Title:
Romance in Durango (live)
Artist:
Bob Dylan
Album:
Biograph (Track #9)
Duration:
04:39
Label:
Sony Music Entertainment
Hot chili peppers in the blistering sun
Dust on my face and my cape,
Me and Magdalena on the run
I think this time we shall escape.
Sold my guitar to the baker's son
For a few crumbs and a place to hide,
But I can get another one
And I'll play for Magdalena as we ride.
No llores, mi querida
Dios nos vigila
Soon the horse will take us to Durango.
Agarrame, mi vida
Soon the desert will be gone
Soon you will be dancing the fandango.
Past the Aztec ruins and the ghosts of our people
Hoofbeats like castanets on stone.
At night I dream of bells in the village steeple
Then I see the bloody face of Ramon.
Was it me that shot him down in the cantina
Was it my hand that held the gun?
Come, let us fly, my Magdalena
The dogs are barking and what's done is done.
No llores, mi querida
Dios nos vigila
Soon the horse will take us to Durango.
Agarrame, mi vida
Soon the desert will be gone
Soon you will be dancing the fandango.
At the corrida we'll sit in the shade
And watch the young torero stand alone.
We'll drink tequila where our grandfathers stayed
When they rode with Villa into Torreon.
Then the padre will recite the prayers of old
In the little church this side of town.
I will wear new boots and an earring of gold
You'll shine with diamonds in your wedding gown.
The way is long but the end is near
Already the fiesta has begun.
The face of God will appear
With His serpent eyes of obsidian.
No llores, mi querida
Dios nos vigila
Soon the horse will take us to Durango.
Agarrame, mi vida
Soon the desert will be gone
Soon you will be dancing the fandango.
Was that the thunder that I heard?
My head is vibrating, I feel a sharp pain
Come sit by me, don't say a word
Oh, can it be that I am slain?
Quick, Magdalena, take my gun
Look up in the hills, that flash of light.
Aim well my little one
We may not make it through the night.
No llores, mi querida
Dios nos vigila
Soon the horse will take us to Durango.
Agarrame, mi vida
Soon the desert will be gone
Soon you will be dancing the fandango.
Additional Info:
Liner notes:
Biograph
Released 11/07/1985
© 1985 Special Rider Music
previously released tracks are listed by song title, album title and release date
unreleased performances are listed by song title and recording date.
Disc One
Lay, Lady, Lay (NASHVILLE SKYLINE -- 4/9/69)
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (BOB DYLAN -- 3/19/62)
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (JOHN WESLEY HARDING -- 12/27/67)
I'll Keep It With Mine (unreleased -- 1/14/65)
The Times They Are A-Changin' (THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' -- 1/13/64)
Blowin' In The Wind (THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN -- 5/27/63)
Masters of War (THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN -- 5/27/63)
Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' -- 1/13/64)
Percy's Song (unreleased -- 10/23/63)
Mixed-Up Confusion (single -- 11/62)
Tombstone Blues (HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED -- 8/30/65)
Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar (B-side of single -- 9/11/81)
Most Likely You Go Your Way (BEFORE THE FLOOD -- 6/20/74)
Like A Rolling Stone (HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED -- 8/30/65)
Lay Down Your Weary Tune (unreleased -- 10/24/63)
Subterranean Homesick Blues (BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME -- 3/22/65)
I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (live, unreleased version -- 5/6/66)
Disc Two
Visions Of Johanna (live, unreleased version -- 5/26/66)
Every Grain Of Sand (SHOT OF LOVE -- 8/12/81)
Quinn, The Eskimo (unreleased version -- 7/67)
Mr. Tambourine Man (BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME -- 3/22/65)
Dear Landlord (JOHN WESLEY HARDING -- 12/27/67)
It Ain't Me, Babe (ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN -- 8/10/64)
You Angel, You (PLANET WAVES -- 1/17/74)
Million Dollar Bash (BASEMENT TAPES -- 7/75)
To Ramona (ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN -- 8/10/64)
You're A Big Girl Now (unreleased version -- 9/25/74)
Abandoned Love (unreleased 7/25)
Tangled Up In Blue (BLOOD ON THE TRACKS -- 6/20/75)
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (live, unreleased version -- 5/17/66)
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (single -- 12/65)
Positively 4th Street (single -- 9/65)
Isis (live, unreleased version -- 12/4/75)
Jet Pilot (unreleased -- 10/65)
Disc Three
Caribbean Wind (unreleased -- 4/7/81)
Up To Me (unreleased version -- 9/25/74)
Baby, I'm In The Mood For You (unreleased -- 7/9/62)
I Wanna Be Your Lover (unreleased -- 10/65)
I Want You (BLONDE ON BLONDE -- 5/16/66)
Heart Of Mine (live, unreleased version -- 8/81)
On A Night Like This (PLANET WAVES -- 1/17/74)
Just Like A Woman (BLONDE ON BLONDE -- 5/16/66)
Romance In Durango (live, unreleased version -- 12/4/75)
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) (STREET LEGAL -- 6/15/78)
Gotta Serve Somebody (SLOW TRAIN COMING -- 8/20/79)
I Believe In You (SLOW TRAIN COMING -- 8/20/79)
Time Passes Slowly (NEW MORNING -- 10/21/70)
I Shall Be Released (GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2 -- 11/17/71)
Knockin' On Heaven's Door (PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID -- 7/13/73)
All Along The Watchtower (BEFORE THE FLOOD -- 6/20/74)
Solid Rock (SAVED -- 6/19/80)
Forever Young (unreleased version -- 6/73)
All songs written and performed by Bob Dylan with the exception of "Baby Let Me Follow You Down."
Produced for reissue by Jeff Rosen
Liner Notes and Text by Cameron Crow
Notes and Text © 1985 Special Rider Music
Package designed by Nick Egan, assisted by Lisa Spellman
Center Portrait © Daniel Kramer 1965
Unreleased material mixed by Thom Panunzio, assisted by Jim Ball at the Record Plant, NYC
Mastered Digitally by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
Columbia Records coordination by Bruce Dickinson, Don DeVito, and Jeff Jones