================================================ "Foot Of Pride" ================================================ album _The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration_ (Bob Dylan, 1993) written by Bob Dylan Lou Reed: guitar, vocals Oct 16, 1992 Madison Square Garden, NYC ================================================ Like the lion wrest the flesh off of a man so can a woman who passes herself off as a male They sang "Danny Boy" at his funeral and the Lord's Prayer preacher talking 'bout Christ betrayed Like the earth just opened and swallowed him up reached too high, was thrown back to the ground You know what they say about bein' nice to the right people on the way up sooner or later you gonna meet them on the way down Oh, there ain't no comin' back when the foot of pride come down ain't no comin' back Oh no, comin' back when the foot of pride - - come down, yeah, ain't no comin' back They got a brother named James, don't forget faces or names sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed He looked straight into the sun and said "Revenge is mine" but he drinks and drinks can be fixed Sing me one more song, hah about ya love me to the moon and the stranger and your fall by the sword love affair with Erroll Flynn In these times of compassion when conformity's in fashion, say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in Oh, there ain't no comin' back when the foot of pride come down, hey-hey-hey-hey Woh baby, ain't no comin' back the foot of pride comes down, hey-hey-hey hey, ain't no comin' back There's a businessman named Red cast, ah cast down from heaven and he's out of his head, ah Feeds off of everyone that he can touch he said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash Not somebody you play around with much Miss Delilah is his, a Philistine is what she is She'll do wondrous works with your fate Ah, feed you coconut bread, spice buns in bed if you don't mind sleepin' with your head faced down in a grave Oh, ain't no comin' back the foot of pride come down baby hey-hey, hey, ain't no comin' back Oh-oh, there, hey-hey, there ain't no comin' back when the foot of pride come down oh, woh, ain't no comin' back Oh well, they'll choose a man for you to meet tonight you'll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors How to enter the gates of paradise, no how to carry a burden too heavy to be yours Yeah, from the stage they'll be tryin' to get water outta rocks a whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand and say "Hey, hey, hey, thanks" They like to take all this money from sin build big universities to study in sing "Amazing Grace" all the way to the Swiss banks Woh, ain't comin' back the foot of pride come down hey-hey-hey, ain't no comin' back, baby ain't no comin' back Oh, foot of pride come down you ain't comin' back, ah-huh-huh ain't no comin' back They got some beautiful people out there, man they can be a terror to your mind They'll show you how to hold your tongue they got mystery written all over their forehead they kill their babies in the crib say "Only the good die young" They don't believe in mercy ah, judgment on them is something is something, something that, you'll never, ever see Ah, they can exalt you up or bring you down main route turn you into anything they want you to be Ooohhh, ain't comin' back the foot of pride ain't no comin' back Ain't no comin' back when your foot of pride ain't, ain't no comin' back Yeah, I guess I loved him too I can still see him in my mind climbin' that hill Ah, did he make it to the top well he probably did and dropped struck down by the strength of the will Oh, ain't nothin' left here partner just the dust of a plague left that whole, left that whole Town afraid from now on, this'll be where you're from let the dead bury the dead, your time will come let hot iron blow as he raised, reised the shade Oh baby-baby, ain't no comin' back the foot of pride come down oh, oh, oh, oh, ain't no comin' back Oh-oh-oh, ain't no comin' back, you know that foot-foot-foot of pride come down Oh, ain't no comin' back ain't no comin' back oh, ain't no comin' back, baby oh no-no, ain't no comin' back intro {A}{A}{A}{A} organ {A}{A}{A}{A} (Like the -) {A}{A}{A}{A} (- lion wrest the flesh off of a man ...) {A}{A}{A}{A} (- "Danny Boy" at his funeral and ...) {D}{D}{D}{D} (Like the earth just opened and ...) {A}{A}{A}{A} (You know what they say about bein' ...) chorus {A/F#m}{D}{A}{A} (Oh, there ain't no comin' back ...) {A/F#m}{D}{A}{A} (Oh no, comin' back when your foot ...) ... guitar {A}{A}{A}{A} {A}{A}{A}{A} .... {A}{A}{A}{A} (Oh, ain't no comin' back, ain't no ...) guitar {A}{A}{A}{A} {A}{A}{A}{A} ending {A/F#m}{D}{A... ********************************************************************* --------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks: Einar Stenseng (einar@asker.online.no) --------------------------------------------------------------------- I've filled in some blanks and corrected some mistakes in the lyrics for Reed's version of Dylan's "Foot of Pride": Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man so can a woman who passes herself off as a male They sang "Danny Boy" at his funeral and the Lord's Prayer preacher talking 'bout Christ betrayed Like the earth just opened and swallowed him up reached too high, was thrown back to the ground You know what they say about bein' nice to the right people on the way up sooner or later you gonna meet them on the way down Oh, there ain't no comin' back when the foot of pride come down ain't no comin' back Oh no, comin' back when the foot of pride come down ye ain't comin' back They got a brother named James, don't forget faces or names sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed He looked straight into the sun and said "Revenge is mine" but he drinks and drinks can be fixed Sing me one more song, hah, about your love to the moon and the stranger and your fall by the sword love affair with Erroll Flynn In these times of compassion when conformity's in fashion Say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in Oh, there ain't no comin' back when the foot of pride come down, hey-hey-hey-hey Woh baby, ain't no comin' back the foot of pride comes down, hey-hey-hey hey, ain't no comin' back There's a businessman named Red cast-a cast down from heaven and he's out of his head-a Feeds off of everyone that he can touch he said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash Not somebody you play around with much, Miss Delilah is his, a Philistine is what she is She'll do wondrous works with your fate Ah, feed you coconut bread, spice buns in bed If you don't mind sleepin' with your head faced down in a grave Oh, ain't comin' back the foot of pride come down baby hey-hey, ain't no comin' back Oh-oh, there, hey-hey, there ain't no comin' back when the foot of pride come down oh, woh, ain't no comin' back Oh well, they'll choose a man for you to meet tonight you'll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors How to enter the gates of paradise No! How to carry a burden too heavy to be yours Yeah, from the stage they'll be tryin' to get water outta rocks A whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand and say "Hey, hey, hey thanks!" They like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study in sing "Amazing Grace" all the way to the Swiss banks Woh, ain't comin' back the foot of pride come down hey-hey-hey, ain't no comin' back, baby, ain't no comin' back Oh, foot of pride come down You ain't comin' back, ah-hah-hah ain't no comin' back They got some beautiful people out there, man, they can be a terror to your mind They'll show you how to hold your tongue They got mystery written all over their forehead They kill their babies in the crib say "Only the good die young" They don't believe in mercy ah, judgment on them is something, is something, something that, you'll never, ever see Ah, they can exalt you up or bring you down main route Turn you into anything they want you to be Ooohhh, ain't comin' back the foot of pride ain't no comin' back Ain't no comin' back when the foot of pride ain't, ain't no comin' back Yeah, I guess I loved him too I can still see him in my mind climbin' that hill Ah, did he make it to the top? Well, he probably did and he dropped struck down by the strength of the will Ah, ain't nothin' left here, partner just the dust of the plague, left the whole, left the whole town afraid From now on, this'll be where you're from, let the dead bury the dead, your time will come Let hot iron blow as he raised, raised his shade Oh baby-baby, ain't no comin' back the foot of pride come down oh, oh, oh, oh, ain't no comin' back Oh-oh-oh, ain't no comin' back, you know that foot-foot-foot of pride come down Oh, ain't no comin' back ain't no comin' back oh, ain't no comin' back, baby oh no-no, ain't no comin' back --------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************* transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp) http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/ *********************************************************************