Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind (1976-Hard Rain)

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Hard Rain Show 23 May 1976 Fort Collins, Colorado "Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out but when they will I can only guess. They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy, She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me. I can't help it if I'm lucky. People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts. Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at, I couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me better than that Sweet lady. Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth, Blowing down the backroads headin' south. Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth, You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe. I ran into the fortune-teller, who said beware of lightning that might strike I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like. There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door, You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done, in the final end he won the wars After losin' every battle. I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars. You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies. One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes, Blood on your saddle. Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb, Blowing through the curtains in your room. Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth, You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe. It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart. Now everything's a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped, What's good is bad, what's bad is good, you'll find out when you reach the top You're on the bottom. I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind I can't remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed, your eyes don't look into mine. The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the building burned. I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned Slowly into autumn. Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull, From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol. Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth, You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe. I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' I was somebody else instead. Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy, I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory And all your ragin' glory. I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free, I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me. You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above, And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love, And it makes me feel so sorry. Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats, Blowing through the letters that we wrote. Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves, We're idiots, babe. It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves"

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Uploaded: February 15, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Author: 5thdayofMay

Length: 0:09:27
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touchofgrey04 (Thursday 2nd of October 2008 04:30:04 AM)
the guitarist looks like chef boyardi
okudjava (Thursday 2nd of October 2008 03:17:04 AM)
it just doesn't get any better than this.
lambsheart (Tuesday 30th of September 2008 02:05:03 PM)
Don,t matter if it,s a good day or a bad day just a good tune.
ditzidee (Friday 26th of September 2008 11:02:44 PM)
Dylan at his best...I miss those performances.
pjperry123 (Tuesday 23rd of September 2008 10:47:33 AM)
Without doubt, the greatest song and greatest performance by the greatest artist that has ever lived
johnbarn01 (Saturday 13th of September 2008 12:35:12 PM)
Hi World!Yet again I turn to see and hear this "Unmatchable Performance"by Dylan of his own"Incisive Put Down Song"! Sent it to a young friend,starting out in music to see what he thinks! Still looking to find one to beat it! No chance have I?Keep on searching I guess! This is Magic and you cant beat Magic! Thanks Bob.Yet again.
mtw1945 (Saturday 13th of September 2008 04:05:32 AM)
the likes of Noel Gallacher must feel embarrassed when they see stuff like this!
martinvsyolat3ngo (Friday 12th of September 2008 11:01:55 AM)
I used to underestimate the mid-70s regarding Dylan's career, but after MUCH listening, I now believe that, at least performing live, he was at his very best at the end of 1975. not so much in 1976, but this song is a killer exception to that.
martinvsyolat3ngo (Friday 12th of September 2008 10:55:11 AM)
album version is great, but this one is SO MUCH powerful.
SteveSanoski (Wednesday 10th of September 2008 01:34:51 PM)
probably the most powerful, tortured lovesick songs there is...i can't even touch the books you've read...one of the many, many great lines in this tune that are simple, yet wholly identifiable...