Nettie Moore Lyrics - Modern Times - Bob Dylan

Lost John's sittin' on a railroad track 

Something's out of whack 

Blues this mornin' fallin' down like hail 

Gonna leave a greasy trail 

Gonna travel the world is what I'm gonna do 

Then come back and see you 

All I ever do is struggle and strive 

I don't do anybody any harm 

I might make it back home alive 

I'm the oldest son of a crazy man 

I'm in a cowboy band 

Got a pile of sins to pay for and I ain't got time to hide 

I'd walk through a blazing fire, baby 

If I knew, you was on the other side 

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Oh, I miss you, Nettie Moore 

And my happiness is o'er 

Winter's gone, the river's on the rise 

I loved you then and ever shall 

But there's no one left here to tell 

The world has gone black before my eyes 

Well, the world of research has gone berserk 

Too much paperwork 

Albert's in the graveyard, Frankie's raising hell 

I'm beginning to believe what the Scriptures tell 

I've gone where the Southern crosses The Yellow Dog 

Get away from these demagogues 

And these bad luck women stick like glue 

It's either one or the other, or neither of the two 

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She says, "Look out, daddy 

Don't want you to tear your pants 

You could get wrecked in this dance" 

They say, "Whiskey'll kill you but I don't think it will" 

I'm ridin' with you to the top of the hill 

Oh, I miss you, Nettie Moore 

And my happiness is o'er 

Winter's gone, the river's on the rise 

I loved you then and ever shall 

But there's no one left here to tell 

Now the world has gone black before my eyes 

Don't know why my baby never looked so good before 

Don't have to wonder no more 

She been cookin' all day, gonna take me all night 

I can't eat all that stuff in a single bite 

The judge's coming in, everybody rise 

Lift up your eyes 

You can do what you please, you don't need my advice 

'Fore you call me any dirty names, you better think twice 

Gettin' light outside, the temperature dropped 

I think the rain has stopped 

I'm gonna make you come to grips with fate 

When I'm through with you 

You'll learn to keep your business straight 

Oh, I miss you, Nettie Moore 

And my happiness is o'er 

Winter's gone, the river's on the rise 

I loved you then and ever shall 

But there's no one left here to tell 

The world has gone black before my eyes 

The bright spark of the steady lights 

Has dimmed my sights 

When you're around me all my grief gives 'way 

A lifetime with you is like some heavenly day 

Everything I've ever known to be right 

Has been proven wrong 

I'll be drifting along 

The woman, I'm loving she rules my heart 

No knife could ever cut our love apart 

Today I'll stand in faith and raise 

The voice of praise 

The sun is strong, I'm standing in the light 

I wish to God that it were night 

Oh, I miss you, Nettie Moore 

And my happiness is o'er 

Winter's gone, the river's on the rise 

I loved you then and ever shall 

But there's no one here left to tell 

The world has gone black before my eyes