TROUBLED AND I DON'T KNOW WHY

(Bob Dylan/trad.)

JOAN BAEZ & BOB DYLAN, 1975 (Ken Regan)

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The tune of this Dylan original is a variant of the traditional/Monroe Brothers song "Where Is My Sailor Boy?" (recorded by DOC WATSON as "What Does The Deep Sea Say?").

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Lyrics as performed by Joan Baez and Bob Dylan at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, NYC, NY, Aug 17, 1963;
transcribed by Manfred Helfert.

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I'm troubled and I don't know why,
I'm troubled and I don't know why.
Well, trouble on my mind
Is driving me blind.
I'm troubled and I don't know why.

Oh, what did the mornin' say?
What did the mornin' say?
When it rolled from the night
With a dark, dreary light,
Saying, "Another old weary day."

I'm troubled and I don't know why,
I'm troubled and I don't know why.
The trouble on my mind
Is driving me blind.
I'm troubled and I don't know why.

What did the newspaper tell?
What did the newspaper tell?
Well, it rolled in the door
And it laid on the floor,
Saying, "Things ain't going so well."

I'm troubled and I don't know why,
I'm troubled and I don't know why.
Well, the trouble on my mind
Is driving me blind.
I'm troubled and I don't know why.

What did the television squall?
What did the television squall?
Well, it roared an' it boomed
An' it bounced around the room,
An' it never said nothin' at all.

I'm troubled and I don't know why,
I'm troubled and I don't know why.
Well, the trouble on my mind
Is driving me blind.
I'm troubled and I don't know why.

What did the movie screen lecture?
What did the movie screen lecture?
Well, it heated an' it froze
An' it took off all its clothes
An' I left in the middle of the picture.

I'm troubled and I don't know why,
I'm troubled and I don't know why.
Well, the trouble on my mind
Is driving me blind.
I'm troubled and I don't know why.

I'm troubled and I don't know why,
I'm troubled and I don't know why.
The trouble on my mind
Is driving me blind.
I'm troubled and I don't know why.