Ballad of a Thin Man (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA - February 1974)

Ballad of a Thin Man (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA - February 1974) - Bob Dylan/The Band

You walk into the room

With your pencil in your hand

You see somebody naked

And you say "Who is that man "

You try so hard

But you don't understand

Just what you'll say

When you get home

Because something is happening here

But you don't know what it is

Do you Mister Jones

You raise up your head

And you ask "Is this where it is "

And somebody points to you and says

"It's his"

And you says "What's mine "

And somebody else says "Where what is "

And you say "Oh my God

Am I here all alone "

But something is happening here

But you don't know what it is

Do you Mister Jones

You hand in your ticket

And you go watch the geek

Who immediately walks up to you

When he hears you speak

And says "How does it feel

To be such a freak "

And you say "Impossible"

As he hands you a bone

And something is happening here

But you don't know what it is

Do you Mister Jones

You have many contacts

Among the lumberjacks

To get you facts

When someone attacks your imagination

But nobody has any respect

Anyway they already expect you

To all give a check

To tax-deductible charity organizations

You've been with the professors

And they've all liked your looks

With great lawyers you have

Discussed lepers and crooks

You've been through all of

F Scott Fitzgerald's books

You're very well read

It's well known

But something is happening here

And you don't know what it is

Do you Mister Jones

You walk into the room

Like a camel and then you frown

You put your eyes in your pocket

And your nose on the ground

There ought to be a law

Against you comin' around

You should be made

To wear earphones

Does something is happening

And you don't know what it is

Do you Mister Jones