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LuckyCharms

(20,114 posts)
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 02:50 PM Yesterday

Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet. Lyrics are below video.

I guess this would be a song about growing old.



Shadows are falling and I’ve been here all day
It’s too hot to sleep, time is running away
Feel like my soul has turned into steel
I’ve still got the scars that the sun didn’t heal

There’s not even room enough to be anywhere
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
Behind every beautiful thing there’s been some kind of pain
She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind
She put down in writing what was in her mind

I just don’t see why I should even care
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

Well, I’ve been to London and I’ve been to gay Paree
I’ve followed the river and I got to the sea
I’ve been down on the bottom of a world full of lies
I ain’t looking for nothing in anyone’s eyes

Sometimes my burden seems more than I can bear
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

I was born here and I’ll die here against my will
I know it looks like I’m moving, but I’m standing still
Every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb
I can’t even remember what it was I came here to get away from

Don’t even hear a murmur of a prayer
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there
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Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet. Lyrics are below video. (Original Post) LuckyCharms Yesterday OP
Sometimes Bobby can bring you to tears.. yorkster Yesterday #1
Yes Yorkster... LuckyCharms Yesterday #2

LuckyCharms

(20,114 posts)
2. Yes Yorkster...
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 04:05 PM
Yesterday

Dylan frequently makes me cry.

Sometimes a few words in a lyrical line just grabs you...

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