But, he knows he needs to, because it's becoming relevant. Sounds a lot like a circus, huh? That's because to an outsider that's what it is, a weird circus Mr Jones simply does not understand. Mr Jones, the reporter, is mystified completely by the midget shouting "NOW!", the sword-swallower returning his throat, the geek who thinks HE's the freak, and so on. "Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is, do you, Mister Jones" Mr Jones, however, a reporter, is not cool, is trying to find out why someone is naked, is confronted by it all. In the 1960s counter-culture movement, the leading wave before the hippies, it was nothing to see people naked in a commune or house shared by young people. Reporters in the ye olde days before recorders and iPhones with a voice recording option used to wander around with a notepad and pencil and make notes. "You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand" The song was written in the mid-60s, so it's all about the counter-culture movement Bob Dylan was part of, centered around NYC's village. And maybe ignorance is not your fault, but if I read one more person saying "It's about Larry King" or "It's about a gay swinger party", I'll start swinging an axe. You're all obviously TOO YOUNG to have the faintest idea what's going on.
'Cause something is happening and you don't know what it is There ought to be a law against you comin' around You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground Well, you walk into the room like a camel, and then you frown Now, you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word "Now"Īnd you say, "For what reason?" and he says, "How"Īnd you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams back, "You're a cow!Īnd you know something's happening but you don't know what it is He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heelsĪnd without further notice, he asks you how it feelsĪnd he says, "Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan"Īnd you know something is happening but you don't know what it is
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneels Scott Fitzgerald's booksīut something is happening here and you don't know what it is With great lawyers you have discussed lepers and crooks To get you facts when someone attacks your imaginationīut nobody has any respect, anyway they already expect you to all give a checkĪh, you've been with the professors and they've all liked your looks You have many contacts among the lumberjacks Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speakĪnd says, "How does it feel to be such a freak?"Īnd you say, "Impossible!" as he hands you a boneĪnd something is happening here but you don't know what it is You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek You raise up your head and you ask, "Is this where it is?"Īnd somebody points to you and says, "It's his"Īnd you say, "What's mine?" and somebody else says, "Well, what is?"Īnd you say, "Oh my God, am I here all alone?"īut something is happening and you don't know what it is You see somebody naked and you say, "Who is that man?"īecause something is happening here but you don't know what it is You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand
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