Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Tell me where have you been, my blue eyed son?
Where have you been, my darlin' young one?
I've stumbled up on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I've crawled over six crooked highways
I've stepped out in the middle of seven sad forests
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I tell ya it's hard, yeah, it's hard, well it's hard
Oh, it's hard, yeah
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall
[Verse 2]
Tell me what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
What did you see, my darlin' young one?
I saw a black branch drippin' with the blood all around it
I saw a room full of men with their hammers bleedin'
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
Well it's hard, yes, it's hard, yes, it's hard
Whoa, yeah
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall
[Verse 3]
Tell me what did you hear, my blue eyed son?
What did you hear, my darlin' young one?
I heard one hundred drummers, hands that were blazin'
Ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin'
I heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Well, it's hard, yes, it's hard, yeah, it's hard
Oh, it's hard, yeah
It's a hard rain gonna fall
[Verse 4]
Well what'll you do now, my blue eyed son?
What'll you do now, my darlin' young one?
Well I walk to the depths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are floodin' the waters
But I know my song well and I sure won't forget it
'Cause it's hard, yes, it's hard, well, it's hard
Oh, yeah
It's a hard rain gonna fall
Written by: Bob Dylan