Lyrics

Well when Woody Guthrie was sick and dyin' Bob Dylan visited him as he was lyin' In a hospital bed, Bob sang him songs Woody smiled and said "I'm glad you come You belong here Go forth and be the voice of your generation" Well above Beverly Hills one night real late I snuck past the security gate Parked by a Mercedes-Benz Climbed up a barbed wire fence and over it Couple of scratches But I'd made it To the home of Bruce Springsteen Well, I found the Boss asleep in bed Pillows piled up round his head Turned on the light, took off my coat Stuck a thermometer down his throat Said "Don't talk You look pale, Boss Not at all well" I said "You look bad" and I asked him, could he Think of us as Bob & Woody? I said "You just rest your pretty head As I sing to you in your hospital bed" He said "What the hell are you talkin' about? I ain't sick This ain't a hospital And how did you get past the security gate?" I said "I wrote you a song called "Song to Bruce" With a tune I stole from one of yours" To his platinum records next I pointed Said, "I just wanna be anointed!" "Springsteen I wrote you a song A funny old world that's a-comin' along Seems sick and it's tired, it's hard and it's torn He looks like he's dead and it's hardly been born" He started really lookin' sick and I stopped singin' Well then Patti his wife came in, I said "Geez I'm sorry about your husband's incurable disease I'm here to help any way I can You know, Woody & Bob, Bruce & Dan" She said "Honey, what am I hearing?" He said "Baby you know I'm in the prime of life!" I said "Down in 2 million in sales last time I- Read the signs, Patti!" He said "Some people think this record's my best" I said "Shh, you need your rest" He said "There's a madman on the loose" I said "Woody & Bob, Dan & Bruce!" Well he scrammed out of his bed and said "Alright, I've heard enough of this stuff" He grabbed my throat and dragged me hard Down the hall and through the yard Surprising strength for a dyin' man Well he threw me out the way I come Barbed wire scraped my face and thumbs I been thinkin' ever since Bob & Woody, Dan & the artist formerly known as Prince Dan & Madonna Bob & Woody Dan & Bob So long, Bel Air! Howdy, Malibu!