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Workingman's Blues #2 [2006/10/16]
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium,
San Francisco, CA, USA

囧rz / 002vh

單純就演出而言，這是 Workingman's Blues #2 第四次 live performance，但由於前三次（分別在 Vancouver、Seattle、Portland）似乎沒有人錄影，所以這應該是已知最早的影像。


Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - electric mandolin, violin, pedal steel, lap steel

以上是 band member，印象中從 2004 年末，就維持這些成員沒動過，包括
Modern Times 的 session musician 也是這些人，如果說 Dylan 想在錄音
室裡捕捉 live in session的聲音，那現場演出可能就是「live session」
吧，完全沒有默契問題，也不需要太多的 rehearsal，就能讓兩者的演出品
質維持在一樣的程度。

Dylan 已經四年不拿吉他了，看他彈 keyboard 看得有點煩（XD），但他的
腳還是跟拿吉他一樣，會搖來搖去，也一樣戴那一千零一頂的黑禮帽；聲音
從 2003 開始就非常地破，新巡迴的前幾場，由於聲帶休息過幾個月的關係
，或許會好一點，but vocal is never the point anyway。

原 VOB 檔 250 MB，考量到上傳時間，壓成 50 MB 的 avi檔，再壓成RAR以便
下載（似乎有的瀏覽器會線上播放 .avi）；畫質變得有點遜，畫面移動時會
比較模糊，聲音部分倒沒有差別太大。

如果有播放問題的話，請抓 KMPlayer：
http://tinyurl.com/267w6j

（歌詞見延伸閱讀）

Workingman's Blues #2 [Modern Times]
Words and Music by Bob Dylan

There's an evenin' haze settlin' over the town
Starlight by the edge of the creek
The buyin' power of the proletariat's gone down
Money's gettin' shallow and weak
The place I love best is a sweet memory
It's a new path that we trod
They say low wages are a reality
If we want to compete abroad

My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf
Come sit down on my knee
You are dearer to me than myself
As you yourself can see
I'm listenin' to the steel rails hum
Got both eyes tight shut
Just sitting here trying to keep the hunger from
Creeping it's way into my gut

CHORUS
Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind
Bring me my boots and shoes
You can hang back or fight your best on the front line
Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues

Now, I'm sailin' on back, ready for the long haul
Tossed by the winds and the seas
I'll drag ‘em all down to hell and I'll stand ‘em at the wall
I'll sell ‘em to their enemies
I'm tryin' to feed my soul with thought
Gonna sleep off the rest of the day
Sometimes no one wants what we got
Sometimes you can't give it away

Now the place is ringed with countless foes
Some of them may be deaf and dumb
No man, no woman knows
The hour that sorrow will come
In the dark I hear the night birds call
I can hear a lover's breath
I sleep in the kitchen with my feet in the hall
Sleep is like a temporary death

(chorus)

Well, they burned my barn, they stole my horse
I can't save a dime
I got to be careful, I don't want to be forced
;Into a life of continual crime
I can see for myself that the sun is sinking
How I wish you were here to see
Tell me now, am I wrong in thinking
That you have forgotten me?

Now they worry and they hurry and they fuss and they fret
They waste your nights and days
Them I will forget
But you I'll remember always
Old memories of you to me have clung
You've wounded me with words
Gonna have to straighten out your tongue
It's all true, everything you have heard

(chorus)

In you, my friend, I find no blame
Wanna look in my eyes, please do
No one can ever claim
That I took up arms against you
All across the peaceful sacred fields
They will lay you low
They'll break your horns and slash you with steel
I say it so it must be so

Now I'm down on my luck and I'm black and blue
Gonna give you another chance
I'm all alone and I'm expecting you
To lead me off in a cheerful dance
Got a brand new suit and a brand new wife
I can live on rice and beans
Some people never worked a day in their life
Don't know what work even means

(chorus)