Hey! Mister Tambourine man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey! Mister Tambourine man play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you
Though I know that evening's empire has returned to sand
Vanished from my hand
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet
I have no-one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming
Hey! Mr Tambourine man...
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship
My senses have been stripped
My hands can't feel to grip
Toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it
Hey! Mr Tambourine man...
Though you might hear laughing, spinning, singing
madly across the sun
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escaping on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facing
And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time
It's just a ragged clown behind, I wouldn't pay it any mind
It's just a shadow you are seeing that he's chasing
Hey! Mr Tambourine man...
Then take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves
The haunted frightened trees, out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate, driven deep beneath the waves
Let's forget about today until tomorrow
Hey! Mister Tambourine man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey! Mister Tambourine man play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you
Bob Dylan