Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar Lyrics

Prayed in the ghetto
With my face in the cement
Heard the last moan of a boxer
Seen the ma*sacre of the innocent
Felt around for the light switch
Turned around for her face
Been treated like a farm animal
On a wild goose chase

West of the Jordan, east of the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the turnin' of the page, curtain risin' on a new age
See the groom still waitin' at the altar

Try to be pure at heart
They arrest you for robbery
Mistake your shyness for aloofness
Your silence for snobbery
Got the message this mornin'
The one that was sent to me
About the madness of becomin'
What one was never meant to be

West of the Jordan, east of the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the turning of the page, curtain risin' on a new age
See the groom still waitin' at the altar

Don't know what I can say about Claudette?
That wouldn't come back to haunt me
Finally had to give her up
'Bout the time she began to want me
But I know God has mercy
On them who are slandered and humiliated
I'd a done anything for that woman
If she'd only make me feel obligated

West of the Jordan, east of the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the turning of the cage, curtain risin' on a new age
See the groom still waitin' at the altar

Put your hand on my head, baby
Do I have a temperature?
I see people who are supposed to know better
Standin' around like furniture
There's a wall between you
What you want, you got to leap it
Tonight you got the power to take it
Tomorrow you won't have the power to keep it

West of the Jordan, east of the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the turning of the page, curtain risin' on a new age
See the groom still waitin' at the altar

Cities on fire
Phones out of order
They're killin' nuns and soldiers
There's fightin' on the border
What can I say about Claudette?
Ain't seen her since January
She could be respectably married
Or runnin' a whorehouse in Buenos Aires

West of the Jordan, east of the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the turning of the page, curtain risin' on a new age
See the groom still waitin' at the altar

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