Desolation Row
Desolation Row is the Folk Music Scene in the early 1960's
Desolation Row is the Folk Music Scene in the early 1960's
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skull caps climb<br />
by themselves out of manholes<br />
Newsweek Magazine exposes me as a Jew.<br />
an' shoeboxes ride<br />
the cracks of the sidewalk<br />
And my career is dependent of these wisecracks.<br />
fishermen - - Zimmerman (Newsweek published his real name)<br />
i've suddenly been turned into<br />
a fish (a jew)<br />
but does anybody<br />
wanna be a fisherman (Zimmerman)<br />
any more 'n i<br />
don't wanna be a fish (Jew)<br />
Yes, I received your letter yesterday<br />
(About the time the doorknob broke)<br />
When you asked how I was doing<br />
Was that some kind of joke?<br />
All these people that you mention<br />
Yes, I know them, they’re quite lame<br />
I had to rearrange their faces<br />
And give them all another name<br />
Right now I can’t read too good<br />
Don’t send me no more letters, no<br />
Not unless you mail them<br />
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