Rollin' and Tumblin' Lyrics
I rolled and I tumbled, I cried the whole night long
Woke up this mornin', I must have bet my money wrong
I got troubles so hard, I can't stand the strain
Some young lazy slut has charmed away my brains
The landscape is glowin', gleamin' in the golden light of day
I ain't holding nothin' back now, I ain't standin' in anybody's way
Well, I did all I know just to keep you off my mind
Well, I paid and I paid and my sufferin' heart is always on the line
I get up in the dawn and I go down and lay in the shade
I ain't nobody's house boy, I ain't nobody's well trained maid
I'm flat out spent, this woman been drivin' me to tears
This woman so crazy, I swear I ain't gonna touch on another one for years
The warm weather is comin' and the buds are on the vine
Ain't nothing so depressing as trying to satisfy this woman of mine
Well, I got up this mornin', saw the rising sun return
Sooner or later, you too shall burn
The night's filled with shadows, the years are filled with early doom
I've been conjuring up all these long dead souls from their crumblin' tombs
Let's forgive each other darlin', let's go down to the greenwood glen
Let's put our heads together, let's put old matters to an end
Ah, I rolled and I tumbled and i cried the whole night long
I woke up this morning, I think I must be traveling wrong
This song was Origionally by Robert Johnson under the name of "If i had Possession under Judgement day" and then was adapted by Muddy waters into "Rollin' & Tumblin'", It has had many covers and Dylan has now covered this song with his own lyrics.
What a great illumination: "i woke up this morning, i think i must be traveling wrong." Lots of times that happens in ones life but in to few times we actually change the course. Probably 'couse in contrast with this song it's too late to change. Not in the sense of being too old, but in the sense of being too late. Too little, too late.
Ugh. I know this feeling: "Well, I did all I know just to keep you off my mind Well, I paid and I paid and my sufferin' heart is always on the line"
"...I'm flat out spent, this woman been drivin' me to tears"
Best line of the song: "The night's filled with shadows, the years are filled with early doom I've been conjuring up all these long dead souls from their crumblin' tombs"
And Dylan's version of make-up and make-out: "Let's forgive each other darlin', let's go down to the greenwood glen Let's put our heads together, let's put old matters to an end"
"The warm weather is comin' and the buds are on the vine"
Parable of the Fig Tree