“HURRICANE” BOB DYLAN Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a

album: Desire, 1976 ____________ for the cops

written by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out
______________ around
Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night He said "I saw two men runnin' out, they
Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall looked like _________________
She sees a bartender in a pool of blood Jumped into a white car with __________-
Cries out, "my God, they killed them all" _______-__________ plates"
And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her
Here comes the story of the Hurricane
head
The man the authorities came to
Cop said "Wait a minute, boys, this one's not
____________
dead"
For somethin' that he never done
So they took him to the ______________
Put in a prison cell, but one time he coulda
And though this man could hardly see
been
They told him he could identify the guilty men
The champion of the world
Four in the mornin' and they haul
Three bodies lyin' there, does Patty see
___________ in
And another man named ___________,
They took him to the hospital and they
movin' around mysteriously
brought him upstairs
"I didn't do it" he says, and he throws up his
The _____________ man looks up through his
hands
one dyin' eye
"I was only robbin' the _______________, I
Say "Why'd you bring him in here for? He
hope you understand"
ain't the guy"
"I saw them leavin'" he says, and he stops
Here's the story of the Hurricane
"One of us had better call up the cops"
The man the authorities came to blame
And so Patty calls the cops
For somethin' that he never done
And they arrive on the ___________
Put in a prison cell, but one time he coulda
With their red lights flashin' in a hot
been
__________ __________ night
The champion of the world
Meanwhile, far away in another part of town
Four months later, the ______________ are
________ _________ and a couple of friends
in flame
are drivin' around
Rubin's in South America, fightin' for his name
Number one _________________ for the
While ________ __________ _________ is
_________________ crown
still in the _____________ ___________
Had no idea what kinda s*** was about to go
And the cops are puttin' the ____________ to
down
him, lookin' for somebody to blame
When a cop pulled him over to the side of the
"Remember that murder that happened in a
road
bar?"
Just like the time before and the time before
"Remember you said you saw the
that
___________ car?"
In Paterson that's just the way things go
"You think you'd like to __________
If you're __________ you might as well not
_________ with the law?"
show up on the street
"Think it mighta been that fighter that you
'Less you want to _________ ________
saw runnin' that night?"
_________

"Don't forget that you are _______________"

________ __________ __________ said "I'm who testified?
really not sure" ___________ and __________ and they both
The cops said "A poor boy like you, could use baldly lied
this break And the newspapers, they all went along for
We got you for the __________ job and we're the ride
talkin' to your friend _________
How can the life of such a man
You don't want to have to go back to jail, be a
Be in the _________ of some fool's hand?
nice fellow
To see him obviously framed
You'll be doin' society a favor
Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to
That son of a b**** is brave and gettin'
live in a land
braver
Where __________ ____ _____ ___________
We want to put his a** in stir
We want to _______ this triple murder on Now all the criminals in their coats and their
him ties
He ain't no Gentleman Jim" Are free to drink _________ and watch the
_______ ________
________ could take a man ______ with just
While _________ sits like __________in a
one punch
ten-foot cell
But he never did like to talk about it all that
An innocent man in a living hell
much
"It's my work" he'd say, "and I do it for pay Yes, that's the story of the Hurricane
And when it's over I'd just as soon go on my But it won't be over 'til they __________ his
way" name
And give him back the time he's __________
Up to some paradise
Put in a prison cell, but one time he coulda
Where the __________ _________
been
_________ and the air is nice
The champion of the world
And ride a horse along a __________
But then they took him to the jailhouse
Where they try to turn a man into a mouse
All of __________ cards were marked in
advance
The trial was a _______-_________, he never
had a chance
The judge made _________ witnesses
___________ from the ___________
To the __________ folks who watched, he
was a revolutionary bum
And for the black folks he was just a crazy
n*****
No one doubted that he __________ _______
___________
And though they could not produce the gun
The __________ said he was the one who did
the ____________
And the ______-_______ __________agreed
________ ________ was falsely _________ Expressions
The crime was __________ ________, guess
1. Contender ________________________________
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________________________________ 17. Drunkards
2. Middleweight ________________________________
________________________________ 18. Slums
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3. Draw the heat ________________________________
________________________________ 19. Pull the trigger
________________________________ ________________________________
________________________________ 20. The D.A.
4. Have a rap for the cops ________________________________
________________________________ 21. Do the deed
________________________________ ________________________________
5. Prowl around ________________________________
________________________________ 22. Tried
________________________________ ________________________________
________________________________ ________________________________
6. Out-of-state plates 23. Murder one
________________________________ ________________________________
7. Infirmary ________________________________
________________________________ 24. Clear sb’s name
8. Be in the {robbery} game ________________________________
________________________________ ________________________________
9. Put the screws to/on sb 25. Do time
________________________________ ________________________________
________________________________ ________________________________
10. Getaway
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________________________________
11. Play ball with
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12. Pin something on someone
________________________________
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13. Take somebody out
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14. Trout
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15. Streams flow
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16. Pig-circus