Bob Dylan - The Drifer's Escape

O help me in my weakness,
I heard the drifter say,
as they carried him from the courtroom,
and were taking him away.

I still do not know
what it is that I have done wrong.

The judge he cast his robe aside,
a tear came to his eye.
"You fail to understand" he said,
"Why must you even try."

...Just then a bolt of lightning
struck the courthouse out of shape.
While everybody knelt to pray,
the drifter did escape.