Tell Ol' Bill Lyrics - Bob Dylan

The river whispers in my ear 

I've hardly a penny to my name 

The heavens have never seemed so near 

All of my body glows with flame 

The tempest struggles in the air 

And to myself alone I sing 

It could sink me then and there 

I can hear the echoes ring 

I tried to find one smiling face 

To drive the shadow from my head 

I'm stranded in this nameless place 

Lying restless in a heavy bed 

Tell me straight out if you will 

Why must you torture me within? 

Why must you come down off of your high hill? 

Throw my fate to the clouds and wind 

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Far away in a silent land 

Secret thoughts are hard to bear 

Remember me, you'll understand 

Emotions we can never share 

You trampled on me as you passed 

Left the coldest kiss upon my brow 

All of my doubts and fears have gone at last 

I've nothing more to tell you now 

I walk by tranquil lakes and streams 

As each new season's dawn awaits 

I lay awake at night with troubled dreams 

The enemy is at the gate 

Beneath the thunder blasted trees 

The words are ringin' off your tongue 

The ground is hard in times like these 

Stars are cold, the night is young 

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The rocks are bleak, the trees are bare 

Iron clouds go floating by 

Snowflakes fallin' in my hair 

Beneath the gray and stormy sky 

The evenin' sun is sinkin' low 

The woods are dark, the town isn't new 

They[ll drag you down, they'll run the showAin't no telling what they'll doTell ol' Bill when he comes homeAnything is worth a tryTell him that I'm not aloneThat the hour has come to do or dieAll the world I would defyLet me make it plain as dayI look at you now and I sighHow could it be any other way?]