What Good Am I? lyrics

Song information

Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: Oh Mercy

Lyrics

What good am I if I'm like all the rest
If I just turned away, when I see how you're dressed
If I shut myself off so I can't hear you cry
What good am i?

What good am I if I know and don't do
If I see and don't say, if I look right through you
If I turn a deaf ear to the thunderin' sky
What good am i?

What good am I while you softly weep
And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep
And I freeze in the moment like the rest who don't try
What good am i?

What good am I then to others and me
If I've had every chance and yet still fail to see
Bridge: if my hands tied must I not wonder within
Who tied them and why and where must I have been

What good am I if I say foolish things
And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings
And I just turn my back while you silently die
What good am i?