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Pay In Blood

Bob Dylan

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Pay In Blood

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Well I'm grinding my life out, steady and sureNothing more wretched than what I must endureI'm drenched in the light that shines from the sunI could stone you to death for the wrongs that you doneSooner or later you make a mistake,I'll put you in a chain that you never will breakLegs and arms and body and boneI pay in blood, but not my own.Night after night, Day after dayThey strip your useless hopes awayThe more I take the more I giveThe more I die the more I liveI got something in my pocket make your eyeballs swimI got dogs could tear you limb from limbI'm circlin' around the Southern ZoneI pay in blood, but not my own.Low cards are what I've gotBut I'll play this hand whether I like it or notI'm sworn to uphold the laws of GodYou could put me out in front of a firing squadI've been out and around with the rising menJust like you my handsome friendMy head's so hard, must be made of stoneI pay in blood, but not my own.Another politician pumping out the pissanother angry beggar blowing you a kissyou got the same eyes that your mother doesif only you could prove who your father wassomeone must of slipped a drug in yer wineyou gulped it down and you cross the lineman can't live by bread aloneI pay in blood, but not my own.How I made it back home, nobody knowsor how I survived so many blowsI've been thru Hell, What good did it do?You bastard!!! I'm suppose to respect you!!I'll give you justice, I'll fattem your purseShow me your moral that you reversedHear me holler and hear me moanI pay in blood but not my own.You get your lover in the bedCome here I'll break your lousy headOur nation must be saved and freedYou've been accused of murder, how do you plead?This is how I spend my daysI came to bury, not to raiseI'll drink my fill and sleep aloneI play in blood, but not my own.
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