The Man That Wasn't There - Live '66

Verse 1

Morning light on an empty chair

A coat still hanging by the door

I keep the kettle warm in case you wander back

But the carpet keeps the shape you wore

Pre-Chorus

And I pretended I could hear you breathe

Through the hush of half-past three

Chorus

The man that wasn't there

Stood beside me in the dark

The man that wasn't there

Left his shadow on my heart

Oh, the man that wasn't there

Verse 2

I asked the postman have you seen him

Asked the grocer down the lane

They tipped their caps and shrugged me off politely

Said the weather's turning strange again

Pre-Chorus

And I keep talking to the phone

That never seems to ring

Chorus

The man that wasn't there

Stood beside me in the dark

The man that wasn't there

Left his shadow on my heart

Oh, the man that wasn't there

Bridge

I traced his name across the tabletop

I wrote it out a hundred ways

But every letter faded like a marble

Rolling gentle to a quiet grave

Guitar Solo

Chorus

The man that wasn't there

Stood beside me in the dark

The man that wasn't there

Left his shadow on my heart

Oh, the man that wasn't there

Outro

Mm, wasn't there

Mm, wasn't there

Wasn't there

The man that wasn't there