Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues

Текст песни BOB DYLAN - Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues <br/> I saw it advertised one day,<br />Bear Mountain picnic was comin&#039; my way.<br />&quot;Come along &#039;n&#039; take a trip,<br />We&#039;ll bring you up there on a ship.<br />Bring the wife and kids<br />Bring the whole family.&quot;<br />Yippee!<br />( )<br />Well, I run right down &#039;n&#039; bought a ticket<br />To this Bear Mountain Picnic.<br />But little did I realize<br />I was in for a picnic surprise.<br />Had nothin&#039; to do with mountains.<br />I didn&#039;t even come close to a bear.<br /><br />Took the wife &#039;n&#039; kids down to the pier,<br />Six thousand people there,<br />Everybody had ticket for the trip.<br />&quot;Oh well.&quot; I said, &quot;it&#039;s a pretty big ship.<br />Besides, anyway, the more the merrier.&quot;<br /><br />Well, we all got on &#039;n&#039; what d&#039;ya think,<br />That big old boat started t&#039; sink<br />More people kept a-pilin&#039; on,<br />That old ship was a-slowly goin&#039; down.<br />Funny way t&#039; start a picnic.<br /><br />Well, I soon lost track of m&#039; kids &#039;n&#039; wife,<br />So many people there I never saw in m&#039; life<br />That old ship sinkin&#039; down in the water,<br />Six thousand people tryin&#039; t&#039; kill each other,<br />Dogs a-barkin&#039;, cats a-meowin&#039;,<br />Women screamin&#039;, fists a-flyin&#039;, babies cryin&#039;,<br />Cops a-comin&#039;, me a-runnin&#039;.<br />Maybe we just better call off the picnic.<br /><br />I got shoved down &#039;n&#039; pushed around,<br />All I could hear there was a screamin&#039; sound,<br />Don&#039;t remember one thing more,<br />Just remember walkin&#039; up on a little shore,<br />Head busted, stomach cracked,<br />Feet splintered, I was bald, naked. . .<br />Quite lucky to be alive though.<br /><br />Feelin&#039; like I climbed outa m&#039; casket,<br />I grabbed back hold of m&#039; picnic basket.<br />Took the wife &#039;n&#039; kids &#039;n&#039; started home,<br />Wishin&#039; I&#039;d never got up that morn.<br /><br />Now, I don&#039;t care just what you do,<br />If you wanta have a picnic, that&#039;s up t&#039; you.<br />But don&#039;t tell me about it, I don&#039;t wanta hear it,<br />&#039;Cause, see, I just lost all m&#039; picnic spirit.<br />Stay in m&#039; kitchen, have m&#039; own picnic. . .<br />In the bathroom.<br /><br />Now, it don&#039;t seem to me quite so funny<br />What some people are gonna do f&#039;r money.<br />There&#039;s a bran&#039; new gimmick every day<br />Just t&#039; take somebody&#039;s money away.<br />I think we oughta take some o&#039; these people<br />And put &#039;em on a boat, send &#039;em up to Bear Mountain . . .<br />For a picnic.<br />