Bob Dylan - Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Official Audio)

“Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" by Bob Dylan
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Lyrics:
With your mercury mouth in the missionary times,
And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes,
And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes,
Oh, do they think could bury you?
With your pockets well protected at last,
And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass,
And your flesh like silk, and your face like glass,
Who could they get to carry you?
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes,
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Should I put them by your gate,
Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
With your sheets like metal and your belt like lace,
And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace,
And your basement clothes and your hollow face,
Who among them can think he could outguess you?
With your silhouette when the sunlight dims
Into your eyes where the moonlight swims,
And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns,
Who among them would try to impress you?
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes,
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Should I put them by your gate,
Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
The kings of Tyrus with their convict list
Are waiting in line for their geranium kiss,
And you wouldn't know it would happen like this,
But who among them really wants just to kiss you?
With your childhood flames on your midnight rug,
And your Spanish manners and your mother's drugs,
And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs,
Who among them do you think could resist you?
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes,
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Should I leave them by your gate,
Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
Oh, the farmers and the businessmen, they all did decide
To show you the dead angels that they used to hide.
But why did they pick you to sympathize with their side?
Oh, how could they ever mistake you?
They wished you'd accepted the blame for the farm,
But with the sea at your feet and the phony false alarm,
And with the child of a hoodlum wrapped up in your arms,
How could they ever, ever persuade you?
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes,
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Should I leave them by your gate,
Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
With your sheet-metal memory of Cannery Row,
And your magazine-husband who one day just had to go,
And your gentleness now, which you just can't help but show,
Who among them do you think would employ you?
Now you stand with your thief, you're on his parole
With your holy medallion which your fingertips fold,
And your saintlike face and your ghostlike soul,
Oh, who among them do you think could destroy you?
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes,
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Should I leave them by your gate,
Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
#BobDylan #Folk #SingerSongwriter

[@ksb994]

Reading these incredible comments about this incredibly beautiful song…gives me a dose of light and hope in these dark times of 2024. Thanks to all of you kindred spirits out there.

[@fredrik3685]

💯

[@RosettaAbatematteo]

I love reading the comments too but the list goes on and is everlasting and never ending.Does any other musician have such an endless array of fans and comments? I don't think so🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@juliev940]

💗

[@dragomirmarinov3891]

Proof that even lyrics that you may not understand can move you deeply. I never want this song to end.

[@flora4908]

❤

[@Sarah06294]

Tom Waits said of "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" in 1991: "It is like Beowulf and it takes me out to the meadow. This song can make you leave home, work on the railroad or marry a Gypsy. I think of a drifter around a fire with a tin cup under a bridge remembering a woman's hair. The song is a dream, a riddle and a prayer".

[@RalphDavis-qk2xy]

Also visions of our lady in New York harbor.

[@oppothumbs1]

I sort of dislike the chore of listening to most Tom Waits songs. But this is one of the greatest songs ever by Mr Dylan.

[@oppothumbs1]

Beautiful, Haunting, of his top 3 songs for me. So well sung, Bob modulates his voice well with his sandpaper vocals now smoother. An earnest voice takes one through a cryptic, surreal love letter to his then-wife, Sara (Lowlands) Lownds. Sara is sad about the state of Bob or is thinking of leaving him. Though Bob doesn't mention "love" in the song, we feel his love and obsession. Bob's obscure lyrics might confuse one unless one has some history of Sara. Sara has " a mercury mouth in the missionary times". Translation: she's silver-tongued and worked at the New York Times (Missionary Times). "Your flesh like silk, and your face like glass. With your silhouette when the sunlight dims Into your eyes where the moonlight swims And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns (she's writing down lyrics, like a wanna-be Dylan) Who among them would try to impress you?" Send this song in a time capsule to another universe more worthy than ours. Rating 10 PLus.

[@wendykenny7463]

Poss more Joan Baez than Sara ?

[@oppothumbs1]

@@wendykenny7463 Not positive but critics I've read never said Joan but say it's Joan for some other Dylan songs.

[@peterkoulouris8900]

I was 14 in 1966 when this album came out. I begged my mom to buy it for me. Thanks mom. I love you.

[@pauljnewmann]

And to think, the Beatles' Revolver, and a masterpiece called East-West by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band came out in the same year.

[@sanfordshultz1871]

I was 13 and I bought it on my own

[@stephknarr]

@@sanfordshultz1871 me too

[@justina7300]

@@pauljnewmann 3 Insanely timeless albums. Not to mention Pet Sounds as well. Great year for pushing the boundaries of music.

[@puri6546]

What a glorious year

[@markbroder]

Without doubt one of the greatest songs ever written. Never gets old. Gotta love Bob for giving the world so much beautiful music.

[@samuelhimmelstein3430]

I agree. It's impossible to write and perform a more beautiful song.

[@alastairkennedy7424]

Aye Mark, without a doubt. At the age he's at he produces an album as brilliant as Rough and Rowdy Ways. Only a true master can do that.

[@rossa31415]

Couldn’t agree more.

[@Jari120756]

So great! Whenever I drink alone, this song is the final piece. Tonight it happens in Warsaw. Thumbs up for Bob for all beautiful songs he has made!

[@pepefigue3603]

@@samuelhimmelstein3430

[@robynstevens2292]

This song alone, in my opinion, shows why he received the Nobel Prize for literature.

[@ferociousgumby]

This ranks with the greatest love poetry in the English language. How do I love thee? Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? With your silhouette, as the sunlight dims/Into your eyes, where the moonlight swims. . .

[@abigaillaufer2461]

Yes but still an SOB for not being gracious enough to accept it in person.

[@knockedoutloaded279]

​@@abigaillaufer2461he did accept it in person and write long speech on utube...

[@mrstambourinegirl397]

This along with visions of Johanna ❤

[@sylviecullen8299]

I've been listening to this track and all the others on Blonde on Blonde since I was 20 years old and I am now a young 70 years. I never tire of Bob!🤗🥰🧡👍🌻🌹💃

[@Bryanadamsmusicinc]

Hello dear, it’s nice meeting you on here.

[@anaamaya1946]

I am feeling the same as you!!!

[@esperanza5I]

Me too, Sylvie. Well, I'm 69, but every other word you said was the same for me.

[@duncanwcraig9668]

Bob is a legend. I’m in my mid fifties. What a joy for you to hear Bob from a younger time.

[@georgebennett3197]

"Oh you like Bob Dylan - what's your favourite track of his?" - "whatever track I'm listening to at the time!!"

[@dragomirmarinov3891]

The ones with blood on them

[@tenzinsmith]

This is maybe the most beautiful love song I’ve ever heard

[@TumblingDice47]

Another of Dylan's songs that helped me make it thru the year in Vietnam. Loved it then, love it now.

[@noradosmith]

Thank you for your service.

[@janetwebb1507]

Praise God you came back. Xxx

[@uwsgrrrl9981]

Thank you for your service.

[@theresakotas-akridge1418]

thank you for your Service. My husband was over there too, got blown up but survived. They put his face back together by using his high school picture. Confession, I had only heard Joan's version. Bob's is a sad story, Joan's is a tragedy

[@TumblingDice47]

@@theresakotas-akridge1418 Never heard Joan's version. So sorry about your husband. That had to be hard for both of you.

[@ivonneeppink1018]

played this at the funeralof my beloved partner. Being from the lowlands, The Netherlands, or Holland, this was his favorite song for me. So beautiful..

[@Wista201TvChannel]

😊😊I'm very pls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 👆 the song but when last did you play it

[@latitudeselongitudes1932]

Love the Netherlands,one of the countries i would live

[@dbradx]

I'm so sorry for your loss - but what a beautiful song to honour your partner with. Wishing you peace.

[@alphajava761]

Yes. I was very close to a women who is this song. She passed sadly as a young women. She was beautiful, intelligent and had it all but she came down with a fierce illness that took it's time. Neil Young's song World On A String reminds me of her also because she had it all but then it didn't matter anymore.

[@juancamacho5746]

With your mercury mouth in the missionary times And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes And your silver cross and your voice like chimes Oh, who do they think could bury you? With your pockets well-protected at last And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass And your flesh like silk and your face like glass Who could they get to carry you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums Should I put them by your gate, or sad-eyed lady, should I wait? With your sheets like metal and your belt like lace And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace And your basement clothes and your hollow face Who among them did think he could outguess you? With your silhouette when the sunlight dims Into your eyes where the moonlight swims And your matchbook songs and your gypsy hymns Who among them would try to impress you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums Should I put them by your gate, or sad-eyed lady, should I wait? The kings of Tyrus, with their convict list Are waiting in line for their geranium kiss And you wouldn't know it would have happened like this But who among them really wants just to kiss you? With your childhood flames on your midnight rug And your Spanish manners and your mother's drugs And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs Who among them do you think could resist you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums Should I leave them by your gate, or sad-eyed lady, should I wait? Oh, the farmers and the businessmen, they all did decide To show you where the dead angels are that they used to hide But why did they pick you to sympathize with their side? How could they ever mistake you? They wished you'd accepted the blame for the farm But with the sea at your feet and the phony false alarm And with the child of the hoodlum wrapped up in your arms How could they ever have persuaded you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man's come My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums Should I leave them by your gate, or sad-eyed lady, should I wait? With your sheet metal memory of Cannery Row And your magazine husband who one day just had to go And your gentleness now, which you just can't help but show Who among them do you think would employ you? Now you stand with your thief, you're on his parole With your holy medallion in your fingertips now enfold And your saintlike face and your ghostlike soul Who among them could ever think he could destroy you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums Should I leave them by your gate, or sad-eyed lady, should I wait?

[@davidhepple]

Thanks,Juan.

[@anyoldorion]

@@davidhepple I’ll second that🙋🏻‍♂️

[@nalmburnstein6793]

@@anyoldorion I'll third that. 🐯

[@janicelivett8892]

You curfew gloves and you stand with your’faith’

[@sharmanemaddigan5104]

PPP,

[@WirralWill]

Finally you can type a Bob Dylan song into KZbin and find the original. Quite shocking.

[@nicolafisher1782]

Why?

[@jimmyart007]

@@nicolafisher1782 For years Bob wasn't on KZbin at all, all you could get was shitty cover versions.

[@nidalamir9512]

@@jimmyart007 very true!

[@steelyman08]

Still missing far too many!! But I'll take the scraps thrown under the table (-;

[@NoNameEst1992]

I find it a little worrying, it maybe implies he sees the end is near and decided to give everyone access, I really hope not

[@mrsusan5672]

With your silhouette when the sunlight dims Into your eyes where the moonlight swims. This is poetry as much as it is music.

[@shaunwilson2537]

it's doggerel, but not that bad

[@Henry-Paget]

@@shaunwilson2537 Go touch grass and stop being a twat.

[@franciswinter4950]

Listening to this lovely song by Bob, and always have since 1967, it never ages, amongst us forever. Thank you Bob

[@afrojack9061]

Man oh man This Song just Takes me into another World.......anyone else.? Or am I alone?

[@sh230968]

I hope we are not alone in this.

[@teijoniemisto4472]

You are not alone, I love it!

[@johnnyb.9807]

You are alone! Just kidding.... 😅

[@AlwaysOpera]

I remember sitting in my college dorm in the UK the day this album was released. I couldn't stop listening to this track. Still gives me the shivers. Way better than drugs.

[@morriskiihnl6826]

yes. you are in another world, so are we all when we listen to bob

[@maxout7306]

May I print as the late Paul Nelson (critic) wrote in 1966; Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands renders any commentator completely helpless again: What can one possibly say that can even hope to evoke the greatness and beauty of this song? One of the loveliest Dylan has ever written, an exquisite, almost religious portrait of a girl, it is told in images so delicate and incredibly tender that one stands as awe-struck and be-numbered before it as dose the singer before the girl. This celebration of woman as work of art, religious figure, and object of eternal majesty and wonder takes Dylan almost fifteen minutes to perform, yet its impact is so concentrated that the listener is unaware that more than four or five minutes have passed. These lines are among the most beautiful in any Dylan song: "With your childhood flames on your midnight rug/And your Spanish manners and your mother’s drugs/And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs/Who among them do you think could resist you?" Thank you for uploading. Liked.

[@TongGhorTalkies]

Lovely!! In this pandemic time Bob Dylan's song is an inspiration till now. I think you will love that one >> kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZaUnYiloppqh7M

[@davidbeyer6027]

so true. this is one artist whose soul is always raw and tender and full of such spiritual grace that no one can criticize without sounding arrogant and stupid

[@maxout7306]

@@davidbeyer6027 Good point and worth remembering.

[@janicelivett8892]

It's curfew gloves

[@napoleoninrags3050]

@@janicelivett8892 Check out www.bobdylan.com/songs/sad-eyed-lady-lowlands/ and I'll think you will find that it's "plugs".

[@paulkarafillis8166]

No matter how many times you listen to it, you need to hear it again. Thanks Bob.

[@cowboykelly6590]

Wow That is so True.

[@danielgiraud2854]

Paul Karafillis, vous avez parfaitement raison !

[@georgebennett3197]

Paul - that's such a simple statement - and yet so true!

[@danielgiraud2854]

@@georgebennett3197 , on se connait ?

[@avinavdoonga2429]

True

[@wendyeschbach7319]

Yes this is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever had privilege to hear.

[@peterfinn1160]

Possibly the best song he ever wrote/sung... Beautiful poetry, superb backing group, and full of feelings, take me back!!

[@flora4908]

Yeah… so much more than a song. A mood a trip a journey that gently brings you home again

[@katherinehowlett2676]

We love you Bob! We grew up with uyou!❤

[@judithlehman9122]

I had my babies and cleaned house to BOB DYLAN music. My children grew up with DYLAN music and Tom Waites. Made them better men for the influences.

[@DaveSCameron]

😂❤

[@DaveSCameron]

@malakinga Good Good to hear that that and best wishes with it all it all from Liverpool UK 🇬🇧 📚 🔥

[@judithbrown24]

Totally agree. I danced my sleepless baby boys to Dylans song. Named my youngest after him. He's proud of his name

[@dragomirmarinov3891]

I once assembled a bed to Bob Dylan's music in the middle of the night. An indelible memory forever.

[@PedroCucuchucho]

The Kinks are very recommendable also.

[@jackwendigo6541]

This channel is dumping so many classics. Finally, Bob Dylan is coming to KZbin!

[@TolkienStudy]

Jack RW Yes!

[@nikkifisher1998]

Absolutely fucking amazing. & thank you very much from my heartfelt thanks and my grateful eyes, My long list limbs and my tired hands Sad eyed person should you wait.

[@nikkifisher1998]

La belle dame sans merci at sans. reproche Elle vous attend Sans Las sutures

[@RaxOldies]

About time I say !! Great.

[@gregoryswift9573]

Long overdue.

[@peteberwick]

I was on tour in Wisconsin and Minnesota and strolling along Lake Michigan, killing a few moments before my first show in a coffee house in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, for about ten people. I made $12 in tips, which was my only payment other than a sandwich. However, the bonus of this gig was full use of the apartment above the venue-a complimentary place to sleep while on the road is as good as money-which came fully stocked with beer, bratwursts, two bedrooms, and a record collection to die for. I smoked some really good weed I had brought along, cracked a cold beer, and listened to Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde. As I slumped onto the couch and got more and more stoned, Dylan never sounded so real and pure to me. It was a combination of many things: I was back on the road, and I'd just had a great gig to a small but very enthusiastic audience, half of them snatching up my CDs; I had a room for the night above a coffee house; and what could be more Dylan-esque than singing in and then sleeping above a coffee house? I had the answer-the fact that my next gig was the following night in another coffee house, this time in Duluth, Minnesota, where Bobby was born. I played the double album over and over, and as Dylan crooned "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands," I once again had that living-the-dream feeling, as if I were flying, as if this life was too good to be real.

[@rumpstatefiasco]

Something about Traveling allows the universe flow free with amazing synchronicities. Thank you for the preservation of your crystalline moment.

[@dennisjones2329]

Bob Dylan provided a song track for my life from age 14 to 76. I am lucky my cousin gave me his first album in 1963.

[@juliev940]

What a beautiful and honest story. I played some of his songs in 1979 in a solo gig playing my old Martin D-18. "The farmers and the businessmen they all did decide to show you where the dead angles are that they used to hide." The line is so beautiful.

[@gary2463]

Thanks for showing up on earth Mr. Dylan. We did nothing to deserve you and yet here we are...

[@walrusthepriest4718]

Not many songs move me. But this song more then moved me. It is the most beautiful piece of music and the most enchanting piece of poetry I have ever heard. It has gotten me out of many writers blocks, and has influenced a number of my own songs. Just pure beauty. 'Tears burn in my eyes.'

[@marilenetala3050]

@walrusthepriest 4718. Hello. What beautiful and wise and true words...... . This song is really enchanting. I love B. Dylan. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@PatrikLowe]

There's a lot of music I like, but Bob Dylan honestly moves me in a way few others do!

[@lorenzodini5335]

"Should I leave them by your gate Or, sad eyed lady, should i wait?" These words stab me right in my heart. Thank you, Bob.

[@mohtoadh]

What stabs me in the heart is "And your saint-like face, and your ghost-like soul; who among them could ever think he could destroy you?"

[@imannonymous7707]

Dang gotta change my comment lol should have checked more

[@imannonymous7707]

@@mohtoadh ya that is deep , nice

[@danielgiraud2854]

Lorenzo Dini, oh comme je te comprends... pour les auditeurs français : commencez, pendant la 1ère année, à écouter sa voix sans chercher à comprendre la signification des mots pour vous abreuver de la large palette des émotions générées par sa voix unique et nasillarde, puis pendant les 5 années qui suivent, mettez-vous au travail pour "essayer" de comprendre sa poésie fulgurante et riche d'une imagerie sans pareille et propre à l'univers de Dylan. Mais ne tentez pas de "comprendre" avec ce cartésianisme propre aux français. Nous sommes dans un autre monde.... C'est le discours que je tenais à mon professeur d'anglais en 1966.

[@angelicaluce3230]

I been listening to Bobby since the early 60's - my heart is FULL A HOLES

[@pratibhathakur1240]

I pet my cat while listening to this. We both enjoy this thoroughly.

[@stephanlarsen8169]

It's funny how we can pet... Massage our buddies in rhythm and time moon to music. Channel the spirit. Jah Herb from Tucson Arizona Sonoran 🏜️ desert 🍄🌵🇯🇲🇺🇸🇸🇪 Afro Viking 🇬🇳 rastafari Africa Ethiopia Addis Ababa Selassie I.. one planet one people one love... 🌵

[@MatteottiOtto]

oh my god, 45 years after my first listen of this ballad, still give me shivers

[@michaelmiller7160]

Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands Beautiful, Haunting. So well sung, Bob knows how to modulate his voice now; the sandpaper is smoother or the production is. An earnest voice takes one through a cryptic surreal love letter to his then-wife, Sara (Lowlands) Lownds. Though Bob doesn't mention "love" in the song, we feel his love and obsession in the present, past, and future for Sara, though Bob's ever-present obscurities might confuse you unless you have some history of Sara. Sara has " a mercury mouth in the missionary times". Well, she's silver-tongues and worked at the New York Times (missionary times). "Your flesh like silk, and your face like glass. With your silhouette when the sunlight dims Into your eyes where the moonlight swims And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns (she's writing down lyrics, like a wanna-be Dylan) Who among them would try to impress you?" Send this song in a time capsule to another universe just in case our little world falls apart and we are dancing in the dark to ruins we create or maybe we improve a notch and climb a rung up to desolation row.

[@barbarasouthworth9251]

Bob Dylan - Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands.This song leaves me speechless. Your voice and words are heavenly. Thank you.

[@susanflanagan9159]

One of Dylan’s best tracks,He’s a genius

[@c0ckmaster647]

@BobDylan-privbro thinks he is bob dylan

[@jamesgreenldn]

@BobDylan-privJudas!

[@harvey20c]

I really never heard this song before and then I heard Roger Waters talking to Howard Stern about it. So, I was glad to see Dylan's stuff is finally on KZbin. Listened to it a few times, felt ok about it, have kept listening and listening, after about the 15th listen, the hair on my arms started to stand up. This song is absolutely incredible.

[@RobertWCox-sj3qk]

There is a previous song on Highway 61 Revisited that is like a prequel...Desolation Row.... check it out sometime, you can see the evolution, i think, in Dylan's writing/song style was going between these albums, I think, could be wrong, but I got a lot out of these two ballads from the 60's, till now still.............

[@SweetParadise68]

This is like listening to it for the first time again. One of the best songs he ever wrote.

[@garrylinahan4057]

I agree.... but maybe one of hundreds of genius songs this guy wrote.

[@torvilasulvstle362]

Was 17 yrs. living in a hut, working in Oslo, Norway, saving up to buy that LP, listening to it in a freezing bedroom! Those were the days!

[@kirklandau2826]

This is without a doubt, hands down, Dylan's definitive magnum opus. The most profound essence of Dylan's artistry reached its highest or purest form in this masterpiece... an elusive, yearning apotheosis of the spectors of beauty, eternity, and ambiguity which haunt every facet of the puzzle of life. The Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands is an archetypal feminine vision which unites those three spectors as simply different aspects of the same transcendental essence which forms the interconnectivity of the human experience . The poetic and musical journey that Bob Dylan originally embarked on reached its ultimate destination with this song, hence why it also signaled the conclusion/end of his mythical artist phase in his career

[@torvilasulvstle362]

@@kirklandau2826 Agreed, Kirk, agreed!

[@RobertWCox-sj3qk]

it have been decades since I sat down and listened straight thru, I cant believe I am at the end.....

[@franktaylor2986]

We all were witness to him, and these words were strung together....and still I will never understand how a mortal entering their 20's could tap into our universal sufferings and come away with this, and other hymns. So, having seen him many times, and having access to his vast body of work, I will just spend what time we have and dive in deep. Thank you Bob, via con dios

[@lindsayives4915]

❤😢yr words so perfectly put

[@madhubansingh2670]

Thank you so much for this beautiful comment! This Shakespearean poet has managed to reach a point, a peak that no one else managed to do it before him. A timeless genius of music, poetry and lyrics and literature all rolled into one bohemian, prophetic body of work.

[@agedrockgod]

Happy 80th Robert Zimmerman, what a legacy. It still reduces me to tears after all these years.

[@iangreen2260]

One of the best songs of all time...staying up for days in the Chelsea hotel writing sad eyed lady of the lowlands for you.. true love cheers bob...

[@edenbrando5637]

I don't know if it's memories of my dad or the genius of Bob that brings tears each time.. I believe it's both. 💗💗🌹

[@alessandromartina644]

some believe it was for Joan@mickstanding5311

[@galdylan]

One of the best songs ever written and performed. Nobody can write and perform like this

[@gronkmusic7973]

Mystical, mysterious song. It's like a spell.

[@lolaalonso6770]

Con tu boca de mercurio en los tiempos misioneros With your mercury mouth in the missionary times Y tus ojos como humo y tus oraciones como rimas And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes Y tu cruz de plata y tu voz como campanadas And your silver cross and your voice like chimes Oh, ¿quién creen que podría enterrarte? Oh, who do they think could bury you? Con tus bolsillos por fin bien protegidos With your pockets well-protected at last Y tus visiones de tranvía que colocas sobre la hierba And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass Y tu carne como seda y tu cara como cristal And your flesh like silk and your face like glass ¿A quién podrían conseguir para que te lleve? Who could they get to carry you? Señora de las tierras bajas de ojos tristes Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Donde el profeta de ojos tristes dice que ningún hombre viene Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes Mis ojos de almacén, mis tambores árabes. My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums ¿Debo dejarlos junto a tu puerta, o señora de ojos tristes, debo esperar? Should I put them by your gate, or sad-eyed lady, should I wait? Con tus sábanas como metal y tu cinturón como encaje With your sheets like metal and your belt like lace Y a tu baraja de cartas le faltan la jota y el as And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace Y tu ropa de sótano y tu cara hueca And your basement clothes and your hollow face ¿Quién de ellos pensó que podía adivinarte? Who among them did think he could outguess you? Con tu silueta cuando la luz del sol se oscurece With your silhouette when the sunlight dims En tus ojos donde nada la luz de la luna Into your eyes where the moonlight swims Y tus canciones de cerillas y tus himnos gitanos And your matchbook songs and your gypsy hymns ¿Quién de ellos intentaría impresionarte? Who among them would try to impress you? Señora de las tierras bajas de ojos tristes Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Donde el profeta de ojos tristes dice que ningún hombre viene Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes Mis ojos de almacén, mis tambores árabes. My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums ¿Debo dejarlos junto a tu puerta, o señora de ojos tristes, debo esperar? Should I put them by your gate, or sad-eyed lady, should I wait? Los reyes de Tiro, con su lista de presos. The kings of Tyrus, with their convict list Están esperando en la fila por su beso de geranio. Are waiting in line for their geranium kiss Y no sabrías que hubiera sucedido así And you wouldn't know it would have happened like this ¿Pero quién de ellos realmente quiere besarte? But who among them really wants just to kiss you? Con las llamas de tu infancia en tu alfombra de medianoche With your childhood flames on your midnight rug Y tus modales españoles y las drogas de tu madre. And your Spanish manners and your mother's drugs Y tu boca de vaquero y tus tapones de toque de queda And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs ¿Quién de ellos crees que podría resistirte? Who among them do you think could resist you? Señora de las tierras bajas de ojos tristes Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Donde el profeta de ojos tristes dice que ningún hombre viene Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes Mis ojos de almacén, mis tambores árabes. My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums ¿Debo dejarlos junto a tu puerta, o señora de ojos tristes, debo esperar? Should I leave them by your gate, or sad-eyed lady, should I wait? Oh, los agricultores y los empresarios, todos decidieron Oh, the farmers and the businessmen, they all did decide Para mostrarte dónde están los ángeles muertos que solían esconder To show you where the dead angels are that they used to hide ¿Pero por qué te eligieron para simpatizar con su bando? But why did they pick you to sympathize with their side? ¿Cómo podrían alguna vez confundirte? How could they ever mistake you? Desearon que hubieras aceptado la culpa de la granja. They wished you'd accepted the blame for the farm Pero con el mar a tus pies y la falsa falsa alarma But with the sea at your feet and the phony false alarm Y con el niño del matón envuelto en tus brazos And with the child of the hoodlum wrapped up in your arms ¿Cómo podrían haberte persuadido alguna vez? How could they ever have persuaded you? Señora de las tierras bajas de ojos tristes Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Donde el profeta de ojos tristes dice que nadie ha venido Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man's come Mis ojos de almacén, mis tambores árabes. My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums ¿Debo dejarlos junto a tu puerta, o señora de ojos tristes, debo esperar? Should I leave them by your gate, or sad-eyed lady, should I wait? Con tu recuerdo de chapa de Cannery Row With your sheet metal memory of Cannery Row Y tu marido de revista que un día tuvo que irse. And your magazine husband who one day just had to go Y tu gentileza ahora, que no puedes evitar mostrar And your gentleness now, which you just can't help but show ¿Quién de ellos crees que te contrataría? Who among them do you think would employ you? Ahora apoyas a tu ladrón, estás en libertad condicional Now you stand with your thief, you're on his parole Con tu santo medallón en la punta de tus dedos ahora envuelve With your holy medallion in your fingertips now enfold Y tu rostro de santo y tu alma de fantasma And your saintlike face and your ghostlike soul ¿Quién de ellos podría pensar que podría destruirte? Who among them could ever think he could destroy you? Señora de las tierras bajas de ojos tristes Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Donde el profeta de ojos tristes dice que ningún hombre viene Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes Mis ojos de almacén, mis tambores árabes. My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums ¿Debo dejarlos junto a tu puerta, o señora de ojos tristes, debo esperar? Should I leave them by your gate, or sad-eyed lady, should I wait?

[@angelicaluce3230]

From the first guitar riffs - the first breath of the mouth harp - I'm enraptured by the mystic SPELL of this song. It's so powerful and MYSTERIOUS - I'm taken back, body and soul, to THAT DAY when I first heard it!. I had the "record player" on REPEAT for FOUR HOURS!! It was the early 60's - I was just a kid - but I've NEVER in my whole life had such a MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE from a "record". In a way, it was "the beginning" of the rest of my life. Thank You Bobby!

[@RobertWCox-sj3qk]

1966, but your are correct, truly a Mystical Experience, and the strange part is, each of us thought we were the only one to get it............

[@Wista201TvChannel]

😊😊I'm very pls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 👆 the song but when last did you play it

[@angelicaluce3230]

@@Wista201TvChannel March 27, 2021 - TODAY! - God Bless You Bobby! and GodBless You James

[@ldm10385]

As a completely immortal 15 yr. old, I was totally enthralled and mesmerized by "Blonde on Blonde". I lay for hours on the floor with stereo speakers at each ear. I wept each time I played this song.

[@angelicaluce3230]

@@ldm10385 Hello to a fellow weeper! It was in Toronto. I was friends with a Canadian artist and was staying with him at his new "pad". He had bought an OLD BANK. He had his living quarters at one end - and a "studio" at the other end, where he would paint. He LOVED music - had turned the ancient BANK VAULT into a "music" room. It was a ROUND ROOM specially built that way for the bank - to house "deposit boxes" for clients' rare jewels and their Wills and other precious things that people keep in vaults The whole thing was so WEIRD - there was this HUGE OAK DOOR that would SLAM shut when you went in. Suddenly you were in this enclosed space - another WORLD - now a MUSIC ROOM! The STAGE was SET for LISTENING. Graham said "I have to go out for a while. But I just bought this new album - why don't you listen to it while I'm gone". As I said before, this was the beginning of the rest of my life! "I lay for hours on the floor with stereo speakers at each ear. I wept each time I played this song". I'm 78 now - and I just thought this song would be PERFECT for my funeral! "Knock knock knocking at HEAVEN's DOOR! GodBless You Larry

[@nitropost]

Used to put this on the old record player when going to bed that would stop itself off, was the best way that ever was to get to sleep and wake up whit a good feeling........20 then 70 now!

[@42awww]

Same story. Except, the first week I owned the album I met a girl the first week of high school. She was so different, and lived a mile away which may as well been the moon! Anyway, I loved this girl for 13 years and likely to this day. But she was my sad-eyed lady and she would always sign every card she gave me the same. I miss her, but she is happily married and kids etc...But I get the record player thing!

[@kathykralovich9634]

Never has there been an artist that touches me like Dylan. It's been a lifetime for me, and sadly I know there will never be another who puts lyrics into melodies or vice versa. Who can really know? Thanks Bob, you made eccentricities not so fearful to me, or far away.

[@kurrykobay9684]

Did the same thing but put it on tape. Everyone has a memory of a girl that you put in this song and remember.

[@gillianfayreid6727]

@@kathykralovich9634llove bob Dylan l lived through the hippy sixties in england the seventies and then came with my ex husband to south africa during apartheid l wanted to go back but saw l could do so much here to change lives l am now seventy five and remember bob and his life changing songs l loved and still play today ❤thank you bob for ever Gillian fay ❤

[@BarryLyndon2023]

Truly one of the most astonishing songs ever written.

[@michaelmiller2397]

just how great of an artistic work is this? Way up there among the greatest IMHO

[@iamd.j.7590]

Quite possibly the most epic ending to an album ever?

[@Jerry11201]

imagine having the 4th side of a masterpiece entirely dedicated to you.

[@imannonymous7707]

Great comments

[@papa-ql3xb]

Quite possibly one of the most epic ALBUMS of all time!

[@tad1980]

Or maybe Desolation Row ending Highway 61

[@JL-zt6ld]

@@tad1980 totally... both yo. Perfect as is. Cream o' the crop.

[@runarafique5255]

My nine year old daughter listens to this song over and over again. I wonder is she even knows the meanings of half the words, but she does listen to this over and over again.

[@Wista201TvChannel]

😊😊I'm very pls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 ✅the song but when last did you play it

[@bobdylan1561]

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[@dougrobbins5367]

That's cool

[@madhubansingh2670]

And slowly everything will sink in and then she will love and admire Bob Dylan even more. You are such a good parent that you let her listen to it again and again. ❤

[@DavidMac-o1q]

maybe she justs love the song its poetry with a great tune

[@mhairiwoods2337]

I can listen to this a hundred times a day ,it's addictive☹️💕

[@jessiegoodman9513]

My Father, a Vietnam Veteran, and among the Angels now, loved to play this song every time we spent time together. I swear this is one of Bob's best songs yet.

[@larrylinn8589]

Back in 1969, when I went out into the field as a common 11B infantryman, the guys in my unit asked me what was new in the States. The country was very divided at the time, both here and there. I told them that Bob Dylan just had a duet entitled “Girl from the North Country”. I do not recall whom was more upset.

[@marias.595]

Jessica Goodman ❤️

[@marias.595]

Larry Linn ❤️

[@rob7hg]

Dear Jessica . . . I was in country (Vietnam) in 1971 and I'm sorry for your loss. There are no words other then your father is now safely home.

[@JohnC-ic4js]

Jessie, I'm so happy you were able to spend time with your Father. I'm an old Vietnam veteran. I have enjoyed spending time with my children. And someday I too will take my place alongside those who went before me. Bob Dylan and a few others were a great comfort to me in those days and in the days which followed those days.

[@milesjolly6173]

This is why Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature, the man is a poet. This is one of my favourites of his songs.

[@teijoniemisto4472]

He is the Shakespeare of our time!

[@paulianttila880]

Mine too.This is hypnotic. Switch the lights off before going to bed (to sleep or to make love) and put this on auto-repeat!

[@AA-sn9lz]

@Will Lawson right, he's miles ahead of Shakespeare lol

[@hueyp.newton2619]

He may be a poet but he's not a great poet, this is a great song it is not particularly great poetry.

[@thomasmcgorry2176]

Idiots. This is not Shakespeare,this is as insightful as the great poet.

[@louosquiles9040]

He wrote this beautiful song for his first wife sarah and when you hear this song you know that he is talking about her and you can hear it in his voice how much he love her and its one of the most beautiful love song ever

[@markhunter8554]

Lowlands was obviously a play on words of her surname Lownds.

[@codspollocks2473]

Sara

[@peacetrain3320]

Ok, here’s my confession. This album and this song is what started everything for me. It’s why I am what I am.

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

What are you?

[@blacksages]

@@cockoffgewgle4993 void, only void, at the atomic level

[@janetwebb1507]

God Bless you xxx

[@sterlingceballo4794]

We all are

[@akenaton1984]

Me too. :)

[@melanievanzandt]

With your silhouette when the sunlight dims Into your eyes where the moonlight swims.... I love that bit and the way he sings it...

[@deyanawoolley8993]

I like how he sings “sillhouette” ❤

[@melanievanzandt]

@@deyanawoolley8993 With Bob it can be just one word!❤️❤️

[@jameslyons3320]

My favorite line!

[@juliev940]

The line is poetry on a great level. It's picturesque and really great.

[@melanievanzandt]

@@juliev940 I’ve been listening to Bob all my life because my mum’s been into him from the beginning. As a little kid listening to his words I could create whole worlds in my head with amazing imagery almost like a story book with pictures. Songs like Gates of Eden, for a kid, were mind blowing.

[@dominicklauria8535]

"........and your deck of cards missing the Jack and the Ace......" Love it! Been a Dylan fan forever.

[@jimboucher6894]

Any young musicians who are not inspired, by Bob Dylan, are in the wrong line of work.

[@marilynhigginbotham1429]

Absolutely 💯 correct 👍

[@marilynhigginbotham1429]

There is this young man who audition on American idol and his first song was a song by Bob Dylan, he is awesome he has done CCR, Bob Marley and Bob Dylan songs so far and the judges are blowed away by his talent and Lionel Richie is one of the judges and he says he is Bob reincarnated he even plays the harmonica and guitar the same way, if you haven't already seen him his name is Arthur Gunn and AI comes on Sunday nights at 7pm I hope you enjoy watching this young man as much as I do, PS stay safe and God bless!

[@jaybeejon]

So true, but Dylan's work isn't work is it, it's a sublime creation of poetry, melancholy, and stunning melodies and THE most amazing voice which just, fits!

[@AA-sn9lz]

All musicians are inspired by Bob Dylan. They just don't know it. Their heroes were certainly inspired by Bob Dylan.

[@rossbarnett3759]

Dylan is a one off. He seems to be adored by all musicians as they follow him. why him. how him. Full of story. Full of verse a variety of meanings. Genious yes. Nobody else is there. One off.

[@richardloring7545]

I took a H cure near big ben...And the methadost bell bit always reminds me...london riots at time 2012 I think...worked....just gotten thru

[@scottm9830]

I'm sure that opinion will vary wildly, but for my money, Blonde on Blonde is Dylan's greatest album....A masterpiece!

[@jackwright6679]

Some weeks I’d agree with this. Some i’d rank it no where near 1st. That’s what’s amazing about Dylan. Surely right now this album has been the only thing im listening to. A masterpiece indeed.

[@bendrescher7185]

His best three albums are definitely Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61, and Blood on the Tracks. Blonde on Blonde is probably my favorite out of the three, but they are all amazing.

[@jackwright6679]

Ben Drescher I think if I were to only be able to hear one album for the rest of my life it would have to be Blood on the Tracks.

[@bendrescher7185]

Jack Wright yeah I would never get tired of Blood on the Tracks.

[@northe69]

Depends on how you feel, favorite Dylan song or album favorite can switch up and down 😂 Love this album

[@jannybabe21]

The harmonica is almost an embrace.

[@EduEspinozaDuran]

My cellphone is crying.

[@ricardocolon5987]

The fact that this was all done in one take still astonishes me, without a doubt the greatest closing track to an album ever.

[@manticore2580]

It wasn't done in one take. There is an earlier take that is uploaded on YOU TUBE.

[@eldano99]

except maybe desolation row!

[@liamsteen1281]

@@manticore2580 You're correct about this not being take one, but I think the point was that there was no editing or overdubbing made. This whole 11 minute track is one live take.

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

I've always enjoyed Blonde on Blonde the most, because it's a double and it seems to have a lot variety on it, it has great instrumentation with the back band and it has some of Dylan's most visionary lyrics, it feels like straight literature, like a well made novel.

[@Meine.Postma]

@@hippiecheezburger5457 Also one of the most druggy albums he did when he was as good as burnt out. Masterpiece.

[@Danielle7208]

Wonderful, magical, poetic, sweet and soothing song …! I have always loved that song so much , plus my baby grand daughter always stops crying when I play that song , it is like a lullaby, it makes her sleep, soothed and reassured , just magically ! 🥰

[@franktaylor2986]

babies know things

[@rainzohav2181]

I played and San parts of it my baby girl and son also to help him to go to sleep. 😊

[@ebuya.14]

My Dad used to sing it to me every night as a lullaby.

[@magicjoeblack5761]

We are not worthy. Happy 80th Maestro. Seriously and inexplicably incredible work of total and utter genius.

[@mikecrawford6010]

It was a great day for music when Al kooper crashed Bob Dylan's recording session

[@Jrue61]

Dylan doesn't get enough credit for his genius harmonica playing.

[@davidpeightal4918]

Really? no bigger Dylan fan than me. but...

[@Poetically_Incorrect]

Jesus it's gotta be the best day in youtube history.

[@aidanmcnamara3304]

absolutely correct.

[@libbyshipman9607]

You are referring to KZbin's buying/absorbing VEVO while letting them keep their brand? So, VEVO users still think they've beat KZbin while KZbin users believe they're still getting something for free?

[@volfskihagenn8206]

@@libbyshipman9607 Adblock, and everything is free.

[@littlehorhey5285]

Bubba Grits typical smart arse. Concepts of common persist beyond the 15th century; though your use of profanity surely is no indicator of commonality. You ought to work on how you decide to speak to and address people. It’s nothing but good wisdom, that you should not walk around with a chip on your shoulder. There’s a good chance you are intelligent, and have something to contribute to discussions. But there is also the question of conduct, and how you choose to comport yourselfs. Those virtues - or lack thereof - are independent of your intelligence, and deserve as much attention; don’t be consumed by ego, albeit as easy as that is. If all you do is vainly attempt to assert your intellectual superiority, and do so aggressively, you become ill and disproportionately developed. Pay more attention for those things about your humanity that are beyond the control of your intellect, for it is they that determine your quality, and as a result how others view you and treat you.

[@littlehorhey5285]

Bubba Grits contrivance isn’t right. Values and qualities are reasoned, and rationalised. To say that all are ‘contrived’ is cynical. All values derive from human beings, but are you ,therefore, suggesting that all values are equally right or wrong? It’s reasonable to suggest that, across the vast span of time, certain values have proved objectivity superior and more veracious than others. The point about development doesn’t refer to age. Anyone, at any time in their life will need to adjust their behaviour at some moment, reorientating it toward something more moral. Nor am I suggesting to conform to people’s wishes. There will be times when you can be as polite as ever and you shall still recieve scorn. You don’t uphold politesse and respect for them, you do it for something which you hold as more important than your impulses. Remember, I wasn’t actually crticising your choice of language. That’s your business, just as my language is mine. I pointed out that your particular reply was unworthy of a decent and civil person. And we all do things that are that, you can think of other people’s opinions as potential indicators of areas where you got things wrong - and most assuredly we all do that. I certainly don’t fee scandalised by your language. I view exchanges like this, not as debates, but as reflections on choices, as you mentioned. What we chose to do is important, and we make so many that it’s hard to keep track. But it’s always worth being frank about as many choices you make as you can; don’t make excuses for them, simply be sober in the face of them. It isn’t an attack on you, but a critique of choice. Sensible and rationalised critques of choices is how a society becomes moral (or, in rare occasions, remains moral). If all people judge all actions with useful and good values, people’s behaviour changes. I believe every person has a responsibility to do this within their own lives. Meaningful changes on a collective scale can only begin as limited changes in the individual.

[@scaffolder12345]

I,ve been listening to this album for 40 years and im still lost .

[@collinbutt8741]

only 40 - wow - i bought it in 1966 !!!

[@RobertWCox-sj3qk]

go to Slow Train Comin' and You should get it

[@Ernesteg]

This just mesmerisers me, rivalled only by the lyrics of “Desolation Row”

[@kingkoalaproductions3912]

Yes both 11 minute masterpieces!

[@MustafaAshah-el9nc]

@@kingkoalaproductions3912 and chimes of freedom

[@mikebolding1145]

Man you r so right

[@stephanieconticchio1591]

Agree!

[@knockedoutloaded279]

And tempest..

[@martinrobins4936]

I'm proud to call him the great poet of my generation. Goosebumps and memories.

[@aminekoob2109]

Thank you dad for your great taste in music cause i followed your path

[@petercordwell2258]

Well done, Dad. Think I did the same for my two wonderful boys (now 44 and 41!)

[@MattHibbard1993]

Same

[@marilynhigginbotham1429]

I agree 💯 my dad had great music taste aswell 👍

[@rr7firefly]

When I first heard this song it was everything in the world to me. Completely engrossed in it. When it was over I just lay on my bed stunned. I could not imagine any song coming close to matching it. This sort of thing does not happen all that often: it really made a big impression.

[@freecakesandale]

I really need to lay on my bed and listen to this, loud, on headphones....ooh, I'm looking forward to it!

[@rr7firefly]

@@freecakesandale Hey, take care of your eardrums! No reason to need hearing aids before middle age (I have sibs who did that with regret). Brian Eno once said that at lower levels of volume you can often hear more stuff in the music.

[@RalphDavis-qk2xy]

So many great comments here. Thanks all.

[@johngunter9171]

Al's organ is so great throughout Blonde. I think his best playing ever.

[@galindopro]

One of the most haunting songs ever written.

[@440pierce]

You are absolutely spot-on

[@salihscully4984]

COLAPSO it cripples me every time 😢

[@AlwaysOpera]

Totally agree!

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

the music can be so many different things, there is so many different emotions and moods in the background and the imagery in the words is one of his best.

[@aquariusverus8770]

Yes the most haunting ever written

[@davidphelps2121]

Saaaad Eyyed Laaady ooooof the Looooooowlaaaands.......what imagery and phrasing! Nobel Prizes are won composing timeless jewels of this caliber! Btw Happy Belated 78th trip around the Sun Mr. Dylan 05/24/1941!

[@robertlovespi6075]

Now it's more like Early 79th.

[@jeanpierrelecoz6850]

@@robertlovespi6075 And he still is highly creative !!!!!

[@davidbeyer6027]

holy mary mother of god ...thank you

[@440pierce]

Epic, epic - nothing captures melancholy like this ode; nobody - nobody - can do what he can

[@michaelmcnulty3097]

This hymn is so personal no covers come close to this

[@davidparry8514]

it's almost too personal to listen to, he comes clean

[@danielgiraud2854]

Sam Waugh, you're perfectly right !

[@latitudeselongitudes1932]

Yes,overwhelming sadness

[@Alanoffer]

I was 16 when this came out , somehow I managed to be born to be a teenager in one of the greatest decades ever , and now an old man in one of the worst ,

[@barbaraserrat7809]

This is a normal feeling, otherwise there would be no place for the young ones. Bei grateful for the good times you have passed when you where young. Take this advice from a 73 Year old one🥰

[@lindsayives4915]

I too and agree 😘

[@geradpelletier478]

So did you vote ? For the idiot president ? Who is controlled by the transgenders and China?

[@geradpelletier478]

Then why are you complaining

[@badbadmanly903]

Me too, brother, me too.

[@weedzy1952]

It's one of the best Dylan songs/lyrics ever! I still have and play this double vinyl album.

[@Bryanadamsmusicinc]

Hello dear, it’s nice meeting you on here.

[@michaelmiller7160]

@@Bryanadamsmusicinc Care for a third? kid.

[@RoyFive]

This song could have gone on for hours and I would never get bored.

[@cliveconboy2821]

I recorded this song 3 times on one side of a cassette because it’s not long enough and I didn’t want it to end.

[@marilenetala3050]

@RoyFive. Neither would I

[@marilenetala3050]

@RoyFive. Never would I !!!!!. I love B. Dylan's voice, songs and the lot !

[@kenhoyer8601]

Yeah, kind of puts you in a trance.

[@crabanna]

My father thought it did when yelling at me to turn it down back in the day....now 73❤❤❤

[@peter2010900]

Dear God ~ thank you for Bob Dylan

[@13Aureille]

The music, the melody, the voice, the words...

[@danielgiraud2854]

OOuuiiiiii !!!

[@petecampbell6117]

And the band!

[@Hankjones1]

I rolled many a joint on the inside cover of this album😂

[@leighgoldstein3119]

can you imagine.....a whole vinyl recording with just 1 amazing song taking up 1 whole side?? A work of art.

[@catherinehutchinson6099]

It’s hard to breathe whilst listening to this beautifully written love offering to Sara... it brings back so many memories throughout my life.

[@Bryanadamsmusicinc]

Hello dear, it’s nice meeting you on here.

[@dixiepena514]

Oh my gosh,this man has a way to say things that is so imaginative and creative that leaves you speechless!

[@NeptuneCityRocker]

I think u sum up Mr. Dylan pretty well!

[@danielgiraud2854]

Dixie Pena, you're perfectly right !

[@thedolphin5428]

A lot of commenters below bung on about Dylan's prowess in poetry, comparing him to other greats (eg, Shakespeare). But what many ignore is that he is a SINGER/SONGWRITER -- which means he scripted the *poetry* PLUS wrote a *melody and chordal structure* perfectly suited to each poem PLUS *sang all those elements* in his inimitable style, such that the final product is far far greater than any dry old piece of written poetry. His sung phasing, intonation, his very voice tone is one with the poetry ... unlike any other poet.

[@Rudy.C]

And that mouth harp!!!

[@regnalsel]

Leonard Cohen Hallelujah!

[@calebbasile2219]

I love how the song title is a play on words of his wife’s maiden name Lownds (LowLAnds). Bob as the hopeless romantic, I imagine his glee when he discovered this little nickname to charm her with.

[@amycarmickle2552]

The most romantic and inspired songs ever written If a man ever wrote a song like this for me, I would have to marry him. Timeless and thoughtful.

[@terrancegeneeha1577]

Only Bob can accomplish that feat. I love your comment though. Always wishing to find a lady who loves Dylan as much as me.

[@carlbennaton9840]

÷what ever made her change her mind ?

[@ferociousgumby]

I think I DID marry him. I took an anthropology class once and we found out that some mystical women have "spirit husbands". You can have one of these on the side and not cheat, BTW.

[@jakeanderson9057]

I am a straight, married man….but if someone wrote a song like this for me, I’d have to marry him as well.

[@latitudeselongitudes1932]

This song is so sad in Bob's voice

[@willimdickie1948]

The lyrics of this song are beyond greatness, superb

[@jamesmcgee2192]

In my humble opinion the best Bob Dylan album ever although all his albums with genius

[@NickCC23]

On the original vinyl release this took up a whole album side.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

almost like the prior album with Highway 61 revisited. another 11-minute monster closer

[@ilovechrist9780]

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 from the Bible ❤

[@jlouis4407]

Bob would agree

[@RosettaAbatematteo]

Thank you God for giving us your only son and music !

[@DaughterofLivingLight]

Thank God for everything Good because He is the only Goodness Source of Eternal Goodness we ever get in this Fallen from Grace Realm. Yes! The only Poetry we have freely been Given can be found in the (Good News of the Gospel in KJV) our God of Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob... Wonderful to be able to hear Bob Dylan's preaching from the stage & much of the music he wrote under God's influence. Oh, & hearing that same influence happening to his Son in law Peter Himmelman in several of his albums especially found in the song "All These Impermanent Things" From Strength to Strength'.They may now have returned to Robert Zimmerman's family' faith of the 12 Tribes of Israel...from the Promised Land. God tells us that the world will be Blessed by the Jews...& it continues to be. Bob is still writing & singing music...look at the huge numbers of Jewish Comedians...amazing medical technology created by Jews, ETC...the Lord of lords & King of kings will eternally be THE GREATEST Blessing to us of All. Songs known round the world such as 'Joy to the World', 'Silent Night', 'O Holy Night', 'I'll Fly Away', 'I Saw the Light' & the beautiful song written by a repentant former slave trader... ETC. God Bless all everywhere. I hate only SIN. Peace be unto thee. Maranatha!❤

[@dearbh1736]

Isn't this song just so incredibly beautiful that it could move you to tears. Oh, this man!

[@michaelmiller7160]

So well sung, Bob knows how to modulate his voice now; the sandpaper is smoother than most earlier albums. An earnest voice takes one through a cryptic surreal love letter to his then-wife, Sara (Lowlands) Lownds. Though Bob doesn't mention "love" in the song, we feel his love and obsession in the present, past, and future for Sara, though Bob's ever-present obscurities might confuse you unless you have some history of Sara; then things become clearer. Sara has " a mercury mouth in the missionary times". Well, she's eloquent and worked at the New York Times. That's easy (for some, not for me) . "Your flesh like silk, and your face like glass. With your silhouette when the sunlight dims Into your eyes where the moonlight swims And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns (she's writing down lyrics, she's wanna-be Dylan) Who among them would try to impress you?" Bob is very impressed with her throughout the great song. Great song, send it in a time capsule should the world fall to ruins or a Desolation Row.

[@jokerman51]

Semplicemente meravigliosa! sono ormai decenni che l'ascolto senza averne mai abbastanza. Questa non è semplice musica. E' magia!

[@Howoldareweanywayyipes]

how can he remember all those words?

[@greyforge27]

I love the story of the recording of this track: On February 15, the session began at 6 p.m., but Dylan simply sat in the studio working on his lyrics, while the musicians played cards, napped, and chatted. Finally, at 4 a.m., Dylan called the musicians in and outlined the structure of the song. Dylan counted off and the musicians fell in, as he attempted his epic composition, "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands". Drummer Kenny Buttrey recalled, "If you notice that record, that thing after like the second chorus starts building and building like crazy, and everybody's just peaking it up 'cause we thought, Man, this is it...This is gonna be the last chorus and we've gotta put everything into it we can. And he played another harmonica solo and went back down to another verse and the dynamics had to drop back down to a verse kind of feel...After about ten minutes of this thing we're cracking up at each other, at what we were doing. I mean, we peaked five minutes ago. Where do we go from here?" The finished song clocked in at 11 minutes, 23 seconds, and would occupy the entire fourth side of the album. (from Wikipedia)

[@RobertWCox-sj3qk]

that is amazing !!! I have to say I truly love Wikipedia, glad to be a donor. Did not know this till now but it works

[@AA-sn9lz]

Wait this vid is 2 seconds short. I feel cheated!!

[@Julian-sr9dg]

The thing that surprises me the most is how he could learn those lyrics in such short amount of time and then perform it like he does

[@jmack619]

@@Julian-sr9dg same amazement towards sunshine

[@collinbutt8741]

@@Julian-sr9dg he was reading from his notes - - not sure Bob ever did this live !!!

[@ruthdixon7807]

the masterpiece that took up all of side four of bob's double album.

[@nathhawk1035]

no one tells a story like this man, spectacular ...

[@danielgiraud2854]

Nath Hawk, totalement d'accord avec toi

[@gianclaudiopinchera4624]

Da sola vale il Nobei

[@klausrain111]

This is such a hauntingly beautiful and bittersweet song from my favorite Dylan album.

[@galdylan]

you've just heard the best song ever written - the best piece of music there is

[@fredhandrich1310]

Cant get enough of that harmonica so sad sounding yet beautiful love ya bob0

[@gibbogle]

The organ!

[@RayBrookes1954]

A wondrous masterpiece by the master of lyrical content.

[@rohan-qd6py]

Ray Brookes Shakesspear with a guitar,,,

[@RayBrookes1954]

rohan78 A perfect description of this man; well done.

[@dylanx9029]

Takes me back to when I was 17 smoking weed and playing this. The good old days

[@WallyVanRiper1]

Got any weed to spare?

[@WallyVanRiper1]

Got any weed you could spare for a friend in need?

[@cigh7445]

That was me hearing this for the first time two years ago!

[@cigh7445]

@@WallyVanRiper1 Totally. Come to Munster and I'll give you some.

[@rubenabidh5157]

yikes