partisan blues

love and misery go hand in hand
watch out or it'll
get you where you live
be careful not to
feign affection and don't let
him catch you tellin' no fibs

there are enemies hard at
work against me but
i believe they know not what they do
they do what they want to
and you know it insisting
we all play by the same rules

now the fair-haired child's
blowing hot and cold on the shy woman
who's unavailable 'till he gets
what he wants or needs
from her in his
indulgence of a low passion

while bob dylan is
phrasing desolation row
she sits there analyzing her latest dream
still she seems to know
he only provides a false sense
of security and nothing else