The guilty undertaker sighs
The lonesome organ grinder cries
The silver saxophones say I should refuse you
The cracked bells and washed-out horns
Blow into my face with scorn, but it’s
Not that way, I wasn’t born to lose you
I want you
I want you
I want you, so bad
Honey, I want you
The drunken politician leaps
Upon the street where mothers weep
And the saviors who are fast asleep, they wait for you
And I wait for them to interrupt
Me drinkin’ from my broken cup
And ask me to open up the gate for you
I want you
I want you
Yes I want you, so bad
Honey, I want you
How all my fathers, they’ve gone down
True love they’ve been without it
But all their daughters put me down
’Cause I don’t think about it
Well, I return to the Queen of Spades
And talk with my chambermaid
She knows that I’m not afraid to look at her
She is good to me and there’s
Nothing she doesn’t see
She knows where I’d like to be but it doesn’t
Matter
I want you
I want you
Yes I want you, so bad
Honey, I want you
Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit he
Spoke to me, I took his flute
No, I wasn’t very cute to him, was I?
But I did it, because he lied and
Because he took you for a ride
And because time was on his side and
Because I
Want you
I want you
Yes I want you, so bad
Honey, I want you
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Scorn means to be contempt/disappointed. He is saying that these things are making him scorn. Maybe they are reminding him of the girl he likes.
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I love the imagery that Dylan presents with phrases like “guilty undertaker,” and “lonesome organ grinder,” It makes me wonder how they connect to the rest of the poem/story.
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This song is so much sweeter than a lot of his songs. He’s usually very stubborn about love.
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this line made me laugh
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this line contrasts with the line before, as it’s more sad. Why are they weeping?
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i love that line
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he’s saying “all my fathers” does he mean role models for him/people who influenced him or does he mean religious fathers of a church?
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where does he come up with this
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Chinese suits might mean its a cheaply made suit
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