TRACK TALK #450 Tell Me, Momma

TELL ME, MOMMA
ALBUM : The Bootleg Series Vol.4: Live 1966 (1998)
Recorded : 17 Mai 1966
Released : 13 Octobre 1998

Une chanson écrite pour la tournée 1966 qui ouvre à l'époque les parties électriques du set.
Elle ne sera jamais rejouée par la suite et on peut entendre l'intégralité de ses performances sur le coffret "The 1966 Live Recordings" publié en 2016.

Première performance live : White Plains (5 Février 1966)
Dernière performance live : Londres (27 Mai 1966)
Total : 19 fois.



Lyrics
Ol' black Bascom, don't break no mirrors
Cold black water dog, make no tears
You say you love me with what may be love
Don't you remember makin' baby love?
Got your steam drill built and you're lookin' for some kid
To get it to work for you like your nine-pound hammer did
But I know that you know that I know that you show
Something is tearing up your mind
Tell me, momma
Tell me, momma
Tell me, momma, what is it?
What's wrong with you this time?
Get it, John, fool's gold in your teeth and cemetery hips
Hang outside of your graveyard lips
Yes everybody's wondering when your friendship's gonna end, but
Come on, baby, I'm your friend
And I know that you know that I know that you show
Something is tearing up your mind
Tell me, momma
Tell me, momma
Tell me, momma, what is it?
What's wrong with you this time?
Oh, it's sure pleasing that your face is red
Anything he can give you, he's almost dead
Everybody can see you on your window ledge
How long's it going to take you to get off the edge?
You're just gonna make everybody jump and roar
Now whatcha want to go and do that for?
I know that you know that I know that you snow
Something is tearing up your mind
Tell me, momma
Tell me, momma
Tell me, momma, what is it?
What's wrong with you this time?