4th Time Around

4th time around

Bob Dylan

When she said,
'Dont waste your words, theyre just lies,'
I cried she was deaf.
And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes,
Then said, 'What else you got left?'
It was then that I got up to leave
But she said, 'Dont forget,
Everybody must give something back
For something they get.'
I stood there and hummed,
I tapped on her drum and asked her how come.
And she buttoned her boot,
And straightened her suit,
Then she said, 'Dont get cute.'
So I forced my hands in my pockets
And felt with my thumbs,
And gallantly handed her
My very last piece of gum.
She threw me outside,
I stood in the dirt where evryone walked.
But when finding Id
Forgotten my shirt,
I went back and knocked.
I waited in the hallway, she went to get it,
And I tried to make sense
Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair
That leaned up against . . .
Her Jamaican rum
And when she did come, I asked her for some.
She said, 'No, dear.'
I said, 'Your words arent clear,
Youd better spit out your gum.'
She screamed till her face got so red
Then she fell on the floor,
And I covered her up and then
When Id go look through her drawer.
And, when I was through
I filled up my shoe
And brought it to you.
And you, you took me in,
You loved me then
You didnt waste time.
And I, I never took much,
I never asked for your crutch.
Now dont ask for mine.