Live 15 May 1971 version
Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby
Can't buy me no thrill
Well, I sit up all night, baby
Leanin' on the window sill
Well, if I die
On top of the hill
And if I don't make it
You know my baby will
Don't the moon look good, mama
Shinin' through down through them trees
Don't the brakeman look good, mama
Chuggin' down the "Double E"
Don't the sun look good
Don't the sun look good
Goin' down over the sea
Don't my gal look fine
When she's comin' after me
Now the wintertime is coming mama
The windows are filled with frost
I tried to tell everybody
But I could never get my thing across
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
I don't wanna be your boss
Don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost
I said I ride on a mailtrain, baby
Can't buy me no thrill
Well, I sit up all night, darling
Leanin' on the window sill
And if I die
On top of the hill
And if I don't make it
You know my baby she will
Don't the moon look good, mama
Shinin' through down through them trees
Don't the brakeman look good, mama
Chuggin' down the "Double E"
Don't the sun look good
Don't the sun look good
Goin' down over the sea
Don't my gal look fine
When she's comin' in after me
Now the wintertime is coming mama
The windows are filled with frost
I tried to tell everybody
But I could never get my thing across
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
I don't wanna be your boss
And don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost
[Spoken:] Thank you now, thank you very much. There's the Sonic people, they'll take a short break, alright.
[Spoken (someone else in the band):] That was called "Group Therapy".
[Spoken:] ??? Al B.Tellone over there on the saxophone. ???.
A Bob Dylan classic, performed by Dr. Zoom And & The Sonic Boom twice as far as it's known, on 14 May 1971 at Sunshine In, Asbury Park, NJ, and on 15 May 1971 at Newark State College, Union, NJ.
List of available versions of IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY on this website:
IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY [Live 15 May 1971 version]