i have apparently misquoted bob dylan. he’ll forgive me; he’s used to it.

i got these lyrics off of www.bobdylan.com.

Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”
Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on”
God say, “No.” Abe say, “What?”
God say, “You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin’ you better run”
Well Abe says, “Where do you want this killin’ done?”
God says, “Out on Highway 61”

for example:

Now the rovin’ gambler he was very bored
He was tryin’ to create a next world war
He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor
He said I never engaged in this kind of thing before
But yes I think it can be very easily done
We’ll just put some bleachers out in the sun
And have it on Highway 61

jimisays:

i’ll give him the benefit of the doubt
i’m in too good of mood to put up much of pout
so if bob says these words are correct
my memory you see is kind of a wreck
i love the penny
whistle and the piano blues
i love al kooper and his fenderstrat too

i read an interview bob gave and he says he was frustrated with the critics and he “took everything i had and threw it up against the wall and that became “blonde on blonde”. his point was that this masterpiece was slapped together, not carefully thought out. Al Kooper played the guitars. Bob played piano. They recorded it in Memphis or some such goddawful shitstreak of a disease. if you’ve never been born or want to re-enact the event, listen to bob’s albums from the 60’s. he also had a masterpiece in ‘75 with “blood on the tracks”. just to let people know i don’t use masterpiece lightly, at least in this paragraph, i’ll say his next one was in ‘97 with “time out of mind”. when i say masterpiece i mean every bar, every syllable sticks in your craw.

Highway 61 Revisited — “65

Blonde on Blonde — ‘66

Blood on the Tracks — ‘75

Desire, from ‘76 is close. it offers us the “Hurricane” and “Sara”

“Sara has some of the most heartfelt poetry a man has ever written about a woman:

I can still hear the sounds of those Methodist bells
I’d taken the cure and had just gotten through
Stayin’ up for days in the Chelsea Hotel
Writin’ “Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” for you

Time Out of Mind — ‘97

stop me before i sub-reference again.

#lyrics