[Verse 2] You’re blowing down the shaky street You’re hearing my heart beat In the record-breaking heat Where we were born in time
[Verse 3] Not one more night, not one more kiss Not this time baby, no more of this Takes too much skill, takes too much will It’s revealing
[Verse 4] You came, you saw, just like the law You married young, just like your ma You tried and tried, you made me slide You left me reeling with this feeling
[Verse 5] On the rising curve Where the ways of nature will test every nerve You won’t get anything you don’t deserve Where we were born in time
[Verse 6] You pressed me once, you pressed me twice You hang the flame, you’ll pay the price Oh babe, that fire
[Verse 7] Is still smoking You were snow, you were rain You were striped, you were plain Oh babe, truer words Have not been spoken or broken
[Verse 8] In the hills of mystery In the foggy web of destiny You can have what’s left of me Where we were born in time
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“Born In Time” was first recorded during the sessions for Oh Mercy (1989), but wasn’t included on the album. Dylan later revisited the song during the “Under The Red Sky” sessions and chose to include it there. One outtake each from the two sessions was released on 2008’s The Bootleg Series Volume 8 – Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006.
The phrase “born in time” is an inversion of the last lines of Dylan’s “Simple Twist Of Fate” (1975)
She was born in spring
But I was born too late
Blame it on a simple twist of fate
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