lyrics by Dovid Kerner (based on 'Like A Rolling Stone' by Bob Dylan)

Steve Kerner: organ, percussion

Zalman Schreiber: bass guitar                                                           Listen - mp3

Dovid: harmonica

(music composed by Bob Dylan)

Once upon a time
You left Aram Naharaiyim
In response to the sublime
Command of God
Didn’t you?

People’d stop and say
“Where you going Abe?
Why you leaving the old nabe?
What’s got into you?”

You used to look around and frown
People worshiping their idols but no you wouldn’t bow down
So they threw you in the furnace and they turned up the flame
And when you walked out with a grin this world would never be the same
Yes, everybody saw that you were the real deal ....

How did it feel?
How did it feel?
To be on your own
Leaving your country and your home
Off to the land you’d be shown.

Well you wandered all round
Moved from town to town
Saw more people bowing down
But no, you never would get used to it.

You viewed it all as lame
And continued to proclaim
God’s one and Holy Name
And all the moral principles that would flow from it.

You were God’s first agent and His diplomat
People’d say ‘Hey, I never saw the world like that”
So they’d pack up their bags, and take their coats and their hats

And they’d learn from you and Sara, at your feet they sat
All the false doctrines and beliefs it was now your job to repeal ....

How did it feel?
How did it feel?
To be on your own
Leaving your country and your home
Off to the land you’d be shown.

Well you arrived in the Land
Pitched you tent in the sand
G-d told you all the plans
That He had in store for you.

He gave you a new name
Spoke of future fame
That the world wouldn’t be same
But now there would be work to do.

It all started with your faith and your obedience
With your kindness which knew no bounds, and has continued ever since
You prayed to save a city, you fought to save your nephew
You brought your son up to the mountain - the supreme test for you
And despite your pain you ran to serve three beggars a hot meal ....

How did it feel?
How did it feel?
To be on your own
Leaving your country and your home
Off to the land you’d be shown.