“Everything is Broken” is a song written and recorded by American musician Bob Dylan, and released on his 1989 album, Oh Mercy. The song’s lyrics describe Dylan’s detachment from his world at the time of its writing.[1] The track found on Oh Mercy is an April 1989 re-working of a take recorded the previous month.
One of the original takes, recorded by Dylan in mid-March 1989 in New Orleans, was included on the 2008 compilation album The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 – Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006, while the version from Oh Mercy was rereleased on the compilation album The Essential Bob Dylan. A cover version appears on Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s hit album “Trouble Is…
Bob Dylan- Everything is Broken
Bob Dylan- Everything is Broken
“Everything Is Broken”
Broken threads broken springs
Broken idols broken heads
People sleeping in broken beds
Ain’t no use jiving
Ain’t no use joking
Everything is broken.Broken bottles broken plates
Broken switches broken gates
Broken dishes broken parts
Streets are filled with broken hearts
Broken words never meant to be spoken
Everything is broken.Seem like every time you stop and turn around
Something else just hit the ground
Broken cutters broken saws
Broken buckles broken laws
Broken bodies broken bones
Broken voices on broken phones
Take a deep breath feel like you’re chokin’
Everything is broken.Everytime you leave and go off someplace
Things fall to pieces in my face
Broken hands on broken ploughs
Broken treaties broken vows
Broken pipes broken tools
People bending broken rules
Hound dog howling bullfrog croaking
Everything is broken.
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