Highway 61 Revisited

Oh, God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"

Abe said, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"

God said, "No"--Abe say, "What?"

God say, "You can do what you want, Abe, but

The next time you see me comin', you better run"

Well, Abe said, "Where d'you want this killin' done?"

God said, "Out on Highway 61"

Well, Georgia Sam, he had a bloody nose

Welfare department, they wouldn't give him no clothes

He asked poor Howard, "Where can I go?"

Howard said, "There's only one place I know"

Sam said, "Tell me quick, man, I got to run"

Oh, Howard just pointed with his gun

And said, "That way, down Highway 61"

Well, Mack the Finger said to Louie the King

"I got 40 red-white-and-blue shoestrings

And a thousand telephones that don't ring

Do you know where I can get rid of these things?"

And Louie the King said, "Let me think for a moment, son"

Then he said, "Yes, I think it can be easily done

Just take everything down to Highway 61"

Now, the fifth daughter on the twelfth night

Told the first father that things weren't right

"My complexion," she says, "is much too white"

He said, "Come here and step into the light"

He said, "Hmm, you're right, let me tell the second mother this has been done"

But the second mother was with the seventh son

And they were both out on Highway 61

Now, the roving gambler he was very bored

Trying to create a next world war

He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor

He said, "I never engaged in this kind of thing before

But yes, I think it can be very easily done

We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun

And have it on Highway 61"