Bob Dylan Precious Angel Lyrics

Featuring Mark Knopfler on Guitar

Precious Angel,
Under the sun.
How was I to know,
You'd be the one?
To show me I was blinded,
To show me I was gone.
How weak was the foundation,
I was standing upon?
Now there's spiritual warfare,
Flesh and blood breaking down.
Ya either got faith or ya got unbelief,
And there ain't no neutral ground.
The enemy is subtle,
How be it we are so deceived?
When the truth's in our hearts,
And we still don't believe?

Shine your light,
Shine your light on me.
Shine your light,
Shine your light on me.
Shine your light,
Shine your light on me.
Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself,
I'm a little too blind to see.

My so-called friends,
Have fallen under a spell.
They look me squarely in the eyes,
And they say, well, all is well.
Can they imagine the darkness,
That will fall from on high?
When men will beg God to kill them,
And they won't be able to die?

Sister, lemme tell ya,
A bout a vision that I saw.
You were drawing water for your husband,
You were suffering under the law.
You were telling him about Buddha,
You were telling him about Mohammed
in the one breath.
You never mentioned one time the Man who came,
And died a criminal's death.

Shine your light,
Shine your light on me.
Shine your light,
Shine your light on me.
Shine your light,
Shine your light on me.
Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself,
I'm a little too blind to see.

Precious Angel,
You believe me when I say,
"What God has given to us no man can take away."
You're covered in blood girl,
You know both our forefathers were slaves.
Let us hope they've found mercy,
In their bone-filled graves.
You're the queen of my flesh girl,
You're my woman, you're my delight,
You're the lamp of my soul girl,
And you touch up the night.
But there's violence in the eyes girl,
So let us not be enticed,
On the way out of Egypt, through Ethiopia,
To the judgment hall of Christ.

Shine your light,
Shine your light on me.
Shine your light,
Shine your light on me.
Shine your light,
Shine your light on me.
Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself,
I'm a little too blind to see.