http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJOVNNHY1ok&feature=relatedou
walk into the room
With your pencil in your hand
You see somebody naked
And you say, who is that man?
You try so hard
But you dont understand
Just what youll say
When you get home
Because something is happening here
But you dont know what it is
Do you, mister jones?
You raise up your head
And you ask, is this where it is?
And somebody points to you and says
Its his
And you say, whats mine?
And somebody else says, where what is?
And you say, oh my god
Am I here all alone?
Because something is happening here
But you dont know what it is
Do you, mister jones?
You hand in your ticket
And you go watch the geek
Who immediately walks up to you
When he hears you speak
And says, how does it feel
To be such a freak?
And you say, impossible
As he hands you a bone
Because something is happening here
But you dont know what it is
Do you, mister jones?
You have many contacts
Among the lumberjacks
To get you facts
When someone attacks your imagination
But nobody has any respect
Anyway they already expect you
To just give a check
To tax-deductible charity organizations
Youve been with the professors
And theyve all liked your looks
With great lawyers you have
Discussed lepers and crooks
Youve been through all of
F. scott fitzgeralds books
Youre very well read
Its well known
Because something is happening here
But you dont know what it is
Do you, mister jones?
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you
And then he kneels
He crosses himself
And then he clicks his high heels
And without further notice
He asks you how it feels
And he says, here is your throat back
Thanks for the loan
Because something is happening here
But you dont know what it is
Do you, mister jones?
Now you see this one-eyed midget
Shouting the word now
And you say, for what reason?
And he says, how?
And you say, what does this mean?
And he screams back, youre a cow
Give me some milk
Or else go home
Because something is happening here
But you dont know what it is
Do you, mister jones?
Well, you walk into the room
Like a camel and then you frown
You put your eyes in your pocket
And your nose on the ground
There ought to be a law
Against you comin around
You should be made
To wear earphones
Because something is happening here
But you dont know what it is
Do you, mister jones?
- Robert Zimmerman's blog
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the meaning of thin man
what was it that mr dylan was singing about on thin man?
the question remains...unanswered. or you might say that
somethings going on, but you dont know what it is.
think about it? thanks for posting it Robert. i like the music as good as the words to it.
xtra lyrics
the blind men were all watching
as the tall man was being crowned
ambassador to the city dump
where the tree surgeons all lounged
no one was keeping score as
the latest pirates had been found
when the mayor screams out quietly
hang them all on dirty grounds
and bury them at the local factory
as complete unknowns.
ah! and you know somethings happening here
but you dont know what it is.
do you? Mr. Jones
mr jones
i think we all have met our share of mr joneses in this world. They are the ones that write letters to the editor complaining about everything hoping someone will gush sympathy or support, when in fact, they are the disease that is making this world more restricted under useless pretenses. Lets make more rules. If i was goin to make a rule..it would be that no more rules would be allowed. The world has become increasingly anal.
Thin Men
There are rock critics, politicians, and other unmentionable forgotten people, who claim that this song was written about them. Now who, in their God given right mind, would admit or aspire to acknowledge the fact that this song might be remotely a tale of their own pathetic life?? Other than someone trying to further their own career? I don't know, but thanks for posting, it is a song I think about from time to time.
Pagasaurus
Thanx
Thanks for commenting on my post.
I added it to my favorites list at YouTube.
For some reason, listening to that song as it was posted at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJOVNNHY1ok&feature=relatedou, felt like I had never really heard it before. Like when you read a book and then wait for a while and read it again and it means something different to you than when you read it before. I would have said, previous to now, that "Mr. Jones" wasn't really much of a favorite (for me), but there was something about the intonation in this version, the way Dylan sang it... I liked it. A lot.
Maybe I was just able to listen differently today ("I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now"). Thanks for posting!