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Red River shore

Bob Dylan © 1997 Special Rider Music

(Official lyrics @ www.bobdylan.com)


26 Sep 1996
FRAGMENTS
    TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997)
    THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 #1 v.1

8 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 #4 v.2

19 Jan 1997
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 #3 v.1

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

Time Out of Mind "Teatro" sessions, Real Music studio, Oxnard CA - 26.sep.1996, BS17 #1 v.1 (f.1) ] 
Time Out of Mind sessions, Criteria studios, Miami FL -  8.jan.1997, BS8 #2, BS17 #4 v.2 (t.1) 
Time Out of Mind sessions, Criteria studios, Miami FL - 19.jan.1997, BS8 #1, BS17 #3 v.1 (t.2) 
Time Out of Mind sessions, Criteria studios, Miami FL - 19.jan.1997, BS17 #2 v.2 (f.2) ] 

Some of us turn off the lights and we lay
In the moonlight shooting by
Some of us scare ourselves to death in the dark
To be where the angels fly
Pretty maids all in a row lined up
Outside my cabin door
I've never wanted any of 'em wanting me(t.1,t.2)
      / The only one i ever wanted wantin' me(f.1,f.2)
['Cept/Was(f.1,f.2) the girl [from/on(f.1)] the Red River shore.

[Well,] i sat by her side [and] for a while i tried
To make that girl my wife
She gave me her best advice [when(t.1,t.2)] she said
Go home an' lead a quiet life
Well, i been to the east an' i been to the west
An' i been [out(t.1,t.2,f.2)] where the black winds roar
Somehow though i [never got(f.1)/never did get(t.1,f.2)/didn't get(t.2)] that far
With the girl [from/on(f.1)] the Red River shore.

[Well,/Now,] I knew when i first laid eyes on her
[That] I could never be free
One look at her and [i knew right away(t.1,t.2)/i just knew(f.2)]
She should always be with me
      / I was fallin' into every direction at once(f.1)
      / I could hear her voice talkin' to me(f.1)
Well, the dream dried up a long time ago
Don't know where it is anymore
True to life, [and] true to me
Was the girl [from/on(f.1)] the Red River shore.

Well, i'm wearin' a [cloak of misery / frown?? of gamblin'(f.1)]
[And] i've tasted jilted love
[And] the frozen smile upon my face
Fits me like a glove
[But] I can't escape from the memory
Of the one that i'll always adore
Every night when i was there in the arms (f.1)
      / All those nights when i [lay(t.1,t.2)/was there(f.2)] in the arms
Of the girl [from/on(f.1)] the Red River shore.

Well, we're livin' in the shadows of a fadin' past [verse only in versions (t.1,t.2,f.2)]
Trapped in the fires of time
I've tried not to ever hurt anybody
[And to] stay out of the life of crime
When it's all been said an' done
I never did know the score
One more day is another day away
From the girl from the Red River shore.

[Well,] I'm a stranger here in a strange land
[But] I know this is where i belong
I ramble and gamble for the one i love
An' the hills will give me a song
Nothin' looks [that] familiar to me
Though i know that I've stayed here before
      / Though nothin' looks familiar to me (t.1) 
      / I know i've stayed here before (t.1)
[Some time(f.1)/Once/One time(t.2)] a thousand [nights/years (f.1)] ago
With the girl [from/on(f.1)] the Red River shore.

Well, i went back to see about her once (f.1,t.2)
      / I went back once to see about her (t.2,f.2)
Went back to straighten it out
Everybody that i talked to [whob.1,t.2,f.2)] had seen us there
      / Everybody i knew who saw us there (f.1)
Said they didn't know who I was talkin' about
Well, the sun went down on me a long time ago
I had to pull back from the door
I wish I could have spent every hour of my life
With the girl [from/on(f.1,t.2)] the Red River shore.

[Well,/Now,] I heard of a guy who lived a long time ago
A man full of sorrow and strife
That if someone around him [was dead an' died(f.1) / died an' was dead]
He knew how to bring him on back to life
Well, I don't know what kind of language he used (f.1,t.2)
        / Don't know what kind of language he might have used (t.2,f.2)
Or if they do that kind of thing anymore
Sometimes I think nobody ever saw me here at all
'Cept the girl [from/on(f.1)] the Red River shore. 
    

Recording dates & record list

26 Sep 1997 1FRAGMENTS: TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997) THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 #1 v.1
8 Jan 1997 1TELL 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 #4 v.2
19 Jan 1997 1TELL 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 #3 v.1
19 Jan 1997 1FRAGMENTS: TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997) THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 #2 v.2