LYRICS & MUSIC BY BOB DYLAN
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Guitar introduction |
| Dylan |
1. |
One more night, the stars are in sight
But tonight I'm as lonesome as can be
Oh, the moon is shinin' bright
Lighting ev'rything in sight
But tonight no light will shine on me. |
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2. |
Oh, it's shameful and it's sad
I lost the only pal I had
I just could not be what she wanted me to be
I will turn my head up high
To that dark and rolling sky
For tonight no light will shine on me. |
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Bridge |
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3. |
I was so mistaken when I thought that she'd be true
I had no idea what a woman in love would do. |
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4. |
One more night, I will wait for the light
While the wind blows high above the tree
Oh, I miss my darling so
I didn't mean to see her go
But tonight no light will shine on me. |
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5. |
One more night, the moon is shinin' bright
And the wind blows high above the tree
Oh, I miss that woman so
I didn't mean to see her go
But tonight no light will shine on me. |
Performance lyrics initially transcribed at
The Lonesome
Sparrow Sings
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ANNOTATION
Source/Precedents
| Buddy Holly : Peggy Sue (September 1957) |
Comments
| 1. |
A rewrite/sendup of Buddy Holly's Peggy Sue (September 1957)
and all those other
songwriters/songs that use female names ( Michelle, Gloria,
Layla,
etc,etc) - even before I learned her name, You know I loved her just
the same |
| 2. |
Sexual pun on Day/Night |
| 3. |
Blues great, Billie Holiday was known as Lady Day, also note
Track 6 Lay Lady Lay. |
The Critics
Notes
| Verse 2 |
Peggy Night - assumption that this is an inversion of
surname. |
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ALTERNATIVE RECORDINGS
Bob Dylan
Other Artists
For extensive information on alternate versions see Olof
Björner's excellent ...
It
Ain’t Me, Babe
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RECORDING DETAILS
| Recorded: |
February 14 1969 |
| Release Date : |
April 9 1969 |
| Published : |
Warner Bros, Inc. 1963 |
| Studio: |
Columbia Music Row Studios, Nashville Tennessee USA |
| Master Number: |
NCO 98927 |
| Producer: |
Bob Johnson |
| Engineer/s: |
Charlie Bragg, Neil Wilburn |
| Company: |
Columbia KCS 9825 CBS CDCBS 63601 |
| Record: |
Side B Track 2 (1969) |
| CD: |
Track 7 (1985) |
| Time: |
2.20 minutes |
Personnel:
Bob Dylan
Kenneth Buttery
Chalie McCoy
Pete Drake
Bob Wilson
Norman Blake
Charlie Daniels |
Vocals/Guitar/Harmonica?
Drums
Bass
Steel Guitar
Piano
Guitar
Guitar |
All Recording Data usually from Record /Compact Disc Cover,
and
Clinton Heylin, Dylan : Behind Closed Doors - The Recording Sessions
1960-1994 Penguin Books 1996
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