TRACK TALK #360 Trouble in Mind

TROUBLE IN MIND
ALBUM : Face B du single "Gotta Serve Somebody" (1979)
Recorded : 4 Mai 1979
Released : 20 Août 1979

Enregistré lors des sessions de "Slow Train Coming", ce morceau se retrouvera en face B du single.
À ce jour, elle n'est jamais apparue sur une compilation officielle de Dylan.
Aucune performance live.



Lyrics
I got to know, Lord, when to pull back on the reins
Death can be the result of the most underrated pain
Satan whispers to ya, “Well, I don’t want to bore ya
But when ya get tired of the Miss So-and-so I got another woman for ya”

Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind
Lord, take away this trouble in mind

When the deeds that you do don’t add up to zero
It’s what’s inside that counts, ask any war hero
You think you can hide but you’re never alone
Ask Lot what he thought when his wife turned to stone

Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind
Lord, take away this trouble in mind

Here comes Satan, prince of the power of the air
He’s gonna make you a law unto yourself, gonna build a bird’s nest in your hair
He’s gonna deaden your conscience ’til you worship the work of your own hands
You’ll be serving strangers in a strange, forsaken land

Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind
Lord, take away this trouble in mind

Well, your true love has caught you where you don’t belong
You say, “Baby, everybody’s doing it so I guess it can’t be wrong”
The truth is far from you, so you know you got to lie
Then you’re all the time defending what you can never justify

Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind
Lord, take away this trouble in mind

So many of my brothers, they still want to be the boss
They can’t relate to the Lord’s kingdom, they can’t relate to the cross
They self-inflict punishment on their own broken lives
Put their faith in their possessions, in their jobs or their wives

Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind
Lord, take away this trouble in mind

When my life is over, it’ll be like a puff of smoke
How long must I suffer, Lord, how long must I be provoked?
Satan will give you a little taste, then he’ll move in with rapid speed
Lord, keep my blind side covered and see that I don’t bleed

et bien moi je l'adore. Elle aurait eu sa place sur Shot of Love, plus de pep's, les riffs de Knopfler en moins.

Je l'écoute souvent en fait depuis que je l'ai découverte dans I'm not There:

"quel effet çaaaaaaa t'faiiiiiit ????!!!!"

super cool

PS: cette photo d'accroche est... très Alice Cooper non?

Oui, je l'ai aussi découvert avec "I'm Not There" (superbe utilisation du morceau) et il aurait rendu "Slow Train" encore meilleur.
Superbe gospel incantatoire comme il savait si bien les faire. Et l'orgue...

gengis_khan a écrit:

PS: cette photo d'accroche est... très Alice Cooper non?

J'ai triché, elle date de la tournée 78, dernière période. Dylan presque glam, avec un saxo certains soirs.

ah mais ouai, bien cool en effet



et bam il remet ça en 1993 !!