Bob Dylan - Up to Me (Take 1 - Official Audio)

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Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Everything went from bad to worse, money never changed a thing
Death kept following, tracking us down, at least I heard your bluebird sing
Now somebody’s got to show their hand, time is an enemy
I know you’re long gone, I guess it must be up to me
[Verse 2]
If I’d thought about it I never would’ve done it, I guess I would’ve let it slide
If I'd-a paid attention to what others were thinking, the heart inside me would’ve died
But I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity
Someone had to reach for the rising star, I guess it was up to me
[Verse 3]
Now the Union Central is pulling out, the orchids are in bloom
I’ve only got me one good shirt left and it smells of stale perfume
In fourteen months I’ve only smiled once and I didn’t do it consciously
Somebody’s got to find your trail, I guess it's gonna be up to me
[Verse 4]
It was like a revelation when you betrayed me with your touch
I’d just about convinced myself nothing had changed that much
The old Rounder in the iron mask, he slipped me the master key
Somebody had to unlock your heart, he said it was up to me
[Verse 5]
Now I watched you slowly disappear down into the officers’ club
I would’ve followed you in the door, but I didn’t have a ticket stub
So I waited all night ’til the break of day, hoping one of us could get free
When the dawn came over the river bridge, I knew it was up to me
[Verse 6]
The only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk
Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work
Was I a fool or not to protect your real identity?
You looked a little burned out my friend, I thought it might be up to me
[Verse 7]
I met somebody face to face, I had to remove my hat
She’s everything I need and love, but I can’t be swayed by that
It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be
But she ain’t goin' to make a move, I guess it must be up to me
[Verse 8]
Now we heard the Sermon on the Mount, and I knew it was too complex
It didn’t amount to anything more than what the broken glass reflects
When you bite off more than you can chew, you got to pay the penalty
Somebody’s got to tell the tale, I guess it must be up to me
[Verse 9]
Dupree came in pimpin’ tonight to the Thunderbird Café
Crystal wanted to talk to him, I had to look the other way
Now I just can’t rest without you, love, I need your company
You ain’t goin' to cross the line, I guess it must be up to me
[Verse 10]
There’s a note left in the bottle, you can give it to Estelle
She’s the one you been wondering about, but there’s really nothing much to tell
We both heard voices for a while, now the rest is history
Somebody’s got to cry some tears, I guess it must be up to me
[Verse 11]
So go on boys, play your hands, life is a pantomime
The ringleaders from the county seat say you don’t have all that much time
And the girl with me behind the shades, she ain’t my property
One of us has got to hit the road, I guess it must be up to me
[Verse 12]
If we never meet again, baby, remember me
How my lone guitar played sweet for you that old-time melody
And the harmonica around my neck, I blew it for you, free
No one else could play that tune, you knew it was up to me
#BobDylan #UpToMe #Biograph

[@bollykecks9577]

"In fourteen months, I've only smiled once and I didn't do it consciously. " That's either the funniest or the saddest line in this song... only Bob...

[@MikeMurdochMusic]

More sad than funny for sure. Expression of discomfort and sorrow in the relationship I would imagine

[@smartestguyintheroomwithot6850]

@@MikeMurdochMusic it's perfect for all occasions. lol

[@謝育霖-f8f]

@@MikeMurdochMusic I'm looking for the lyrics, thanks all the Dylan fan !

[@bobarton159]

@@謝育霖-f8f Heyho, I’m not sure if you will read this but I’m going to post this reply & hope you do. If you press where it says ‘more’ then press ‘more’ again & scroll down, the lyrics should come up.

[@davidstick5497]

I went to the DMV today to get my license renewed and when getting my picture taken the girl said you can smile if you want. The first thing that came to mind was “ In fourteen months I only smiled once and you know the rest.

[@kristofer603]

Bob is Bob...and Thats Why i Love Him Sooooo Much.

[@martinkent333]

3 CHORD DRUGGIES, WRINKLED AND MOVING IN ON THAT FOURTH CHORD...................... OH MY!

[@gerardhaubert8210]

First hear Dylan in 63, he may try different paths, but he always ends up on the right one, he just keeps getting better.

[@martinkent333]

3 CHORD DRUGGIES OWN ME TOO, CUPCAKE! YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@bishmaster]

This is probably my favorite Dylan song from time to time. I think he left it off the album because it was just too personal. Our man Bob wrote that whole album in open d, most of the songs sound like this. Still a heart tearing look at love.

[@philpinckley1720]

Incredible song! I’ve been listening to Bob for sixty years and he never gets old!

[@riskyashtree9853]

Me too, and yes

[@miapulp]

And me…

[@colormeatbirth]

I concur. I really like this song. It sounds like his original stuff when he first came out and made it big...

[@GypsyRoaddog]

Absolutely, My Brother... I've been with Bob since the beginning... I'm a singer/songwriter and I still do, "Baby Let Me Follow You Down." I *Love* sitting behind the mic and introducing my next offering: "And Now, from Bob Dylan's *First* album..." Be Well, My Friend... Gyps🎶

[@stormbringercoming8105]

Only in Bob’s world would a song as beautiful as this be an outtake. Talk about prolific!

[@martinkent333]

3 CHORD DRUGGIES ARE PERPETUALLY ADORABLE!

[@rostaylor6429]

Completely out of this world, the tune, the imagery, it's biblical and it's contemporary, it's inspired. It's not human

[@navmanshack1579]

It's beautifully human. Only line that's turned sour: "The girl with me behind the shades, she ain't my property" Yikes...

[@ferociousgumby]

What I love about this channel is that it lists BD's future tour itinerary/performances. He is still going strong at 81. How would I have gotten through the pandemic without him? In our darkest hour, Rough and Rowdy Ways descended on the world and lit it up again.

[@Stuntman57]

The greatest rock and roll lyricist of all time...🙂

[@ferociousgumby]

I didn't even KNOW about this one! It's lyrically superb. What a storyteller. Each song is a novel in itself!

[@martinkent333]

JUNKIES KNOW. YOU LOVE IT.

[@mikedebe8358]

No one else could play that tune, you knew it was up to me

[@jackwendigo6541]

This is the take I always listen to.

[@thejamesbrothersband5491]

I always liked the one from the first bootleg collection

[@memzepper6096]

Naa man you can’t beat The version on biography ….

[@thejamesbrothersband5491]

Yea that’s the one i mean on biograph

[@wc1980]

Nah i'm with you, Speed up tempo conveys the emotions better.

[@davidm6149]

This is the better version

[@Samu93c]

Bob is the greatest poet of our times.

[@martinkent333]

BABBLE? STAR MACHINE ENSLAVED YOU?

[@HelianaSuper]

Up to me... Oh, God... Good! Thank for available to us... I am discovering many songs Bob I didn't know.

[@jackm207]

One of my favourite Dylan songs…❤

[@brucewhitworth6047]

Bob,you are the best. Absolutely brilliant. Without you the world is nothing.

[@corneliakapelinski]

"If I 'd pay attention to what others we're thinkin' , the heart inside me would' ve died"..so true. like.most of all songs from the young Bob Dylan..time isn't the enemy for him, because his art is Out of Time!!!

[@yamapenny5960]

👍🌿

[@HelianaSuper]

I agree with you, completly, Cornelia. Your analysis are very accurated. I am retired since february 2021 and I have paid attention in all lyrics I listen to, reading them, because I have audition deficience. All lyrics are fundamentals and unique. Nobody has writen that lyrics with that courage and sensibilility.

[@corneliakapelinski]

@@HelianaSuper Obrigada, Heliana..🎵🎸🌈🍀

[@HelianaSuper]

@@corneliakapelinski Por nada, Cornelia! Thanks for answer in my language!

[@samsheldon3402]

Masterpiece

[@jameskennedy721]

The MAN IN THE IRON MASK is a legend from history . Some king had a prisoner locked in a dungeon , who was kept masked . Only the king knew who he was , or why he was kept there .

[@msg36093]

Amazing. Lol...and he discarded this track. His trash is better than anything anyone else can do. Dylan is the man.

[@beckybeaudoin316]

So full of genius, full of good advice for our lives. Take responsibility when it can make a positive difference.

[@Bryanadamsmusicinc]

Hello Dear, it’s nice meeting you on here!

[@henrycastle1]

❤️ This was one of the gems for me from Biograph box set

[@gregsilsby6884]

It’s so hauntingly beautiful human emotion.

[@AllenGarvin]

Yep, but this is a different take from the one on Biograph--I played that one so, so much back in the late 80s (on cassette! It was great having a car stereo that detected the silence so you could rewind straight to the start of the piece).

[@joewhite4061]

@@AllenGarvin 1

[@broken1394]

Lay Down your weary toon and Percy were also great.

[@TheFlamingBridges]

hell yes

[@marioski54]

The mother of "Shelter from the storm"? Wonderful lyrics and tune!

[@juancamacho5746]

Everything went from bad to worse, money never changed a thing Death kept followin', trackin' us down, at least I heard your bluebird sing Now somebody's got to show their hand, time is an enemy I know you're long gone I guess it must be up to me If I'd thought about it I never would've done it, I guess I would've let it slide If I'd pay attention to what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died Well, I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity Someone had to reach for the risin' star I guess it was up to me Oh, the Union Central is pullin' out, the orchids are in bloom I've only got me one good shirt left and it smells of stale perfume In 14 months I've only smiled once and I didn't do it consciously Somebody's got to find your trail I guess it must be up to me It was like a revelation when you betrayed me with your touch I'd just about convinced myself, nothin' had changed that much The old Rounder in the iron mask, he slipped me the master key Somebody had to unlock your heart He said it was up to me Well, I watched you slowly disappear down into the officer's club I would've followed you in the door but I didn't have a ticket stub So I waited all night 'til the break of day, hopin' one of us could get free When the dawn came over the river bridge I knew it was up to me The only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work Was I a fool or not to protect your real identity? You looked a little burned out, my friend I thought it might be up to me I met somebody face to face, I had to remove my hat She's everything I need and love but I can't be swayed by that It frightens me, the awful truth of how sweet life can be But she ain't gonna make a move I guess it must be up to me Now, we heard the Sermon on the Mount and I knew it was too complex It didn't amount to anything more than what the broken glass reflects When you bite off more than you can chew, you pay the penalty Somebody's got to tell the tale I guess it must be up to me Dupree came in pimpin' tonight to the Thunderbird Cafe Crystal wanted to talk to him, I had to look the other way Now, I just can't rest without you, love, I need your company But you ain't a-gonna cross the line I guess it must be up to me There's a note left in the bottle, you can give it to Estelle She's the one you been wonderin' about, but there's really nothin' much to tell We both heard voices for a while, now the rest is history Somebody's got to cry some tears I guess it must be up to me So go on, boys, and play your hands, life is a pantomime The ringleaders from the county seat say you don't have all that much time And the girl with me behind the shades, she ain't my property One of us has got to hit the road I guess it must be up to me If we never meet again, baby, remember me How my lone guitar played sweet for you that old-time melody And the harmonica around my neck, I blew it for you, free No one else could play that tune You know it was up to me

[@rosalindamartinez9634]

GOOD 👍 COPYING THE LYRICS U DID IT. BECAUSE HIS VOICE IS KINDA FAST TO ME. HAVE A GREAT DAY 👍😀😊☺🙂

[@codesterlalit]

This is book of wisdom man.

[@yamapenny5960]

👍

[@kanjiwooowooo3202]

Finally on youtube!

[@yamapenny5960]

👍

[@tupelo1975]

Been on youtube for years.. but goes down with the sunset.

[@rosalindamartinez9634]

@@tupelo1975 TTHANK U. SO MUCH. HAVE A GREAT LIFE.

[@donmakowichuk9905]

Nobody has brilliant throw away songs like Bob!

[@amarsharma7677]

thank u BOB

[@carleenmejzastrumunderthes4130]

I love singing this song!

[@bobdylan4502]

Hi there Thanks for your love and support that has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and I truly appreciate all you’ve done for me throughout the years. It’s a season of love for me and so I decided to put a smile on the faces of my fans by going through my page and checking out on my fans, so I can get to communicate with my fans better through discussion of depth and humor listening to compliments and criticism of my career......

[@AdrianLockhart-n4u]

Quite simply remarkable

[@avebehrendt2300]

Thank You to the Bob Dylan, who put these on KZbin too. As they come and go, each day, I am sure there are many, many who go, each day, tripping down memory lane. Thank You. God Bless You for sharing further ❤❤❤

[@patriciathewisher2315]

This song is just beautiful

[@gustav4821]

This dude wrote two immaculate songs to the same melody and just binned one of them

[@glennsorensen2926]

Hes Bob the Binner. Same with Blind Willie McTell

[@astral2151]

Always thought this song would've been a good replacement for Meet Me in the Morning.

[@paytonh.7164]

@@astral2151 I’d love to have seen both on the album… I guess he scrapped this because it sounded repetitive among songs like “Shelter From the Storm?” Either way, this song is amazingly great!

[@Pensfold]

@@paytonh.7164 It is most similar to Your gonna make me lonesome when your gone.

[@jennifs6868]

@@astral2151 there is no replacement for meet me in the morning. sorry.

[@billlitz8534]

Find Pete Hamill's notes on the 1st issue of the Blood on the Tracks album (old guy) and read beautiful prose poem to Bob from all of us... Extraordinary!

[@paytonh.7164]

One of Dylan’s top notch songs from one of his greatest eras… I guess he just thought it sounded too similar to other songs on the album (“Shelter From the Storm?”) so he decided to shelve it.

[@ruthpaul7572]

I too agree that this is a great song and should have been in the album.

[@donaldwebb]

Is it maybe an early version of ''shelter'' ?

[@markdicarlo216]

May have left it off as more overtly autobiographical.

[@AitechNasus]

Up To Me Is A Great Top Notch Song By Musical Legendary Singer Songwriter Bob Dylan. 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤟🤟👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

[@Joyce-bg1jh]

Memories

[@jackyvanhal9514]

Masterpiece!❤❤❤

[@patriciathewisher2315]

This is something else. Magical.

[@sandrawadsworth5173]

Truly great music Bob!❤️💎💜💙💚💛

[@nissi.k]

Thank you!🙏 Such a fantastic song! ~♡~

[@bobdylan4502]

Hi there Thanks for your love and support that has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and I truly appreciate all you’ve done for me throughout the years. It’s a season of love for me and so I decided to put a smile on the faces of my fans by going through my page and checking out on my fans, so I can get to communicate with my fans better through discussion of depth and humor listening to compliments and criticism of my career..

[@kingcountyservicequality4731]

McGuinn did an OK version on an album years before this was available. Always wondered why BD hadn't released it . This sounds like it was recorded at the same sessions as the More Blood,More Tracks songs. you can hear the clicking of buttons on his vest like on More Blood songs.

[@thescoobymike]

If I’d thought about it I never would’ve done it I guess I would’ve let it slide If I’d a paid attention to what others were thinkin The heart inside me would’ve died I was just to stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity Someone had to reach for the rising star I guess it was up to me

[@alias2364-t9y]

Third line in, ends with perhaps his strongest, ever or since, four syllable observation. Time is an enemy. Bob has taken on, this enemy, old man time, as if his life depended on it. His own bootlegs are perhaps his Masterpieces?

[@yamapenny5960]

Yes, Its only up to Bob to reach my spirit ...🙏💞

[@bobdylan4502]

Hi there Thanks for your love and support that has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and I truly appreciate all you’ve done for me throughout the years. It’s a season of love for me and so I decided to put a smile on the faces of my fans by going through my page and checking out on my fans, so I can get to communicate with my fans better through discussion of depth and humor listening to compliments and criticism of my career........

[@yamapenny5960]

@@bobdylan4502 🕎✴💞🤝❣

[@georgecoventry8441]

"And if we never meet again, baby, remember me How my lone guitar played sweet for you that old-time melody And the harmonica around my neck, I blew it for you, free No one else could play that tune, you know it was up to me"

[@seangiere8068]

it's up to you!

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Reach for the rising ⭐️ x

[@targarosko]

super album and great song thanks Bob Dylan .......☻♥♥♥

[@jillschoenfeldwhite5534]

Thanks so much for posting. Agree with other comments that this a gem - poetry/prose story put to music.

[@Bryanadamsmusicinc]

Hello Dear, it’s nice meeting you on here!

[@gibby6904]

It could have been the final track sort of as a reprise to Shelter From The Storm

[@dylanmyers3082]

Just heard this for the 1st time Omg what a tune amazing lyrics Thanx for putting this up brilliant

[@thomasdungl8493]

Thnx so much 4 sharing this so much very great song!

[@bobdylan4502]

Hi there Thanks for your love and support that has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and I truly appreciate all you’ve done for me throughout the years. It’s a season of love for me and so I decided to put a smile on the faces of my fans by going through my page and checking out on my fans, so I can get to communicate with my fans better through discussion of depth and humor listening to compliments and criticism of my career.......

[@rondonthelegend]

Love it classic🎸

[@tetesabaker5436]

You should be the boss . Real man takes charge.

[@maggiebryan2355]

Far to good a song to have been left behind

[@danielgurney5264]

But when ya stumble on it, thinkn heard it all. Oh the joy. This is bliss. Fck yes.

[@julieswiss1]

But it sounds a lot like a Tangled up in Blue draft, maybe that's why it was left behind.

[@maggiebryan2355]

@@julieswiss1 maybe you could be right

[@julieswiss1]

@@maggiebryan2355 : )

[@patbiss7742]

@@julieswiss1 Much more "Shelter from the storm"

[@loekiekanters4295]

Such great lyrics!

[@marakaretsos5204]

LE POÈTE!!! 🎼⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@jeffersonlucianofranza3454]

Wonderful , wonderful . Congrats from Brazil ..,

[@joseamarildo1472]

very good the song Bob.................................

[@broken1394]

Nobody does unrequited like Bob.

[@herbertluthe6850]

reminds me of 'Tangled up in blue'. both songs are fine.

[@georgecoventry8441]

Some wonderful lines in this song. (which figures...)

[@karlmehltretter2677]

I wonder how he would electrify / full-band this song on tour.

[@henrycastle1]

Concentrated effort , with The attitude wins hearts.

[@kristofer603]

I’ve Always said lounging around in the company of Friends and Strangers… I’ll keep Bob… Ya’ll can keep Allllllll the rest of The Others.

[@simonerusso6920]

Dont now aw to praise yuo eny more tanks 4 this jem

[@willnzsurf]

🌴😎💯

[@Pensfold]

It is most similar to You're gonna make me lonesome when you're gone - but perhaps superior.

[@christophercampbell1677]

I prefer the take that was released on biogragh in the 80s. Just saying. God love Bob and all of you

[@ritaymbernon5397]

❤️❤️❤️

[@bobdylan4502]

Hi there Thanks for your love and support that has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and I truly appreciate all you’ve done for me throughout the years. It’s a season of love for me and so I decided to put a smile on the faces of my fans by going through my page and checking out on my fans, so I can get to communicate with my fans better through discussion of depth and humor listening to compliments and criticism of my career.......

[@danielanderson3576]

This Song should of been on Blood on tracks it a gem 💎.

[@JWemm]

In fourteen months I only smiled once and I didn't do it consciously

[@crystalbelle2349]

The metal harmonica with no wood or plastic cover, bare down to the notes the one I’ve kept, worthless to anyone else but me. Sure, it still works as it did proving it’s what’s on the inside that matters. Hopefully this will mean something to someone.

[@bobdylan4502]

Hi there Thanks for your love and support that has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and I truly appreciate all you’ve done for me throughout the years. It’s a season of love for me and so I decided to put a smile on the faces of my fans by going through my page and checking out on my fans, so I can get to communicate with my fans better through discussion of depth and humor listening to compliments and criticism of my career........

[@leefeltham50750]

Happy New Year

[@jggrimm]

One man wed to a generation. No divorce. The love stayed, the love grew.

[@julieswiss1]

💔

[@jarikuukasjarvi8198]

🔥🙌👍

[@jeffking7787]

Anyone questioning Jerry’s petal steel chops should listen to C S N Y Teach Your Children , That s Jerry on that wonderful petal steel 4:49

[@melissadraz9468]

...what the f*ck dylan, you did it again!

[@stephanevincent7773]

On the same music that "Shelter of the storm" : happy those who can unterstand Bob. But perhaps it is better to imagine he's singing the Psalms of the Old Alliance between God-Adonaï-Iesus the Nazorean and all these people who can listen to Him...

[@adayinthelifeofjoeo2478]

What key is the harmonica in?

[@julieswiss1]

💜

[@clioq5314]

Al least I heard your bluebird sing

[@carolinenilsson5741]

❤️

[@bobdylan4502]

Hi there Thanks for your love and support that has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and I truly appreciate all you’ve done for me throughout the years. It’s a season of love for me and so I decided to put a smile on the faces of my fans by going through my page and checking out on my fans, so I can get to communicate with my fans better through discussion of depth and humor listening to compliments and criticism of my career.......

[@rainertrebbin-vf7nt]

Bob

[@utubeon]

Up to Me Song by Bob Dylan OverviewLyricsListenOther recordingsVideos Main Results Everything went from bad to worse, money never changed a thing Death kept followin', trackin' us down, at least I heard your bluebird sing Now somebody's got to show their hand, time is an enemy I know you're long gone I guess it must be up to me If I'd thought about it I never would've done it, I guess I would've let it slide If I'd pay attention to what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died Well, I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity Someone had to reach for the risin' star I guess it was up to me Oh, the Union Central is pullin' out, the orchids are in bloom I've only got me one good shirt left and it smells of stale perfume In 14 months I've only smiled once and I didn't do it consciously Somebody's got to find your trail I guess it must be up to me It was like a revelation when you betrayed me with your touch I'd just about convinced myself, nothin' had changed that much The old Rounder in the iron mask, he slipped me the master key Somebody had to unlock your heart He said it was up to me Now, I watched you slowly disappear down into the officer's club I would've followed you in the door but I didn't have a ticket stub So I waited all night 'til the break of day, hopin' one of us could get free Ho, when the dawn came over the river bridge I knew it was up to me The only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work Was I a fool or not to protect your real identity? You looked a little burned out, my friend I thought it might be up to me I met somebody face to face, I had to remove my hat She's everything I need and love but I can't be swayed by that It frightens me, the awful truth of how sweet life can be But she ain't gonna make a move I guess it must be up to me Now, we heard the Sermon on the Mount and I knew it was too complex It didn't amount to anything more than what the broken glass reflects When you bite off more than you can chew, you got to pay the penalty Somebody's got to tell the tale I guess it must be up to me Dupree came in pimpin' tonight to the Thunderbird Cafe Crystal wanted to talk to him, I had to look the other way Now, I just can't rest without you, love, I need your company But you ain't a-gonna cross the line I guess it must be up to me There's a note left in the bottle, you can give it to Estelle She's the one you been wonderin' about, but there's really nothin' much to tell We both heard voices for a while, now the rest is history Somebody's got to cry some tears I guess it must be up to me So go on, boys, and play your hands, life is a pantomime The ringleaders from the county seat say you don't have all that much time And the girl with me behind the shades, she ain't my property One of us has got to hit the road I guess it must be up to me If we never meet again, baby, remember me How my lone guitar played sweet for you that old-time melody And the harmonica around my neck, I blew it for you, free No one else could play that tune You know it was up to me Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Bob Dylan / Dylan Bob Up to Me (Take 2, Remake) lyrics © Universal Tunes Amen.

[@adayinthelifeofjoeo2478]

Any body have the chord progression? Is it standard tuning? What tuning is this version?

[@Jeff-bz6jp]

Open D, I believe.

[@clapper777]

The Roger McGuinn version is nice too- a little more rock n roll.

[@rostaylor6429]

Gonna try that one but I love this!

[@rostaylor6429]

not nearly as good, all the subtlety lost

[@gerardhaubert8210]

If this is the “mother” of Shelter from the Storm”, it is the sister of Lily, Rosemarie and the Jack of Hearts

[@UnremarkableMarx]

Oh mama

[@briandonovan8792]

This reminds me ov simple twist of fate

[@MrOcwelch]

Bob Dylan

[@helenbostock2350]

Blue eyes and me hit the road

[@JorgeLMarquezsM]

No falla

[@mikem668]

If I'd pay attention to what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died Well, I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity Someone had to reach for the risin' star I guess it was up to me *** It's like he wrote this yesterday.

[@AnAllAroundPlayerMaker]

I can see why this was left out. Nice song though. Basically a precursor to Shelter from the storm.

[@amarsharma7677]

you're the one who's travelling on...

[@jokerman51]

Musicalmente molto simile a Shelter from storm...

[@djstarr-lowery4047]

The world needs chang'n. I guess it's up to me....

[@bobdylan4502]

Hi there Thanks for your love and support that has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and I truly appreciate all you’ve done for me throughout the years. It’s a season of love for me and so I decided to put a smile on the faces of my fans by going through my page and checking out on my fans, so I can get to communicate with my fans better through discussion of depth and humor listening to compliments and criticism of my career......

[@mohammedhanif6780]

@@bobdylan4502 God bless you Bob

[@wilsonhenson]

I'll bet it was left off because it was similar to "you're going to make me lonesome when you go"

[@gibby6904]

Should NEVER have been cut from Blood On The Tracks......