From
The Byrds' Greatest Hits (1999) by
The Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man (Dylan) - 2:29
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you
Take me for a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship
All my senses have been stripped
And my hands can't feel to grip
And my toes too numb to step
Waiting only for my boot heels to be wanderin'
I'm ready to go anywhere
I'm ready for to fade
Onto my own parade,
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you
I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better (Clark) - 2:32
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand,
Vanished from my hand,
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wanderin'.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it.
The Bells of Rhymney (Davies/Seeger) - 3:30
Oh what will you give me say the sad bells of Rhymney
Is there hope for the future say the brown bells of Merthyr
Who made the mine owner say the black bells of Rhonda
And who killed the miner say the grim bells of Blaina
Throw the vandels in court say the bells of Newport
All would be well if if if if cry the green bells of Cardiff
Why so worried sisters why sang the silver bells of Wye
And what will you give me say the sad bells of Rhymney
Oh what will you give me say the sad bells of Rhymney
Is there hope for the future say the brown bells of Merthyr
Who made the mine owner say the black bells of Rhonda
And who killed the miner say the grim bells of Blaina
Turn! Turn! Turn! (Book of Ecclesiastes/Seeger) - 3:49
To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time for every purpose, under Heaven
A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep
To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time for every purpose, under Heaven
A time to build up,a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together
To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time for every purpose, under Heaven
A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing
To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time for every purpose, under Heaven
A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time to love, a time to hate
A time for peace, I swear it's not too late
All I Really Want to Do (Dylan) - 2:04
I ain't lookin' to compete with you,
Beat or cheat or mistreat you,
Simplify you, classify you,
Deny, defy or crucify you.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you,
Frighten you or tighten you,
Drag you down or bring you down,
Chain you down or bring you down.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
I ain't lookin' to block you up
Shock or knock or lock you up,
Analyze you, categorize you,
Finalize you or advertise you.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
I don't want to fake you out,
Take or shake or forsake you out,
I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me,
See like me or be like me.
I don't want to meet your kin,
Make you spin or do you in,
Or select you or dissect you,
Or inspect you or reject you.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
Chimes of Freedom (Dylan) - 3:51
Far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing
As majestic bells of bolts, struck shadows in the sounds
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing
Flashing for the warriors, whose strength is not to fight
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
And for each and every underdog soldier in the night
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing
Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far off corner flashed
And the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting
Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones
Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting
Starry eyed and laughing, as I recall when we were caught
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended
And we listened one last time, and we watched with one last look
Spellbound and swallowed till the tolling ended
Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused, srung-out ones and worse
And for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing
Eight Miles High (Clark/Crosby/McGuinn) - 3:34
Eight miles high and when you touch down
You'll find that it's stranger than known
Signs in the street that say where you're going
Are somewhere just being their own
Nowhere is there warmth to be found
among those afraid of losing their ground
Rain gray town known for its sound
In places small faces unbound
Round the squares huddled in storms
Some laughing some just shapeless forms
Sidewalk scenes and black limousines
Some living some standing alone
Mr. Spaceman (McGuinn) - 2:09
Woke up this morning with light in my eyes
And then realized it was still dark outside
It was a light coming down from the sky
I don't know who or why
Must be those strangers that come every night
Those saucer shaped lights put people uptight
Leave blue green footprints that glow in the dark
I hope they get home all right
Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along
I won't do anything wrong
Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along for a ride
Woke up this morning, I was feeling quite wierd
Had flies in my beard, my toothpaste was smeared
Over my window, they'd written my name
Said, So long, we'll see you again
Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along
I won't do anything wrong
Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along for a ride
Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along
I won't do anything wrong
Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along for a ride
5D (Fifth Dimension) (McGuinn) - 2:33
Oh, how is it that I could come out to here,
And be still floatin',
And never hit bottom but keep fallin' through,
Just relaxed and paying attention?
All my two-dimensional boundaries are gone,
I have lost to them badly,
I saw that through. Crumbling, I thought it was dead,
But I found my senses still working.
And as I continued to drop through the hole,
I found all surrounding,
To show me that joy ly is,
Just be quiet and feel it around you.
(Bridge)
And I opened my heart to the whole universe,
And I found it was loving,
And I saw the great blunder my teachers had made,
Scientific delirium madness.
I will keep falling as long as I live,
Ah, without ending,
And I will remember the place that is now,
That has ended before the beginning ...
(repeat first verse)
So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star (Hillman/McGuinn) - 2:05
So you want to be a rock 'n' roll star?
Then listen now to what I say
Just get an electric guitar
Then take some time
and learn how to play
And with your hair swung right
And your pants too tight
It's gonna be all right
Then it's time to go downtown
Where the agent man won't let you down
Sell your soul to the company
Who are waiting there to sell plastic ware
And in a week or two
If you make the charts
The girls'll tear you apart
The price you paid for your riches and fame
Was it all a strange game?
You're a little insane
The money, the fame, the public acclaim
Don't forget what you are
You're a rock 'n' roll star!
My Back Pages (Dylan) - 3:08
Crimson flames tied through my years
Rollin high and mighty trapped
Countless violent flaming roads
Using ideas as my map
"We'll meet on edges soon" said I
Proud 'neath heated brow
Ah but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
Half wracked prejudice leaped forth
"Rip down all hate" I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Romantic flanks of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow
Ah but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not I'd become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
Sisters led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow
Ah but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
My guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
Ah but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
It Won't Be Wrong (Gerst/McGuinn) - 1:58
Every time I see you smile, come to me, don't be long
Let me tell you how my heart goes wild.
Please let me love you and it won't be wrong
Every time you're in my arms, come to me , don't be long
You know that I'll never do you no harm
Please let me love you and it won't be wrong
Let me love you and then you'll see, come to me, come to me
Let me show you once and we'll be free
Please let me love you and it won't be wrong
Every time I see you smile, come to me, don't be long
Let me tell you how my heart goes wild.
Please let me love you and it won't be wrong
Let me love you and then you'll see, come to me, come to me
Let me show you once and we'll be free
Please let me love you and it won't be wrong
Set You Free This Time (Clark) - 2:49
The first thing that I heard you say
when you were standing there sad in your way
was that you were not blind
You were sure to make a fool of me
'cause there was nothing there that you could see
that could go beyond your mind.
Now who's standing at the door
remembering the days before
and asking please be kind
It isn't how it was set up to be
but I set you free this time
I have never been so far out in front
that I could ever ask for what I want
and have it any time
Knowing this you found the thought for me
that told you just what I should be
and there I stood behind.
With all the ones that were before
and memories that always seem to tear me from my mind
In front of what it is you see me to be
and I've set you free this time.
I could never find a chance to choose
between a way to wear or a thing to loose
because there was your stand
On top of all of the love you took
that was always something you could look at
lying in your hand
Now who's wondering what has changed
and why it cannot be arranged to have each thing work fine
It isn't how it was set up to be
but I've set you free this time
Have You Seen Her Face (Hillman) - 2:40
Have you seen her face?
Her eyes reflect the colors in the sky
A warm familiar place
To be swept into whenever she's close by
Makes me wonder why
Run by, don't turn back
Can't hide from the look in her eye
Must be the way she walks
A style made up to capture all she needs
No time to spend on loose talk
If your luck runs right she might see you tonight
Everything in sight
Repeat chorus
Repeat chorus
You'll find you're locked in her spell
All the sights and sounds and senses will be found
And only time will tell
How much love can be, to wait so patiently
Wait and see
Repeat chorus