[ti:hurricane] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:Desire] [00:01.83]Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night [00:20.20]Enter patty valentine from the upper hall. [00:23.84]She sees the bartender in a pool of blood, [00:27.85]Cries out, "my god, they killed them all!" [00:31.50]Here comes the story of the hurricane, [00:35.01]The man the authorities came to blame [00:38.48]For somethin' that he never done. [00:42.47]Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been [00:46.11]The champion of the world. [00:52.43] [00:59.10]Three bodies lyin' there does patty see [01:02.41]And another man named bello, movin' around mysteriously. [01:05.93]"i didn't do it," he says, and he throws up his hands [01:09.81]"i was only robbin' the register, i hope you understand. [01:11.34]I saw them leavin'," he says, and he stops [01:15.67]"one of us had better call up the cops." [01:17.19]And so patty calls the cops [01:24.48]And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin' [01:27.88]In the hot new jersey night. [01:32.56] [01:40.84]Meanwhile, far away in another part of town [01:44.17]Rubin carter and a couple of friends are drivin' around. [01:47.64]Number one contender for the middleweight crown [01:51.03]Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down [01:55.04]When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road [01:58.58]Just like the time before and the time before that. [02:02.27]In paterson that's just the way things go. [02:05.24]If you're black you might as well not show up on the street [02:10.10]'less you wanna draw the heat. [02:12.85] [02:21.69]Alfred bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops. [02:24.83]Him and arthur dexter bradley were just out prowlin' around [02:28.53]He said, "i saw two men runnin' out, they looked like middleweights [02:32.28]They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates." [02:36.25]And miss patty valentine just nodded her head. [02:39.97]Cop said, "wait a minute, boys, this one's not dead" [02:42.70]So they took him to the infirmary [02:46.37]And though this man could hardly see [02:49.22]They told him that he could identify the guilty men. [03:03.02]Four in the mornin' and they haul rubin in, [03:06.13]Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs. [03:09.40]The wounded man looks up through his one dyin' eye [03:10.66] [03:13.11]Says, "wha'd you bring him in here for? he ain't the guy!" [03:17.06]Yes, here's the story of the hurricane, [03:20.66]The man the authorities came to blame [03:24.49]For somethin' that he never done. [03:28.05]Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been [03:32.03]The champion of the world. [03:33.46] [03:44.17]Four months later, the ghettos are in flame, [03:47.40]Rubin's in south america, fightin' for his name [03:50.80]While arthur dexter bradley's still in the robbery game [03:54.31]And the cops are puttin' the screws to him, lookin' for somebody to blame. [03:58.04]"remember that murder that happened in a bar?" [04:01.29]"remember you said you saw the getaway car?" [04:05.25]"you think you'd like to play ball with the law?" [04:09.42]"think it might-a been that fighter that you saw runnin' that night?" [04:13.12]"don't forget that you are white." [04:14.44] [04:25.24]Arthur dexter bradley said, "i'm really not sure." [04:30.66]Cops said, "a poor boy like you could use a break [04:31.25]We got you for the motel job and we're talkin' to your friend bello [04:35.60]Now you don't wanta have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow. [04:39.94]You'll be doin' society a favor. [04:42.18]That sonofabitch is brave and gettin' braver. [04:45.56]We want to put his ass in stir [04:47.93]We want to pin this triple murder on him [04:51.04]He ain't no gentleman jim." [04:57.66] [05:06.05]Rubin could take a man out with just one punch [05:08.97]But he never did like to talk about it all that much. [05:12.25]It's my work, he'd say, and i do it for pay [05:15.29]And when it's over i'd just as soon go on my way [05:19.30]Up to some paradise [05:23.08]Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice [05:26.80]And ride a horse along a trail. [05:30.44]But then they took him to the jailhouse [05:32.84]Where they try to turn a man into a mouse. [05:46.15]All of rubin's cards were marked in advance [05:49.40] [05:49.49]The trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance. [05:49.91] [05:53.50]The judge made rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums [05:56.55]To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum [06:00.38]And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger. [06:03.46]No one doubted that he pulled the trigger. [06:09.87]And though they could not produce the gun, [06:11.56]The d.a. said he was the one who did the deed [06:15.28]And the all-white jury agreed. [06:17.36] [06:27.46]Rubin carter was falsely tried. [06:30.68]The crime was murder "one," guess who testified? [06:34.02]Bello and bradley and they both baldly lied [06:37.51]And the newspapers, they all went along for the ride. [06:41.17]How can the life of such a man [06:44.78]Be in the palm of some fool's hand? [06:48.28]To see him obviously framed [06:52.18]Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land [06:56.26]Where justice is a game. [06:58.74] [07:08.14]Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties [07:11.14]Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise [07:14.91]While rubin sits like buddha in a ten-foot cell [07:18.05]An innocent man in a living hell. [07:21.60]That's the story of the hurricane, [07:27.89]But it won't be over till they clear his name [07:30.86]And give him back the time he's done. [07:34.82]Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been [07:37.58]The champion of the world.