2. In early performances, Bob sang several variations of the lines and verses:

When I woke up this morning, my head was not intact
I asked my friends about it, try to find out where it's at
A wind came up inside of me, blew the dust clouds all away

Well the heat down in jail, they weren't very smart
They taught me how to read and write, they taught me the precious art
Of breaking out of jail, well I learned that right away
Well they didn't need me to telling them 'bout smiling first then running away

I woke up this morning, my head was not in sight
I would ask the walls about it, but they vanished overnight
I could not think or spell my name, or fly their words away

It quivered and exploded, left a bus stop in its place
Well a bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began
There was Cowboy Neal at the wheel of a bus to never ever land

Well I woke up this morning, with the sky in sight

I could not think to spell my name, I find there was no way

I was dancing through the lily fields, when I came across an empty space