Bob Dylan — I Shall Be Free No. 10

[Verse 1] I’m just average, common too I’m just like him, and the same as you I’m everybody’s brother and son I ain't different than anyone Ain't no use a-talk to me It’s just the same as talkin' to you [Verse 2] I was shadow boxing early in the day I figured I was ready for Cassius Clay I said “Fee, fie, fo, fum, Cassius Clay, here I come 26, 27, 28, 29, I’m gonna' make your face look just like mine Five, four, three, two, one, Cassius Clay you’d better run 99, 100, 101, 102, your ma won’t even recognize you 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, gonna knock him clean right out of his spleen” [Verse 3] Well, I don’t know, but I’ve been told The streets of heaven are lined with gold I ask ya' how things could get much worse If the Russians happen to get up there first Wowee! Pretty scary! [Verse 4] Now, I’m liberal, but to a degree I want everybody to be free But if you think I’ll let Barry Goldwater Move in next door and marry my daughter You must think I’m crazy! I wouldn’t let him do it for all the farms in Cuba [Verse 5] Well, I set my monkey on the log And ordered him to do the Dog He wagged his tail and shook his head And he went and did the Cat instead He’s a weird monkey, very funky [Verse 6] I sat with my high-heeled sneakers on Waitin' to play tennis in the noonday sun I had my white shorts rolled up past my waist And my wig-hat was fallin' in my face But they wouldn’t let me on the tennis court [Verse 7] I got a woman, she’s so mean She sticks my boots in the washing machine Sticks me with buckshot when I’m nude Puts bubblegum in my food She’s funny, wants my money, calls me “honey” [Verse 8] Now I got a friend who spends his life Stabbin' my picture with a Bowie knife Dreams of stranglin' me with a scarf When my name comes up he pretends to barf I got a million friends! [Verse 9] Now they asked me to read a poem At the sorority sisters home Ah got knocked down and my head was swimmin' I wound up with the Dean of Women Yippee! I’m a poet, and I know it Hope I don’t blow it [Verse 10] I’m gonna grow my hair down to my feet so strange So I look like a walking mountain range And I’m gonna' ride into Omaha on a horse Out to the country club and the golf course Carryin' The New York Times, shoot a few holes, blow their minds [Verse 11] Now you’re probably wonderin' by now Just what this song is all about What’s probably got you baffled more Is what this thing here is for: (plays song's riff) It’s nothin' It’s sumpin' I learned over in England!