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Bob Dylan - Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight (Version 2) (Official Video)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Vocals
Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
Guitar
Mick Taylor
Mick Taylor
Guitar
Alan Clark
Alan Clark
Keyboards
Robbie Shakespeare
Robbie Shakespeare
Bass
Sly Dunbar
Sly Dunbar
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Producer
Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
Producer
Jeff Rosen
Jeff Rosen
Producer
Steven Berkowitz
Steven Berkowitz
Producer
Frank Dickinson
Frank Dickinson
Engineer
Josh Abbey
Josh Abbey
Engineer
Neil Dorfsman
Neil Dorfsman
Engineer

Lyrics

Just a minute before you leave, girl
Just a minute before you touch the door
What is it that you're trying to achieve, girl?
Maybe we can just talk about it some more?
You know, the streets are filled with vipers
Who've lost all ray of hope
You know, it ain't even safe no more
In the palace of the Pope
Don't fall apart on me tonight
I just don't think that I could handle it
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Yesterday's just a memory
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
And I need you, yeah
Come over here from over there, girl
Sit down here, you can have my chair
I can't see us goin' anywhere, girl
The only place open is a thousand miles away
And I can't take you there
I wish I'd have been a doctor
Maybe I'd have saved some life that had been lost
Maybe I'd have done some good in the world
'Stead of burning every bridge I crossed
Don't fall apart on me tonight
I just don't think that I could handle it
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Yesterday's just a memory
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
And I need you, oh, yeah
I ain't too good at conversation, girl
So you might not know exactly how I feel
But if I could, I'd bring you to the mountaintop, girl,
And build you a house out of stainless steel
But it's like I'm stuck inside a painting
That's hanging in the Louvre
My throat start to tickle and my nose itches
But I know that I can't move
Don't fall apart on me tonight
I just don't think that I could handle it
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Yesterday's gone but the past lives on
Tomorrow's just one step beyond
And I need you, oh, yeah
Who are these people who are walking towards you?
Do you know them or will there be a fight?
With their humorless smiles so easy to see through
Can they tell you what's wrong from what's right?
Do you remember St. James Street
Where you blew Jackie P.'s mind?
You were so fine, Clark Gable would have fell at your feet
And laid his life on the line
Let's try to get beneath the surface waste, girl
No more booby traps and bombs
No more decadence and charm
No more affection that's misplaced, girl
No more mudcake creatures lying in your arms
What about that millionaire with the drumsticks in his pants?
He looked so baffled and so bewildered
When he played and we didn't dance
Don't fall apart on me tonight
I just don't think that I could handle it
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Yesterday's just a memory
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
And I need you, yeah
Written by: Bob Dylan

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