Bob Dylan – Ruben Remus (Guitar)

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Wrote a letter this mornin', 

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Put it in your hat,

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'Cause no one to read it 

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And I know you knew that.

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I bought a joke, 

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a trick or two, 

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Just to  bring and  show you,

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Caught ya with the trickster too

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Sometimes I wonder how ya knew

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A hypnotist, fancytalker,

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Ruben Remus ain't no doctor 

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I knew the man and tried to remember

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Just where it was that I'd seen his face.

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Long ago, in a movie show,

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He was like that man singin' bass.

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Knew him by his nurs'ry rhyme:

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The Story Of The Rabbit Man.

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Fell right in and said to him:

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"I'd like to help you if I can."

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I know the film would only shock ya,

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Ruben Remus ain't no doctor!

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He only needed what you had,

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Asked for nothing more,

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Said he'd like to take you on,

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But it's been done before.

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You couldn't see he's a travelin' man

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And he cannot take your hand.

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It's very hard to understand

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Why his songs were never banned.

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Guess the man would never knock ya,

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Ruben Remus ain't no doctor!

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No one seen ya since he's been gone,

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It's been a day, maybe more.

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I took a walk in your yard

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And knocked on your back door.

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Why don't you let me in?

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I'm not the man who did ya in.

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Is mr. Remus still your friend?

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You say you don't remember him

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Turn me down, would ya?

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Well, I've got news for you.

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Turn me down would ya,

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Can't ya tell

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I'm gonna change your mind before I'm... trough...