Fecal McAngry
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Was listening to the much underrated 1989 Dylan album OH MERCY at work today, and while some of the songs are for the ages--"Most Of The Time," "Shooting Star," and "Man In The Long Black Coat"--I was really struck by this one; it explores a theme that is almost never touched on in song, and one that is so quintessentially INFP...
YouTube - Oh Mercy - 07 What Good Am I? (Bob Dylan)
What good am I
if I'm like all the rest
If I just turn away
when I see how you're dressed
If I shut myself off
so I can't hear you cry
What good am I?
What good am I
if I know and don't do
If I see and don't say
if I look right through you
If I turn a deaf ear
to the thunderin' sky
What good am I?
What good am I
while you softly weep
And I hear in my head
what you say in your sleep
And I freeze in the moment
like the rest who don't try
What good am I?
What good am I then
to others and me
If I've had every chance
and yet still fail to see
If my hands tied
must I not wonder within
Who tied them and why
and where must I have been
What good am I
if I say foolish things
And I laugh in the face
of what sorrow brings
And I just turn my back
while you silently die
What good am I?
YouTube - Oh Mercy - 07 What Good Am I? (Bob Dylan)
What good am I
if I'm like all the rest
If I just turn away
when I see how you're dressed
If I shut myself off
so I can't hear you cry
What good am I?
What good am I
if I know and don't do
If I see and don't say
if I look right through you
If I turn a deaf ear
to the thunderin' sky
What good am I?
What good am I
while you softly weep
And I hear in my head
what you say in your sleep
And I freeze in the moment
like the rest who don't try
What good am I?
What good am I then
to others and me
If I've had every chance
and yet still fail to see
If my hands tied
must I not wonder within
Who tied them and why
and where must I have been
What good am I
if I say foolish things
And I laugh in the face
of what sorrow brings
And I just turn my back
while you silently die
What good am I?