Listen to Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues (Live) song with lyrics from Bob Dylan

Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues (Live)

Bob Dylan18 Dec 2020

Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues (Live) Lyrics

 

Well

 

I was feelin' sad and feelin' blue

I didn't know what in the world I wus gonna do

Them communists they wus comin' around

They wus in the air

They wus on the ground

They wouldn't gimme no peace

 

So I run down most hurriedly

And joined up with the john birch society

 

I got me a secret membership card

And started off a walkin' down the road

 

Yee hoo

 

I'm a real john bircher now

 

Look out you commies

 

Now we all agree with hitler's views

Although he killed six million jews

It don't matter too much that he was a fascist

At least you can't say he was a communist

 

That's to say like if you got a cold you take a shot of malaria

Well

 

I wus lookin' everywhere for them gol darned reds

I got up in the mornin' 'n' looked under my bed

 

Looked in the sink

Behind the door

Looked in the glove compartment of my car

Couldn't find 'em

 

I wus lookin' high an' low for them reds everywhere

I wus lookin' in the sink an' underneath the chair

I looked way up my chimney hole

I even looked deep down inside my toilet bowl

They got away

 

Well

I wus sittin' home alone an' started to sweat

Figured they wus in my t

V

Set

 

Peeked behind the picture frame

Got a shock from my feet

Hittin' right up in the brain

Them reds caused it

 

I know they did

Them hard core ones

 

Well

I quit my job so I could work all alone

Then I changed my name to sherlock holmes

Followed some clues from my detective bag

And discovered they wus red stripes on the american flag

That ol' betsy ross

Well

 

I investigated all the books in the library

Ninety percent of 'em gotta be burned away

I investigated all the people that I knowed

Ninety eight percent of them gotta go

 

The other two percent are fellow birchers

Just like me

 

Now eisenhower

He's a russian spy

Lincoln

Jefferson and that roosevelt guy

To my knowledge there's just one man

That's really a true american:george lincoln rockwell

 

I know for a fact he hates commies cus he picketed the movie exodus

 

Well

I fin'ly started thinkin' straight

When I run outa things to investigate

 

Couldn't imagine doin' anything else

So now I'm sittin' home investigatin' myself

 

Hope I don't find out anything

Hmm

 

 

Great god