TRACK TALK #310 Sign on the Cross

SIGN ON THE CROSS
ALBUM : The Bootleg Series Vol.11: The Complete Basement Tapes (2014)
Recorded : Juin-Octobre 1967
Released : 4 Novembre 2014

Un gospel enregistré avec le Band lors des Basement Tapes.
Disponible en bootleg pendant des années, il est sorti officiellement avec le "Bootleg Series Vol.11".
Aucune performance live.



Lyrics
Now, I try, oh for so awf'ly long
And I just try to be.
And now, oh it's a gold mine
But it's so fine.
Yes, but I know in my head
That we're all so misled,
And it's that ol' sign on the cross
That worries me.

Now, when I was just a bawlin' child,
I saw what I wanted to be,
And it's all for the sake
Of that picture I should see.
But I was lost on the moon
As I heard that front door slam,
And that old sign on the cross
Still worries me.

Well, it's that old sign on the cross,
Well, it's that old key to the kingdom,
Well, it's that old sign on the cross
Like you used to be.

But, when I hold my head so high
As I see my ol' friends go by,
And it's still that sign on the cross
That worries me.

Well, it seems to be the sign on the cross. Ev'ry day,
ev'ry night, see the sign on the cross just layin' up
on top of the hill. Yes, we thought it might have
disappeared long ago, but I'm here to tell you, friends,
that I'm afraid it's lyin' there still. Yes, just a
little time is all you need, you might say, but I don't
know 'bout that any more, because the bird is here and
you might want to enter it, but, of course, the door might
be closed. But I just would like to tell you one time,
if I don't see you again, that the thing is, that the sign
on the cross is the thing you might need the most.

Yes, the sign on the cross
Is just a sign on the cross.
Well, there is some on every chisel
And there is some in the championship, too.
Oh, when your, when your days are numbered
And your nights are long,
You might think you're weak
But I mean to say you're strong.
Yes you are, if that sign on the cross,
If it begins to worry you.
Well, that's all right because sing a song
And all your troubles will pass right on through

L'une des plus grandes merveilles des BT et surement une de ses plus belles chansons, toutes périodes confondues.

Vrai. Avec I Shall Be Released et This Wheel's On Fire, celle qui me bouleverse le plus à l'écoute des BT.

Comme pour Sad Eyed Lady, le fait que le maître ne l'aie jamais interprétée en live entretient l'aura mystérieuse du titre!

j'ai écouté cette chanson jeudi dernier et depuis je sais que rien ne pourra être similaire à Dylan

La plus belle chanson des BT

Très jolie chanson, c'est vrai, mais je trouve la voix un peu tremblotante, mal assurée.