Eternal Circle

Album: The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 (1963)
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  • I sung the song slowly as she stood in the shadows

    She stepped to the light as my silver strings spun

    She called with her eyes to the tune I was a playin'

    But the song it was long and I'd only begun

    Through a bullet of light her face was reflectin'

    The fast fading words that rolled from my tongue

    With a long-distance look her eyes was on fire

    But the song it was long and there was more to be sung

    My eyes danced a circle across her clear outline

    With her head tilted sideways she called me again

    As the tune drifted out she breathed hard through the echo

    But the song it was long and it was far to the end

    I glanced at my guitar and played it pretendin'

    That of all the eyes out there I could see none

    As her thoughts pounded hard like the pierce of an arrow

    But the song it was long and it had to get done

    As the tune finally folded I laid down the guitar

    And looked for the girl who'd stayed for so long

    But her shadow was missin' for all of my searchin'

    So I picked up my guitar and began the next song Writer/s: BOB DYLAN
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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