Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bob Dylan
Vocals
Daniel Lanois
Guitar
Bucky Baxter
Guitar
Tony Garnier
Bass
Cindy Cashdollar
Slide Guitar
Jim Keltner
Drums
Brian Blade
Drums
Jim Dickinson
Organ
Augie Meyers
Accordion
Bob Britt
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bob Dylan
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Daniel Lanois
Producer
Chris Carrol
Assistant Engineer
Jack Frost
Associate Producer
Mark Howard
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Shadows are falling
And I've been here all day
It's too hot to sleep
And time is running away
Feel like my soul has turned into steel
I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal
[Chorus]
There's not even room enough to be anywhere
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there
[Verse 2]
Well, my sense of humanity
Has gone down the drain
Behind every beautiful thing
There's been some kind of pain
She wrote me a letter
And she wrote it so kind
She put down in writing
What was in her mind
[Chorus]
I just don't see why, I should even care
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there
[Verse 3]
Well, I've been to London
And I've been to gay Paris
I followed the river
And I got to the sea
I've been down on the bottom
Of a world full of lies
I ain't looking for nothing
In anyone's eyes
[Chorus]
Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there
[Verse 4]
I was born here and I'll die here
Against my will
I know it looks like I'm moving
But I'm standing still
Every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb
I can't even remember what it was
I came here to get away from
[Chorus]
Don't even hear a murmur of a prayer
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there
Written by: Robert Allen Zimmerman