another cold day
  three weeks in a row
  I spend more time getting dressed than
  where it is I go
  there are people on the streets
  shaking out their hands
  some to say hello others
  stay as warm as they can
  I'm stopping in
  for a hot cup of coffee
  with an old bum who says
  he could've been james dean
  now the chief of police
  has asked him to leave
  I say no, no, no
  this man's with me
  he makes me laugh
  he makes me smile
  and sometimes I cry
  and he wrecks my mind
  with a simple smile
  sometimes I believe in God for a while
  now I give a nod to lucy
  she knows my name
  I've been around alot here lately
  wow...someone knows my name
  there's dylan on the jukebox
  a song from highway 61
  james says he knows dylan
  that he wrote this one
  [Chorus]
  james has got a real name
  but he prefers james
  it reminds him of his youth
  when he had a body just like yours
  he says no one ever gives a damn
  unless they've got something to sell
  it's a long way back
  when you've fallen through hell
  I'm stopping in
  for a hot cup of coffee
  with an old bum who says
  he could've been james dean
  the chief of police
  has asked him to leave
  and he whispers to me
  as he tugs on my sleeve
  you make me laugh
  you make me smile
  and sometimes I cry
  but you never wrecked my mind
  with a simple smile
  sometimes I believe in God for a while