Bob Dylan – Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody lyrics

I can manipulate people as well as anybody
Hold 'em and control 'em, please 'em an' squeeze 'em
I can make believe I'm in love with almost anybody
Burst 'em an' burn 'em, [cram]'em and leave 'em
But they're not my purpose as I make the deeds
I been down that road, I know where it leads.

I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
Ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
Ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
Not today, not tonight, not tomorrow, no never, no way!

I can deceive people as well as anybody
I know all the angles, know how to make the jangles
I can twist the truth as well as anybody
Find 'em an' blind 'em, wine 'em an' dine 'em
But it don't suit my purposes, it ain't my goal
To gain the whole world and give up my soul.

I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
Ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
Ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
Not for father, not for mother, not for sister, not for brother, no way!

Smoke arises forever,
on a one-way ticket to burn
A place reserved for the devil
And for all of those that love evil
A place of darkness and chains
You can never return.

I can mislead people as well as anybody
I know all the dices, I paid all the prices
I can influence people as well as anybody
I can do it, I can easily see to it
[...] and be gods
I don't miss delusions, I see thru his faades.

I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
Ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
Ain't gonna go to hell for anybody
Not for father, not for mother, not for sister, not for brother, no way!