... Sings Dylan II

APPLAUSE

# And accept it that soon

# You'll be drenched to the bone

# If your time to you is worth savin'

# Then you better start swimmin'

# Or you'll sink like a stone

# For the times they are a-changin'

# Come writers and critics who prophesise with your pen

# And keep your eyes wide

# The chance won't come again

# And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin

# And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'

# For the loser now will be later to win

# For the times they are a-changin'

# Come, senators, congressmen

# Please heed the call

# Don't stand in the doorway

# Don't block up the hall

# For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled

# There's a battle outside and it's ragin'

# It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls

# For the times they are a-changin'

# Come, mothers and fathers throughout the land

# And don't criticise what you can't understand

# Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command

# Your old road is rapidly agein'

# Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand

# For the times they are a-changin'

# The line it is drawn

# The curse it is cast

# The slow one now will later be fast

# As the present now will later be past

# The order is rapidly fadin'

# And the first one now will later be last

# For the times they are a-changin'. #

APPLAUSE

# Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe

# If'n you don't know by now

# It ain't no use to sit and wonder why

# It don't matter anyhow

# When the rooster crows at the break of dawn

# Look out your window and I'll be gone

# You're the reason I'm travelling on

# But don't think twice It's all right

# And it ain't no use in turning on your light, babe

# The light I never knowed

# It ain't no use in turning on your light

# I'm on the dark side of the road

# Still I wish there was something you could do or say

# Try and make me change my mind and stay

# We never did too much talking anyway

# So don't think twice It's all right

# And it ain't no use in calling out my name, babe

# Like you never done before

# It ain't no use in calling out my name

# I can't hear you any more

# I'm thinking and wondering all the way down the road

# I once loved a woman A child I am told

# I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul

# But don't think twice It's all right

# And I'm going down that long, lonesome road

# Where I'm bound, I can't tell

# But goodbye's too good a word

# So I'll just say fare thee well

# I ain't saying you treated me unkind

# Could have done better but I don't mind

# You just kind of wasted my precious time

# But don't think twice It's all right. #

APPLAUSE

# Close your eyes, close the door

# You don't have to worry any more

# I'll be your little baby tonight

# Shut the light, shut the shade

# You don't have to be afraid

# I'll be your baby tonight

# Well, the mockingbird's gonna sail away

# You won't regret it

# The big, fat moon's gonna shine like a spoon

# You won't regret, you won't forget

# To get your shoes on Do not fear

# Bring that bottle over here

# I'll be your baby tonight

# Well, the mockingbird's gonna sail away

# You won't regret it

# The big, fat moon's gonna shine like a spoon

# You won't regret, you won't forget

# To get your shoes on Do not fear

# Bring that bottle over here

# I'll be your baby tonight

# I'll be your baby tonight. #

APPLAUSE

# Well, fare thee well, my own true love

# I'm leavin' the first hour of the morn

# Well, I'm bound off for the bay of Mexico

# Or maybe the coast of Californ'

# So fare thee well, my own true love

# We'll meet another day Another time

# It's not the leavin' that's grievin' me

# But my true love that's bound to stay behind

# I've heard tell of a town where I might as well be bound

# Down among the Mexican plains

# They say that everybody is most friendly there

# All they ask of you is your name

# So fare thee well, my own true love

# We'll meet another day Another time

# It's not the leavin' that's grievin' me

# But my true love that's bound to stay behind

# I'll tell you about the laughter and the troubles

# Be they somebody else's or my own

# With my hands in my pockets and my coat collar high

# I'll travel unnoticed and unknown

# So fare thee well, my own true love

# We'll meet another day Another time

# It's not the leavin' that's grievin' me

# But my true love that's bound to stay behind

# So fare thee well, my own true love

# We shall meet another day Another time

# It's not the leavin' that's grievin' me

# But my true love that's bound to stay behind

# So fare thee well, my own true love

# We'll meet another day Another time

# It's not the leavin' that's grievin' me

# But my true love that's bound to stay behind. #

APPLAUSE

# Nobody feels any pain

# Tonight as I stand inside the rain

# Everybody knows

# That baby's got new clothes

# Lately I see

# Her ribbons and her bows

# And the problems

# As they fall from her curls

# She takes just like a woman

# And she makes love just like a woman

# And she aches just like a woman

# But she breaks just like a little girl

# Well, Queen Mary, she's my friend

# I believe I'll go see her again

# Nobody's got to guess

# That baby can't be blessed

# Till she finds out that she's like all the rest

# With her fog, her amphetamines and her pearls

# She takes just like a woman

# And she makes love just like a woman

# And she aches just like a woman

# But she breaks just like a little girl

# It was raining from the first

# And I was dying there of thirst

# So I came in here

# And your long-time curse hurts

# But what's worse, oh, Lord

# Is this pain in here

# I can't stay in here

# I, oh, I can't fit

# I believe it's time for us to quit

# And when we meet again

# Introduced as friends

# Please don't let on that you knew me when

# I was hungry and it was your world

# Ah, you fake just like a woman

# And you make love just like a woman

# And you ache just like a woman

# But you break just like a little girl

# Break

APPLAUSE

Now, if I was to tell you that the next act weighed

51 stone, three pounds, and was 102 years old, well, you'd probably think

I was talking about Joe Baker, but, in fact, I'm not.

It's the Nolan Sisters, and this week,

we're going to break it down for you and introduce them individually.

Starting from the left, we have...

I'm Anne.

I'm Denise.

I'm Maureen.

I'm Linda.

I'm Bernadette.

And I'm Coleen.

Musically speaking...

THEY HARMONISE # Anne

# Denise Maureen

# Linda Bernadette

# Coleen. #

LAUGHTER

As an encore, I'm going to join them and we're going to sing a song

called Blowin' In The Wind.

# Blowin' in the wind

# Blowin' in the wind

# How many roads must a man walk down

# Before you call him a man?

# And how many seas must a white dove sail

# Before she sleeps in the sand?

# How many times must the cannon balls fly

# Before they're for ever banned?

# The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind

# The answer is blowin' in the wind

# Blowin' in the wind

# Blowin' in the wind

# How many years can a mountain exist

# Before it's washed to the sea?

# And how many years must some people exist

# Before they're allowed to be free?

# How many times must a man turn his head

# Pretend that he just doesn't see?

# The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind

# The answer is blowin' in the wind

# Blowin' in the wind

# Blowin' in the wind

# Blowin' in the wind

# Blowin' in the wind

# Blowin' in the wind. #

APPLAUSE

This song is related to the last one, in some kind of way.

Erm, only in my head, perhaps.

But it's a favourite of mine. I've been singing it for a long time.

It's called North Country.

# If you're travelling in the north country far

# Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline

# Well, please remember me to one who lives there

# For she once was a true love of mine

# And if you go when the snowflakes storm

# When the rivers freeze and summer ends

# Well, please see for me she has a coat so warm

# To keep her from the howlin' winds

# Please see for me that her hair's hanging long

# That it grows and flows all down her breast

# Please see for me that her hair's hanging long

# That's the way I remember her the best

# I'm wondering if she remembers me at all

# Many times of often late

# In the darkness of my night

# In the brightness of my day

# So if you're travelling in the north country far

# Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline

# Well, please remember me to one who lives there

# She once was a true love of mine. #

Yes.

APPLAUSE

# Hey!

# It's just a ragged clown behind

# And his tambourine in time

# With the shadow that he's chasing

# Whoa-oh-oh

# Hey, Mr Tambourine Man

# Play a song for me

# I'm not sleepy and I guess there's no place I'm going to

# Whoa-oh-oh

# Hey, Mr Tambourine Man

# Play a song for me

# In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you

# If you take me on a trip on your magic twirling ship

# And my hands won't feel the grip

# And my toes too numb to step

# My boot heels will be wandering

# Whoa-oh-oh

# Hey, Mr Tambourine Man

# Play a song for me

# I'm not sleepy and I guess there's no place I'm going to

# Whoa-oh-oh

# Hey, Mr Tambourine Man

# Play a song for me

# In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you

# I'm ready to go anywhere

# And I'm ready for to fade

# Into my own parade

# Cast your dancing spell my way

# I promise to go under it

# Hey, Mr Tambourine Man

# Play a song for me

# Hey, Mr Tambourine Man

# In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you. #

APPLAUSE

One, two, three, four!

# I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

# I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

# I get up in the morning

# Fold my hands and pray for rain

# I got a head full of ideas

# That are drivin' me insane

# It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor

# I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

# I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more

# I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more

# He hands you a nickel

# He hands you a dime

# He asks you with a grin Are you havin' a good time?

# Then he fines you every time you slam the door

# I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

# I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more

# I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more

# He stubs his cigar out in your face just for kicks

# His bedroom window is made out of bricks

# The SPG stand around his door

# I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

# I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

# Said I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

# She talks to all the servants about man and God and law

# Everybody says she's the brains behind pa

# She's 68, but she says she's 54

# I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

# I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

# I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

# I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more! #

APPLAUSE

# If your memory serves you well

# We were gonna meet again and wait

# So I'm goin' to unpack all my things

# And sit before it gets too late

# No man alive will come to you

# With another tale to tell

# But you know that we shall meet again

# If your memory serves you well

# This wheel's on fire

# Rolling down the road

# Best notify my next of kin

# This wheel shall explode

# If your memory serves you well

# I was gonna confiscate your lace

# And wrap it up in a sailor's knot

# And hide it in your case

# If I knew for sure that it was yours

# But it was oh so hard to tell

# And you know that we shall meet again

# If your memory serves you well

# This wheel's on fire

# Rolling down the road

# Best notify my next of kin

# This wheel shall explode

# If your memory serves you well

# You'll remember that you're the one

# That called on me to call on them

# To give you your favours done

# And after every plan had failed

# And there was nothing more to tell

# You knew that we would meet again

# If your memory served you well

# This wheel's on fire

# Rolling down the road

# Best notify my next of kin

# This wheel shall explode

# If your memory serves you well

# If your memory serves you well. #

APPLAUSE

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Mm

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# I heard him say

# Mama, take this badge off of me

# I can't use it any more

# It's gettin' dark, too dark to see

# I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door

# Well

# Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

# Well, I feel I'm knockin'

# Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

# Yes, I feel it

# Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

# Mm, mm

# I can't shoot them any more

# That long black cloud is comin' down

# And I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

# I feel I'm knockin'

# Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

# He said that I feel like I'm knockin'

# Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

# I feel I'm knockin'

# Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

# Yeah

# Mm, yeah

# Mm, mm, yeah

# Mm

# Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

# He said I wish somebody would come take this badge off of me

# You got a lot of nerve

# To say you are my friend

# When I was down You just stood there grinning

# You got a lot of nerve

# To say you got a helping hand to lend

# You just want to be on the side that's winning

# You say I let you down

# You know it's not like that

# If you're so hurt

# Why then don't you show it?

# You say you lost your faith

# But that's not where it's at

# You had no faith to lose

# And you know it

# Ooh I know the reason

# That you talk behind my back

# I used to be among the crowd you're in with

# Do you take me for such a fool

# To think I'd make contact

# With the one who tries to hide what he don't know to begin with?

# You see me on the street

# You always act surprised

# You say, how are you, good luck

# But you don't mean it

# When you know as well as me

# You'd rather see me paralysed

# Why don't you just come out once

# And scream it?

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# No, I do not feel that good

# When I see the heartbreaks you embrace

# If I was a master thief

# Perhaps I'd rob them

# And now I know you're dissatisfied

# With your position and your place

# But don't you understand it's not my problem?

# Ooh I wish that for just one time

# You could stand inside my shoes

# And just for that one moment I could be you

# Yes, I wish that for just one time

# You could stand inside my shoes

# You'd know what a drag it is

# To be you

# Yeah. #

APPLAUSE

# If not for you

# Babe, I couldn't find the door

# I couldn't even see the floor

# I'd be sad and blue

# If not for you

# If not for you

# Babe, I'd lie awake all night

# Waiting for the morning light

# To shine in through

# If not for you

# If not for you, my sky would fall

# Rain would gather too

# Without your love I'd be nowhere at all

# And you know it's true

# If not for you

# If not for you

# Winter would have no spring

# I couldn't hear the robins sing

# I just wouldn't have a clue

# If not for you

# If not for you. #

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# Early one morning the sun was shining

# I was laying in bed

# Wondering if she'd changed at all

# If her hair was still red

# Her folks said our lives together

# Sure was gonna be tough

# Never did like Mama's home-made dress

# Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough

# I was standing at the side of the road

# The rain pouring on my shoes

# Heading out for the East Coast

# Lord knows I've paid some dues getting through

# Tangled up in blue

# She was married when we first met

# Soon to be divorced

# Helped her out of a jam, I guess

# But I used a little too much force

# We drove that car as far as we could

# Abandoned it out west

# Split up on a dark sad night

# Both agreeing it was best

# She turned around and looked at me

# As I was walking away

# I heard her say over my shoulder

# We'll meet again someday on the avenue

# Tangled up in blue

# Working as a cook for a spell

# Never did like it all that much

# And one day the axe just fell

# So I drifted down to New Orleans

# Where I was lucky to be employed

# Working for a while on a fishing boat

# Right outside of Delacroix

# But all the while I was alone

# The past was close behind

# I seen a lot of women

# But she never escaped my mind and I just grew

# Tangled up in blue

# She was working in a topless place

# And I stopped in for a beer

# Couldn't stop looking at the side of her face

# In the spotlight so clear

# Later on when the crowd thinned out

# I was about to do the same

# She came up behind me at the back of my chair

# Said, tell me, don't I know your name?

# I muttered something underneath my breath

# She studied the lines on my face

# I must admit I felt a little uneasy

# When she bent down to tie the laces on my shoe

# Tangled up in blue

# She lit the burner on the stove

# And she offered me a pipe

# You look like the silent type

# She opened up a book of poems and she handed it to me

# And every one of them words rang true and glowed like burning coal

# Pouring off of every page

# Like it was written in my soul from me to you

# Tangled up in blue. #

APPLAUSE

# What good am I?

# If I'm like all the rest

# If I just turn away

# When I see how you're dressed

# If I shut myself off

# So I can't hear you cry

# What good am I?

# What good am I?

# If I know and don't do

# If I see and don't say

# If I look straight through you

# If I turn a deaf ear

# To the thundering sky

# What good am I?

# What good am I?

# While you softly weep

# And I hear in my head

# What you say in your sleep

# And I freeze in the moment

# Like the rest who don't try

# What good am I?

# What good am I?

# What good am I then?

# To the others and me

# When I've had every chance

# But you still fail to see

# If my hands tied must I not wonder within

# Who tied them and why

# And where must I have been

# What good am I?

# If I say foolish things

# And I laugh in the face

# Of what sorrow brings

# And I just turn my back

# While you silently die

# What good am I?

# What good am I?

# What good am I? #

CHEERING

# When the rain is blowing in your face

# And the whole world is on your case

# I could offer you a warm embrace

# To make you feel my love

# When the evening shadows and the stars appear

# And there is no-one there to dry your tears

# I could hold you for a million years

# To make you feel my love

# I know you haven't made your mind up yet

# But I will never do you wrong

# I've known it from the moment that we met

# No doubt in my mind where you belong

# I'd go hungry I'd go black and blue

# I'd go crawling down the avenue

# No, there's nothing that I wouldn't do

# To make you feel my love

# The storms are raging on the rolling sea

# And on the highway of regret

# The winds of change are blowing wild and free

# You ain't seen nothing like me yet

# I can make you happy make your dreams come true

# Nothing that I wouldn't do

# Go to the ends of the Earth for you

# To make you feel my love

# To make you feel my love. #

CHEERING

APPLAUSE

Among the aficionados of American folk music,

the name Bob Dylan, I'm told, is murmured with hushed respect.

He it was who wrote the now-famous protest song called

Blowin' In The Wind.

He's just arrived here to sing at the Royal Festival Hall

and his latest protest is called With God On Our Side.

# Oh, my name it ain't nothing

# My age it means less

# The country I come from

# Is called the Midwest

# I was taught and brought up there

# The laws to abide

# And that the land that I live in

# Has God on its side

# Ah, the history books tell it

# They tell it so well

# The cavalries charged The Indians fell

# The cavalries charged The Indians died

# Ah, the country was young

# With God on its side

# The Spanish American War's had its day

# And the Civil War too was soon laid away

# And the names of the heroes

# I was made to memorise

# With guns in their hands and God on their side. #