Bob Dylan - It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Official Audio)

The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963 out now: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/Bootleg18YD “It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" by Bob Dylan Listen to Bob Dylan: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the Bob Dylan YouTube channel: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/_subscribeYD Follow Bob Dylan: Facebook: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/followFI Twitter: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/followTI Instagram: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/followII Website: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/followWI YouTube: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/_subscribeYD Streaming Services: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/ss_followYD Lyrics: Darkness at the break of noon Shadows even the silver spoon The handmade blade, the child's balloon Eclipses both the sun and moon To understand you know too soon There is no sense in trying Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn Suicide remarks are torn From the fool's gold mouthpiece The hollow horn plays wasted words Proves to warn that he not busy being born Is busy dying Temptation's page flies out the door You follow, find yourself at war Watch waterfalls of pity roar You feel to moan but unlike before You discover that you'd just be One more person crying So don't fear if you hear A foreign sound to your ear It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing As some warn victory, some downfall Private reasons great or small Can be seen in the eyes of those that call To make all that should be killed to crawl While others say don't hate nothing at all Except hatred Disillusioned words like bullets bark As human gods aim for their mark Made everything from toy guns that spark To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark It's easy to see without looking too far That not much is really sacred While preachers preach of evil fates Teachers teach that knowledge waits Can lead to hundred-dollar plates Goodness hides behind its gates But even the president of the United States Sometimes must have to stand naked An' though the rules of the road have been lodged It's only people's games that you got to dodge And it's alright, Ma, I can make it Advertising signs that con you Into thinking you're the one That can do what's never been done That can win what's never been won Meantime life outside goes on All around you ... #BobDylan #Folk #SingerSongwriter