# From: Harlan L Thompson {t:IDIOT WIND} {st:Bob Dylan} #(from Blood On the Tracks, 1974) Som[Am]eone's got it in for me, th[B]ey're planting stories in the pr[E]ess Wh[Am]oever it is I wish they'd cut it out but w[B]hen they will I can only g[E]uess They s[C#m]ay I shot a ma[G#m]n named Gray and to[F#m]ok his wife to I[E]taly S[C#m]he inherited a m[G#m]illion bucks and w[F#m]hen she died it ca[E]me to me I can't he[G#m]lp it if I'm lu[A]cky People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at I couldn't believe after all these years You didn't know me better than that, sweet lady {c:CHORUS #1:} I[E]diot wind, bl[A]owing every time you move your m[E]outh Blo[A]wing down the backroads headin' so[B]uth I[E]diot wind, blow[A]ing every time you move your t[E]eeth You're an idiot ba[A]be, it's a won[B]der that you still know how to br[E]eathe I ran into the fortune teller, who said beware of lightning that might strike I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done In the final end he won the war after losin' every battle I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes Blood on your saddle {c:CHORUS #2:} Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb Blowing through the curtains in your room Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth You're an idiot, babe, it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart Now everything's a little upside down As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped What's good is bad, what's bad is good You'll find out when you reach the top, you're on the bottom I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind I can't remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed Your eyes don't look into mine The priest wore black on the seventh day And sat stone faced while the building burned I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees While the springtime turned slowly into autumn {c:CHORUS #3:} Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth You're an idiot, babe, it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' I was somebody else instead Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory And all your ragin' glory I been double crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline Which separated you from me You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love And it makes me feel so sorry {c:CHORUS #4:} Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats Blowing through the letters that we wrote Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves We're idiots, babe, it's a wonder we can even feed ourselves