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PERFORMANCES 1999.07.10, MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MISSOURI 1999.07.11, CINCINNATI, OHIO 1999.07.16 BRISTOW, VIRGINIA 1999.07.17, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY 1999.07.18, BURGETTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 1999.07.23, MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 1999.09.02, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 1999.11.14, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 1999.11.15, ITHACA, NEW YORK 1999.11.18, AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS 2000.03.22, MISSOULA, MONTANA 2000.03.30, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA 2000.05.23, BERLIN, GERMANY 2000.06.16, PORTLAND, OREGON 2000.06.17, GEORGE, WASHINGTON 2000.06.25, RENO, NEVADA 2000.07.01, DEL MAR, CALIFORNIA |
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SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME Glory, glory, glory, somebody touched me Glory, glory, glory, somebody touched me Glory, glory, glory, somebody touched me Must've been the hand of the Lord. While I was praying, somebody touched me While I was praying, somebody touched me While I was praying, somebody touched me Must've been the hand of the Lord. While it was Sunday, somebody touched me It was on a Sunday, somebody touched me It was on a Sunday, somebody touched me Must've been the hand of the Lord. Glory, glory, glory, somebody touched me Glory, glory, glory, somebody touched me Glory, glory, glory, somebody touched me Must've been the hand of the Lord. |
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I was given an excellent field recording of the Worcester concert in November 1999, where Bob Dylan (on the same ticket as Phil Lesh) opened with this short but impressive song.
In the pause before the next song you hear one member of the audience say to another the simple words: "Try doing that to a deadhead!" Well, only Bob Dylan would, and chances are he will do it again. (On the second "Preaching-to-the-deadheads-Tour" Bob did it again, four times.) The Berlin performance of this song the night before his birthday was given to me as well. It is the only one outside the US so far, but maybe Bob is going to change that in September. Something about this hand though. "By his hand I've been delivered" Bob said after he was "SAVED" and still it is the hand that touches him while he is praying or while it was Sunday (maybe while he is reading his bible). Sometimes he doesn't "even hear a murmur of a prayer", as well as he must confess that "sometimes I turn there's someone there, other times it's only me". He knows that it is not up to the believer but up to God to bless and heal with the touch of his hand. But this hand nevertheless keeps and sustains the singer, for Bob Dylan still "can see his Masters hand in every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand". He is certain that the same hand that led him through seas most severe will kindly assist him home. This hand Bob Dylan sings about is the only hand that imparts lasting glory, it is the nailscared hand of his wonderful Savior and risen Lord that will "lead you beyond the burning sand", if you only would "let him take you by the hand". |
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