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Bob Dylan - In Concert: Brandeis University 1963 - Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
In Concert: Brandeis University 1963
01. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance (incomplete)
02. Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
03. Ballad of Hollis Brown
04. Masters of War
05. Talkin' World War III Blues
06. Bob Dylan's Dream
07. Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
Well, I saw it advertised one day
That the Bear Mountain picnic was comin' my way
"Come along and take a trip, we'll bring you up there on a ship
Bring the wife and family, bring the whole kids", yippee

Well, I run right down and bought a ticket
To this thing called the Bear Mountain Picnic
Little did I realize, I was in for a pleasant, funny surprise
It had nothin' to do with picnics
Didn't come close to a mountain, I hate bears

Took the wife and kids down to the pier
There were 6000 people there
Everybody had a ticket for the trip
"Oh well", I said, "It's a pretty big ship"
Besides, anyhow, the more the merrier

Well, we all got on and what do you think
That big old boat started to sink
More people kept a-pilin' on
That old ship was a-goin' down
Funny way to start a picnic

Well, I soon lost track of my kids and wife
So many people I never saw in my life
That old ship was sinkin' down in the water
There were 6000 people tryin' to kill each other

Dogs a-barking, cats a-screaming
Women a-yelling, men a-flying, fists a-flying, paper flying
Cops a-coming, me running
Maybe we just better call off the picnic

I got shoved down, got pushed around
All I remember was a moanin' sound
Don't remember one thing more
All I remember's walkin' up on a shore

My arms and legs were broken
My feet was splintered, my head was cracked
I couldn't walk, couldn't talk, smell, feel
Couldn't see, I didn't know where I was
I was bald, quite lucky to be alive though

Well, feelin' like I just climbed outta my casket
I grabbed back hold of my picnic basket
Took the wife and kids and started home
Wishin' I'd never got up that morning

Now, I don't care just what you do
If you wanna have a picnic, that's up to you
But don't tell me about it, I don't wanna hear it
'Cause see, I just lost all my picnic spirit

Stay in my kitchen, have picnics
I have picnic in my bathroom

Well, it don't seem to me quite so funny
What some people are gonna do for money
There's a brand new gimmick every day
Just to take somebody's money away

I think we oughta take some of these people
Put 'em on a boat, send 'em up to Bear Mountain for a picnic