My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf
Come sit down on my knee
You are dearer to me than myself
As you yourself can see
I’m listenin’ to the steel rails hum
Got both eyes tight shut
Just sitting here trying to keep the hunger from
Creeping it’s way into my gut
Continue reading April 17: Bob Dylan – Workingman’s Blues #2, Birmingham 2007
This is not the jokerman. This is someone whose heart can be got ahold of. And in a real sense this person is more vulnerable, and even more in need of a place to hide, than the genius who could write and perform “Blind Willie McTell.”
~Paul Williams (Bob Dylan: Performing Artist, Vol 2: The Middle Years 1974-1986)
It’s getting harder and harder to recognize the trap
Too much information about nothing, too much educated rap
Never could learn to drink that blood, and call it wine
What looks large from a distance, close up is never that big
~Bob Dylan (Someone’s Got a Hold of My Heart)
Great song recorded during the “infidels” sessions in 1983, but sadly not included on the released album.
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It later developed into “Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)”, recorded during the “Empire Burlesque” sessions in 1985 (and released on that album).
Continue reading April 16: Bob Dylan – Someone’s Got a Hold of My Heart
Blowin’ In The Wind:
Continue reading April 15: Bob Dylan Blowin’ In The Wind and Stay With Me, Montgomery, 2015 (videos)
It’s been such a long, long time
Since we loved each other and our hearts were true
One time, for one brief day, I was the man for youLast night I heard you talking in your sleep
Saying things you shouldn’t say
Oh baby, you just might have to go to jail someday
Continue reading April 15: Bob Dylan Long And Wasted Years, Montgomery , 2015 (video)
I’m usually either here or on the West Coast or down in the Caribbean. Me and another
guy have a boat down there. Jokerman kinda came to me in the islands. It’s very
mystical. The shapes there, and shadows, seem to be so ancient. The song was sorta
inspired by these spirits they call jumbis.
~Bob Dylan (to Kurt Loder, March 1984)
Continue reading April 14: Bob Dylan – The 4th Infidels recording session, New York City in 1983