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Composer: John Wesley Harding

John Wesley Harding - Bastard Son lyrics



Bob Dylan is my father, Joan Baez is my mother
And I'm their bastard son
Though my roots show through I'm just 22
I don't belong to anyone
When The Band was disbanded, I was disowned
I got a number you can ring me on but I ain't got no phone
Got a forwarding address, baby I ain't got no home
I got no direction home
That's the style of a bastard child
This is the song of a bastard son

Uncle Lenny used to make me laugh
Took away my nightmares, tore my daydreams in half
Showed them to me reflected upside-down
In the mirror that Suzanne Vega found
Lenny's still doing his tricks today
Only goes to show that growing up might pay

Bruce and James were family friends
Took my mind to Carolina through the New Jersey bends
Gave me a harmonica when I was three
Nailed a banjo to my knees
Now Bruce is a foreman and James is a slave
Bruce gave in and James just gave up

My family didn't grow up too well with technology
And I think this is why they disowned me
But now I wanna get back into the fold
I don't wanna be a black sheep, I don't wanna grow old
Here's to Warren, Neil, T-Bone, Andy, Lou, Townes, Elliott
Tom, Steve, Elizabeth, Elvia, Dave
You're singing something good and it's gotta be saved
I think so!

I've only just started playing guitar and already they say
I'm a has-been
Say my songs are too long, words are too strong, shoes
aren't clean
See the synthesizer's broken, the 12 inch does not exist
It's gonna take a blessed life to get on to the hitlist
I'm gonna need a blessed life to get on to the hitlist
But I'm singing for the men, for the women and the kids
Who grew up like me with seven basic instincts h
Songs list of album: It Happened One Night (1988)
         Title Rating
01    Headful of Something/The Devil in Me lyrics Add lyrics   -
02   Who You Really Are lyrics   -
03   Famous Man lyrics   -
04    You and Your Career lyrics Add lyrics   -
05    July 13th 1985 lyrics Add lyrics   -
06   One Night Only lyrics   -
07    Affairs of the Heart lyrics Add lyrics   -
08   Humankind lyrics   -
09    Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue & Me lyrics Add lyrics   -
10    The Night He Took Her to the Fairground lyrics Add lyrics   -
11   The Biggest Monument lyrics   -
12    Save a Little Room for Me lyrics Add lyrics   -
13   Kiss/Lover's Society lyrics   -
14   Careers Service lyrics   -
15   Pound Pound Pound lyrics   -
16   Roy Orbison Knows (The Best Man's Song) lyrics   -
17   Bastard Son lyrics   -
 

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