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Mar 26, 1991 · Blind Willie McTell Lyrics: Seen the arrow on the doorpost / Saying, "This land is condemned / All the way from New Orleans / To Jerusalem" / I traveled through East Texas / Where...
Written by: Bob Dylan. Seen the arrow on the doorpost. Saying, “This land is condemned. All the way from New Orleans. To new Jerusalem”. I traveled through East Texas. Where many martyrs fell. And I can tell you one thing. Nobody can sing the blues.
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Bob Dylan Lyrics. "Blind Willie McTell". Seen the arrow on the doorpost. Saying, "This land is condemned. All the way from New Orleans. To Jerusalem." I traveled through East Texas. Where many martyrs fell. And I know no one can sing the blues.
Blind Willie McTell Lyrics by Bob Dylan from the The Genuine Bootleg Series album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: Seen the arrow on the doorpost Saying, "This land is condemned All the way from New Orleans To Jerusalem." I travel….
The song tells the story of the life of Blind Willie McTell. His struggles and the world he was born in. It also clearly speculates on the fact that Blind Willie McTell never again sung the blues after his convertion.
I can hear them tribes a-moaning. (I can) hear the undertaker's bell. (Yeah), nobody can sing the blues. Like Blind Willie McTell. There's a woman by the river. With some fine young handsome man. He's dressed up like a squire. Bootlegged whiskey in his hand. There's a chain gang on the highway.
Saying, "This land is condemned. All the way from New Orleans. To Jerusalem." I traveled through East Texas. Where many martyrs fell. And I know no one can sing the blues. Like Blind Willie McTell. Well, I heard the hoot owl singing. As they were taking down the tents.
Blind Willie McTell Lyrics by Bob Dylan from the Sounds of the Eighties: The Rolling Stone Collection, 1982-1983 album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: Seen the arrow on the doorpost Saying, "This land is condemned All the way from New Orleans To Jerusalem."
"Blind Willie McTell" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Named for the blues singer of the same name , the song was recorded in the spring of 1983, during the sessions for Dylan's album Infidels ; however, it was ultimately left off the album and did not receive an official release until 1991, when it ...
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