I'm walking through the summer nights
Jukebox playing low
Yesterday everything was going too fast
Today, it's moving too slow
I got no place left to turn
I got nothing left to burn
Don't know if I saw you, if I would kiss you or kill you
It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
I got nothing to go back to now

The light in this place is so bad
Making me sick in the head
All the laughter is just making me sad
The stars have turned cherry red
I'm strumming on my gay guitar
Smoking a cheap cigar
The ghost of our old love has not gone away
Don't look like it will anytime soon
You left me standing in the doorway crying
Under the midnight moon

Maybe they'll get me and maybe they won't
But not tonight and it won't be here
There are things I could say but I don't
I know the mercy of God must be near
I've been riding the midnight train
Got ice water in my veins
I would be crazy if I took you back
It would go up against every rule
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
Suffering like a fool

When the last rays of daylight go down
Buddy, you'll roll no more
I can hear the church bells ringing in the yard
I wonder who they're ringing for
I know I can't win
But my heart just won't give in
Last night I danced with a stranger
But she just reminded me you were the one
You left me standing in the doorway crying
In the dark land of the sun

I'll eat when I'm hungry, drink when I'm dry
And live my life on the square
And even if the flesh falls off of my face
I know someone will be there to care
It always means so much
Even the softest touch
I see nothing to be gained by any explanation
There are no words that need to be said
You left me standing in the doorway crying
Blues wrapped around my head



Lyrics submitted by caitsith01, edited by Mellow_Harsher

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    General Comment:"i see nothing to be gained from any explanation" amen. i think not dark yet is the best song of toom but i like this one just fiiiiine :)
    Flag jasssson April 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I love the line "the dark land of the sun"
    I'm not going to say it's a brilliant line
    Because as far as Dylan goes it's ordinary compared
    To some of his better lines, but I just love it.
    The Dark Land of the Sun
    Awesome.
    Flag TheThornBirdson February 08, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this song reminds me of a relationship that i just got out of that was too complicated. one second we'd be in love and the other we'd be totally pissed. now..post break-up, the dust hasn't quite settled.

    "Don't know if I saw you, if I would kiss you or kill you
    It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow."

    this song is amazing
    Flag songs4peaceon January 13, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:A simply amazing song. Probably my favorite Dylan song also, although I'm moving through his stuff slowly, so i can fully absorb it all. I havent heard everything yet (theres so much, haha)

    "Don't know if I saw you, if I would kiss you or kill you
    It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow."
    Honestly, anyone who has ever broken up with someone should understand that line.

    And the song paints a picture too, as it goes along, such great imagery of a depressed man moving from a bars to home, trying to find happiness. and with no luck.

    Ah, gotta love Dylan.
    Flag SpineofaJellyFishon February 18, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I actually sought this site out just now solely to see if tehre was any menaing on this song. There's not but I was so shocked to see that other poeple love this song as much as me that I signed up.

    What a gloriously excellent song. i agree with whoever said was the highlight of Time Out Of Mind. I'm not really what you'd call a Dylan fan (I just like about a quarter of his stuff) but when he's good he's bloody great! And this, for me anyway, is his finest moment. (Of what I've heard so far by him anyway)
    Flag martinbankson January 15, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I've been listening to this song for about 2 days straight now, and I can't stop, and it's just ridiculously good. I think I'll continue to listen to it.
    Flag ecdrevolutionon May 03, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:It's a damn good song, but i guess the meaning's pretty obvious. You did pick the best lyric of the whole thing though! (I had the last 2 lines set as my MSN name before i even came on here!)
    Flag Barry Burtonon April 10, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:no one?

    Yesterday everything was going too fast
    Today, it's moving too slow
    I got no place left to turn
    I got nothing left to burn
    Don't know if I saw you, if I would kiss you or kill you
    It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow

    No one?
    I can't believe it
    The best song of Time Out Of Mind
    No one?
    Really?
    Flag cavernon February 03, 2005   Link

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