Radio Paradise (mobile)

Oh, the ragman draws circles
Up and down the block.
I'd ask him what the matter was
But I know that he don't talk.
And the ladies treat me kindly
And furnish me with tape,
But deep inside my heart
I know I can't escape.
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.

Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley
With his pointed shoes and his bells,
Speaking to some French girl,
Who says she knows me well.
And I would send a message
To find out if she's talked,
But the post office has been stolen
And the mailbox is locked.
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.

Mona tried to tell me
To stay away from the train line.
She said that all the railroad men
Just drink up your blood like wine.
An' I said, "Oh, I didn't know that,
But then again, there's only one I've met
An' he just smoked my eyelids
An' punched my cigarette."
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.

Grandpa died last week
And now he's buried in the rocks,
But everybody still talks about
How badly they were shocked.
But me, I expected it to happen,
I knew he'd lost control
When he built a fire on Main Street
And shot it full of holes.
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.

Now the senator came down here
Showing ev'ryone his gun,
Handing out free tickets
To the wedding of his son.
An' me, I nearly got busted
An' wouldn't it be my luck
To get caught without a ticket
And be discovered beneath a truck.
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.

Now the preacher looked so baffled
When I asked him why he dressed
With twenty pounds of headlines
Stapled to his chest.
But he cursed me when I proved it to him,
Then I whispered, "Not even you can hide.
You see, you're just like me,
I hope you're satisfied."
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.

Now the rainman gave me two cures,
Then he said, "Jump right in."
The one was Texas medicine,
The other was just railroad gin.
An' like a fool I mixed them
An' it strangled up my mind,
An' now people just get uglier
An' I have no sense of time.
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.

When Ruthie says come see her
In her honky-tonk lagoon,
Where I can watch her waltz for free
'Neath her Panamanian moon.
An' I say, "Aw come on now,
You must know about my debutante."
An' she says, "Your debutante just knows what you need
But I know what you want."
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.

Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
Where the neon madmen climb.
They all fall there so perfectly,
It all seems so well timed.
An' here I sit so patiently
Waiting to find out what price
You have to pay to get out of
Going through all these things twice.
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.

rbussard May 02, 2013 - 18:28	Bob Dylan's music is one of the few rewards for getting old. I particularly like listening on PR because I can read the lyrics along with the song. [ Reply ]
rdo Apr 28, 2013 - 11:18	ziakut wrote: According to this rant...adults don't dislike Bob Dylan or give songs they love a 9 or 10 even if they truly love it. What seems suggested by the comment is censorship. Not true...i was referring to people who abuse ratings...as in only rating songs one or ten...or rating multiple times for a song...by no means was i suggesting that some peep do not legitimatel consider this a one...if i could not rate songs a one...dear god..what would i do about ray charles or coldplay...i have wore out the one rateing with those sucko barfo machines... [ Reply ]
Spiderwoman Apr 28, 2013 - 10:42	OHHHH, when you said the album title just now, I figured out what the lyrics "I've got Blonde On Blonde on my portable radio" reference. Cool! Thanks! [ Reply ]
gvan Apr 28, 2013 - 10:37	I've got the I'm Sick To Death Of Dylan Even Though He's Greatest Blah Blah Blah blues again. [ Reply ]
hayduke2 Apr 28, 2013 - 10:36	Everybody on my couch loves this song... [ Reply ]
Lazarus Apr 28, 2013 - 10:34	Everybody in my church loves this song... [ Reply ]
jwilson277 Apr 25, 2013 - 15:26	Classic BD. Love it. An American original. [ Reply ]
Webfoot Apr 25, 2013 - 15:25	rdo wrote: When you see a big spike in the 1s, it means the haters have ruined the song-rating. I would seriously be in favor of RP terminating the ratings options of people who abuse it. If you cannot rate songs like an adult, then please don't rate at all. This also goes for people who rate everything a 9 or 10. Wow, I'm glad I only rated it a 2 and not a 1! Dodged a bullet there. [ Reply ]
Lazarus Feb 24, 2013 - 22:30	Absolutely love this song... Bob Dylan's latest album is called Tempest ... for information about the album, look here... [ Reply ]
lily34 Feb 24, 2013 - 22:28	rdo wrote: When you see a big spike in the 1s, it means the haters have ruined the song-rating. I would seriously be in favor of RP terminating the ratings options of people who abuse it. If you cannot rate songs like an adult, then please don't rate at all. This also goes for people who rate everything a 9 or 10. this makes me want to rate it... [ Reply ]
TerryS Feb 24, 2013 - 22:24	Time to go out for an Ex- Benedict. [ Reply ]
coccyx Feb 21, 2013 - 17:11	I clicked on this song in order to rate it a 1 because I hate the song so much. But now, my approach has changed. I'm rating it a 1 because of the comment below! (well...and because I hate the song) rdo wrote: When you see a big spike in the 1s, it means the haters have ruined the song-rating. I would seriously be in favor of RP terminating the ratings options of people who abuse it. If you cannot rate songs like an adult, then please don't rate at all. This also goes for people who rate everything a 9 or 10. [ Reply ]
ziakut Jan 24, 2013 - 15:19	rdo wrote: When you see a big spike in the 1s, it means the haters have ruined the song-rating. I would seriously be in favor of RP terminating the ratings options of people who abuse it. If you cannot rate songs like an adult, then please don't rate at all. This also goes for people who rate everything a 9 or 10. According to this rant...adults don't dislike Bob Dylan or give songs they love a 9 or 10 even if they truly love it. What seems suggested by the comment is censorship. [ Reply ]
bam23 Jan 24, 2013 - 15:08	fanttazio wrote: Jesus. when this ends? No wonder why I couldn't think about what I was about to write! You poor folks with your diminished attention spans... [ Reply ]
unclehud Jan 24, 2013 - 15:02	You ever been stuck in Mobile? It's far worse than 'annoying'. Dylan nails it. It's a 10. Aside: To rate songs like an adult only requires one to be a minimum of 18 years old. [ Reply ]
richlister Jan 22, 2013 - 06:40	fanttazio wrote: Jesus. when this ends? No wonder why I couldn't think about what I was about to write! It's actually only 2:13 long. It's just that it's so f**king annoying that it seems to go on forever. [ Reply ]
rdo Jan 21, 2013 - 10:06	RipperP wrote: Oh, c'mon...a 6.5 average rating?!? When you see a big spike in the 1s, it means the haters have ruined the song-rating. I would seriously be in favor of RP terminating the ratings options of people who abuse it. If you cannot rate songs like an adult, then please don't rate at all. This also goes for people who rate everything a 9 or 10. [ Reply ]
Utopia_Bold Jan 21, 2013 - 09:23	Oh mama can this really be the end? No. It never is. Not until an interminable 200 verses of nasal chocking harmonica noises. Utopia Bold [ Reply ]
fanttazio Jan 21, 2013 - 09:21	Jesus. when this ends? No wonder why I couldn't think about what I was about to write! [ Reply ]
ziakut Jan 21, 2013 - 09:16	TerryS wrote: BD didn't even bother acknowledging Knopfler on his set last week. He did Knopfler a huge favor. [ Reply ]