I saw it advertised one day,
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Bear Mountain picnic was comin' my way.
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"Come along 'n' take a trip,
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We'll bring you up there on a ship.
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Bring the wife and kids
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Bring the whole family."
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Yippee!
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Well, I run right down 'n' bought a ticket
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To this Bear Mountain Picnic.
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But little did I realize
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I was in for a picnic surprise.
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Had nothin' to do with mountains.
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I didn't even come close to a bear.
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Took the wife 'n' kids down to the pier,
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Six thousand people there,
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Everybody had ticket for the trip.
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"Oh well." I said, "it's a pretty big ship.
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Besides, anyway, the more the merrier."
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Well, we all got on 'n' what d'ya think,
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That big old boat started t' sink
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More people kept a-pilin' on,
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That old ship was a-slowly goin' down.
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Funny way t' start a picnic.
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Well, I soon lost track of m' kids 'n' wife,
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So many people there I never saw in m' life
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That old ship sinkin' down in the water,
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Six thousand people tryin' t' kill each other,
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Dogs a-barkin', cats a-meowin',
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Women screamin', fists a-flyin', babies cryin',
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Cops a-comin', me a-runnin'.
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Maybe we just better call off the picnic.
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I got shoved down 'n' pushed around,
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All I could hear there was a screamin' sound,
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Don't remember one thing more,
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Just remember walkin' up on a little shore,
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Head busted, stomach cracked,
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Feet splintered, I was bald, naked...
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Quite lucky to be alive though.
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Feelin' like I climbed outa m' casket,
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I grabbed back hold of m' picnic basket.
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Took the wife 'n' kids 'n' started home,
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Wishin' I'd never got up that morn.
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Now, I don't care just what you do,
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If you wanta have a picnic, that's up t' you.
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But don't tell me about it, I don't wanta hear it,
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'Cause, see, I just lost all m' picnic spirit.
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Stay in m' kitchen, have m' own picnic...
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In the bathroom.
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Now, it don't seem to me quite so funny
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What some people are gonna do f'r money.
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There's a bran' new gimmick every day
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Just t' take somebody's money away.
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I think we oughta take some o' these people
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And put 'em on a boat, send 'em up to Bear Mountain...
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For a picnic.
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Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
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Bob Dylan |