Bob Dylan – Clothes Line Saga (Guitar)

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After a while we took in the clothes,

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Nobody said very much.

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Just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants

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Which nobody really wanted to touch.

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Mama come in and picked up a book

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 Someone else asked, "What do you care?"

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Papa said, "Well, just because."

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Then they started to take back their clothes,

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It was January the thirtieth

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And everybody was feelin' fine.

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The next day everybody got up

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Seein' if the clothes were dry.

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The dogs were barking, a neighbor passed,

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Mama, of course, she said, "Hi!"

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"Have you heard the news?" he said, with a grin,

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"Where?" "Downtown." "When?" "Last night."

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"Hmm, say, that's too bad!"

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"Well, there's nothin' we can do about it," said the neighbor,

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"Yes, I guess so," said Ma,

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Then she asked me if the clothes was still wet.

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I reached up, touched my shirt,

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And the neighbor said, "Are those clothes yours?"

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I said, "Some of 'em, not all of 'em."

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He said, "Ya always help out around here with the chores?"

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I said, "Sometime, not all the time."

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Just as papa yelled outside,

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"Mama wants you t' come back in the house and bring them clothes."

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Well, I just do what I'm told,

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I went back in the house and Mama met me

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And then I shut all the doors