Dignity (1994) (video)

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1. Fat man lookin’ in a blade of steel,

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thin man lookin’ at his last meal,

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hollow man lookin’ in a cottonfield,

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for dignity.

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2. Wise man lookin’ in a blade of grass,

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young man lookin’ in the shadows that pass,

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poor man lookin’ through painted glass,

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for dignity.

A

Somebody got murdered on New Year’s Eve,

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somebody said dignity was the first to leave.

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I went into the city, went into the town,

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went into the land of the midnight sun.

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3. Searchin’ high, searchin’ low,

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searchin’ everywhere I know,

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askin’ the cops wherever I go :

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Have you seen dignity ?

+ D - G - D

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4. Blind man breakin’ out of a trance,

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puts both his hands in the pockets of chance,

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hopin’ to find one circumstance,

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of dignity.

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5. I went to the wedding of Mary Lou,

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she said, “I don’t want nobody see me talkin’ to you”.

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Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew,

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about dignity.

A

I went down where the vultures feed,

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I would’ve gone deeper, but there wasn’t any need.

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Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men,

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wasn’t any difference to me.

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6. Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade,

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house on fire, debts unpaid.

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Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid :

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Have you seen dignity ?

+ D - G - D (2x)

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7. Drinkin’ man listens to the voice he hears,

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in a crowded room full of covered-up mirrors,

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lookin’ into the lost forgotten years,

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for dignity.

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8. Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues,

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said he’d give me information if his name wasn’t used.

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He wanted money up front, said he was abused,

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by dignity.

A

Footprints runnin’ ’cross the silver sand,

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steps goin’ down into tattoo land.

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I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light,

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in the border towns of despair.

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9. Got no place to fade, got no coat,

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I’m on the rollin’ river in a jerkin’ boat,

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tryin’ to read a note somebody wrote,

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about dignity.

+ instrumental = verse 9

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10. Sick man lookin’ for the doctor’s cure,

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lookin’ at his hands for the lines that were,

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and into every masterpiece of literature,

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for dignity.

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11. Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind,

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combin’ his hair back, his future looks thin,

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bites the bullet and he looks within,

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for dignity.

A

Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed,

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dignity never been photographed.

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I went into the red, went into the black,

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into the valley of dry bone dreams.

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12. So many roads, so much at stake,

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so many dead ends, I’m at the edge of the lake.

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Sometimes I wonder what it’s gonna take,

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to find dignity.

+ instrumental = verse 12 ….

(orig. = capo 1st) (Bob Dylan)