Highway 61 Revisited (Alternate Take)

Well, God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"

Abe said, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"

God said, "No", Abe said, "What?"

God said, "You can do what you want, Abe

But next time you see me coming, you better run"

Well, Abe said, "Alright, where do you want this killin' done?"

God said, "Out on Highway 61"

Well, Georgia Sam, he had a bloody nose

Welfare Department wouldn't give him no clothes

He asked poor Howard, "Where can I go?"

Poor Howard said, "There's only one place I know"

Sam said, "Tell me quick, man, I got to run"

Well, Poor Howard just pointed with his gun

He said, "That way, down Highway 61"

Well, Mack the Finger said to Louie the King

"I got a thousand red white and blue shoe strings

And a hundred telephones that don't ring

Do you know where I can get rid of these things?"

And Louie the King said, "Let me think for a minute, son"

He said, "Yes, I think it can be easily done

Just take everything down the Highway 61"

Well, the fifth daughter on the twelfth night

Told the first father that things weren't right

"My complexion", she says, "is much too white"

He said, "Come here and step into this light"

Then he says, "You're right, let me tell the second mother

This has been done"

But the second mother was with the seventh son

And they were both out on Highway 61

Now, the rovin' gambler, he was very bored

Tryin' to arrange a next world war

He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor

He said, "I never engaged in this kind of thing before

But yes, I think it can be very easily done"

We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun

Have it on Highway 61