The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar (Bob Dylan) Raid in the ghetto, with my face in the cement I heard the last moan of a boxer, heard the massacre of the innocent I paid out when the waiter became nauseated Just me and an overweight dancer, as the walls already deteriorated I'm gonna set my affections on things above Let nothing stand in the way of love Not even the Rock of Gibraltar! If you see her on Fanning Street Tell her that I still think she's neat And that the groom's still waitin' at the altar Highwaymen on murder charges pushing around in a robbery Mistakin' your shyness for aloofness, your silence for snobbery Never did get the message, don't even know if one was sent to me About the madness of becoming what one was never meant to be Well… (Set my affections on things above) (Nothing can stand in the way of love) Not even the Rock of Gibraltar! If you see her on Fanning Street Tell her that I still think she's neat And that the groom's still waitin' at the altar Well, what can I say about Claudette, wouldn't come back to haunt me I finally had to give her up 'bout the time she began to want me What do I know about Satan, slandered and humiliated I'd a-done anything for that woman if she'd only made me feel obligated Well… I'm gonna set my affections on things above (Nothing can stand in the way of love) Not even the Rock of Gibraltar! If you see her on Fanning Street Tell her that I still think she's neat And that the groom's still waitin' at the altar Well, I'm locked into a time-zone, with a high degree temperature The world's coming to an end, wise men standin' around like furniture What can I say about Claudette, Aurore couldn't quite believe it She was running a whorehouse in Buenos Aires or leaving in her Mercedes Well… I'm gonna set my affections on things above Let nothing stand in the way of love Not even the Rock of Gibraltar! If you see her on Fanning Street Tell her that I still think she's neat And that the groom's still waitin' at the altar Well, there's a wall between you and what you want and you got to leap it Tonight you've got the power to take it, tomorrow you won't have the power to keep it What can I say about Claudette, she could be in the mountains or the prairies She could be respectably married or running a whorehouse in Buenos Aires Well… (Set my affections on things above) (Nothing can stand in the way of love) Not even the Rock of Gibraltar! Oh, if you see her on Fanning Street You can tell her that I still think she's neat And that the groom's still waitin' at the altar ========================================================================================================================== The Groom's still waiting at the altar / words and music by Bob Dylan. Type of Work: Music Registration Number / Date: PAu000245397 / 1980-10-27 Title: The Groom’s still waiting at the altar / words and music by Bob Dylan. Description: 2 p. Copyright Claimant: Bob Dylan d.b.a. Special Rider Music Date of Creation: 1980 Authorship on Application: Robert Dylan (Bob Dylan) Names: Dylan, Robert, 1941- Dylan, Bob Special Rider Music ========================================================================================================================== SONG TITLE (THE) GROOM'S STILL WAITING AT THE Publisher Current Affiliation IPI # SPECIAL RIDER MUSIC SESAC 00043914487 WRITERS Current Affiliation IPI # ROBERT DYLAN SESAC 00008955172 SESAC WORK NUMBER 514720 ========================================================================================================================== © 1980 by Special Rider Music This version San Francisco, California, 13 November 1980 Transcription by serge 15 March 2020 4:02 Rod Stewart: Recorded at Woodstock House, County Wicklow & Cherokee Studios (1992) : 4 CDs " The Rod Stewart Sessions 1971-1998" Warner Bros. 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