Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues-Bob Dylan

[ti:Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues (Witmark Demo - 1962) - Bob Dylan [00:06.57]I saw it advertised one day [00:08.51]Bear mountain picnic was comin' my way [00:10.41] [00:11.25]Come along 'n' take a trip [00:12.30] [00:12.87]We'll bring you up there on a ship [00:14.35] [00:16.30]Bring the wife and kids [00:17.19] [00:18.72]Bring the whole family [00:19.56] [00:21.89]Yippee [00:22.30] [00:29.27]Well I run right down 'n' bought a ticket [00:31.49]To this bear mountain picnic [00:33.34] [00:34.16]But little did I realize [00:35.48]I was in for a picnic surprise [00:37.34] [00:39.29]Had nothin' to do with mountains [00:40.49] [00:41.58]I didn't even come close to a bear [00:43.02] [00:47.68]Took the wife 'n' kids down to the pier [00:49.40] [00:50.37]Six thousand people there [00:51.72]Everybody had ticket for the trip [00:53.85]Oh well I said it's a pretty big ship [00:55.66] [00:57.03]Besides anyway the more the merrier [00:59.23] [01:03.25]Well we all got on 'n' what d'ya think [01:05.20]That big old boat started t' sink [01:07.10] [01:08.12]More people kept a pilin' on [01:09.64]That old ship was a slowly goin' down [01:11.61] [01:19.47]Funny way t' start a picnic [01:20.71] [01:36.76]Well I soon lost track of m' kids 'n' wife [01:38.53]So many people there I never saw in life [01:40.37] [01:42.18]That old ship sinkin' down in the water [01:43.94]Six thousand people tryin' t' kill each other [01:46.03] [01:49.44]Dogs a barkin' cats a meowin' [01:52.03] [01:53.06]Women screamin' fists a flyin' babies cryin' [01:57.13] [02:00.14]Cops a comin' me a runnin' [02:01.39]Maybe we just better call off the picnic [02:03.11] [02:08.84]I got shoved down 'n' pushed around [02:10.38] [02:10.90]All I could hear there was a screamin' sound [02:12.66] [02:14.53]Don't remember one thing more [02:15.78] [02:16.30]Just remember walkin' up on a little shore [02:18.31] [02:22.51]Head busted stomach cracked [02:25.41] [02:27.24]Feet splintered I was bald naked [02:32.63] [02:35.35]Quite lucky to be alive though [02:36.59] [02:42.59]Feelin' like I climbed outa m' casket [02:44.19]I grabbed back hold of m' picnic basket [02:45.79] [02:47.71]Took the wife 'n' kids 'n' started home [02:49.11] [02:49.84]Wishin' I'd never got up that morn [02:51.09] [02:57.41]Now I don't care just what you do [02:59.24]If you wanta have a picnic that's up t' you [03:01.06]But don't tell me about it I don't wanta hear it [03:03.18]'Cause see I just lost all m' picnic spirit [03:04.88] [03:06.87]Stay in m' kitchen have m' own picnic [03:09.88] [03:12.53]In the bathroom [03:13.92] [03:19.15]Now it don't seem to me quite so funny [03:20.59] [03:21.42]What some people are gonna do for money [03:23.08]There's a bran' new gimmick every day [03:25.14]Just t' take somebody's money away [03:26.80] [03:28.92]I think we oughta take some o' these people [03:30.20] [03:31.08]And put 'em on a boat send 'em up to bear mountain [03:34.34] [03:35.01]For a picnic