Bob Dylan When The Deal Goes Down Lyrics

When The Deal Goes Down Lyrics

In the still of the night, in the world's ancient light

Where wisdom grows up in strife

My bewilderin' brain, toils in vain

Through the darkness on the pathways of life



Each invisible prayer is like a cloud in the air

Tomorrow keeps turnin' around

We live and we die, we know not why

But I'll be with you when the deal goes down



We eat and we drink, we feel and we think

Far down the street we stray

I laugh and I cry, and I'm haunted by

Things I never meant nor wished to say



The midnight rain follows the train

We all wear the same thorny crown

Soul to soul, our shadows roll

And I'll be with you when the deal goes down



Well, the moon gives light and it shines by night

When I scarcely feel the glow

We learn to live and then we forgive

O'er the road we're bound to go



More frailer than the flowers, these precious hours

That keep us so tightly bound

You come to my eyes like a vision from the skies

And I'll be with you when the deal goes down



Well, I picked up a rose and it poked through my clothes

I followed that winding stream

I heard the deafening noise, I felt transient joys

I know they're not what they seem



In this earthly domain, full of disappointment and pain

You'll never see me frown

I owe my heart to you and that's sayin' it true

And I'll be with you when the deal goes down