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Composer: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan - Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues lyrics



by Bob Dylan

Well, I was feelin' sad and feelin' blue,
I didn't know what in the world I was gonna do,
Them Communists they wus comin' around,
They wus in the air,
They wus on the ground.
They wouldn't gimme no peace. . .

So I run down most hurriedly
And joined up with the John Birch Society,
I got me a secret membership card
And started off a-walkin' down the road.
Yee-hoo, I'm a real John Bircher now!
Look out you Commies!

Now we all agree with Hitlers' views,
Although he killed six million Jews.
It don't matter too much that he was a Fascist,
At least you can't say he was a Communist!
That's to say like if you got a cold you take a shot of malaria.

Well, I wus lookin' everywhere for them gol-darned Reds.
I got up in the mornin' 'n' looked under my bed,
Looked in the sink, behind the door,
Looked in the glove compartment of my car.
Couldn't find 'em . . .

I wus lookin' high an' low for them Reds everywhere,
I wus lookin' in the sink an' underneath the chair.
I looked way up my chimney hole,
I even looked deep inside my toilet bowl.
They got away . . .

Well, I wus sittin' home alone an' started to sweat,
Figured they wus in my T.V. set.
Peeked behind the picture frame,
Got a shock from my feet, hittin' right up in the brain.
Them Reds caused it!
I know they did . . . them hard-core ones.

Well, I quit my job so I could work alone,
Then I changed my name to Sherlock Holmes.
Followed some clues from my detective bag
And discovered they wus red stripes on the American flag!
That ol' Betty Ross . . .

Well, I investigated all the books in the library,
Ninety percent of 'em gotta be burned away.
I investigated all the people that I knowed,
Ninety-eight percent of them gotta go.
The other two percent are fellow Birchers . . . just like me.

Now Eisenhower, he's a Russian spy,
Lincoln, Jefferson and that Roosevelt guy.
To my knowledge there's just one man
That's really a true American: George Lincoln Rockwell.
I know for a fact he hates Commies cus he picketed the movie Exodus.

Well, I fin'ly started thinkin' straight
When I run outa things to investigate.
Couldn't imagine doin' anything else,
So now I'm sittin' home investigatin' myself!
Hope I don't find out anything . . . hmm, great God!
Songs list of album: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert at Philharmonic Hall (2004)
         Title Rating
01   The Times They Are A-Changin' lyrics   -
02   Spanish Harlem Incident lyrics   -
03   Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues lyrics   -
04   To Ramona lyrics   -
05   Who Killed Davey Moore? lyrics   -
06   Gates of Eden lyrics   -
07   If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Or Else You Got to Stay All Night) lyrics   -
08   It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) lyrics   -
09   I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Met) lyrics   -
10   Mr. Tambourine Man lyrics   -
11   A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall lyrics   -
12   Talkin' World War III Blues lyrics   -
13   Don't Think Twice, It's All Right lyrics   -
14   The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll lyrics   -
15   Mama, You Been on My Mind lyrics   -
16   Silver Dagger lyrics   -
17   With God on Our Side lyrics   -
18   It Ain't Me, Babe lyrics   -
19   All I Really Want to Do lyrics   -
 

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