Sunday, September 3, 2017

If You Ever Go to Houston by Bob Dylan

I seem to remember the older Bob Dylan songs more than the newer.  If You Ever Go to Houston was on the album Together Through Life which was released in 2009.  It completely slipped my mind when I went there this July and during Hurricane Harvey.

Recording of If You Ever Go to Houston

If You Ever Go To Houston

WRITTEN BY: BOB DYLAN WITH ROBERT HUNTER

If you ever go to Houston

Better walk right

Keep your hands in your pockets

And your gun-belt tight

You'll be asking for trouble

If you're lookin' for a fight

If you ever go to Houston

Boy, you better walk right



If you're ever down there

On Bagby and Lamar

You better watch out for

The man with the shining star

Better know where you're going

Or stay where you are

If you're ever down there

On Bagby and Lamar



I know these streets

I've been here before

I nearly got killed here

During the Mexican war

Something always

Keeps me coming back for more

I know these streets

I've been here before



If you ever go to Dallas

Say hello to Mary Anne

Say I'm still pullin' on the trigger

Hangin' on the best I can

If you see her sister Lucy

Say I'm sorry I'm not there

Tell her other sister Betsy

To pray the sinner's prayer



I got a restless fever

Burnin' in my brain

Got to keep ridin' forward

Can't spoil the game

The same way I leave here

Will be the way that I came

Got a restless fever

Burnin' in my brain


Mr. Policeman

Can you help me find my gal

Last time I saw her

Was at the Magnolia Hotel

If you help me find her

You can be my pal

Mr. Policeman

Can you help me find my gal

If you ever go to Austin

Fort Worth or San Antone

Find the bar rooms I got lost in

And send my memories home

Put my tears in a bottle

Screw the top on tight

If you ever go to Houston

You better walk right
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