Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man
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So can a woman who passes herself off as a male
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They sang "Danny Boy" at his funeral and the Lord's Prayer
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Preacher talking 'bout Christ betrayed
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It's like the earth just opened and swallowed him up
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He reached too high, was thrown back to the ground
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You know what they say about bein' nice to the right people on the way up
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Sooner or later you gonna meet them comin' down
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Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
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Ain't no goin' back
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Hear ya got a brother named James, don't forget faces or names
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Sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed
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He looked straight into the sun and said revenge is mine
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But he drinks, and drinks can be fixed
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Sing me one more song, about ya love me to the moon and the stranger
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And your fall by the sword love affair with Erroll Flynn
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in these times of compassion when conformity's in fashion
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Say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in.
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Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
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Ain't no goin' back
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There's a retired businessman named Red, cast down from heaven and he's out of his head
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He feeds off of everyone that he can touch
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He said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash
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He's not somebody that you play around with much
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Miss Delilah is his, a Philistine is what she is
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She'll do wondrous works with your fate
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Feed you coconut bread, spice buns in your bed
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If you don't mind sleepin' with your head face down in a grave.
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Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
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Ain't no goin' back
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Well they'll choose a man for you to meet tonight
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You'll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors
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How to enter into the gates of paradise
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No, how to carry a burden too heavy to be yours
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Yeah, from the stage they'll be tryin' to get water outta rocks
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A whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand and say thanks
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They like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study in
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Sing "Amazing Grace" all the way to the Swiss banks
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Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
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Ain't no goin' back
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They got some beautiful people out there, man
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They can be a terror to your mind and show you how to hold your tongue
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They got mystery written all over their forehead
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They kill babies in the crib and say only the good die young
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They don't believe in mercy
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Judgment on them is something that you'll never see
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They can exalt you up or bring you down main route
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Turn you into anything that they want you to be
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Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
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Ain't no goin' back
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Yes, I guess I loved him too
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I can still see him in my mind climbin' that hill
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Did he make it to the top, well he probably did and dropped
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Struck down by the strength of the will
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Ain't nothin' left here partner, just the dust of a plague that has left this whole town afraid
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From now on, this'll be where you're from
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Let the dead bury the dead. Your time will come
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Let hot iron blow as he raised the shade
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Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
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Ain't no goin' back
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Foot Of Pride
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Bob Dylan |