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    Law

    I was only following instructions when the judge sent me down the road
    with your subpoena,
    "Angelina"

    Are you ready for the judgment?
    Are you ready for that terrible swift sword?
    "Are You Ready"

    Ah, you've been with the professors,
    And they've all liked your looks,
    With great lawyers you have discussed lepers and crooks,
    "Ballad of A Thin Man"

    You came, you saw, just like the law,
    You married young, just like your ma,
    "Born in Time"

    But when I saw you break down there in front of the judge and cry real tears,
    It was the best actin' I saw anybody do.
    "Brownsville Girl"

    Was she a child or an angel? Did we go too far?
    Did we snap at the bait, Did we follow a star,
    Through a hole in the wall, where the long arm of the law cannot reach?
    "Caribbean Wind"

    For the misdemeanor of law, chained and cheated by pursuit,
    And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.
    "Chimes of Freedom"

    When the cities are on fire with the burning flesh of men,
    Just remember that death is not the end,
    And you search in vain to find just one law abiding citizen,
    Just remember that death is not the end.
    "Death is Not the End"

    I glanced into the chamber where the judges were talking,
    Darkness was everywhere, it smelled like a tomb.
    "Day of the Locusts"

    "Oh, help me in my weakness," I heard the drifter say,
    As they carried him from the courtroom,
    "Drifter's Escape"

    Well, the judge, he cast his robe aside,
    A tear came to his eye,
    "You fail to understand," he said, "why must you even try?"
    Outside, the crowd was stirring,
    You could hear it from the door.
    Inside, the judge was stepping down,
    While the jury cried for more.
    "Drifter's Escape"

    Broken cutters, broken saws, broken buckles, broken laws,
    Broken bodies, broken bones, broken voices on broken phones,
    "Everything is Broken"

    And there are no trials inside the gates of Eden. "Gates of Eden"

    The man the authorities came to blame,
    for something that he never done,
    "Hurricane"

    The judge made Rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums, "Hurricane"

    And I've served time for ev'rything
    'Cept beggin' on the street.
    "I am a Lonesome Hobo"

    Took a stranger to teach me,
    To look into Justice's beautiful face,
    And to see an eye for an eye,
    And a tooth for a tooth.
    "I and I"

    Old lady judges watch people in pairs, "It's All Right Ma, I'm Only Bleeding"

    Well, the rainman comes with his magic wand
    And the judge says, "Mona can't have no bond."
    "I Wanna Be Your Lover"

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    Mirrors/Reflections

    I love to see you dress before the mirror,
    Won't you let me in your room one time,
    Before I finally disappear.
    "Abandoned Love"

    And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it,
    And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it,
    Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin',
    "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall"

    There's eyes behind the mirrors in empty places,
    Bullet holes and scars between the spaces,
    There's always one more notch and ten more paces,
    Billy, and you're walkin' all alone.
    "Billy"

    The palace of mirrors,
    Where dog soldiers are reflected,
    The endless road and the wailing of chimes,
    "Changing of the Guard"

    Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears,
    In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors,
    Lookin' into the lost forgotten years,
    For Dignity.
    "Dignity"

    In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space,
    In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face.
    "Every Grain of Sand"

    Yet I swear I see my reflection,
    Somewhere so high above this wall.
    "I Shall Be Released"

    Well, Phaedra with her looking glass,
    Stretchin' out upon the grass.
    She gets all messed up and she faints
    That's 'cause she's so obvious and you ain't.
    "I Wanna Be Your Lover Baby"

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