Foot Of Pride Lyrics

The song Foot Of Pride is performed by Bob Dylan in the album named 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration in the year 1993 .



Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man
So can a woman who pa*ses herself off as a male
They sang, 'Danny Boy' at his funeral and the Lord's Prayer
The preacher talking 'bout Christ betrayed

It's like the earth just opened and swallowed him up
He reached too high, was thrown back to the ground
You know what they say about
Bein' nice to the right people on the way up
Sooner or later you gonna meet them comin' down

Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
Ain't no goin' back

Hear ya got a brother named James, don't forget faces or names
Sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed
He looked straight into the sun and said revenge is mine
But he drinks, and drinks can be fixed

Sing me one more song, about ya love me to the moon and the stranger
And your fall by the sword love affair with Erroll Flynn
in these times of compa*sion when conformity's in fashion
Say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in

Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
Ain't no goin' back

There's a retired businessman named Red
Cast down from heaven and he's out of his head
He feeds off of everyone that he can touch
He said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash
He's not somebody that you play around with much

Miss Delilah is his, a Philistine is what she is
She'll do wondrous works with your fate
Feed you coconut bread, spice buns in your bed
If you don't mind sleepin' with your head face down in a grave

Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
Ain't no goin' back

Well they'll choose a man for you to meet tonight
You'll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors
How to enter into the gates of paradise?
No, how to carry a burden too heavy to be yours?

Yeah, from the stage they'll be tryin' to get water outta rocks
A whore will pa*s the hat, collect a hundred grand and say thanks
They like to take all this money from sin
Build big universities to study in
Sing, 'Amazing Grace' all the way to the Swiss banks

Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
Ain't no goin' back

They got some beautiful people out there, man
They can be a terror to your mind and show you how to hold your tongue
They got mystery written all over their forehead
They kill babies in the crib and say only the good die young

They don't believe in mercy
Judgment on them is something that you'll never see
They can exalt you up or bring you down main route
Turn you into anything that they want you to be

Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
Ain't no goin' back

Yes, I guess I loved him too
I can still see him in my mind climbin' that hill
Did he make it to the top, well he probably did and dropped
Struck down by the strength of the will

Ain't nothin' left here partner
Just the dust of a plague that has left this whole town afraid
From now on, this'll be where you're from
Let the dead bury the dead, your time will come
Let hot iron blow as he raised the shade

Ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
Ain't no goin' back, oh yeah, oh yeah




Bob Dylan - 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

Aug 1993

  1. Like A Rollin' Stone
  2. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
  3. Introduction by Kris Kristofferson
  4. Blowin' In The Wind
  5. Foot Of Pride
  6. Masters Of War
  7. The Times They Are A-Changin'
  8. It Ain't Me, Babe
  9. What Was It You Wanted
  10. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
  11. Highway 61 Revisited
  12. Seven Days
  13. Just Like A Woman
  14. When The Ship Comes In
  15. You Ain't Goin Nowhere
  16. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
  17. All Along The Watchtower
  18. I Shall Be Released
  19. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  20. Emotionally Yours
  21. When I Paint My Masterpiece
  22. Absolutely Sweet Marie
  23. License To Kill
  24. Rainy Day Woman #12 And 35
  25. Mr. Tambourine Man
  26. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
  27. My Back Pages
  28. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
  29. Girl Of The North Country


Foot Of Pride