Though I (F)know that evening's (G)empire has (C)returned into (F)sand,
(C)Vanished from my (F)hand
Left me (C)blindly here to (F)stand
But still not (G)sleeping.
My (F)weariness (G)amazes me - I'm (C)branded on my (F)feet,
I (C)have no one to (F)meet,
And my (C)ancient empty (F)street's
Too dead for (G)dreaming.

Hey Mister Tambourine man, play a song for me.
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey mister tambourine man, play a song for me.
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship,
My senses have been stripped,
My hands can't feel to grip,
My toes to numb to step.
Wait only for my bootheels to be wandering.
I'm ready to go anywhere,
I'm ready for to fade,
Into my own parade,
Cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it.

Hey Mister Tambourine man, play a song for me.
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey mister tambourine man, play a song for me.
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.

Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging madly across the sun,
Its not aimed at anyone,
Its just escaping on the run,
And, but for the sky, there are no fences facing.
And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme,
To your tambourine in time,
Its just a ragged clown behind,
I wouldn't pay it any mind.
Its just a shadow your seeing that he's chasing.

Hey Mister Tambourine man, play a song for me.
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey mister tambourine man, play a song for me.
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.

Then take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time,
Far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted frightened trees,
Out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach
Of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea,
Circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate,
Driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

Hey Mister Tambourine man, play a song for me.
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey mister tambourine man, play a song for me.
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.