Title: Handy Dandy
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: Hard To Find Volume 7 (Track #9)
Duration: 04:48
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
Handy dandy, controversy surrounds him
He been around the world and back again
Something in the moonlight still hounds him
Handy dandy, just like sugar and candy
Handy dandy, if every bone in his body was broken he would never admit it
He got an all girl orchestra and when he says
"Strike up the band", they hit it
Handy dandy, handy dandy
Bridge #1:
You say, "What are ya made of?"
He says, "Can you repeat what you said?"
You'll say, "What are you afraid of?"
He'll say, "Nothin' neither 'live nor dead."
Handy dandy, he got a stick in his hand and a pocket full of money
He says, "Darling, tell me the truth, how much time I got?"
She says, "You got all the time in the world, honey."
Handy dandy, Handy dandy
Bridge #2:
He's got that clear crystal fountain
He's got that soft silky skin
He's got that fortress on the mountain
With no doors, no windows, no thieves can break in
Handy dandy, sitting with a girl named Nancy in a garden feelin' kind of lazy
He says, "Ya want a gun? I'll give you one." She says, "Boy, you talking crazy."
Handy dandy, just like sugar and candy
Handy dandy, pour him another brandy
Handy dandy, he got a basket of flowers and a bag full or sorrow
He finishes his drink, he gets up from the table he says,
"Okay, boys, I'll see you tomorrow."
Handy dandy, handy dandy, just like sugar and candy
Handy dandy, just like sugar and candy
Tracks:
(1) The Lonesome River (w /Ralph Stanley)
(2) Chimes Of Freedom (w /Joan Osborne)
(3) Train Of Love
(4) I'm Not Supposed To Care
(5) Newry Highwayman
(6) The Times We've Known
(7) The White Dove
(8) Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
(9) Handy Dandy
(10)TV-Talking Song
(11)My Blue Eyed Jane
(12)Hallelujah I'm Ready To Go
(13)Be Not A Stranger
(14)Long Black Veil
(15)Viola Lee Blues
(16)Rock Of Ages
(17)Down Along The Cove
(18)I Am The Man Thomas
(19)Dark As A Dungeon
(20)Pass Me Not Oh Gentle Savior
source:
(1) Clinch Mountain Country, Ralph Stanley & Friends
(2) The Sixties TV soundtrack album
(3) Johnny Cash Tribute (Broadcast April 6, 1999)
(4) Pond Of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA May 23, 1998
(5) Belfast, Ireland June 19, 1998
(6) Madison Square Garden, NY, NY Nov.1, 1998
(7) Irving Plaza, NY, NY December 8, 1997
(8) El Rey Theater, LA, CA. December 19, 1997
(9) Under The Red Sky sessions; January 6, 1990
(10) Under The Red Sky sessions; March 1990
(11) Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN May 1994
(12) The Gorge, George, WA. June 13, 1999
(13) VA Memorial Aud. Columbus, OH. Nov. 7, 1997
(14) Capitol Music Hall, Wheeling, WV. April 28, 1997
(15) Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Sapporo, Japan Feb. 24, 1997
(16) Pensacola, FL. February 2, 1999
(17) EMU Ballroom, Eugene, OR. June 14, 1999
(18) Nashville, TN September 1999
(19) Mercury Lounge, Melbourne, Australia Aug. 19, 1998
(20) Mullins Center, Amherst, MA. February 24, 1999