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Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands Lyrics
With your mercury mouth in the missionary times,
And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes, And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes, Oh, who among them do they think could bury you? With your pockets well protected at last, And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass, And your flesh like silk, and your face like glass, Who among them do they think could carry you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? With your sheets like metal and your belt like lace, And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace, And your basement clothes and your hollow face, Who among them can think he could outguess you? With your silhouette when the sunlight dims Into your eyes where the moonlight swims, And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns, Who among them would try to impress you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? The kings of Tyrus with their convict list Are waiting in line for their geranium kiss, And you wouldn't know it would happen like this, But who among them really wants just to kiss you? With your childhood flames on your midnight rug, And your Spanish manners and your mother's drugs, And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs, Who among them do you think could resist you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? Oh, the farmers and the businessmen, they all did decide To show you the dead angels that they used to hide. But why did they pick you to sympathize with their side? Oh, how could they ever mistake you? They wished you'd accepted the blame for the farm, But with the sea at your feet and the phony false alarm, And with the child of a hoodlum wrapped up in your arms, How could they ever, ever persuade you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? With your sheet-metal memory of Cannery Row, And your magazine-husband who one day just had to go, And your gentleness now, which you just can't help but show, Who among them do you think would employ you? Now you stand with your thief, you're on his parole With your holy medallion which your fingertips fold, And your saintlike face and your ghostlike soul, Oh, who among them do you think could destroy you Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
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07-05-2002
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06-11-2003
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05-20-2004
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05-20-2004
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05-21-2004
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06-18-2004
I can still hear the sounds
Of those Methodist bells
I'd taken the cure
And had just gotten through
Stayin' up for days
In the Chelsea Hotel
Writin' "Sad-Eyed Lady
Of the Lowlands" for you
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09-23-2004
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09-26-2004
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11-17-2004
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01-02-2005
I always thought of 'warehouse eyes' as sort of trying to contain what he sees, ie. sara (or whoever this song is addressed to) within himself. There's probably more to it than that though, and 'arabian drums' i just don't know.....anyone?
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02-03-2005
THIS IS THE BEST LOVE SONG I HAVE EVER HEARD
In both Englilsh or Spanish
It's more than a song, not even a poem, it's a prayer.
It's about his wife at the time, Sara Lownes (hence Lowlands), ex-playgirl and mother of Jakob (The Wallflowers).
Her first husband was an editor of a magazine ("your magazine husband who ne day just had to go") and his father was a metal worker ("and your sheets like metal/and your sheet metal memory of Cannery Row").
I spent a whole lot of time, months, trying to figure out what some parts pf the lyrics meant, searching the web and doing a lot of hard thinking. I came up with the idea idea of emptiness, of a void, in his warehouse eyes (now I see that they're eager to capture her, and it's just....wonderful).
And her mercury mouth, you know, mercury slips away at contact.
Well, there's so much to say that I realize it's silly to try to explain it line by line.
But I'm simply obsessed with this song. I know it by heart, I bet that not even Dylan himself can say that.
"your flesh like silk, your face like glass"
"your silhouette when the sunlight dims
Into your eyes where the moonlight swims"
"your saintlike face, your ghostlike soul"
Damn!
Simply perfect. And his voice. The constant crescendo.
where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes....
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03-10-2005
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03-10-2005
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03-31-2005
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01-18-2006
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02-18-2006
Bob Dylan is a poet more than a musician. If anyone says that he has a bad voice or is a bad musician, tell them that his music isn't supposed to sound good necessarily. Not all poetry sounds amazing on the ears. The main point of them is to get a certain feeling across to the listener. In this song, the listener is able to pick up his exact feeling on his lover. Although it may seem monotonous to some listeners, this length is what it takes for him to get his point across about his love. A four minute song would not nearly reveal his true feelings.
01-28-2009
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02-20-2006
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03-18-2006
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06-13-2006
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07-07-2006
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07-23-2006
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10-05-2006
SAd eyed lady of the LOWlaNDs
I find it particularly moving to listen to this song, knowing that when he wrote it he had no idea that ten years later he would be writing the tragic corrollary "Sara" on the Desire album.
This song is so rich with imagery, but the images are so unpredictable it always sounds new and fresh, compared to the hackneyed lyrics we always hear in other love songs. "mercury mouth" "voice like chimes" and many more.
Also, I love his vocal performance in this song - he may not be a conventional singer, but no one else could cover this song and sound as in love as he does - he sounds as though he's having sex with the words!
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10-19-2006
“Arabian Drums” could be a reference to his music: should he continue on with his career or set it aside to wait for her?
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10-31-2006
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12-29-2006
The "magazine husband" was magazine photographer Hans Lownds, Sara's first husband.
A man who helped me with my creative writing said once that, "If you start with the particular in your writing, you'll end up with this general." This is exactly what Dylan does in this song. He starts with the particular- his experiences and his love for Sara. Then he arrives at the general. Everyone on this page has connected to the song because all they really want is for someone to feel about them the way Dylan feels for Sara in this song. We all just want someone to "wait" like Bob does.
The song makes me feel that Sara has been wronged by everyone- "Farmers', "Businessmen", "Magazine husband"- and that she's trapped in the "lowlands" of her mind. She has a "gate" up around her "ghost like soul" but Dylan is prepared to wait to get close to her.
I wish the stupid people my age who think that love songs are that crap on the radio with fake voices and passion could hear this. THIS is a love song.
06-29-2009
His wife was from either from North or South Carolina - commonly referred to as the "lowlands"
04-03-2012
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