Caribbean Wind Lyrics

She was the rose of sharon from paradise lost
From the city of seven hills near the place of the cross
I was playing a show in miami in the theater of divine comedy
Told about jesus, told about the rain
She told me about the jungle where her brothers were slain
By a man who danced on the roof of the emba*sy

Was she a child or a woman, I can't say which
From one to another she could to easily switch
We went into the wall to where the long arm of the law could not reach
Could I been used and played as a pawn?
It certainly was possible as the gay night wore on
Where men bathed in perfume and celebrated free speech

And them caribbean winds still blow from na*sau to mexico
Fanning the flames in the furnace of desire
And them distant ships of liberty on them iron waves so bold and free
Bringing everything that's near to me nearer to the fire

She looked into my soul through the clothes that I wore
She said, "we got a mutual friend over by the door
And you know he's got our best interest in mind."
He was well connected but her heart was a snare
And she had left him to die in there
There were payments due and he was a little behind

The cry of the peacock, flies buzz my head
Ceiling fan broken, there's a heat in my bed
Street band playing "nearer my God to thee."
We met at the steeple where the mission bells ring
She said, "i know what you're thinking, but there ain't a thing
You can do about it, so let us just agree to agree."

And them caribbean winds still blow from na*sau to mexico
Fanning the flames in the furnace of desire
And them distant ships of liberty on them iron waves so bold and free
Bringing everything that's near to me nearer to the fire

Atlantic city by the cold grey sea
I hear a voice crying, "daddy," I always think it's for me
But it's only the silence in the buttermilk hills that call
Every new messenger brings evil report
'Bout armies on the march and time that is short
And famines and earthquakes and hatred written upon walls

Would I have married her? I don't know, I suppose
She had bells in her braids and they hung to her toes
But I kept hearing my name and I had to be movin' on
I saw screws break loose, saw the devil pound tin
I saw a house in the country being torn from within
I heard my ancestors calling from the land far beyond

And them caribbean winds still blow from na*sau to mexico
Fanning the flames in the furnace of desire
And them distant ships of liberty on them iron waves so bold and free
Bringing everything that's near to me nearer to the fire

Bob Dylan - Biograph

Aug 2002

1. Lay, Lady, Lay
2. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
3. If Not For You
4. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
5. I'll Keep It With Mine
6. The Times They Are A-Changin'
7. Blowin' In The Wind
8. Masters Of War
9. Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
10. Percy's Song
11. Mixed-Up Confusion (Single Version)
12. Tombstone Blues
13. Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar
14. Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Lay Down Your Weary Tune
17. Subterranean Homesick Blues
18. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (Live)
19. Visions Of Johanna (Live)
20. Every Grain Of Sand
21. Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
22. Mr. Tambourine Man
23. Dear Landlord
24. It Ain't Me, Babe
25. You Angel You
26. Million Dollar Bash
27. To Ramona
28. You're A Big Girl Now
29. Abandoned Love
30. Tangled Up In Blue
31. It'S All Over Now, Baby Blue (Live)
32. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Single Version)
33. Positively 4th Street (Single Version)
34. Isis (Live)
35. Jet Pilot
36. Caribbean Wind
37. Up To Me
38. Baby, I'm In The Mood For You
39. I Wanna Be Your Lover
40. I Want You
41. Heart Of Mine (Live)
42. On A Night Like This
43. Just Like A Woman
44. Romance In Durango (Live)
45. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
46. Gotta Serve Somebody
47. I Believe In You
48. Time Passes Slowly
49. I Shall Be Released
50. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
51. All Along The Watchtower
52. Solid Rock
53. Forever Young