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Time Out of Mind sessions, Criteria studios, Miami FL - 18.jan.1997, album version
Time Out of Mind sessions, Criteria studios, Miami FL - 12.jan.1997, BS17 #3 v.2
Time Out of Mind sessions, Criteria studios, Miami FL - 18.jan.1997, BS17 #2 v.1
live, Birmingham UK - 20.sep.2000
live, Wembley Arena, London UK - 5.oct.2000
The air is gettin' hotter
There's a rumblin' in the skies
I've been wadin' through the high muddy waters
But the heat riseth in my eyes
Everyday your memory goes dimmer
It doesn't haunt me like it did before
I've been walkin' through the middle of nowhere
Tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door.
[When/While(v.2)] i was in Missouri
They would not let me be
I had to leave there in a hurry
I only saw what they let me see
You broke a heart that loved you
Now you can seal up the book [an' not / you don't have to(v.2)] write anymore
I've been walkin' that lonesome valley
[Now i'm(v.2)] Tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door.
People on the platforms
Waitin' for the trains
I can hear their hearts a-beatin'
Like pendulums swingin' on chains
When you think that you have lost everything
You find out you can [always] lose a little more
I'm [just] goin' down the road feelin' bad
Tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door.
[Well (v.2)] I'm goin' down the river
Down [to/towards(v.1,v.2)] New Orleans
They tell me everything is gonna be all right [all the while (v.1)]
But i don't know what all right even means
I was ridin' in a buggy with Miss Mary Jane
Miss Mary Jane got a house in Baltimore
I've been all around the world, boys
[Now (v.2)] I'm tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door.
[Gotta/I(v.2)] sleep down in the parlor
An' relive my dreams
I close my eyes an' i wonder
If everything is as hollow as it seems
Some trains don't pull no gamblers
No midnight ramblers like they did before
I've been to sugar town, i shook the sugar down
Now i'm tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door.
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