Posted on 06/02/2010 5:54:22 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
What's plain is that the Gaza flotilla's nominal purpose, delivering "humanitarian" supplies to Gaza, was secondary to the aim of provoking a confrontation. The Gaza flotilla turned down an Israeli offer to unload the six boats and deliver the goods to Gaza by truck; it ignored repeated warnings that it would not be allowed to reach Gaza. Its spokesmen said they would insist on "breaking Israel's siege," as one of them put it.
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Listen & Buy Bob Dylan's "Neighborhood Bully" MP3 Today! Lyrics below.
Audio from the IDF soldiers who boarded the boat.
Neighborhood Bully by Bob Dylan
Well, the neighborhood bully, he's just one man, His enemies say he's on their land. They got him outnumbered about a million to one, He got no place to escape to, no place to run. He's the neighborhood bully.
The neighborhood bully just lives to survive, He's criticized and condemned for being alive. He's not supposed to fight back, he's supposed to have thick skin, He's supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in. He's the neighborhood bully.
The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land, He's wandered the earth an exiled man. Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn, He's always on trial for just being born. He's the neighborhood bully.
Well, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticized, Old women condemned him, said he should apologize. Then he destroyed a bomb factory, nobody was glad. The bombs were meant for him. He was supposed to feel bad. He's the neighborhood bully.
Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim That he'll live by the rules that the world makes for him, 'Cause there's a noose at his neck and a gun at his back And a license to kill him is given out to every maniac. He's the neighborhood bully.
He got no allies to really speak of. What he gets he must pay for, he don't get it out of love. He buys obsolete weapons and he won't be denied But no one sends flesh and blood to fight by his side. He's the neighborhood bully.
Well, he's surrounded by pacifists who all want peace, They pray for it nightly that the bloodshed must cease. Now, they wouldn't hurt a fly. To hurt one they would weep. They lay and they wait for this bully to fall asleep. He's the neighborhood bully.
Every empire that's enslaved him is gone, Egypt and Rome, even the great Babylon. He's made a garden of paradise in the desert sand, In bed with nobody, under no one's command. He's the neighborhood bully.
Now his holiest books have been trampled upon, No contract he signed was worth what it was written on. He took the crumbs of the world and he turned it into wealth, Took sickness and disease and he turned it into health. He's the neighborhood bully.
What's anybody indebted to him for? Nothin', they say. He just likes to cause war. Pride and prejudice and superstition indeed, They wait for this bully like a dog waits to feed. He's the neighborhood bully.
What has he done to wear so many scars? Does he change the course of rivers? Does he pollute the moon and stars? Neighborhood bully, standing on the hill, Running out the clock, time standing still, Neighborhood bully.
(c) 1983
Love Dylan!
Dylan a “hippy”??? You know not of what you speak!
No, of course you are correct. He didn’t spawn the 60s counter culture. It was just my imagination. His music will be remembered for how traditional it was.
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You might not like him, but he’s a genius.
You are preaching to the choir. I am a big Dylan fan and find Dylan threads to be a source of interest and amusement.
It is amazing to me how some people know so little about the man, yet have such strong opinions regarding him, That has become evident on this thread once again.
“He didn’t spawn the 60s counter culture.”
No musician “spawned” the 60s counter culture.
Many musicians reflected it, however.
I’ve been locked out of this thread.
And you're a knee-jerk ignoramus.
Don’t EVER forget WHERE that flotilla came from.
Don’t EVER forget tht Turkey ONCE AGAIN demonstrated it is just another Nomad Desert Sheikdom of Muslims who have seized a piece of territory and are part of the Umma.
If you are alright with just the audio, you can hear it at:
http://listen.grooveshark.com/
Along with most of his other songs. I recommend Forever Young and Forever Young (Continued).
Somewhat widely believed, but cannot be proved. Dylan made some typically vague, cryptic, perhaps even sarcastic comments about The One.
Bob don't drink Kool Aid. He drinks railroad gin.
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There are many more websites than his “official” one. The best is
And there’s
True, there are other websites on Bob Dylan. I was just presenting the one that is the offical website. The rest are fan created.
Thanks so much for posting this. I really haven’t kept up with Dylan since the late 60’s. I just never cared for his more “mellow” sounding stuff. But this song is as biting and brilliant as anything he ever wrote—and I do believe he is one of our greatest poets.
You might want to check out the dylan radio site that I linked for a taste. They play a wide variety of Dylan. One can also request a song be played.
I'd recommend listening to some songs from two albums for a Dylan reintroduction
. Infidels (whence Neighborhood Bully - also has Union Sundown)
2. Oh Mercy - Political World, Trouble, Everything Is Broken
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