyway, Maggie says, "The man, he say

0:47They must bust in early May, orders from the D.A."

0:50Look out, kid, don't matter what you did

0:52Walk on your tip toes, don't tie no bows

0:55Better stay away from those that carry around a fire hose

0:58Keep a clean nose, watch the plainclothes

1:00You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

1:06♪

1:08Oh, get sick, get well, hang around a ink well

1:11Hang bail, hard to tell if anything is goin' to sell

1:14Try hard, get barred, get back, write braille

1:17Get jailed, jump bail, join the army if you fail

1:20Look out, kid, you're gonna get hit

1:22By losers, cheaters, six-time users

1:25Hangin' 'round the theaters

1:26Girl by the whirlpool's lookin' for a new fool

1:29Don't follow leaders, watch the parkin' meters

1:33♪

1:39Ah, get born, keep warm, short pants, romance

1:42Learn to dance, get dressed, get blessed, try to be a success

1:45Please her, please him, buy gifts, don't steal, don't lift

1:4920 years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift

1:52Look out, kid, they keep it all hid

1:54Better jump down a manhole, light yourself a candle

1:57Don't wear sandals, try to avoid the scandals

2:00Don't want to be a bum, you better chew gum

2:03The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handles

2:18♪