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Can't Wait 1

Bob Dylan © 1997

(Official lyrics @ www.bobdylan.com)


21? Jan 1997
TIME OUT OF MIND
FRAGMENTS:
   TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997)
   THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 #1, 2022 remix

Time Out of Mind sessions, Criteria studios, Miami FL - 21?jan.1997, album version 

I can't wait, wait for you to change your mind
It's late, i'm tryin' to walk the line
Well, it's way past midnight and there's people all around
Some on their way up, some on their way down
The air burns and i'm tryin to think straight
An' i don't know how much longer i can wait.

I'm your man, i'm tryin' to recover the sweet love that we knew
You understand that my heart can't go on beatin' without you
Well, your loveliness has wounded me, i'm reelin' from the blow
I wish i knew what it was that keeps me lovin' you so
I'm breathin' hard, standin' at the gate
Oh, but i don't know how much longer i can wait.

Skies are grey, i'm lookin' for anythin' that will bring a happy glow
Night or day, it doesn't matter where i go anymore i just go
If i ever saw you comin', i don't know what i might do
I'd like to think i could control myself, but it isn't true
That's how it is when things disintegrate
An' i don't know how much longer i can wait.

I'm doomed to love you, i've been rollin' through stormy weather
I'm thinkin' of you an' all the places we could roam together.

It's mighty funny, the end of time has just begun
Oh honey, after all these years you're still the one
While i'm strollin' through the lonely graveyard of my mind
I left my life with you somewhere back there along the line
I thought somehow that i would be spared this fate
I don't know how much longer i can wait. 
    

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Can't Wait 2


1 Oct 1996
TELL TALE SIGNS:
    THE BOOTLEG SERIES Vol. 8
    RARE AND UNRELEASED 1989-2006 #1
FRAGMENTS:
   TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997)
   THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 v.1 #6

Time Out of Mind "Teatro" sessions, Real Music studio, Oxnard CA - 1.oct.1996, BS8 #1, BS17 #6 v.1 

I can't wait, wait for you to change your mind
I can't wait, waitin' just makin' me go blind
Do you ever lay awake at night your face turned to the wall
Drownin' in your thoughtlessness and cut off from it all
I don't know, maybe to you it's not that late
But as for me don't know how much longer i can wait.

It's got to end, everything about it just feels wrong
I pretend, being close to her is where I don't belong
Well my back is to the sun because the light is too intense
I can see what everybody in the world is up against
I'll stay here where i can feel the hand of fate
An' i don't know how much longer i can wait.

Skies are grey, life is short and i think of her a lot
I can't say if i want the pain to end or not
Well the blindness overtakin' me is beatin' like a drum
I don't know where it starts or where it's comin' from
How it is, we'll all try to concentrate
An' i don't know how much longer i can wait.

I been drinkin', drinkin' forbidden juices
I been livin', livin' on lame excuses.

My hands are cold, the end of time has just begun
I'm getting old, anything can happen now to anyone
I walk all across the floor 'til i wear out my shoes
You think you've lost it all there's always more to lose
I'm so clear, she can keep my head on straight
An' i don't know how much longer i can wait. 
    

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Can't Wait 3


5 Jan 1997
TELL TALE SIGNS:
    THE BOOTLEG SERIES Vol. 8
    RARE AND UNRELEASED 1989-2006 #2
FRAGMENTS:
   TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997)
   THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 v.2 #7

Time Out of Mind sessions, Criteria studios, Miami FL - 5.jan.1997, BS8 #2, BS17 #7 v.2 

I can't wait, wait for you to change your mind
I can't wait for you to walk the line
You ever feel just like your brain been bolted to the wall
That you're drowning in your thoughtlessness and cut off from it all
I don't know, maybe for you it's not that late
But as for me i don't know how much longer i can wait.

It's got to end, everything about it just feels wrong
I pretend being close to her is where i don't belong
Well my back is to the sun because the light is too intense
I can see what everybody in the world is up against
That's how it is when things disintegrate
An' i don't know how much longer i can wait.

Skies are grey, life is short and i think of her a lot
Every day i can't say whether i want the pain to even end or not
Well i'm trying my best to stand on my own two feet
Not have to lean on everybody that i meet
I'm breathing hard, i'm trying to concentrate
An' i don't know how much longer i can wait.

I'm torn and i'm tattered, i been rollin' through the stormy weather
My heart's been shattered but i'm holdin' all the parts of it together.

My hands are cold, the end of time has just begun
I'm getting old, anything can happen now to anyone
Loneliness around me digging in me like a rake
What a piece of work she is to cause my heart to break
I thought somehow that i'd be spared this fate
An' i don't know how much longer i can wait. 
    

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Can't Wait 4


14 Jan 1997
FRAGMENTS:
   TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997)
   THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 v.2 #3

21 Jan 1997
FRAGMENTS:
   TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997)
   THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 v.1 #2

Time Out of Mind sessions, Criteria studios, Miami FL - 14.jan.1997, BS-17 #3 v.2 (f.2) 
Time Out of Mind sessions, Criteria studios, Miami FL - 21.jan.1997, BS-17 #2 v.1 (f.1) 

I can't wait, wait for you to change your mind
I can't wait, wait for you to walk the line
[Did] You ever feel just like your brain's been bolted to the wall?
[That] All the screws were tightened an' you're cut off from it all
I don't know, maybe for you it's not that late
But as for me, i don't know how much longer i can wait.

It's got to end, everything about it just feels wrong
I pretend bein' close to her is where i don't belong
Well, my back is to the sun because the light is too intense
I can see what everybody in the world is up against
 (f.1) That's how it is when things disintegrate
/  (f.2) I'm breathin' hard an' i'm tryin' to concentrate
But i don't know how much longer i can wait

Skies are grey, life is short an' i think of her a lot
I can't say if i want the pain to even end or not
 (f.1) I'm tryin' to stand on my own two feet
 (f.1) An' not have to lean on everybody that i meet
 (f.1) I'm breathin' hard, i'm tryin' to concentrate
 (f.1) But i don't know how much longer i can wait
/  (f.2) I got one heel in front of me an' the other heel behind 
   (f.2) I'm strollin' through the lonely graveyard of my mind
   (f.2) That's how it is when things disintegrate
   (f.2) And i don't know how much longer i can wait.

The trees are shakin', i'm [been] rollin' through the stormy weather
(f.1) My heart is breakin' but i'm holdin' all the parts of it together
(f.2) I feel my heart breakin' but i'm holdin' all the parts of it together.

My hands are cold, the end of time has just begun
I'm gettin' old, anything can happen now to anyone
(f.1) Well, i got one heel in front of me and the other one behind 
(f.1) I'm strollin' through the lonely graveyard of my mind
/  (f.2) Well, i'm tryin' to stand on my own two feet
   (f.2) An' not have to lean on everybody that I meet
I thought somehow i would be spared this fate
But i don't know how much longer i can wait. 
    

Recording dates & record list

1 Oct 1996 2TELL TALE SIGNS: THE BOOTLEG SERIES Vol. 8 RARE AND UNRELEASED 1989-2006 v.1 #1
FRAGMENTS: TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997) THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 v.1 #6
5 Jan 1997 3TELL TALE SIGNS: THE BOOTLEG SERIES Vol. 8 RARE AND UNRELEASED 1989-2006 v.2 #2
FRAGMENTS: TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997) THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 v.2 #7
14 Jan 1997 4FRAGMENTS: TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997) THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 v.1 #3
21 Jan 1997 4FRAGMENTS: TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997) THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 v.2 #2
21? Jan 1997 1TIME OUT OF MIND
FRAGMENTS: TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997) THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 #1, 2022 remix
19 Dec 1997DON'T BE LATE (cd bootleg), live El Rey theater Los Angeles CA
20 Dec 1997LOVE SICK CD 2 (single), live El Rey theater Los Angeles CA
OH BABE IT AIN'T NO LIE (cd bootleg), live El Rey theater Los Angeles CA
6 Feb 1999FRAGMENTS: TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997) THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 #4, live Nashville TN
19 May 2000FRAGMENTS: TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997) THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 #5, live Oslo NO