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Bob Dylan & Eric Clapton: Not Dark Yet, New York 1999 (video)

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Shadows are falling and I’ve been here all day
It’s too hot to sleep, time is running away
Feel like my soul has turned into steel
I’ve still got the scars that the sun didn’t heal
There’s not even room enough to be anywhere
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
30 June 1999

  • Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
  • Eric Clapton (guitar)
  • Andy Fairweather Low (guitar)
  • Nathan East (bass)
  • Tim Carmon (keyboards)
  • Steve Gadd (drums)

Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
Behind every beautiful thing there’s been some kind of pain
She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind
She put down in writing what was in her mind
I just don’t see why I should even care
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

Well, I’ve been to London and I’ve been to gay Paree
I’ve followed the river and I got to the sea
I’ve been down on the bottom of a world full of lies
I ain’t looking for nothing in anyone’s eyes
Sometimes my burden seems more than I can bear
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

I was born here and I’ll die here against my will
I know it looks like I’m moving, but I’m standing still
Every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb
I can’t even remember what it was I came here to get away from
Don’t even hear a murmur of a prayer
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

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3 thoughts on “Bob Dylan & Eric Clapton: Not Dark Yet, New York 1999 (video)”

  1. A quality recording – and like the way Bob takes the solo instead of Eric!

      1. I have always liked the way Dylan played a guitar solo without the usual pyrotechnics, just building a tension with almos abstract , cubistic lines that convey a strange feeling… and here you can see how it baffles Clapton first and then he gets it… a beautiful moment.

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