Текст Bob Dylan – Isis
Текст:
I married Isis on the fifth day of May
But I could not hold on to her very long
So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away
For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong.
I came to a high place of darkness and light
The dividing line ran through the center of town
I hitched up my pony to a post on the right
Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down.
A man in the corner approached me for a match
I knew right away he was not ordinary
He said «Are you looking for something easy to catch ?»
I said «I got no money». He said «That ain’t necessary».
We set out that night for the cold in the North
I gave him my blanket he gave me his word
I said «Where are we going ?» He said «We’d be back by the fourth»
I said «That’s the best new that I’ve ever heard».
I was thinking about turquoise I was thinking about gold
I was thinking about diamonds and the world’s biggest necklace
As we rode through the canyons through the devilish cold
I was thinking about Isis how she thought I was so reckless.
How she told me that one day we meet up again
And things would be different the next time we wed
If I only could hang on and just be her friend
I still can’t remember all the best things she said.
We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice
He said «There’s a body I’m trying to find
If I carry it out it’ll bring a good prize»
It was then that I knew what he had on his mind.
The wind it was howling and the snow was outrageous
We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn
But I made up my mind that I had to go on.
I broke into the tomb but the casket was empty
There was no jewels no nothing I felt I’d been had
When I saw that my partner was just being friendly
When I took up his offer I must-a been mad.
I picked up his body and I dragged him inside
Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover
I said a quick prayer and I felt satisfied
Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her.
She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise
Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed
I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes
I cursed her one time then I rode on ahead.
She said «Where ya been ?» I said «No place special ?»
She said «You look different» I said «Well I guess»
She said «You been gone» I said «That’s only natural»
She said «You gonna stay ?» I said «If you want me to, Yeah «.
Isis oh Isis you mystical child
What drives me to you is what drives me insane
I still can remember the way that you smiled
On the fifth day of May in the drizzling rain.
