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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Vocals
Charlie Sexton
Charlie Sexton
Guitar
Larry Campbell
Larry Campbell
Guitar
George Recile
George Recile
Drums
Benmont Tench
Benmont Tench
Organ
Tony Garnier
Tony Garnier
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jack Frost
Jack Frost
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I crossed the green mountain
I slept by the stream
Heaven blazing in my head
I dreamt a monstrous dream
[Verse 2]
Something came up
Out of the sea
Swept through the land of
The rich and the free
[Verse 3]
I look into the eyes
Of my merciful friend
And then I asked myself
Is this the end?
[Verse 4]
Memories linger
Sad, yet sweet
And I think of the souls in
Heaven who will meet
[Verse 5]
Altars are burning
With flames far and wide
The foe has crossed over
From the other side
[Verse 6]
They tip their caps
From the top of the hill
You can feel them come
More brave blood do spill
[Verse 7]
Along the dim
Atlantic line
The ravaged land
Lasts for miles behind
[Verse 8]
The light's comin' forward
And the streets are broad
All must yield
To the avenging God
[Verse 9]
The world is old
The world is gray
Lessons of life
Can't be learned in a day
[Verse 10]
I watch and I wait
And I listen while I stand
To the music that comes
From a far better land
[Verse 11]
Close the eyes of our captain
Peace may he know
His long night is done
The great leader is laid low
[Verse 12]
He was ready to fall
He was quick to defend
Killed outright he was
By his own men
[Verse 13]
It's the last day's last hour
Of the last happy year
I feel that the unknown
World is so near
[Verse 14]
Pride will vanish
And glory will rot
But virtue lives
And cannot be forgot
[Verse 15]
The bells
Of evening have rung
There's blasphemy
On every tongue
[Verse 16]
Let 'em say that I walked
In fair nature's light
And that I was loyal
To truth and to right
[Verse 17]
Serve God and be cheerful
Look upward beyond
Beyond the darkness that masks
The surprises of dawn
[Verse 18]
In the deep green grasses
And the bloodstained woods
They never dreamed of surrendering
They fell where they stood
[Verse 19]
Stars fell over Alabama
I saw each star
You're walking in dreams
Whoever you are
[Verse 20]
Chilled are the skies
Keen is the frost
The ground's froze hard
And the morning is lost
[Verse 21]
A letter to mother
Came today
Gunshot wound to the breast
Is what it did say
[Verse 22]
But he'll be better soon
He's in a hospital bed
But he'll never be better
He's already dead
[Verse 23]
I'm ten miles outside the city
And I'm lifted away
In an ancient light
That is not of day
[Verse 24]
They were calm, they were blunt
We knew 'em all too well
We loved each other more than
We ever dared to tell
Written by: Bob Dylan

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