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    Tears/Crying

     Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter,
    Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley,     "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall"

    Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying
    Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying
    Baby, please stop crying.
    You know, I know, the sun will always shine
    So baby, please stop crying 'cause it's tearing up my mind.     "Baby, Please Stop Crying"

    She sheds a tear and then begins to pray,
    As the fire burns on and the smoke drifts away,
    From Black Diamond Bay.     "Black Diamond Bay"

    Yes, and how many ears must one man have,
    Before he can hear people cry?     "Blowing in the Wind"

    There's a whole lot of people crying tonight from the disease of conceit. "Disease of Conceit"

    Well, the judge, he cast his robe aside,
    A tear came to his eye,
    "You fail to understand," he said, "why must you even try?"     "Drifter's Escape"

    In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need
    When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn
    seed,     "Every Grain of Sand"

    There's a million reasons for you to be crying,
    You been so bold and so cold.     "God Knows"

    God knows that when you see it,
    God knows you've got to weep.     "God Knows"

    I believe in you even through the tears and the laughter,
    I believe in you even though we be apart.     "I Believe in You"

    Oh, I awoke in anger, so alone and terrified,
    I put my fingers against the glass
    And bowed my head and cried.     "I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine"

    Whose heaven is like Ironsides,
    Whose tears are like rain,     "I Pity the Poor Immigrant"

    You discover that you'd just be one more person crying. "It's All Right Ma, I'm Only Bleeding"

    The drunken politician leaps,
    Upon the street where mothers weep,     "I Want You"

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    Television

     I was sitting home alone one night,
    In L.A. watching old Cronkite on,
    The Seven O'Clock News.

    You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk,
    You might be the head of some big TV network,     "Gotta Serve Somebody"

    Oh, set me down on a television floor,
    I'll flip the channel to number four.
    Out of the shower comes a grown-up man
    With a bottle of hair oil in his hand.
    (It's that greasy kid stuff.     "I Shall be Free - alternate version"

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    Trains

     While riding on a train going west,
    I fell asleep for to take my rest.
    I dreamed a dream that made me sad,
    Concerning myself and the first few friends I had.     "Bob Dylan's Dream"

    The memory of you keeps callin' after me like a rollin' train. "Brownsville Girl"

    We met at the station where the mission bells ring, "Caribbean Wind"

    Famines and earthquakes and trainwrecks, and the tearing down of the wall. "Caribbean Wind"

    Now, you can train on down to Williams Point,
    You can bust your feet, you can rock this joint.     "Down in the Flood"

    Outside are two men on a train platform,
    There's nobody in sight.
    They're waiting for Spring to come,
    smoking down the track.     "I and I"

    There's a lone soldier on the cross,
    Smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door.     "Idiot Wind"

    Well I ride on a mailtrain baby, can't buy a thrill,
    Well I been up all night baby leanin' on the windowsill,     "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Lot to Cry"

    Don't the breakman look good, Mama, flaggin' down the "Double-E"? "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Lot to Cry"

    Don't say I never warned you when your train gets lost. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Lot to Cry"

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