The guilty undertaker sighs The lonesome organ grinder cries The silver saxophones say I should refuse you The cracked bells and washed-out horns Blow into my face with scorn But it's not that way I wasn't born to lose you I want you, I want you I want you, so bad Honey, I want you The drunken politician leaps Upon the streets where mothers weep And the saviours who are fast asleep, they wait for you And I wait for them to interrupt Me drinkin' from my broken cup And ask me to Open up the gate for you I want you, I want you I want you, so bad Honey, I want you Now all my fathers, they've gone down True love they've been without it But all their daughters put me down 'Cause I don't think about it Well, I returned to the queen of spades And talk with my chambermaid She knows that I'm not afraid to look at her She's good to me And there's nothing she doesn't see She knows where I'd like to be But it doesn't matter I want you, I want you I want you, so bad Honey, I want you Now your dancing child with his chinese suit He spoke to me, I took his flute No, I wasn't very cute to him, was I? But I did it, though, because he lied Because he took you for a ride Because time was on his side Because I I want you, I want you I want you, so bad Honey, I want you
The guilty undertaker sighs The lonesome organ grinder cries The silver saxophones say I should refuse you The cracked bells and washed-out horns Blow into my face with scorn But it's not that way I wasn't born to lose you I want you, I want you I want you, so bad Honey, I want you The drunken politician leaps Upon the streets where mothers weep And the saviours who are fast asleep, they wait for you And I wait for them to interrupt Me drinkin' from my broken cup And ask me to Open up the gate for you I want you, I want you I want you, so bad Honey, I want you Now all my fathers, they've gone down True love they've been without it But all their daughters put me down 'Cause I don't think about it Well, I returned to the queen of spades And talk with my chambermaid She knows that I'm not afraid to look at her She's good to me And there's nothing she doesn't see She knows where I'd like to be But it doesn't matter I want you, I want you I want you, so bad Honey, I want you Now your dancing child with his chinese suit He spoke to me, I took his flute No, I wasn't very cute to him, was I? But I did it, though, because he lied Because he took you for a ride Because time was on his side Because I I want you, I want you I want you, so bad Honey, I want you
Lançada em 1966 no álbum Blonde on Blonde, a canção foi enviada para as rádios como single acompanhada de uma versão ao vivo de "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" e atingiu a 20ª posição da parada Billboard Hot 100 nos EUA.
No Reino Unido, o single performou ainda melhor nas paradas, alcançando a 16ª posição pouco após seu lançamento em junho de 1966.
Uma gravação ao vivo desta música foi posteriormente incluída no álbum colaborativo Dylan and the Dead, feito em parceria com a banda Grateful Dead.
Muitos intérpretes acreditam que a letra faz alusão a Anita Pallenberg, então namorada de Brian Jones, baseado na descrição de um jovem dançarino vestindo uma roupa chinesa.
A possível inspiração na figura de Brian Jones ganha força pela referência a uma camisa chinesa, detalhe coerente com o estilo do músico da época e sua conexão com Dylan em Londres.
A linha da música stating "time was on his side" pode ser uma referência direta à canção de estreia dos Rolling Stones de 1964, chamada "Time is On My Side".
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