Some time ago a crazy dream came to me
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I dreamt I was walkin' into World War Three
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I went to the doctor the very next day
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To see what kinda words he could say
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He said it was a bad dream
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I wouldn't worry 'bout it none, though
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They're dreams and they're only in your head.
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I said, "Hold it, Doc, a World War passed through my brain".
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He said, "Nurse, get your pad, this boy's insane".
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He grabbed my arm, I said "Ouch".
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As I landed on the psychiatric couch
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He said, "Tell me about it".
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Well, the whole thing started at 3 o'clock fast
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It was all over by quarter past
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I was down in the sewer with some little lover
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When I peeked out from a manhole cover
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Wondering who turned the lights on.
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Well, I got up and walked around
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And up and down the lonesome town
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I stood a-wondering which way to go
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I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
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And walked on down the road
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It was a normal day.
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Well, I rung the fallout shelter bell
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And leaned my head and I gave a yell
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"Give me a string bean I'm a hungry man"
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A shortgun fired and away I ran
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I don't blame them too much though
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They didn't know me.
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Down at the corner by a hot-dog stand
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I seen a man I said "Howdy friend,
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I guess there's just us two"
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He screamed a bit and away he flew
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Thought it was a Communist.
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Well, I spied me a girl and before she could leave
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"Let's go and play Adam and Eve"
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I took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin'
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When she said, "Hey man, you crazy or sumpin'
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You see what happened last time they started".
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Well, I seen a Cadillac window uptown
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And there was nobody aroun'
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I got into the driver's seat
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And I drove down to 42nd Street
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In my Cadillac
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Good car to drive after a war.
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Well, I remember seein' some ad
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So I turned on my Conelrad
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But I didn't pay my Con Ed bill
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So the radio didn't work so well
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Turned on my record player
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It was Rock-A-Day Johnny singin'
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"Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa
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Our Loves Are Gonna Grow Ooh-wah, Ooh-wah".
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I was feelin' kinda lonesome and blue
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I needed somebody to talk to
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So I called up the operator of time
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Just to hear a voice of some kind
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"When you hear the beep
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It will be three o'clock"
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She said that for over an hour
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And I hung up.
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Well the doctor interrupted me just about then
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Sayin' "Hey I've been havin' the same old dreams
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But mine was a little different you see
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I dreamt that the only person left after the war was me
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I didn't see you around".
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Well, now time passed and now it seems
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Everybody's having them dreams
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Everybody sees themselves walkin' around with no one else
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Half of the people can be part right all of the time
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Some of the people can be all right part of the time
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But all of the people can't be all right all of the time
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I think Abraham Lincoln said that
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"I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours"
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I said that.
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Corrina, Corrina
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Corrina, Corrina
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Gal, where you been so long ?
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Corrina, Corrina
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Gal where you been so long ?
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I been worr'in' about you, baby
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Baby, please come home.
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I got a bird that whistles
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I got a bird that sings
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I got a bird that whistles
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I got a bird that sings
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But I ain't a-got Corrina
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Life don't mean a thing.
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Corrina, Corrina
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Gal, you're on my mind
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Corrina, Corrina
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Gal, you're on my mind
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I'm a-thinkin' about you, baby
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I just can't keep from crying.
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Talkin' World War Lll Blues
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Bob Dylan |