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Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby
Can’t buy a thrill
Well, I’ve been up all night, baby
Leanin’ on the windowsill
Well, if I die
On top of the hill
And if I don’t make it
You know my baby will
Don’t the moon look good, mama
Shinin’ through the trees?
Don’t the brakeman look good, mama
Flagging down the “Double E?”
Don’t the sun look good
Goin’ down over the sea?
Don’t my gal look fine
When she’s comin’ after me?
Now the wintertime is coming
The windows are filled with frost
I went to tell everybody
But I could not get across
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
I don’t wanna be your boss
Don’t say I never warned you
When your train gets lost
Can’t buy a thrill
Well, I’ve been up all night, baby
Leanin’ on the windowsill
Well, if I die
On top of the hill
And if I don’t make it
You know my baby will
Don’t the moon look good, mama
Shinin’ through the trees?
Don’t the brakeman look good, mama
Flagging down the “Double E?”
Don’t the sun look good
Goin’ down over the sea?
Don’t my gal look fine
When she’s comin’ after me?
Now the wintertime is coming
The windows are filled with frost
I went to tell everybody
But I could not get across
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
I don’t wanna be your boss
Don’t say I never warned you
When your train gets lost
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Apr 23, 2013 - 17:12 Nice!! |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 07, 2013 - 17:00 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Feb 19, 2013 - 19:34 Yup — if there be such a thing as poetry sung as breath intended, this is it...and sounds amazing musically, too. MASTERPIECE! ————— kcar wrote: Bears repeating. I know a lot of you hate this song—and there are parts where many dogs will howl along in unison—but for me this is one of Bob's goddamned best. So if you hate this song, just move along and find another tune. |
| kcar | Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 01:14 scmerriam wrote: Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby Can't buy a thrill Well, I've been up all night, baby Leanin' on the windowsill Well, if I die On top of the hill And if I don't make it You know my baby will Don't the moon look good, mama Now the wintertime is coming Bears repeating. I know a lot of you hate this song—and there are parts where many dogs will howl along in unison—but for me this is one of Bob's goddamned best. So if you hate this song, just move along and find another tune. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 01, 2012 - 22:24 Love this classic song... Bob Dylan has a brand new album out called Tempest that is absolutely fantastic... for information about his new album, look here... |
| joelbb | Posted: Sep 15, 2012 - 20:22 mbolch30307 wrote: Oh dear God, NOOOOOOOOO! f*ck you, sonny. |
| mbolch30307 (Atlanta) | Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 09:30 Oh dear God, NOOOOOOOOO! |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Aug 15, 2012 - 08:57 A solid "2" to a respectable "3"...because I put the earbuds in at about 20 seconds til the end of the tune! ...guess I'm in a good mood. Way to work your way up Mr. Dylan. |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Aug 15, 2012 - 08:55 It takes a lot to listen to this |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Jul 14, 2012 - 23:53 That_SOB wrote: tkosh wrote : "Some Dylan covers are nice, some even great (Watchtower) // " While I agree with any and all accolades given the Great Mr. Bob (Zimmerman) Dylan, " I assume tkosh was referring to the Hendrix cover of Watchtower(?). |
| That_SOB (In at least 2 places at once) | Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 12:50 tkosh wrote : "Some Dylan covers are nice, some even great (Watchtower) // " While I agree with any and all accolades given the Great Mr. Bob (Zimmerman) Dylan, "
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| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 12:20 Ba Ba boo-wee |
| TJS (Bradley, Il) | Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 12:18 aaaaaaaaand Mute! |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 15:26 sirdroseph wrote: Masterpiece song off of a masterpiece album!  Twice in an hour in massive agreement with sirdroseph. This is actually quite a good thing. I'll make a Pearl Jam fan out of him yet.  |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 15:24 tkosh wrote: Wow...sorry, but just couldn't disagree more (except for the last comment). The thing about Dylan is that he's the package. It's all of it. He sings very little that he hasn't lived through-and-through——whether he wrote it or not (of course he wrote most). Some Dylan covers are nice, some even great (Watchtower), but for the most part only Dylan can do Dylan with what he brings. And so many have also lived much of it through-and-through, and that's a connection. Finger on the pulse—whatever you want to call it...at least that's why Dylan gripped me for so many years. |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 15:23 There is a really nice cover of this on the Super Sessions album but it got insta-sorried when I uploaded it to the LRC...Love this original version though... |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 15:23 Gerbear wrote: He may be an icon but I never did like him. This just hurts my ears. Someday you will grow up. |
| Gerbear (Tsawwassen BC) | Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 20:04 He may be an icon but I never did like him. This just hurts my ears. |
| Canlistener (Ontario Canada) | Posted: Nov 20, 2011 - 07:29 Trying to use terms such as 'poetry' etc. simply doesn't mask the fact that his singing is garbage. |
| tkosh (Minnesota) | Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 15:42 Randomax wrote: for the millionth time....it's the POETRY...........not the voice, not the harmonica, nothin' but what is said.....the voice, etc. makes you listen.........that's my 2 cents!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This song wouldn't be the same without the horrible harmonica!!!!! Wow...sorry, but just couldn't disagree more (except for the last comment). The thing about Dylan is that he's the package. It's all of it. He sings very little that he hasn't lived through-and-through——whether he wrote it or not (of course he wrote most). Some Dylan covers are nice, some even great (Watchtower), but for the most part only Dylan can do Dylan with what he brings. And so many have also lived much of it through-and-through, and that's a connection. Finger on the pulse—whatever you want to call it...at least that's why Dylan gripped me for so many years. |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 05:46 On the bright side, this song does make time go by S L O W L Y . . .  |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 05:38 Love |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 01, 2011 - 19:46 another great American musical poet... great harmonica player, too... love it... |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Aug 01, 2011 - 19:43 Back in the day when Bob didn't feel he had to hang back a note and a half and maximise his schnozz- sinus effect. Like'n this, even if it does have pre-curser echoes of Quinn the Eskimo. PS: Not so great harmonica playing RomeoT, don't mind it though. TOP-10 ALL-TIME: Little Walter (Jacobs) Big Walter (Horton) James Cotton John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson (aka, Sonny Boy I) Rice Miller (aka Sonny Boy Williamson, Sonny Boy II) Sonny Terry Junior Wells Howlin' Wolf Paul Butterfield George "Harmonica" Smith SECOND-10 ALL-TIME: Sugar Blue Kim Wilson Jimmy Reed Carey Bell Magic Dick Paul deLay DeFord Bailey Charlie Musselwhite Rev. Dan Smith Billy Branch Not my list, cribbed. |
| scmerriam (Moscow, Idaho, USA) | Posted: Apr 13, 2011 - 11:49 Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby Can't buy a thrill Well, I've been up all night, baby Leanin' on the windowsill Well, if I die On top of the hill And if I don't make it You know my baby will Don't the moon look good, mama Now the wintertime is coming |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 04:40 Masterpiece song off of a masterpiece album! |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Feb 09, 2011 - 15:41 xkolibuul wrote: You clearly have no idea what constitutes good singing. Dylan is a highly unconventional singer, but a damn good one. I have no patience for such patently shallow and simplistic, dare I say vapid, adherence to convention. Yes! |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | Posted: Feb 09, 2011 - 15:39 sirdroseph wrote: Anything to extract Darth Vedder!  On that, good Sir, we agree. |
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: Nov 07, 2010 - 00:37 Akaiila wrote: Too right it wouldn't be the same - it would be infinitely better. Then, if you added someone who could actually sing... I just don't understand the logic above - "I can do one thing really well, therefore you should ignore everything I do really badly". This is the same sort of thinking that makes vapid actors thought gurus. Wish my job (world) worked like that... for me, that is. You clearly have no idea what constitutes good singing. Dylan is a highly unconventional singer, but a damn good one. I have no patience for such patently shallow and simplistic, dare I say vapid, adherence to convention. |
| Akaiila (London, UK) | Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 04:33 Randomax wrote: for the millionth time....it's the POETRY...........not the voice, not the harmonica, nothin' but what is said.....the voice, etc. makes you listen.........that's my 2 cents!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This song wouldn't be the same without the horrible harmonica!!!!! Too right it wouldn't be the same - it would be infinitely better. Then, if you added someone who could actually sing... I just don't understand the logic above - "I can do one thing really well, therefore you should ignore everything I do really badly". This is the same sort of thinking that makes vapid actors thought gurus. Wish my job (world) worked like that... for me, that is. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Oct 06, 2010 - 11:01 a_genuine_find wrote: This is your station, any more Dylan would make it All Dylan All the time Anything to extract Darth Vedder! |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Sep 20, 2010 - 11:38 DaveInVA wrote: Although I like this original version of this song the Stills Super Session version is so much better.. Perhaps that's a measure of Dylan's impact, indeed his genius. I love the Kooper/Stills version on Super Session. I also prefer The Byrds' version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" and Jimi's of "All Along the Watchtower," both classics by any definition. |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | Posted: Sep 20, 2010 - 11:34 sirdroseph wrote: Boooobbbbbiiiiiiieeeeee!!!!! More Booooooobbbbbiiiiiiieeeeeeee!!!!! This is your station, any more Dylan would make it All Dylan All the time |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Sep 04, 2010 - 10:48 Boooobbbbbiiiiiiieeeeee!!!!! More Booooooobbbbbiiiiiiieeeeeeee!!!!! |
| SweTex (Swede living in Texas) | Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 10:53 " I wanna be your lover, Baby, I dont wanna be your boss.." |
| Rp10v3r | Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 10:53 Wicked good!  |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 10:51 It takes even more to listen.... I guess all good things (playlist) must come to an end sometime. |
| philbertr (Roch New York) | Posted: Aug 03, 2010 - 10:36 jersey_birdman wrote: more dylan is better. bumper stickers should be issued.   |
| jersey_birdman | Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 13:40 more dylan is better. bumper stickers should be issued. |
| More_Cowbell (Northern IL) | Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 13:39 If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself. - Bob Dylan |
| costapasta (Burbank, CA) | Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 13:37 Leon Russell did a great cover of this song. |
| jersey_birdman | Posted: Mar 29, 2010 - 09:41 More Dylan |
| bachbeet | Posted: Mar 29, 2010 - 09:28 One of the greatest rock albums ever. Always liked the odd title/lyrics in this one. Whimsical. |
| peacockangel (Phoenix) | Posted: Mar 29, 2010 - 09:22 don't say I never warned you when your train gets lost lol |
| gatorade (Ocean Park, WA) | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 22:35 7.5??? Oh yeah babe, one of THE BEST SONGS EVER written or done by Dylan. Dead does it right too tho. Give me an 11+. All on it's own. Turning it up now. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Nov 23, 2009 - 12:24 spumoni wrote: Kick-ass harmonica! Indeed. |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Nov 23, 2009 - 12:24 Otherworldly, and thus defining the whole album. |
| fran_tarkenton (Kamloops, British Columbia) | Posted: Nov 23, 2009 - 12:24 One of my favorite Dylan tunes. Keep em coming. Garcia used to do the best cover of this tune! |
| Akaiila (London, UK) | Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 05:02 Enough already - the last three times I've turned on RP it's been to get blasted by his Bobness and the bloody harmonica. I really don't care about the 'poetry' - when I listen to music it's for the...oh yeah... music. If I want poetry I'll read a book. |
| sirdroseph (Outer Mongolia) | Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 05:00 Hell I even like his music. No one mentions that in addition to the amazing lyrics, hes produced a multitude of wonderful melodic little ditties!  |