Last Year's Man

[00:00.65] The rain falls down on last year's man
[00:08.05] That's a Jew's harp on the table, that's a crayon in his hand
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[00:17.67] And the corners of the blueprint are ruined since they rolled
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[00:24.62] Far past the stems of thumbtacks that still throw shadows on the wood
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[00:34.22] And the skylight is like skin for a drum I'll never mend
[00:42.91] And all the rain falls down, amen, on the works of last year's man
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[01:02.94] I met a lady, she was playing with her soldiers in the dark
[01:12.96] Oh, one by one she had to tell them that her name was Joan of Arc
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[01:25.82] I was in that army, yes, I stayed a little while
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[01:37.12] I want to thank you, Joan of Arc for treating me so well
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[01:48.23] And though I wear a uniform, I was not born to fight
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[01:57.51] All these wounded boys you lie beside goodnight, my friends, goodnight
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[02:13.27] I came upon a wedding that old families had contrived
[02:24.12] Bethlehem the bridegroom, Babylon the bride
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[02:34.13] Great Babylon was naked, oh, she stood there trembling for me
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[02:45.03] And Bethlehem inflamed us both like the shy one at some orgy
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[02:55.88] And when we fell together all our flesh was like a veil
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[03:05.05] That I had to draw aside to see the serpent eat its tail
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[03:19.69] Some women wait for Jesus, and some women wait for Cain
[03:28.84] So I hang upon my altar and I hoist my Axe again
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[03:39.29] And I take the one who finds me back to where it all began
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[03:50.97] When Jesus was the honeymoon and Cain was just the man
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[04:00.28] And we read from pleasant Bibles that are bound in blood and skin
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[04:10.68] That the wilderness is gathering all its children back again
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[04:25.80] The rain falls down on last year's man
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[04:35.83] An hour has gone by and he has not moved his hand
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[04:45.97] But everything will happen if he only gives the word
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[04:55.76] The lovers will rise up and the mountains touch the ground
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[05:05.06] But the skylight is like skin for a drum I'll never mend
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[05:15.91] And all the rain falls down, amen, on the works of last year's man
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