A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (Live at Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec - December 1975)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Where you been, my blue-eyed son? Where've you been, my darling young one? I've stumbled on the side of the twelve misty mountains Walked and I crawled on six crooked highways Been in the middle of seven sad forests Been out in front of a dozen dead oceans Been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard [Refrain] And it's a hard, and it's a hard, well it's a hard, and it's a hard It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall [Verse 2] What did you see, my blue-eyed son? What did you see, my darling young one? Saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it Saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it Saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin' Saw a room full of men with their hammers bleedin' Saw a whitе ladder all covered in watеr Saw ten-thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken Guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children [Refrain] And it's a hard, well it's a hard, well it's a hard, well it's a hard Ooh, it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall [Verse 3] What did you hear, my blue-eyed son? What did you hear, my darling young one? Heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warning Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world One thousand starve, I heard many people laughing I heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter I heard the sound of a clown cryin' in the alley [Refrain] And it's a hard, and it's a hard, and it's a hard, well it's a hard And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall [Verse 4] Who did you meet, my blue-eyed son? Who did you meet, my darling young one? Met a young child beside a dead pony Met a white man who walked a black dog A young woman whose body was burning Met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow Met one man wounded in love I met another man wounded in hatred [Refrain] And it's a hard, well it's a hard, well it's a hard, well it's a hard It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall [Guitar Solo] [Verse 5] What'll you do now, my blue-eyed son? What'll you do now, my darling young one? [?] when the rain starts a-falling Walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest Where the people are many and their hands are all empty Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison Where the executioner's face is always well-hidden Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten Where black is the color, none is the number And I'll tell it and speak it and think it and breathe it Reflect from the mountain so all souls can see it And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin' But I'll know my song well before I start singin' [Refrain] And it's a hard, and it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall