Highway 61 Revisited

God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"

And Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"

God say, "No." Abe say, "What?"

God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but

The next time you see me comin' you better run"

Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done?"

And God said, "Out on Highway 61"

Well, Georgia Sam, he had a bloody nose

And the Welfare Department wouldn't give him no clothes

So he asked poor Howard, "Where can I go?"

And Howard said there's only one place I know

And Sam said, "Tell me quick, man, I got to run"

Well, ol' Howard just pointed with his gun

And said, "That way, down Highway 61"

Well, Mack the Finger said to Louie the King

I got 40 red white and blue shoestrings

And a thousand telephones that don't ring

Now, do you know where I can maybe get rid of these things

Louie the King said, "Let me think for a minute, son"

And he said, "Yeah, I think it can be easily done

Just take everything down to Highway 61"

Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night

Told the first father that things weren't right

"My complexion," she says is, "much too white"

He said, "Come here and step into the light, hm yeah, you're right

Let me tell the second mother this has been done"

But the second mother was with the seventh son

They were both out on Highway 61

Now the rovin' gambler, he was very bored

He was tryin' to create a next world war

So he found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor

He said, "Well, I never engaged in this kind of thing before

But yeah, I think it can be very easily done

We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun

And have it on Highway 61"