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bob dylan - talkin' bear mountain picnic massacre blues [brandeis 1963] lyrics

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i saw it advertised one day
bear mountain picnic was comin’ my way
“come along ’n’ take a trip
we’ll bring you up there on a ship
bring the wife and kids
bring the whole family”
yippee!

well, i run right down ’n’ bought a ticket
to this bear mountain picnic
but little did i realize
i was in for a picnic surprise
had nothin’ to do with mountains
i didn’t even come close to a bear

took the wife ’n’ kids down to the pier
six thousand people there
everybody had a ticket for the trip
“oh well,” i said, “it’s a pretty big ship
besides, anyway, the more the merrier”

well, we all got on ’n’ what d’ya think
that big old boat started t’ sink
more people kept a-pilin’ on
that old ship was a-slowly goin’ down
funny way t’ start a picnic

well, i soon lost track of m’ kids ’n’ wife
so many people there i never saw in m’ life
that old ship sinkin’ down in the water
six thousand people tryin’ t’ k!ll each other
dogs a-barkin’, cats a-meowin’
women screamin’, fists a-flyin’, babies cryin’
cops a-comin’, me a-runnin’
maybe we just better call off the picnic

i got shoved down ’n’ pushed around
all i could hear there was a screamin’ sound
don’t remember one thing more
just remember wakin’ up on a little sh-r-
head busted, stomach cracked
feet splintered, i was bald, naked . .
quite lucky to be alive though

feelin’ like i climbed outa m’ casket
i grabbed back hold of m’ picnic basket
took the wife ’n’ kids ’n’ started home
wishin’ i’d never got up that morn

now, i don’t care just what you do
if you wanta have a picnic, that’s up t’ you
but don’t tell me about it, i don’t wanta hear it
’cause, see, i just lost all m’ picnic spirit
stay in m’ kitchen, have m’ own picnic . .
in the bathroom

now, it don’t seem to me quite so funny
what some people are gonna do f’r money
there’s a bran’ new gimmick every day
just t’ take somebody’s money away
i think we oughta take some o’ these people
and put ’em on a boat, send ’em up to bear mountain . .
for a picnic

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