Bob Dylan — Ballad for a Friend Witmark Demo - 1962

[Verse 1] Sad I’m a-sittin’ on the railroad track Watching’ that old smokestack Train is a-leavin’ but it won’t be back [Verse 2] Years ago we hang around Watching’ trains roll through the town Now that train is a-graveyard bound [Verse 3] Where we go up in that North Country Lakes and streams and mines so free I had no better friend than he [Verse 4] Something happened to him that day I thought I heard a stranger say I hung my head and stole away [Verse 5] A diesel truck was headin’ down Carryin' up a heavy load Left him on a Utah road [Verse 6] They carried him back to his hometown His mother cried, his sister moaned Listening’ to them church bells tone [Verse 7] A diesel truck was rollin' slow Pullin' down a heavy load It left him on a Utah road [Outro] I-I sung the last verse for ya because I missed the words the first time I sung them about the truck