Talkin' World War Iii Blues Lyrics - The Bootleg Series,, Vol. 6: Live 1964, Concert At Philharmonic Hall - Bob Dylan

One time ago a crazy dream came to me 

I dreamt I was walkin' into World War Three 

Went to the doctor the very next day 

To see what kinda words he could say 

He said, "It was a bad dream" 

I wouldn't worry 'bout it none, though 

They were my own dreams 

Were only in your head 

I said, "Hold it Doc, a World War passed through my brain" 

He said, "Nurse, get your pad, the boy's insane" 

He grabbed my arm, I said, "Ouch!" 

As I landed on the psychiatric couch 

He said, "Tell me about it" 

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Well, the whole thing started at three o'clock fast 

It was all over by quarter past 

I was down in the sewer with some little lover 

When I peeked out from a manhole cover 

Wondering who turned the lights on us 

Well, I got up and I walked around 

Up and down the lonesome town 

I stood on wondering which way to go 

I lit a cigarette on a parking meter 

And walked on down the road, it was a normal day 

Well, I rung me fallout shelter bell 

And I leaned my head and I gave a yell 

"Give me a string bean, I'm a hungry man" 

Shotgun fired and away I ran 

I don't blame them too much though, they didn't know me 

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Down the corner by the hot-dog stand 

I seen a man, I said, "Howdy friend 

I guess there's just us two" 

He screamed a bit and away he flew 

Thought I was a Communist 

Well, I spied me a girl before she could leave 

I said, "Let's go play Adam and Eve" 

I took her by the hand and my heart was thumpin' 

When she said, "Hey man, you crazy or something" 

You seen what happened last time they started 

Well, I seen me a Cadillac window uptown 

There was nobody around 

I got into the driver's seat 

And I drove down 42nd street in my Cadillac 

Good car to drive after a war 

Well, I remember seein' some ad 

So I turned on my Conelrad but I didn't pay the Con Ed bill 

So the radio didn't work so well, turned on my record player 

It was Rock-A-Day, Johnny singin', "Tell your ma, tell your pa 

Our loves are gonna grow ooh wah, ooh wah" 

I was feelin' kinda lonesome and blue I needed somebody to talk to 

So I called up the operator of time just to hear a voice of some kind 

"When you hear the beep it will be three o'clock" 

She said that for over an hour and I hung up 

Well, the doctor interrupted me just about then 

Sayin', "Hey I've been havin' the same old dreams 

But mine was a little different you see 

I dreamt the only person left after the war was me 

I didn't see you around" 

Well, now time passed and now it seems 

Everybody's having them dreams 

Everybody sees their self walkin' around with no one else 

Half the people can be part right all of the time and 

Some of the people can be all right part of the time but 

All the people can't be all alright all of the time 

I think Abraham Lincoln said that 

"I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours", I said that