If You Belonged To Me

Bob Dylan © 1990 Special Rider Music

Traveling Wilburys vol.3 sessions, Wilbury Mountain Studio, Bel Air, LA CA - April 1980  

Waltzin' round the room tonight
In someone else's clothes
You're always coming out of things
Smelling like a rose
You hang your head and your heart is filled with so much misery
You'd be happy as you could be
If you belonged to me.

You say let's go to the rodeo
And see some cowboy fall
Sometimes it seems to me you've got no
Sympathy at all
Keep on goin' on and on about how you're so free
You'd be happy as you could be
If you belonged to me.

It ain't easy to get to you
But there must be some kind of a way
If only two could look to you
Oh, one moment of each day.

You're sayin' that you're all washed up
Got nothing else to give
Seems like you would've never figured out
How long you have to live
You could feel like a baby again sittin' on your daddy's knee
Oh how happy you would be
If you belonged to me.

The guy you're with is a ruthless pimp
Everybody knows
Every cent he takes from you
Goes straight up his nose
You look so sad, you're going so mad, any fool can see
You'd be happy as you could be
If you belonged to me.
You'd be happy as you could be
If you belonged to me.