Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you Though I know that evening's empire has returned into sand Vanished from my hand Left me blindly here to stand, but still not sleeping My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet I have no one to meet And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship My senses have been stripped My hands can't feel to grip My toes too numb to step Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade Into my own parade Cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging madly across the sun It's not aimed at anyone It's just escaping on the run And but for the sky there are no fences facing And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme To your tambourine in time It's just a ragged clown behind I wouldn't pay it any mind It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind Down the foggy ruins of time Far past the frozen leaves The haunted frightened trees Out to the windy beach Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky With one hand waving free Silhouetted by the sea Circled by the circus sands With all memory and fate Driven deep beneath the waves Let me forget about today until tomorrow Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you
Mr. Tambourine Man
12 responses to “Mr. Tambourine Man”
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I have the Shatner album on spotify. It’s good, if irreverent. I think Shatner adequately captures the angst of the era. Really screeches his soul out. 😉
I have not heard the Dylan version before, it’s good. However, I love the harmonies in the Byrds version. It’s actually my favorite.
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The Byrds was the version I grew up with, still love it! 🙂 This original I found a few days ago, and I can’t get enough of the lyrics.
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I have a digital copy of an album that he and Nimoy contributed to — with various offerings, ranging from Nimoy’s recitation of “Desiderata” to Shatner’s performance of the St. Crispin’s Day speech — in adddition to songs like “Highly Illogical” and of course Shatner’s unique renditions of Mr. Tamborine Man and a few others. Always amusing to run across.
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Have you seen the video (it’s on Youtube) of Leonard Nimoy singing a Hobbit song? It is definitely a product of the sixties and proves the Nimoy was very good at one thing…and singing wasn’t it.
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Wait there’s a whole ALBUM of Shatner singing like this?! 😩
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Yes, his memory is amazing. I’m trying to learn the lyrics but it isn’t easy!!
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It makes me want to get a guitar again! 🙂
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