The judge made Rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums She sees the bartender in a pool of blood To see him obviously framed No one doubted that he pulled the trigger Yes, here's the story of the Hurricane And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin' "I saw them leavin'," he says, and he stops Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall Lyricapsule: The Surfaris Drop ‘Wipe Out’; June 22, 1963, Lyricapsule: The Byrds Drop ‘Mr. Cop said: "Wait a minute, boys, this one's not dead" And the cops are puttin' the screws to him Bob Dylan raised over $100'000 for Rubin Carter on his 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue concert at a Madison Square Garden, after he had visited Carter in prison on the 7th of December 1975. "Don't forget that you are white", Arthur Dexter Bradley said:"I'm really not sure" And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates" Take him to the hospital and they brought him upstairs They told him that he could identify the guilty men, Four in the mornin' and they haul Rubin in Yes, that's the story of the Hurricane Just like the time before and the time before that An annotation cannot contain another annotation. That sonofabitch is brave and gettin' braver You don't wanna have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow" An innocent man in a living hell He ain't no Gentleman Jim" Where they try to turn a man into a mouse The trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance The crime was murder "one," guess who testified? For somethin' that he'd never done No one doubted that he pulled the trigger Here comes the story of the Hurricane Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been He said, "I saw two men runnin' out, they looked like middleweights And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin' Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head Put in a prison cell, but one time he coulda been In the hot New Jersey night, Meanwhile, far away in another part of town And the all-white jury agreed, Rubin Carter was falsely tried "You think you'd like to play ball with the law?" "Remember that murder that happened in a bar?" They told him that he could identify the guilty men Billboard Hot 100. "Think it might-a been that fighter that you saw runnin' that night?" In the hot New Jersey night There was another charity concert, titled "Hurricane II" in Astrodome on the 25th of January 1976, where Dylan was joined by. He ain't the guy!" The wounded man looks up through his one dyin' eye And to the black folks, he was just that crazy nigger This is just a preview! The man the authorities came to blame That's the story of the Hurricane An innocent man in a living hell Says, "Wha'd you bring him in here for? Put in a prison cell, but one time he coulda been Three bodies lyin' there does Patty see Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell If you're black you might as well not show up on the street Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land And the newspapers, they all went along for the ride Meanwhile, far away in another part of town In Paterson that's just the way things go Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice "You'll be doin' society a favor Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied And so Patty calls the cops To see him obviously framed For somethin' that he'd never done The champion of the world, Three bodies lyin' there does Patty see He ain't the guy!" Lyrics to 'Hurricane' by Bob Dylan: Pistol shots ring out in the ballroom night Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall She sees the bartender in a pool of blood Cries out, 'My God, they've killed them all!' Dylan wrote the song after Carter had sent him his autobiography "The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472", which was published in 1974. Make sure your selection The wounded man looks up through his one dyin' eye The sources for the story Bob Dylan tells in the song were Rubin Carter's book and pieces of news about his case. Last.fm Music | Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. / All rights reserved. Here comes the story of the Hurricane All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance And ride a horse along the trail Rubin could take a man out with just one punch 18 Non-Traditional Yet Perfect Wedding Songs, NEW SONG: AC/DC - "Shot In The Dark" - LYRICS, HOT SONG: 21 Savage x Metro Boomin - "My Dawg​" - LYRICS.