Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
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I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
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In the jingle jangle morning, I'll come followin' you
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Though I know that evening's empire has returned into sand
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Vanished from my hand, left me blindly here to stand
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But still not sleepin'
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My weariness amazes me
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I'm branded on my feet, I have no one to meet
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And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreamin'
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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
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I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
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In the jingle jangle morning, I'll come followin' you
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Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship
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My senses have been stripped
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My hands can't feel the grip, my toes too numb to step
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Wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin'
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I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
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Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way
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I promise to go under it
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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
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I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
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In the jingle jangle morning, I'll come followin' you
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Though you might hear laughin'
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Spinnin', swingin' madly through the sun
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It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run
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And but for the sky there are no fences facin'
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And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme
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To your Tambourine in time, I wouldn't pay it any mind
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It's just a ragged clown behind
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And if to you he looks blind, I wouldn't worry
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It's just a shadow he's seein' that he's chasin'
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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
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I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
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In the jingle jangle morning, I'll come followin' you
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Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind
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Down the foggy ruins of time far past the frozen leaves
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The haunted sheltered trees, out to the windy beach
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Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
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Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
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With one hand waving free
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Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands
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With memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves
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Let me forget about today until tomorrow
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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
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I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
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In the jingle jangle morning, I'll come followin' you
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Mr. Tambourine Man
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| Judy Collins |
