Mr. Tambourine Man

Bob Dylan * Track #8 On Bringing It All Back Home

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Album Bringing It All Back Home

ALBUM

Bob Dylan

1965

Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan

Release Date

Mon Mar 22 1965

Performed by

Bob Dylan

Produced by

Tom Wilson

Writed by

Bob Dylan

About

This song opens Dylan’s 1965 Bringing it all Back Home’s second, acoustic folk side, which comes after seven mostly electric, perky, dense and not rarely harsh pieces (partly a prelude to “Like a Rolling Stone” etc.).

The contrast is astounding really, it is a sweet simple song, mesmerizing in its...

Mr. Tambourine Man Lyrics

[Chorus]
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you

[Verse 1]
Though I know that evening's empire has returned into sand
Vanished from my hand
Left me blindly here to stand, but still not sleeping
My weariness amazes me, I am branded on my feet
I have no one to meet
And my ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming

[Chorus]
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you

[Verse 2]
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wandering
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancin' spell my way
I promise to go under it

[Chorus]
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you

[Verse 3]
Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging madly across the sun
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escaping on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facing
And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind
I wouldn't pay it any mind
It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing

[Chorus]
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 4]
And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow

[Chorus]
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you

Mr. Tambourine Man Q&A

Who wrote Mr. Tambourine Man's ?

Mr. Tambourine Man was written by Bob Dylan.

Who produced Mr. Tambourine Man's ?

Mr. Tambourine Man was produced by Tom Wilson.

When did Bob Dylan release Mr. Tambourine Man?

Bob Dylan released Mr. Tambourine Man on Mon Mar 22 1965.

What did Bob Dylan say about "Mr. Tambourine Man"?

“Mr. Tambourine Man,” I think, was inspired by Bruce Langhorne. Bruce was playing guitar with me on a bunch of the early records. On one session, [producer] Tom Wilson had asked him to play tambourine. And he had this gigantic tambourine. It was like, really big. It was as big as a wagon-wheel. He w...

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