Title: Dignity
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: Genuine Bootleg Series Volume 1 (Track #313)
Duration: 05:49
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel
Thin man lookin' at his last meal
Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield
For dignity
Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass
Young man lookin' in the shadows that pass
Poor man lookin' through painted glass
For dignity
Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave
I went into the city, went into the town
Went into the land of the midnight sun
Searchin' high, searchin' low
Searchin' everywhere I know
Askin' the cops wherever I go
Have you seen dignity?
Blind man breakin' out of a trance
Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance
Hopin' to find one circumstance
Of dignity
I went to the wedding of Mary-lou
She said ÃI don't want nobody see me talkin' to youÃ
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew
About dignity
I went down where the vultures feed
I would've got deeper, but there wasn't any need
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men
Wasn't any difference to me
Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade
House on fire, debts unpaid
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid
Have you seen dignity?
Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears
In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors
Lookin' into the lost forgotten years
For dignity
Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
Said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used
He wanted money up front, said he was abused
By dignity
Footprints runnin' cross the silver sand
Steps goin' down into tattoo land
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light
In the bordertowns of despair
Got no place to fade, got no coat
I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat
Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote
About dignity
Sick man lookin' for the doctor's cure
Lookin' at his hands for the lines that were
And into every masterpiece of literature
for dignity
Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind
Combin' his hair back, his future looks thin
Bites the bullet and he looks within
For dignity
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed
Dignity never been photographed
I went into the red, went into the black
Into the valley of dry bone dreams
So many roads, so much at stake
So many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take
To find dignity
Bob Dylan
Genuine Bootleg Series
Manufacturer: Scorpio
Catalog No. 94-14-01/02/03
Released: 1994 ; Re-release 1999
This incredible 3 CD set is packed full of outtakes and live performances spanning 3 decades of Dylan's career. A lot of the material circulates on tape, LP, and/or other CD releases; but this first rate package is a great collection of them all in one place. While not as nice as having the complete set of outtakes of each venue package together, still; for a compilation type of package... (think of the official Bootleg series 1-3) other than the silk screen on the discs themselves, this series is hard to match. Each disc contains four macaws that don't relate to anything Dylan. The package includes the 3 CDs, each in a separate and unique black and white cardboard sleeve. All packed in a glossy full color cardboard photo box. Included is a booklet that lists tracks along with the venues, dates, and wonderful vintage photos. A true labor of love package. Part 1 of a series that also includes 2 & 3.
Source: Silver cd > WAV (CDDAE) > SHN (MKW)
Setlists, Info & Artwork available at:
http://www.bobsboots.com/CDs/cd-g08.html
Disc 1:
d1t01 - Black Cross
d1t02 - I Was Young When I Left Home
Minnesota Hotel Tape, 12/22/61
d1t03 - Ballad For A Friend
Leeds Demo, 1/62
d1t04 - Hero Blues
d1t05 - Whatcha Gonna Do?
Freewheelin' outtakes, 12/6/62
d1t06 - Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Witmark demo, 12/62
d1t07 - Milk Cow Blues
Freewheelin' outtake, 4/24/62
d1t08 - Rocks And Gravel
Freewheelin' test pressing, 11/13/62
d1t09 - You've Been Hiding Too Long
Town Hall, 4/12/63
d1t10 - Farewell
d1t11 - Baby Let Me Follow You Down
Witmark demos, 12/63-1/64
d1t12 - That's All Right Mama/Sally Free And Easy
d1t13 - Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag
Another Side sessions, 6/9/64
d1t14 - You Don't Have To Do That
BIABH outtake, 1/13/65
d1t15 - Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? Highway 61 outtake/error single, 7/30/65
d1t16 - Desolation Row
Highway 61 outtake, 7/30/65
d1t17 - Seems Like A Freeze Out
Hawks session, 11/30/65
d1t18 - She's Your Lover Now
Hawks session, 1/21/66
Disc 2:
d2t01 - The Painting By Van Gogh
Denver Hotel Tape, 3/13/66
d2t02 - What Kind of Friend Is This?
Glasgow Hotel Tape, 5/19/66
d2t03 - One Too Many Mornings
Sheffield, 5/16/66
d2t04 - Sign On The Cross
d2t05 - All American Boy
d2t06 - Nothing Was Delivered
Basement Tapes 1967
d2t07 - I Threw It All Away
d2t08 - Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance
d2t09 - Working On A Guru
George Harrison session, 5/1/70
d2t10 - Down In The Flood
New York City, 1/1/72
d2t11 - Goodbye Holly
d2t12 - Rock Me Mama
Pat Garrett sessions, 2/73
d2t13 - Nobody 'Cept You
Planet Waves outtake, 11/2/73
d2t14 - Idiot Wind
BOTT test pressing, 9/16/74
d2t15 - Hurricane
Desire outtake, 7/30/75
d2t16 - Stop Now
Street Legal sessions, 5/1/78
d2t17 - You Treat Me Like a Stepchild
Augusta, ME, 9/15/78
Disc 3:
d3t01 - Trouble In Mind
Slow Train Coming alternate take, 5/79
d3t02 - Yonder Comes Sin
Shot Of Love sessions, 10/80
d3t03 - Caribbean Wind
Shot Of Love sessions, 3/31/81
d3t04 - Don't Ever Take Yourself Away
Shot Of Love sessions, 4/23/81
d3t05 - Thief On The Cross
New Orleans, LA, 11/10/81
d3t06 - Sweetheart Like You
d3t07 - Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart
d3t08 - Tell Me
d3t09 - Jokerman
d3t10 - Blind Willie McTell
Infidels outtakes, 4/83-5/83
d3t11 - New Danville Girl
Empire Burlesque sessions, 12/84
d3t12 - Important Words
Down In The Groove outttake, 4-5/87
d3t13 - Dignity
Oh Mercy outtake, 3/89
d3t14 - Like A Ship
Traveling Wilburys 3 outtake, 4/90
d3t15 - Series Of Dreams
Oh Mercy outtake, 3/89