Parody of "Rainy Day Women #12 and 35" performed and written by Bob Dylan
(John 8:3-11)
NOTE: This song originally appeared on our second studio cassette, "Want It: Dead or Alive,"
released in December 1992.
Well, they dragged the woman up and down the street
Well, they dragged her, and they laid her at his feet
They said, "Adultery's a sin and that's a fact
"And we caught this woman in the very act
"But we would not judge her on our own
Tell us is it just to throw stones?"
Well, they thought they had the Master in a trap
Well, they had Him then and there and that was that
If He said that they should stone her, He was cruel
If He said to let her go, He broke the rules
So they asked with real impatient tones
"Tell us is it just to throw stones?"
Well, the Master didn't say a thing at first
Then the Master started writing in the dirt
He said, "Let the one amon you with no sin
"Be the first to throw the stone, and we'll begin
"Yes, the one whom sin has never known
He can be the first to throw stones"
Well, the stones all started droppin' to the ground
Until Jesus was the only one around
He said, "Where have all of your accusers gone?"
He said, "Has no man condemned you?" She said, "None"
He said, "Go and sin no more and head on home
"I ain't gonna cast the first stone"
Well, the lesson's pretty clear so listen in
Jesus was the only one who never sinned
And we know the wages of our sin is death
So we've got to go to Him while time is left
'Cause if we face the judgment on our own
Everybody must get stoned!
John 8:7
When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is
without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."
