Broken lines, broken strings
Broken threads, broken springs
Broken idols, broken heads
People sleeping in broken beds
Ain't no use jiving
Ain't no use joking
Everything is broken

Broken bottles, broken plates
Broken switches, broken gates
Broken dishes, broken parts
Streets are filled with broken hearts
Broken words never meant to be spoken
Everything is broken

Seem like every time you stop and turn around
Something else just hit the ground

Broken cutters, broken saws
Broken buckles, broken laws
Broken bodies, broken bones
Broken voices on broken phones
Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin'
Everything is broken

Every time you leave and go off someplace
Things fall to pieces in my face

Broken hands on broken ploughs
Broken treaties, broken vows
Broken pipes, broken tools
People bending broken rules
Hound dog howling, bull frog croaking
Everything is broken


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Everything Is Broken Lyrics as written by Bob Dylan

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    Everything and EVERYONE is broken. I've had several friends deal with breast cancer this year. Nothing is more beautiful to me than a person who has gone through a rotten experience and did not allow the trauma to break their spirit. When a person can actually see the positive side of an awful situation and emerge stronger maybe - if there is "god" - this is "god" at work. Seeing the merit in the outcome of a "tragedy" is part of the beauty of living life large. You have hope and that in itself is "healing".

    We are all broken but we can choose how to move forward. Bob Dylan will always be The King to me. :-)

    unheinoushighnesson December 11, 2009   Link

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