Foot Of Pride Lyrics - Bob Dylan

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 

The preacher talking 'bout Christ betrayed 

It's like the earth just opened and swallowed him up 

He 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 comin' down 

Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down 

Ain't no goin' back 

Hear ya 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 

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Sing me one more song, 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 

Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down 

Ain't no goin' back 

There's a retired businessman named Red 

Cast down from heaven and he's out of his head 

He feeds off of everyone that he can touch 

He said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash 

He's not somebody that you play around with much 

Miss Delilah is his, a Philistine is what she is 

She'll do wondrous works with your fate 

Feed you coconut bread, spice buns in your bed 

If you don't mind sleepin' with your head face down in a grave 

Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down 

Ain't no goin' back 

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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 into 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 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 

Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down 

Ain't no goin' back 

They got some beautiful people out there, man 

They can be a terror to your mind and show you how to hold your tongue 

They got mystery written all over their forehead 

They kill babies in the crib and say only the good die young 

They don't believe in mercy 

Judgment on them is something that you'll never see 

They can exalt you up or bring you down main route 

Turn you into anything that they want you to be 

Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down 

Ain't no goin' back 

Yes, I guess I loved him too 

I can still see him in my mind climbin' that hill 

Did he make it to the top, well he probably did and dropped 

Struck down by the strength of the will 

Ain't nothin' left here partner 

Just the dust of a plague that has left this 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 the shade 

Ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down 

Ain't no goin' back, oh yeah, oh yeah