There's always another stranger sneaking glances
Some trigger-happy fool willing to take chances
Some old whore from San Pedro'll make advances
Advances on your spirit and your soul.
The "old whore from San Padro" reference is an obvious tribute to one of Dylan's early mentors in the Greenwich village folk scene, Dave Van Ronk. Van Ronk often included an a capella version of the bawdy song "The Whores of San Pedro" in his set and recorded it on his "Going Back to Brooklyn" album. The lyrics if I remember them go something like this:
All the whores of San Pedro are older than God
And their beards tumble down to their tits
With one single bump of their ponderous rump
They can grind your poor pecker to bits
Soooo....here's to the whore of San Padro
To that marvelous fucking machine
If I had my way we could see her today
On the cover of Time magazine
There's always another stranger sneaking glances Some trigger-happy fool willing to take chances Some old whore from San Pedro'll make advances Advances on your spirit and your soul.
The "old whore from San Padro" reference is an obvious tribute to one of Dylan's early mentors in the Greenwich village folk scene, Dave Van Ronk. Van Ronk often included an a capella version of the bawdy song "The Whores of San Pedro" in his set and recorded it on his "Going Back to Brooklyn" album. The lyrics if I remember them go something like this:
All the whores of San Pedro are older than God And their beards tumble down to their tits With one single bump of their ponderous rump They can grind your poor pecker to bits
Soooo....here's to the whore of San Padro To that marvelous fucking machine If I had my way we could see her today On the cover of Time magazine