infidels

BOB DYLAN

Birth Name: Robert Allen Zimmerman
Born: May 24, 1941
Genres: Rock, Folk, Blues, Country

Member of: Bob Dylan & The Band, Dylan & The Dead, The Traveling Wilburys

basic information

release date	1990 Oct, 25 [CD], 1983 Oct, 26 [Cass., LP]
country of manufacture	Austria [CD], Holland [Cass., LP]
label	CBS
catalog no.	40-25539 [Cass.], CDCBS 25539 [CD], 25539 [LP]
format	Cass., CD, LP
note of registration	P1983 CBS Inc. ©Sony Music Entertainment Inc. [CD], P1983 ©1983 CBS Inc. [Cass., LP]
recording	Neil Dorfsman at Power Station, New York [1983 Apr, 11 - 1983 May, 17]
mixing	Ian Taylor
mastering	Ian Taylor & Bill Kipper at Masterdisc, New York
production	Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler
credits	n/a

musicians

Bob Dylan	guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals
Sly Dunbar	drums, percussion
Robbie Shakespeare	bass
Mick Taylor	guitar
*Mark Knopfler*	guitar
Alan Clark 5)	keyboards
Clydie King †	vocals [6]

tracks [CD]

1	jokerman (6:12) [take 7 April 14, 1983]
2	sweetheart like you (4:31) [take 9 April 18, 1983]
3	neighborhood Bully (4:33) [take 5 April 19, 1983]
4	license to kill (3:31) [take 12 April 13, 1983]
5	man of peace (6:27) [take 6 April 14, 1983]
6	union sundown (5:21) [take 22 May 2, 1983]
7	I and I (5:10) [take 16 April 27, 1983]
8	don‘t fall apart on me tonight (5:54) [take 11 April 12, 1983]

lyrics

1. jokerman
2. sweetheart like you
3. neighborhood Bully

jokerman
(Bob Dylan)

Standing on the waters casting your bread
While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing
Distant ships sailing into the mist
You were born with a snake in both of your fists, while a hurricane was blowing
Freedom just around the corner for you
But with truth so far off, what good will it do?

Chorus

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman

So swiftly the sun sets in the sky
You rise up and say goodbye to no one
Fools rush in where angels tear fear to tread
Both of their futures, so full of dread, you don’t show one
Shedding off one more layer of skin
Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within

(repeat Chorus)

You’re a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds
Manipulator of crowds, you’re a dream twister
You’re going to Sodom and Gomorrah
But what do you care? Ain’t nobody there would want to marry your sister.
Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame
You look into the fiery furnace, see the rich man without any name

(repeat Chorus)

Well, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy
The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers
In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed
Michaelangelo indeed could’ve carved out your features
Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space
Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face

(repeat Chorus)

Well, the rifleman’s stalking the sick and the lame
Preacherman seeks the same, who’ll get there first is uncertasin
Nightsticks and water cannons, teargas, padlocks
Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain
False hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin
Only a matter of time till night comes steppin’ in

(repeat Chorus)

It’s a shadowy world, skies are slippery grey
A woman just gave birth to a prince today and dressed him in scarlet
He’ll put the priest in his pocket, put the blade to the heat
Take the motherless children off the street
And place them at the feet of a harlot
Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants
Oh, Jokerman, you don’t show any respone

(repeat Chorus)

©1983 Special Rider Music

sweetheart like you
(Bob Dylan)

Well, the pressure’s down, the boss ain’t here
He gone North for awhile
They say that vanity got the best of him
But he sure left here in style
By the way, that’s a cute hat
And that smile’s so hard to resist
But what’s a sweetheart like you doin’ in a dump like this?

You know, I once knew a woman who looked like you
She wanted a whole man, not just a half
She used to call me sweet daddy when I was only a child
You kind of remind me of her when you laugh
In order to deal in this game, got to make the queen disappear
It’s done with a flick of the wrist
What’s a sweetheart like you doin’ in a dump like this?

You know, a woman like you should be at home
That’s where you belong
Talkin’ care of somebody nice
Who don’t know how to do you wrong
Just how much abuse will you be able to take?
Well, there’s no way to tell by that first kiss
What’s a sweetheart like you doin’ in a dump like this?

Bridge

You know you can make a name for yourself
You can hear them tires squeal
You can be know as the most beautiful woman
Whoever crawled across cut glass to make a deal

You know. news of you has come down the line
Even before ya came in the door
They say in your father’s house, there’s many mansions
Each one of them got a fireproof floor
Snap out of it, baby, people are jealous of you
They smile to your face, but behind your back they hiss
What’s a sweetheart like you doin’ in a dump like this?

Bridge

Got to be an important person, to be in here, honey
Got to have done some evildeed
Got to have your own harem when you come in the door
Got to play your harp until your lips bleed

They say that patriotism is the last refuge
To which a scoundrel clings
Steal a little and they throw you in jail
Steal a lot and they make you King
There’s only one step down from, here, baby
It’s called the land of permanent bliss
What’s a sweetheart like you doin’ in a dump like this?

©1983 Special Rider Music

neighborhood Bully
(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’ 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’ 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’ 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 bombe were meant for him. He was supposed to feel bad
He’ 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’ 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’ 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’ 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
I bed with nobody, under no one’s command
He’ the neighborhood bully

Now that 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’ 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’ 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

©1983 Special Rider Music

4. lincense to kill
5. man of peace
6. union sundown

license to kill
(Bob Dylan)

Man thinks 'cause he rules the earth
He can do with it as he please
And if things don't change soon, he will.
Oh, man has invented his doom,
First step was touching the moon.

Chorus

Now, there's a woman on my block,
She just sit there as the night grows still.
She say who gonna take away his license to kill?

Now, they take him and they teach him
And they groom him for life
And they set him on a path where he's bound to get ill,
Then they bury him with stars,
Sell his body like they do used cars.

Chorus

Now, there's a woman on my block,
She just sit there facin' the hill.
She say who gonna take away his license to kill?

Now, he's hell-bent for destruction
He's afraid and confused,
And his brain has been mismanaged with great skill.
All he believes are his eyes
And his eyes, they just tell him lies.

Chorus

But there's a woman on my block,
Sitting there in a cold chill.
She say who gonna take away his license to kill?

Ya may be a noisemaker, spirit maker,
Heartbreaker, backbreaker,
Leave no stone unturned.
May be an actor in a plot,
That might be all that you got
'Til your error you clearly learn.

Now he worships at an altar of a stagnant pool
And when he sees his reflection, he's fulfilled.
Oh, man is opposed to fair play,
He wants it all and he wants it his way.

Chorus

Now, there's a woman on my block,
She just sit there as the night grows still.
She say who gonna take away his license to kill?

©1983 Special Rider Music

man of peace
(Bob Dylan)

Look out your window, baby, there's a scene you'd like to catch
The band is playing "Dixie," a man got his hand outstretched
Could be the Fuhrer
Could be the local priest
You know sometime Satan comes as a man of peace

He got a sweet gift of gab, he got a harmonious tongue
He knows every song of love that ever has been sung
Good intentions can be evil
Both hands can be full of grease
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

Well, first he's in the background, then he's in the front
Both eyes are looking like they're on a rabbit hunt
Nobody can see through him
No, not even the Chief of Police
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

Well, he catch you when you're hoping for a glimpse of the sun
Catch you when your troubles feel like they weigh a ton
He could be standing next to you
The person that you'd notice least
I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

Well, he can be fascinating, he can be dull
He can ride down Niagara Falls in the barrels of your skull
I can smell something cooking
I can tell there's going to be a feast
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

He's a great humanitarian, he's a great philanthropist
He knows just where to touch you, honey, and how you like to be kissed
He'll put both his arms around you
You can feel the tender touch of the beast
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

Well, the howling wolf will howl tonight, the king snake will crawl
Trees that've stood for a thousand years suddenly will fall
Wanna get married? Do it now
Tomorrow all activity will cease
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

Somewhere Mama's weeping for her blue-eyed boy
She's holding them little white shoes and that little broken toy
And he's following a star
The same one them three men followed from the East
I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

©1983 Special Rider Music

union sundown
(Bob Dylan)

Well, my shoes, they come from Singapore
My flashlight's from Taiwan
My tablecloth's from Malaysia
My belt buckle's from the Amazon
You know, this shirt I wear comes from the Philippines
And the car I drive is a Chevrolet
It was put together down in Argentina
By a guy makin' thirty cents a day

Chorus

Well, it's sundown on the union
And what's made in the U.S.A.
Sure was a good idea
'Til greed got in the way

Well, this silk dress is from Hong Kong
And the pearls are from Japan
Well, the dog collar's from India
And the flower pot's from Pakistan
All the furniture, it says "Made in Brazil"
Where a woman, she slaved for sure
Bringin' home thirty cents a day to a family of twelve
You know, that's a lot of money to her

(repeat Chorus)

Well, you know, lots of people complainin' that there is no work
I say, "Why you say that for
When nothin' you got is U.S.-made?"
They don't make nothin' here no more
You know, capitalism is above the law
It say, "It don't count 'less it sells."
When it costs too much to build it at home
You just build it cheaper someplace else

(repeat Chorus)

Well, the job that you used to have
They gave it to somebody down in El Salvador
The unions are big business, friend
And they're goin' out like a dinosaur
They used to grow food in Kansas
Now they want to grow it on the moon and eat it raw
I can see the day coming when even your home garden
Is gonna be against the law

(repeat Chorus)

Democracy don't rule the world
You'd better get that in your head
This world is ruled by violence
But I guess that's better left unsaid
From Broadway to the Milky Way
That's a lot of territory indeed
And a man's gonna do what he has to do
When he's got a hungry mouth to feed

(repeat Chorus)

©1983 Special Rider Music

7. I and I
8. don‘t fall apart on me tonight

I and I
(Bob Dylan)

Been so long since a strange woman has slept in my bed
Look how sweet she sleeps, how free must be her dreams
In another lifetime she must have owned the world, or been faithfully wed
To some righteous king who wrote psalms beside moonlit streams

Chorus

I and I
In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives.
I and I
One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives

Think I'll go out and go for a walk
Not much happenin' here, nothin' ever does
Besides, if she wakes up now, she'll just want me to talk
I got nothin' to say, 'specially about whatever was

repeat Chorus

Took an untrodden path once, where the swift don't win the race
It goes to the worthy, who can divide the word of truth
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

repeat Chorus

Outside of two men on a train platform there's nobody in sight
They're waiting for spring to come, smoking down the track
The world could come to an end tonight, but that's all right
She should still be there sleepin' when I get back

repeat Chorus

Noontime, and I'm still pushin' myself along the road, the darkest part
Into the narrow lanes, I can't stumble or stay put
Someone else is speakin' with my mouth, but I'm listening only to my heart
I've made shoes for everyone, even you, while I still go barefoot

repeat Chorus

©1983 Special Rider Music

don’t fall apart on me tonight
(Bob Dylan)

Just a minute before you leave, girl
Just a minute before you touch the door
What is it that you're trying to achieve, girl?
Do you think we can talk about it some more?
You know, the streets are filled with vipers
Who've lost all ray of hope
You know, it ain't even safe no more
In the palace of the Pope

Chorus

Don't fall apart on me tonight
I just don't think that I could handle it
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Yesterday's just a memory
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
And I need you, yeah

Come over here from over there, girl
Sit down here. You can have my chair
I can't see us goin' anywhere, girl
The only place open is a thousand miles away and I can't take you there
I wish I'd have been a doctor
Maybe I'd have saved some life that had been lost
Maybe I'd have done some good in the world
'Stead of burning every bridge I crossed

Chorus

Don't fall apart on me tonight,
I just don't think that I could handle it.
Don't fall apart on me tonight,
Yesterday's just a memory,
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
And I need you, oh, yeah.

I ain't too good at conversation, girl
So you might not know exactly how I feel
But if I could, I'd bring you to the mountaintop, girl
And build you a house made out of stainless steel
But it's like I'm stuck inside a painting
That's hanging in the Louvre
My throat start to tickle and my nose itches
But I know that I can't move

Chorus

Don't fall apart on me tonight
I just don't think that I could handle it
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Yesterday's gone but the past lives on
Tomorrow's just one step beyond
And I need you, oh, yeah

Bridge

Who are these people who are walking towards you?
Do you know them or will there be a fight?
With their humorless smiles so easy to see through
Can they tell you what's wrong from what's right?

Do you remember St. James Street
Where you blew Jackie P.'s mind?
You were so fine, Clark Gable would have fell at your feet
And laid his life on the line

Let's try to get beneath the surface waste, girl
No more booby traps and bombs
No more decadence and charm
No more affection that's misplaced, girl
No more mudcake creatures lying in your arms
What about that millionaire with the drumsticks in his pants?
He looked so baffled and so bewildered
When he played and we didn't dance

Chorus

Don't fall apart on me tonight
I just don't think that I could handle it
Don't fall apart on me tonight
Yesterday's just a memory
Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be
And I need you, yeah

©1983 Special Rider Music

notes

3) Source Golden Guide [Bob Dylan]
6) Dunn, Tim: ¬The¬ Bob Dylan Copyright, 1962-2007 / Tim Dunn Bloomington : AuthorHouse, 2008 - 608 S. - 28 cm
ISNN 978-1-4389-1589-0

also available

year	country of manufacture	format	label	catalog no.	notes of registration
1983	Australia	CD	Columbia	CDCBS25539	(C) 1983 CBS Inc. (P) 1983 CBS Inc.
1983	Canada	CD	Columbia	CK-38819	(C) 1983 CBS Inc. (P) 1983 CBS Inc.
2003	[Austria]	SACD	Columbia	512344 6	(C) 1983, 2003 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (P) 1983 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

additional releases of this album

two originals [: infidels + ...]	Original 123 CD Box Set : infidels = ... = ...³	3 CD : infidels = ... = ...³	3 CD Originaux : infidels = ... = ...	3 CD Originaux : infidels = ... = ...

1989	2002	2003	2003	2004
Bob Dylan [: limited edition catalog box set]	¬the¬ collection	X3 : infidels = ... = ...³	Πέτρα που κυλάει․․․	two original albums : ... = infidels³

2004	2005	2007	2010	2011
¬the¬ complete album collection vol. 1³	original album classics : 5 albums ; ... = infidels = ... = ... = ...³	original album classics : 5xCD ; ... = infidels = ... = ... = ...³

2013	2014	2014

°

lp's
cassettes
singles
promos
compilations
sampler

country of manufacture: Argentina • label: Columbia • catalog no.: 20.461 • note of registration: P1983 CBS Inc. (cover picture missing)

country of manufacture: Mexico • label: CBS • catalog no.: CLS-5797 • note of registration: P1983 CBS Inc.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

10	11	12	13

1
Argentinian edition:
title: infidelidades
label: Columbia • catalog no.: 60.461 • note of registration: ® & ℗ 1983 CBS Inc.

2
Australian edition:
label: CBS • catalog no.: PC 7955 • note of registration: © & ℗ 1983 CBS Inc.

3
Brasilian edition:
label: CBS • catalog no.: 16570 • note of registration: ?

4
Britannic edition:
label: CBS • catalog no.: 460727 4 • note of registration: © & ℗ 1983 CBS Inc.

5
Canadian edition:
label: Columbia • catalog no.: QCT 38819 • note of registration: © & ℗ 1983 CBS Inc.

6
Canadian edition:
label: Columbia • catalog no.: WPCT 38819 • note of registration: © & ℗ 1983 CBS Inc.

7
look at:
basic information

8
Japanese edition:
label: CBS /Sony • catalog no.: 25KP 1014 • note of registration: © Special Rider Music (ASCAP) ℗ 1983 CBS Inc.

9
South African edition:
label: CBS • catalog no.: 40-2914 • note of registration: © & ℗ 1983 CBS Inc.

10
Spanish edition:
label: CBS • catalog no.: 40-25539 • note of registration: © & ℗ 1983 CBS Inc.

11
Spanish edition:
label: CBS • catalog no.: 460727-4 • note of registration: © & ℗ 1983 CBS Inc.

12
Taiwanese edition:
label: CBS / Himalaya Records • catalog no.: CBC 8743 • note of registration: ?

13
US-American edition:
label: CBS • catalog no.: PCT 38819 • note of registration: © & ℗ 1983 CBS Inc.

13
Yugoslavian edition:
label: CBS / SUZY • catalog no.: CBS 40-25539 • note of registration: ℗ 1984 CBS Inc.

– Bonus track for the album angels flying too close to the ground on singles
I and I | jokerman | sweetheart like you | union sundown

– Modified tracks
jokerman | jokerman - remix

I and I | infidels | man of piece (infidels sampler) | sweetheart like you | union sundown

infidelidates	jokerman	jokerman

LP	Vinyl 12"	Vinyl 7"
# 20.461 [Argentina]	# 620.074 [Brasil]	# A 4455 [Spain]

cassette

infidels

country of manufacture: Japan • label: Columbia / Sony • catalog no.: XDKP 93017

Compilations

with tracks jokerman, I and I, license to kill, man of piece, neighbourhood bully and sweetheart like you:

Bob Dylan sampler	forever young	Dylan 'n' rock	music and words 1998 to 1963	Bob Dylan revisited : the remasters	¬the¬ complete album collection vol. 1 : sampler	¬the¬ real...	originals : cover

1987	1988	1993	1998	2003	2013	2015	2017

with track sweethart like you:

Sampler

lend an ear to the sounds of success

1984

Tracks jokerman, neighborhood bully and sweetheart like you also available on

1994: Bob Dylan's greatest hits volume 3
1995: Bob Dylan's greatest hits volume 3 : CD Extra
1997: ¬the¬ best of Bob Dylan (1)
2000: ¬the¬ best of Bob Dylan volume 2, ¬the¬ very best of Bob Dylan (1)
2001: ¬the¬ best of the best : platin, ¬the¬ ultimate collection
2002: ¬the¬ best of the best : platinum
2004: ¬les¬ indispensables de Bob Dylan
2005: ¬the¬ best of Bob Dylan (2), ¬the¬ essential (1)
2006: ¬les¬ indispensables
2007: Dylan
2009: ¬the¬ essential 3.0
2010: best of Bob Dylan

Dylan ga rock

release date: 2010 Mar, 10
country of manufacture: Japan
label: Sony
catalog no.: SICP 2620/1
format: 2 CD
note of registration: (P) 2010 + (C) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

1.7	union sundown
1.9	neighborhood bully

2010: ¬the¬ essential (2), playlist: the very best of bob dylan '80s

beyond here lies nothin'

release date: 2013 July, 10
country of manufacture: EU for Italy
label: Sony Music / Columbia
catalog no.: 88697983862
format: 2 CD³
note of registration: (C) + (P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

2.8

jokerman

2012: ¬the¬ real... : the ultimate Bob Dylan collection
2013: music & photos

¬un'¬ ora con ... Bob Dylan

release date: 2019 Jan, 23
country of manufacture: Japan
label: Sony Music
catalog no.: 88883753692
format: CD³
note of registration: (P) + (C) 2013 Sony Music Entertainment Italy Spa.

jokerman

2013: very best of Bob Dylan (2)
2014: ¬the¬ essential (3), playlist: the very best of bob dylan
2016: Dylan revisited : all time best
2018: ¬the¬ music which inspired : girl from the North Country

make you feel my love : love songs by Bob Dylan

release date: 2019 Jan, 23
country of manufacture: Japan
label: Sony Music
catalog no.: SICP 31227
format: CD
note of registration: (P) + (C) 2019 Sony Music Japan International Inc.

7	sweetheart like you

2019: top 40 Bob Dylan : his ultimate top 40 collection

COMPILATION-SAMPLER

greatest hits volume I - III³ [2003]
contains the album: Bob Dylan's greatest hits volume 3

with tracks: don‘t fall apart on me tonight, jokerman, license to kill, neighborhood bully and sweetheart like you

LP

encha sua cabeça de rock	Llena Tu Cabeza De Rock '84	Numero 1

1984	1984	1984

CD

songs - the best of the singer/songwriter³	¬les¬ enfants du rock	feelings : i miracoli dell'amaore	essential songbook : songs of a generation	¬the¬ very best of singer/songwriters	acoustic nights

2001	2002	2002	2003	2003	2004
Rokkland 2004	artist's choise : Joni Mitchell	north country (O.S.T.)³	simply the best singers³	¬las¬ 101 rolas de rock que debes escuchar antes del... fin del mundo vol. 1

2004	2005	2005	2005	2012

The sampler ¬les¬ enfants du rock additionally comprises the track(s) 'sultans of swing' from the album(s): 'Dire Straits: Dire Straits'.

revised
07.02.2022

additional albums with Bob D.: the bootleg series volume 1-3, down in the groove, slow train coming, springtime in New York : the bootleg series vol. 16 : 1980-1985, trouble no more : the bootleg series vol. 13 ; 1979-1981

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