Tuesday, November 17, 2009

'til the wheels fall off



April 2014

Ain't Talkin'" - Bob Dylan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtKz2sc2TiA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynk-jFMsNRQ
"Summertime"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GUqGFOVn0g
In the Summertime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp4Hm3NrzVw

Million Miles



...from before we ever came to each other's attention.







"Mr. Tambourine Man" by Bob Dylan

http://www.eyeneer.com/video/rock/bob-dylan/mr-tambourine-man

...the other side of the coin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5hSHfnalbE



"Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth


“Rip down all hate,” I screamed


Lies that life is black and white


Spoke from my skull. I dreamed


Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now"



****




"Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved.
Everything to that point had been left unresolved
Try to imaging a place where it's always safe and warm
"Come in," she said, "Ill give you shelter from the storm"

***


"I got my hammer ringin' pretty baby, but the nails ain't goin' down"

***



"Am I getting it wrong.  Is the whole thing going backwards"

Bob Dylan






"Lay Lady Lay" by Bob Dylan

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"Oh Sister"
 by Bob Dylan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVSeo5zcpeA


"Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" by Bob Dylan






"Lily was a princess she was fair-skinned and precious as a child
She did whatever she had to do she had that certain flash 

every time she smiled
She'd come away from a broken home had lots of strange affairs
With men in every walk of life which took her everywhere
But she'd never met anyone quite like the Jack of Hearts.
The hanging judge came in unnoticed and was being wined and dined
The drilling in the wall kept up but no one seemed to pay it any mind
It was known all around that Lily had Jim's ring
And nothing would ever come between Lily and the king
No nothing ever would except maybe the Jack of Hearts."



Bob Dylan





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Bob Dylan "FAN" MAIL from an Admirer - May 22, 2013


"You can have your cake and eat it too " B. Dylan -- I never was comfortable with that proposition.

I don't know, they both look "approachable" to me...:-)









Recently Mr. Dylan played "What Good Am I" on his 2013 spring tour in the U.S. 



What good am I if I’m like all the rest
If I just turn away, when I see how you’re dressed
If I shut myself off so I can’t hear you cry
What good am I?



What good am I if I know and don’t do
If I see and don’t say, if I look right through you
If I turn a deaf ear to the thunderin’ sky
What good am I?


What good am I while you softly weep
And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep
And I freeze in the moment like the rest who don’t try
What good am I?


What good am I then to others and me
If I’ve had every chance and yet still fail to see
If my hands are tied must I not wonder within
Who tied them and why and where must I have been?


What good am I if I say foolish things
And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings
And I just turn my back while you silently die



Indeed.  However, from my perspective there is also "If Not For You"


"If not for you
Babe, I couldn’t find the door
Couldn’t even see the floor
I’d be sad and blue
If not for you


If not for you
Babe, I’d lay awake all night
Wait for the mornin’ light
To shine in through
But it would not be new
If not for you


If not for you
My sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love I’d be nowhere at all
I’d be lost if not for you
And you know it’s true


If not for you
My sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love I’d be nowhere at all
Oh! what would I do
If not for you


If not for you
Winter would have no spring
Couldn’t hear the robin sing
I just wouldn’t have a clue
Anyway it wouldn’t ring true
If not for you



Bob Dylan


(From a crummy novel...nevertheless)



"Or was it that even the best of relationships withered if people were separated too soon?  Did early love, which grew out of the body's needs, required the body's presence to nurture it?  Without those wordless glances that made the heart race, without the touch of lips that sent electricity through the body, without a shoulder to lay the dispirited head on and arms to shore us up against the world's cruelties, even the most affectionate words weren't enough.  But the cruel words -- paradoxically, those gained as they flew across the miles to stab at a listener's heart."



And so...



"He who binds to himself a Joy


Doth the winged life destroy;


But he who kisses the Joy as it flies


Lives in Eternity's sunrise."


 Livdasbok



And in Bob Dylan's words:



"Be grateful for what we've shared together and be glad ..."


One can only wonder if he still feels the same.





Current advice from the "I Ching" for me:  "Cultivate your docility!"  Ha!  That and a quarter never did buy me a cup of coffee, but one strives.... :-) Speaking of meek and mild --



"Cry A While" by Bob Dylan



Well, I had to go down and see a guy named Mr. Goldsmith
A nasty, dirty, double-crossin’, backstabbin’ phony I didn’t wanna have to be dealin’ with
But I did it for you and all you gave me was a smile
Well, I cried for you—now it’s your turn to cry awhile


I don’t carry deadweight—I’m no flash in the pan
All right, I’ll set you straight, can’t you see I’m a union man?
I’m lettin’ the cat out of the cage, I’m keeping a low profile
Well, I cried for you—now it’s your turn, you can cry awhile


Feel like a fighting rooster—feel better than I ever felt
But the Pennsylvania line’s in an awful mess and the Denver road is about to melt
I went to the church house, every day I go an extra mile
Well, I cried for you—now it’s your turn, you can cry awhile


Last night ’cross the alley there was a pounding on the walls
It must have been Don Pasqualli makin’ a two A.M. booty call
To break a trusting heart like mine was just your style
Well, I cried for you—now it’s your turn to cry awhile


I’m on the fringes of the night, fighting back tears that I can’t control
Some people they ain’t human, they got no heart or soul
Well, I’m crying to the Lord—I’m tryin’ to be meek and mild
Yes, I cried for you—now it’s your turn, you can cry awhile


Well, there’s preachers in the pulpits and babies in the cribs
I’m longin’ for that sweet fat that sticks to your ribs
I’m gonna buy me a barrel of whiskey—I’ll die before I turn senile
Well, I cried for you—now it’s your turn, you can cry awhile


Well, you bet on a horse and it ran on the wrong way
I always said you’d be sorry and today could be the day
I might need a good lawyer, could be your funeral, my trial
Well, I cried for you, now it’s your turn, you can cry awhile








Bob Dylan




2/13"Emotionally Yours" Bob Dylan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giidVZLhYAc

2/11
BORN in TIME, Bob Dylan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcWpb_rPXa8

"Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You - Bob Dylan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HidRgp8HGI

"Ain't Talkin'" Bob Dylan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnDq_f-NZnE


"Seven Days" - Bob Dylan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9S8-QlwGiM




(Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights, NYC, late 1970s)__________________________________________________________


2/3/12

Death is not the End - Bob Dylan

When you’re sad and when you’re lonely
And you haven’t got a friend
Just remember that death is not the end
And all that you’ve held sacred
Falls down and does not mend
Just remember that death is not the end
Not the end, not the end
Just remember that death is not the end
When you’re standing at the crossroads
That you cannot comprehend
Just remember that death is not the end
And all your dreams have vanished
And you don’t know what’s up the bend
Just remember that death is not the end
Not the end, not the end
Just remember that death is not the end
When the storm clouds gather ’round you
And heavy rains descend
Just remember that death is not the end
And there’s no one there to comfort you
With a helpin’ hand to lend
Just remember that death is not the end
Not the end, not the end
Just remember that death is not the end
Oh, the tree of life is growing
Where the spirit never dies
And the bright light of salvation shines
In dark and empty skies
When the cities are on fire
With the burning flesh of men
Just remember that death is not the end
And you search in vain to find
Just one law-abiding citizen
Just remember that death is not the end
Not the end, not the end
Just remember that death is not the end
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Moonlight by Bob Dylan



The seasons they are turnin’ and my sad heart is yearnin’
To hear again the songbird’s sweet melodious tone
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
The dusky light, the day is losing, Orchids, Poppies, Black-eyed Susan
The earth and sky that melts with flesh and bone
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
The air is thick and heavy all along the levy
Where the geese into the countryside have flown
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
Well, I’m preachin’ peace and harmony
The blessings of tranquility

Yet I know when the time is right to strike
I’ll take you cross the river dear
You’ve no need to linger here
I know the kinds of things you like
The clouds are turnin’ crimson–the leaves fall from the limbs an’
The branches cast their shadows over stone
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
The boulevards of cypress trees, the masquerades of birds and bees
The petals, pink and white, the wind has blown
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
The trailing moss and mystic glow
Purple blossoms soft as snow
My tears keep flowing to the sea
Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief
It takes a thief to catch a thief
For whom does the bell toll for, love? It tolls for you and me
My pulse is runnin’ through my palm–the sharp hills are rising from
The yellow fields with twisted oaks that groan
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?


 Easter 2012