What are your favorite Bob Dylan lyrics? I need to start paying attention to them more

What are your favorite Bob Dylan lyrics? I need to start paying attention to them more

The whole of The Hurricane

WEEELL, THEY'LL STONE YA WHEN YOU'RE WALKING ALONG THE STREETS

OOOH
MAMA
CAN THIS REALY BE THE END??

I'm not going to give you specific inserts of lyrics, here are his perfect pieces, listen to the man, he's not overly complex.

-You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
-It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
-Desolation Row
-Just like Tom Thumb's Blues
-I Want You
-Visions of Johanna
-Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

Thanks user. Sad Eyed Lady is probably my fave song from Blonde on Blonde

Now you see this one-eyed midget
Shouting the word "NOW"
And you say, "For what reason ?"
And he says, "How ?"
And you say, "What does this mean ?"
And he screams back, "You're a cow
Give me some milk
Or else go home".

The ones that actually made sense when he was still a folkie.

favorite dylan song

If dogs run free, then why not we
- Bob Dylan

You walk into the room
With your pencil in your hand
You see somebody naked
And you say, "Who is that man ?"
You try so hard
But you don't understand
Just what you'll say
When you get home.

Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones ?

You raise up your head
And you ask, "Is this where it is ?"
And somebody points to you and says
"It's his"
And you says, "What's mine ?"
And somebody else says, "Where what is ?"
And you say, "Oh my God
Am I here all alone ?"

But something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones ?

You hand in your ticket
And you go watch the geek
Who immediately walks up to you
When he hears you speak
And says, "How does it feel
To be such a freak ?"
And you say, "Impossible"
As he hands you a bone.

And something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones ?

You have many contacts
Among the lumberjacks
To get you facts
When someone attacks your imagination
But nobody has any respect
Anyway they already expect you
To all give a check
To tax-deductible charity organizations.
You've been with the professors
And they've all liked your looks
With great lawyers you have
Discussed lepers and crooks
You've been through all of
F. Scott Fitzgerald's books
You're very well read
It's well known.

But something is happening here
And you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones ?

Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you
And then he kneels
He crosses himself
And then he clicks his high heels
And without further notice
He asks you how it feels
And he says, "Here is your throat back
Thanks for the loan".

And you know something is happening
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones ?

Now you see this one-eyed midget
Shouting the word "NOW"
And you say, "For what reason ?"
And he says, "How ?"
And you say, "What does this mean ?"
And he screams back, "You're a cow
Give me some milk
Or else go home".

YES THEY WILL

You bit your lover in the bed, come here I'll break, your lovely head

go to bed grandpa

"Gentlemen, he said
I don’t need your organization, I’ve shined your shoes
I’ve moved your mountains and marked your cards

But Eden is burning, either brace yourself for elimination
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards."
Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn

"Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool’s gold mouthpiece the hollow horn
Plays wasted words, proves to warn
That he not busy being born is busy dying."

CLASSIC

I love the verse in 'It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)' which includes, but specifically the line, "Money doesn't talk, it swears." Gotdang.

A real simple but poignant one from my favorite Dylan tune is:
"And I, I never took much
Never asked for your crutch
Now don't ask for mine"

The last verse of Don't Think Twice It's Alright is probably my favorite lyrics from him

I ain't a-saying you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right.

Anyone buying that new 32 CD boxset of every concert recording of his from 1966?

YOU SAID YOU'D HOLD ME BUT YOUR NOT THAT STRONG

I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard

JOHNNY IS IN THE BASEMENT MIXING UP THE MEDICINE

I have never seen anyone pointing out the blatant weed reference in the song title

when you wake in the morning baby
look inside your mirror
you know i wont be next to you
you know I wont be near
Id just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
as someone who has had you on his mind

Probably all of desolation row

TO BE STUCK INSIDE A MOPED

WITH THE MEMEPHIS BLUES AGAIN

That's actually one of my favorite songs I feel like a shit memeing it

>I once held her
>In my arms
>She said she would
>Always stay
>But I was cruel
>I treated her like a fool

>I threw it all away

"There was music in the cafe's at night and revolution in the air."

>clowns to the left of me
>jokers to the right here I am
>stuck in the middle with you

Fuck you faggot
check'd

I did and woke up to discover plebs like yourself are keeping this thread alive. Perhaps it's time for YOU to go to bed you young whippersnapper!

"Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time
Far past the frozen leaves
The haunted frightened trees
Out to the windy bench
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
With one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea
Circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate
Driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow"

I'm not a big Dylan fan but there's no denying that this is amazing