What Good Am I ? (Birmingham 1995-2-04) Songtext
von Bob Dylan

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

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?