Hurricane - Bob Dylan br br Am F Am F br br Am F br Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night br Am F br enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall br Am F br She sees the bartender in a pool of blood br Am F br Cries out "My God they killed them all!" br C F br Here comes the story of the Hurricane, br C F br The man the authorities came to blame br Dm C br for something that he never done br Dm C br Put in a prison cell but one time br Em Am F C G Am F Am F br he could have been the champion of the world br br Three bodied lying there does Patty see br and another man named Bello moving mysteriously br "I didn't do it" he says, and he throws up his hands br "I was only robbin the register, I hope you understand br I saw them leavin," he says and he stops br One of us had better call the cops br so Patty calls the cops br and they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin br in the hot New Jersey night br br Meanwhile somewhere in another part of town br Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are driving around br number one contender for the middleweight crown br had no idea what kind of shit was about to go down br when a cop pulled him over on the side of the road br just like the time before and the time before that br in Paterson that just the ways things go br If you black you might as well not show up on the streets br Less you wanna draw the heat br br Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops br Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin around br He said "I saw two men runnin out, they looked like middleweights br They jumped into a white car with out of state plates" br And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head br Cop said "Wait a minute boys, this one's not dead" br so they took him to the infirmary br and although this man could hardly see br they told him that he could identify the guilty men br br Four in the morning and they haul Rubin in br Take him to the hospital and bring him upstairs br the wounded man looks up though his one dying eye br says "why'd you bring him here for? he ain't the guy!" br Yes, here the story of the Hurricane br The man the authorities came to blame br for something that he never done br put in a prison cell but one time he could've been br the champion of the world br br Four months later the ghetto's in flame br Rubin's in South America fightin for his name br while Arthur Dexter Bradley's still in the robbery game br and the cops are puttin the screw to him looking for somebody to blame br "Remember that murder that happened in a bar?" br "Remember you said you saw the getaway car?" br "You think you'd like to play ball with the law?" br "Think it might have been that fighter that you saw running that night?" br "Don't forget that you are white" br br Arthur Dexter Bradley said "I'm really not sure" br "A poor boy like you could really use a break