Written by bob dylan (1990)

Performed by eric clapton



In the rolling night

In the stardust of a pale moon light

I think of you in black and white

When we were made of dreams



I walk alone through the shady streets

Listening to my heart beat

In the record-breaking heat

And we were born in time



Just when i thought you were gone

You came back

Just when i regretted to receive you



You were smooth, you were rough

You were more and enough

Ah babe, why did i believe it

I believe it in the rising curve

And the ways of nature will test every nerve

I took you close and got what i deserved

And we were born in time



Just when i knew who to thank

You went blank

Just as the firelight was gleaming



You were snow, you were rain

You were striped, and you were plain

Oh babe, can it be you've been scheming

Well i'd really be in the hills of mystery

In the foggy web of destiny

You're still so deep inside of me

And we were born in time











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Original version:



In the lonely night

In the blinking stardust of a pale blue light

You're comin' thru to me in black and white

When we were made of dreams



You're blowing down the shaky street

You're hearing my heart beat

In the record breaking heat

Where we were born in time



Not one more night, not one more kiss

Not this time baby, no more of this

Takes too much skill, takes too much will

It's revealing

You came, you saw, just like the law

You married young, just like your ma

You tried and tried, you made me slide

You left me reelin' with this feelin'



On the rising curve

Where the ways of nature will test every nerve

You won't get anything you don't deserve

Where we were born in time



You pressed me once, you pressed me twice

You hang the flame, you'll pay the price

Oh babe, that fire

Is still smokin'

You were snow, you were rain

You were striped, you were plain

Oh babe, truer words

Have not been spoken or broken



In the hills of mystery

In the foggy web of destiny

You can have what's left of me

Where we were born in time