Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues Lyrics - Bob Dylan In Concert: Brandeis University 1963 - Bob Dylan

I saw it advertised one day, 

Bear mountain picnic was comin' my way. 

"come along 'n' take a trip, 

We'll bring you up there on a ship. 

Bring the wife and kids 

Bring the whole family." 

Yippee! 

Well, I run right down 'n' bought a ticket 

To this bear mountain picnic. 

But little did I realize 

I was in for a picnic surprise. 

Had nothin' to do with mountains. 

I didn't even come close to a bear. 

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Took the wife 'n' kids down to the pier, 

Six thousand people there, 

Everybody had ticket for the trip. 

"oh well." I said, "it's a pretty big ship. 

Besides, anyway, the more the merrier." 

Well, we all got on 'n' what d'ya think, 

That big old boat started t' sink 

More people kept a-pilin' on, 

That old ship was a-slowly goin' down. 

Funny way t' start a picnic. 

Well, I soon lost track of m' kids 'n' wife, 

So many people there I never saw in m' life 

That old ship sinkin' down in the water, 

Six thousand people tryin' t' kill each other, 

Dogs a-barkin', cats a-meowin', 

Women screamin', fists a-flyin', babies cryin', 

Cops a-comin', me a-runnin'. 

Maybe we just better call off the picnic. 

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I got shoved down 'n' pushed around, 

All I could hear there was a screamin' sound, 

Don't remember one thing more, 

Just remember walkin' up on a little shore, 

Head busted, stomach cracked, 

Feet splintered, I was bald, naked. . . 

Quite lucky to be alive though. 

Feelin' like I climbed outa m' casket, 

I grabbed back hold of m' picnic basket. 

Took the wife 'n' kids 'n' started home, 

Wishin' I'd never got up that morn. 

Now, I don't care just what you do, 

If you wanta have a picnic, that's up t' you. 

But don't tell me about it, I don't wanta hear it, 

'cause, see, I just lost all m' picnic spirit. 

Stay in m' kitchen, have m' own picnic. . . 

In the bathroom. 

Now, it don't seem to me quite so funny 

What some people are gonna do f'r money. 

There's a bran' new gimmick every day 

Just t' take somebody's money away. 

I think we oughta take some o' these people 

And put 'em on a boat, send 'em up to bear mountain . . . 

For a picnic.