Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Lyric research by Parker Fishel
“Outlaw Blues” was a commentary on the anti-miscegenation laws that were in effect in the American South. Recorded on January 14, 1965 at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City, it was featured on Bob Dylan’s fifth studio album Bringing it All Back Home, which w...
[Verse 1]
Ain't it hard to stumble
And land in some funny lagoon?
Ain't it hard to stumble
And land in some muddy lagoon?
Especially when it's nine below zero
And three o'clock in the afternoon
[Verse 2]
Ain't gonna hang no picture
Ain't gonna hang no picture frame
Ain't gonna hang no picture
Or hang no picture frame
Well, I might look like Robert Ford
But I feel just like a'Jesse James
[Verse 3]
And I wish I was
On some Australian mountain range
Oh, I wish I was
On some Australian mountain range
I got no reason to be there, but I
Imagine it would be some kinda change
[Verse 4]
I got my dark sunglasses
I got for good luck my black tooth
I got my dark sunglasses
I'm carrying my good luck, my black tooth
Don't ask me nothin' about nothin'
I just might tell you the truth
[Verse 5]
I got a woman in Jackson
Oh, I ain't gonna say her name
I got a woman in Jackson
I ain't gonna say her name
She's a brown-skin woman
But I love her just the same
Outlaw Blues was written by Bob Dylan.
Outlaw Blues was produced by Tom Wilson.
Bob Dylan released Outlaw Blues on Mon Mar 22 1965.