BOB DYLAN
3. I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You (Bob Dylan)
Bob Dylan (voc, g), Blake Mills (g), Charlie Sexton (g), Robert Britt (g), Tony Garnier (b), Matt Chamberlain (d), Charlie Sexton & Tommy Rhodes (background voc)
Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, Januar/Februar 2020
von: Rough and Rowdy Ways (Columbia, 2 CD, 2020)
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Sitting on my terrace lost in the stars
Listenin’ to the sounds of the sad guitars
Been thinking it over and I thought it all through
I’ve made up my mind to give myself to you
I saw the first fall of snow
I saw the flowers come and go
I don’t think anyone else ever knew
I made up my mind to give myself to you
I’m giving myself to you, I am
From Salt Lake City to Birmingham
From East L.A. to San Antone
I don’t think I could bear to live my life alone
My eye is like a shooting star
It looks at nothing, neither near or far
No one ever told me, it’s just something I knew
I’ve made up my mind to give myself to you
If I had the wings of a snow white dove
I’d preach the gospel, the gospel of love
A love so real – a love so true
I made up my mind to give myself to you
Take me out traveling, you’re a traveling man
Show me something that I’ll understand
I’m not what I was, things aren’t what they were
I’m going to go far away from home with her
I traveled the long road of despair
I met no other traveler there
A lot of people gone, a lot of people I knew
I’ve made up my mind to give myself to you
My heart’s like a river – a river that sings
It just takes me a while to realize things
I’ll see you at sunrise – I’ll see you at dawn
I’ll lay down beside you, when everyone is gone
From the plains and the prairies – from the mountains to the sea
I hope that the gods go easy with me
I knew you’d say yes – I’m saying it too
I’ve made up my mind to give myself to you
~ Bob Dylan
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