Dylan's Miscellany
The Devil Rap
The Devil Rap (from www.fmi-fcia.uchicago.edu/~jrr/index.html, jrr@fciav3.bsd.uchicago.edu)

You know, some kind of evil man might die.
Have you seen them long limousines?
On the way to the funeral?
And you know the man was evil, because you do know.
And there's the ministers always trying: "Oh, Lord, accept this man".
But by that time you know it's too late.
They try - haha! - they try to preach him into heaven after he's dead!
Anyway, some of you might have seen me before - some of you might, haha,
might not have.
I don't know.
Some of you might have seen me before and said "What is up with this man?
Has he lost his mind?" Hahahaha.
Well, you know when I was growing up, I used to listen to Hank Williams,
Gene Vincent, Little Richard, and all those people.
I think they formed my style in one way or another.
I can't help this type of music I play,
this is just the kind of type I've always played.
I know what kind of other people are playing this sort of music today,
tell me some strange things.
And the Devil's taken rock'n'roll music and he's used it for his own purposes.
I know some of you might wonder even if there is a Devil.
No, I'm not talking about the Devil that's got a pitchfork and ... are you listening to me?
Yeah?? Alright.
Some of you might have heard about a devil with a pitchfork and horns.
That's not necessarily the Devil, no.
We're talkin about the Devil that was one time God's chosen servant.
We're talking about that Devil.
He's a spiritual Devil.
And he's got to be overcome.
And he has been overcome, by what Jesus did at the cross.
I just want to tell you that.
That's as short as I can put it, you know.
Some of you may not have heard that.
Well, we're living in the end times now, I know we all agree about that.
It's the midnight hour.
God wants to know who His people are and who His people aren't.
Anyway, I saw Bruce Springsteen.
I loved him, I really did. Haha.
Well, you know, Bruce he was born to run.
You know, unless he's grabbed or something,
he's gonna keep on running.
You'd be chasing him!
But you can't run and you can't hide ...



[Table of Contents]
[Four Letters...] [Dear Mummy] [Letter to Larry] [A Letter from Bob Dylan] [A Message from Bob Dylan] [Joan Baez in Concert] [11 Outlined Epitaphs] [Alternatives to College] [Blowin' in the Wind] [For Dave Glover] [Advice for Geraldine...] [Go Away You Bomb] [The Kennedy Poems] [Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie] [Lonesome Christmas] [My Life in a Stolen Moment] [Dylan's Speech] [Off the Top of my Head] [The Armageddon Rap] [The Devil Rap] [The Guru rap] [The Jesus Trip Rap] [Leadbelly Rap] [The San Francisco Rap] [The Tempe Recollection Rap] [Renaldo and Clara]

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