TRACK TALK #224 Absolutely Sweet Mary

ABSOLUTELY SWEET MARIE
ALBUM : Blonde On Blonde (1966)
Recorded : 8 Mars 1966
Released : 16 Mai 1966

Première performance live : Concord (7 Juin 1988)
Dernière performance live : Lyon (18 Juillet 2012)
Total : 180 fois.



Lyrics
Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can’t jump it
Sometimes it gets so hard, you see
I’m just sitting here beating on my trumpet
With all these promises you left for me
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Well, I waited for you when I was half sick
Yes, I waited for you when you hated me
Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic
When you knew I had some other place to be
Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously
But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately

Well, six white horses that you did promise
Were fin’lly delivered down to the penitentiary
But to live outside the law, you must be honest
I know you always say that you agree
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Well, I don’t know how it happened
But the riverboat captain, he knows my fate
But ev’rybody else, even yourself
They’re just gonna have to wait

Well, I got the fever down in my pockets
The Persian drunkard, he follows me
Yes, I can take him to your house but I can’t unlock it
You see, you forgot to leave me with the key
Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed
That a man can’t give his address out to bad company
And now I stand here lookin’ at your yellow railroad
In the ruins of your balcony
Wond’ring where you are tonight, sweet Marie

voici mes 5 versions live favorites :

- london 08/02/90
- NYC 16/11/93 (supper club)
- NYC 94 (Mtv unplugged sessions)
- NYC 21/01/98
- sun city 08/04/06

voici la version de george harrison enregistrée pour la bob fest au madison square garden en 1992

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1xig6DN4s8