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

Though I know that Evening's Empire has returned into sand,
vanished from my hand.
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet,
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.

Hey! Mr Tamburine man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey Mr Tamburine man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'm come followin' you.

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship.
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wanderin'.
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! Mr Tamburine man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr Tamburine man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.

Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the sun,
It's not aimed at anyone, it's escapin' on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facin'.
And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme
To your tamburine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind,
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shaddow that you're
Seein' that he's chasing.

Hey! Mr Tamburine man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey Mr Tamburine man, play a song for me,
In the jingle hangle morning I'll come following you.

Then take me disappearin' 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 Mr Tamburine man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr Tamburine man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.