Talkin' World War III Blues - Live at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA - May 1963

One time ago, a crazy dream came to me
I dreamt I was walkin' into world war three
I went to the doctor the very next day
To see what kinda words he could say
He said, "It was a bad dream"

I said, "Hold it Doc, a world war passed through my brain"
He said, "Nurse get your pad, the boy's insane"
He took my arm, I said, "Ouch!"
As I landed on the psychiatric couch
He said, "Tell me about it"

Well, the whole thing started at three o'clock fast
It was all over by quarter past
I was down in the sewer with some little lover
When I peeked out from a manhole cover
Wondering who turned the lights on us

Well, I got up and I walked around
Up and down the lonesome town
Just wondering which way to go
I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
And walked on down the road, it was a normal day

Well, I rung me fallout shelter bell
And I leaned my head and I gave a yell
Give me a string bean, I'm a hungry man
Shotgun fired and away I ran
I don't blame them too much though, they didn't know me

Down the corner seein' another turnaround by the hot dog stand
I said, "Howdy friend, I guess there's just us two"
He screamed a bit and away he flew
He thought I was a communist

Well, I spied me a girl before she could leave
I said, "Let's go play Adam and Eve"
I took her by the hand and my heart was thumpin'
She said, "Hey man, you crazy or something
You seen what happened last time they started"

Well, I spot me a Cadillac window uptown
I saw a Cadillac with nobody around
I got into the driver's seat
And I drove down 42nd street in my Cadillac
Good car to drive after a war

Well, I remember seein' some ad
So I turned on my Conelrad, but I didn't pay the Con Ed bill
So the radio didn't work so well
As I turned on my record player
It was rock a day, Johnny singin', tell your Ma, tell your Pa
Our loves are gonna grow, ooh wah, ooh wah

I was feelin' kinda lonesome and blue, I needed somebody to talk to
So I called up the operator of time just to hear a voice of some kind
When you hear the beep, it will be three o'clock
She said, "That for over an hour and I hung up"

Well, the doctor interrupted me just about then
Sayin', "Hey, I've been havin' the same old dreams
But mine was a little different, you see
I dreamt the only person left after the war was me
I didn't see you around"

Well, now time passed and now it seems
Everybody's having them dreams
Everybody sees their self walkin' around with nobody else
And all the people can be half right part of the time
Part of the people can be some right part of the time
But all the people can't be alright all of the time
Abraham Lincoln said that
"I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours," I said that

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