Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan
Lyrics:
Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten
Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D. A.
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try "No Doz"
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows
Face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D. A.
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try "No Doz"
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows
Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders
Watch the parkin' meters
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders
Watch the parkin' meters
Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schoolin'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schoolin'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles
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Letra:
Johnny está en
el sótano
mezclando la
medicina,
yo estoy en la
acera
pensando en el
gobierno,
el tío de la
trinchera,
fuera la
insignia, despedido,
dice que ha
cogido un catarro,
quiere que le
paguen por ello.
¡Cuidado Chaval,
has hecho algo!
Dios sabe cuando
pero estás
haciéndolo de nuevo,
mejor esfúmate
en la callejuela
buscando un
nuevo amigo,
el hombre del
gran redil
con la gorra de
piel de mapache
quiere once
dólares en billetes:
tú sólo tienes
diez.
Maggie viene
veloz,
la cara llena de
negro hollín
habla de que el
calor pone pruebas incriminatorias en la cama pero
el teléfono está
intervenido, de todas modos Maggie dice lo que muchos dicen
deben romperse a
primeros de mayo,
órdenes del D.A.
¡Cuidado,
chaval,
no importa lo
que hicieras!
Anda de
puntillas,
no lo intentes,
“No Doz”,
mejor aléjate de
esos
que llevan una
manguera de fuego,
mantén limpia la
nariz,
guarda la ropa
de calle,
no necesitas al
hombre del tiempo
para saber por
dónde sopla el viento.
Ponte enfermo,
ponte bien,
inclínate en un
tintero,
llama timbres,
es duro decir
que algo se va a
vender,
prueba fuerte,
guárdate,
vuelve, escribe
Braille,
enciérrate,
salta fianzas,
si fracasas
alístate en el ejército.
¡Cuidado chaval,
vas a conseguir
que te den!
Solamente
perdedores, tramposos,
usadores de
sexta mano,
haraganean en
los teatros,
chica cerca del
torbellino
buscando un
nuevo tonto,
no sigas a los
líderes,
vigila los
parquímetros.
Ah, consigue
nacer, mantente caliente,
acorta
pantalones, sueña, aprende a bailar,
vístete,
bendícete,
intenta tener un
triunfo,
gústale,
gústale, compra regalos,
no robes, no
plagies,
veinte años de
instrucción
y te ponen en el
turno.
¡Cuidado chaval,
lo mantienen
todo escondido!
Mejor salta
dentro de una alcantarilla,
enciéndete una
vela,
no lleves
sandalias,
intenta evitar
los escándalos,
no seas un
holgazán,
mejor masca
chicle
la bomba no
funciona porque los
ladrones se
llevaron las manillas.
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