From: Harlan L Thompson
EVERYTHING IS BROKEN- Bob Dylan
E7
Broken lines, broken strings, broken threads, broken springs
A7 E7
Broken idols, broken heads, people sleeping in broken beds
B7 A7
Ain't no use jivin', ain't no use jokin'
E7
Everything is broken
Broken bottles, broken plates, broken switches, broken gates
Broken dishes, broken parts, streets are filled with broken hearts
Broken words never meant to be spoken
Everything is broken
E7
Seems like every time you stop and turn around
A7
Something else has just hit the ground
Broken cutters, broken saws, broken buckles, broken laws
Broken bodies, broken bones, broken voices on broken phones
Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin'
Everything is broken
E7
Every time you leave and go off some place
A7
Things fall to pieces in my face
Broken hands on broken plows, broken treaties, broken vows
Broken pipes, broken tools, people bending broken rules
Hound dog howlin', bullfrog croakin'
Everything is broken
(from Oh Mercy!, 1989)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)
Bob Dylan - Everything Is Broken (alt. version)
Alternate take from 'Oh Mercy' sessions.
Broken nights, broken days,
Broken leaves on broken trees,
Broken treaties, broken vows,
Broken hands on broken plows.
Ain't no use runnin', honey,
Ain't no use jokin'
Nothing's workin'
Everything is broken.
Broken lives, hangin' by a thread,
Broken bones in a broken bed,
Broken mirror, broken chair,
Broken roads, goin' nowhere.
Broken words never meant to be spoken,
Can't help it, honey,
Everything broken.
I send you roses once from a heart that was truly grieved
Send you roses someone else must have received
Broken clock, on a broken wall
Broken voices in a broken hall
Broken beginnings, broken ends
Streets are filled with broken friends
Take a deep breath, baby, feel like you're chokin',
Tell me the truth now,
Everything broken.
Seen James Dean in a picture once, comin' in from the cold
Say, geez, I hope I look that good, if I get to be that old
Broken flesh on a broken floor,
Broken key, for a broken door
Broken idols, broken heroes,
Broken numbers, addin' up to zeroes
Hound dog's howling, bull frog's croakin',
It ain't easy, baby,
Everything broken.
Bob Dylan : Everything Is Broken
Broome County Arena, Binghamton, NY, USA Friday, 19th February 1999
Bob Dylan Everything is Broken
Everything is Broken including you.
Bob Dylan Bootleg Series vol.8 - Everything is Broken
alternate version
Bob Dylan - Everything Is Broken + What Good Am I 11/2/89
Bob Dylan performing tracks from his then-current album OH MERCY: Everything Is Broken + What Good Am I recorded live at The State Theater in Cleveland Ohio on November 2, 1989.