If I Don't Be There By Morning Written by Bob Dylan and Helena Springs Blue sky upon the horizon Private eye on my trail And if I don't be there by morning She'll know that I must've spent the night in jail I been runnin' from Memphis to L.A. Had an appointment set sometime for today And if I don't be there by morning She'll know that I must have gone the other way Finding my way home to you, girl, lonely and blue, mistreated too Sometimes I think about you, girl, is it true that you think of me too? I got a woman living in L.A. I got a woman waiting for my pay And if I don't be there by morning Pack my clothes, get down on your knees and pray I left my woman with a twenty-dollar bill Left her waiting, hope she's waiting for me still But if I don't be there by morning I guess that I never will Finding my way home to you, girl, lonely and blue, mistreated too Sometimes I think about you, girl, is it true that you think of me too? I left my woman with a twenty-dollar bill Left her waiting, hope she's waiting for me still Well, if I don't be there by morning I guess that I never will