Bob Dylan — Narrow Way

[Verse 1] I'm gonna walk across the desert 'til I'm in my right mind I won't even think about what I left behind Nothing back there anyway that I can call my own Go back home, leave me alone [Chorus] It's a long road It's a long and narrow way If I can't work up to you You'll surely have to work down to me someday [Verse 2] Ever since the British burned the White House down There's a bleeding wound in the heart of town I saw you drinking from an empty cup I saw you buried and I saw you dug up [Chorus] It's a long road It's a long and narrow way If I can't work up to you You'll surely have to work down to me someday [Verse 3] Look down, angel from the skies Help my weary soul to rise I kissed her cheek, I dragged your plow You broke my heart, I was your friend 'til now [Chorus] It's a long road It's a long and narrow way If I can't work up to you You'll surely have to work down to me someday [Verse 4] In the courtyard of the golden sun You stand and fight or you break and run You went and lost your lovely head For a drink of wine and a crust of bread [Chorus] It's a long road It's a long and narrow way If I can't work up to you You'll surely have to work down to me someday [Verse 5] We looted and we plundered on distant shores Why is my share not equal to yours? Your father left you, your mother too Even death has washed its hands of you [Chorus] It's a long road It's a long and narrow way If I can't work up to you You'll surely have to work down to me someday [Verse 6] This is hard country to stay alive in Blades are everywhere and they're breaking my skin I'm armed to the hilt and I'm struggling hard You won't get out of here unscarred [Chorus] It's a long road It's a long and narrow way If I can't work up to you You'll surely have to work down to me someday [Verse 7] You got too many lovers waiting at the wall If I had a thousand tongues, I couldn't count them all Yesterday I could've thrown them all in the sea Today even one may be too much for me [Chorus] It's a long road It's a long and narrow way If I can't work up to you You'll surely have to work down to me someday [Verse 8] Can't walk them, baby, you could do no wrong Put your arms around me, where they belong I won't take you on a roller-coaster ride Lay my hands all over you, tie you to my side [Chorus] It's a long road It's a long and narrow way If I can't work up to you You'll surely have to work down to me someday [Verse 9] I've got a heavy stacked woman with a smile on her face And she has crowned my soul with grace I'm still hurting from an arrow that pierced my chest I'm gonna have to take my head and bury it between your breasts [Chorus] It's a long road It's a long and narrow way If I can't work up to you You'll surely have to work down to me someday [Verse 10] Been dark all night but now it's dawn The moving finger is moving on You can guard me while I sleep Kiss away the tears I weep [Chorus] It's a long road It's a long and narrow way If I can't work up to you You'll surely have to work down to me someday [Verse 11] I love women and she loves men We've been to the west and we going back again I heard a voice at the dusk of day Saying, "Be gentle brother, be gentle and pray." [Chorus] It's a long road It's a long and narrow way If I can't work up to you You'll surely have to work down to me someday