Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind (Official Audio)

“Idiot Wind" by Bob Dylan
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Lyrics:
Someone's got it in for me
They're planting stories in the press
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out quick
But when they will I can only guess
They say I shot a man named Gray
And took his wife to Italy
She inherited a million bucks
And when she died it came to me
I can't help it if I'm lucky
People see me all the time
And they just can't remember how to act
Their minds are filled with big ideas
Images and distorted facts
Even you, yesterday
You had to ask me where it was at
I couldn't believe after all these years
You didn't know me better than that
Sweet lady
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your mouth
Blowing down the back roads headin' south
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
I ran into the fortune-teller
Who said, "beware of lightning that might strike"
I haven't known peace and quiet
For so long I can't remember what it's like
There's a lone soldier on the cross
Smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door
You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done
In the final end he won the wars
After losin' every battle
I woke up on the roadside
Daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are
Visions of your chestnut mare
Shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars
You hurt the ones that I love best
And cover up the truth with lies
One day you'll be in the ditch
Flies buzzin' around your eyes
Blood on your saddle
Idiot wind
Blowing through the flowers on your tomb
Blowing through the curtains in your room
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
It was gravity which pulled us down
And destiny which broke us apart
You tamed the lion in my cage
But it just wasn't enough to change my heart
Now everything's a little upside down
As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped
What's good is bad, what's bad is good
You'll find out when you reach the top
You're on the bottom
I noticed at the ceremony
Your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
I can't remember your face anymore
Your mouth has changed
Your eyes don't look into mine
The priest wore black on the seventh day
And sat stone-faced while the building burned
I waited for you on the running boards
Near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned
Slowly into autumn
Idiot wind
Blowing like a circle around my skull
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
I can't feel you anymore
I can't even touch the books you've read
Every time I crawl past your door
I been wishin' I was somebody else instead
Down the highway, down the tracks
Down the road to ecstasy
I followed you beneath the stars
Hounded by your memory
And all your ragin' glory
I been double-crossed now
For the very last time and now I'm finally free
I kissed goodbye the howling beast
On the borderline which separated you from me
You'll never know the hurt I suffered
Nor the pain I rise above
And I'll never know the same about you
Your holiness or your kind of love
And it makes me feel so sorry
Idiot wind
Blowing through the buttons of our coats
Blowing through the letters that we wrote
Idiot wind
Blowing through the dust upon our shelves
We're idiots, babe
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves
#BobDylan #Folk #SingerSongwriter

[@catherinehutchinson6099]

Nothing beats a Dylan song when he’s spitting his venom. Absolutely love it .

[@merthur88]

and he's really the only one that can release vitriol like he does man, don't piss him off!!!

[@RoxxHoffner]

Have you heard the slower, more laid back? It's almost too beautiful for the lyrics. Almost. I love the contrast. Only Dylan can pull it off.

[@richardlafette]

Nothing sums up current UK/US shit politics better.

[@1978garfield]

Then you get to the last verse and he shares the harshest venom with himself . That's what makes it for me. This album isn't Bob screaming "You bitch!" for 45 minutes. He is totally self aware, pulls no punches even when he is the target.

[@raymondgarafano8604]

YUP, some say ,"You can only cut a person down with cuss words." haha, Dylan does NOT cuss, he is so eloquent, "I notice at the ceremony, ur corrupt ways have finally made u blind, I can't remember your face anymore, ur mouth has changed, ur eyes don't look into mine." Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy, I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory and all your raging glory! I've been doublecrossed for the very last time, Now I'm finally free! I kiss goodbye to the howling beast, on the borderline that separates you from me! I think our favorite male singer had a narcissist in his life. Sounds like she died and he, walking late at night remembering her in good times and her full of hate with that raging glory, to him she is on the border of being a woman and a howling beast. It is like you have to really go thru some rough times to know what B.Dylan is saying. And then, Along comes, 'To Ramona'

[@lesliecunliffe4450]

This song has to be one of the greatest cultural achievements of the last 50 years.

[@GarySmith12-oe8cx]

Yes I agree 👍

[@user-us2up6di1i]

You are fully right. Such emotion and pain i feel in this song.

[@mr.b7586]

"I can't help it if I'm lucky". The delivery of this lyric is amazing

[@barbarascotto3873]

That's exactly what I noticed too.

[@phincampbell1886]

Dropped a bottle of vinegar earlier. It didn't smash. Guess what I said?!

[@godot-whatyouvebeenwaitingfor]

Lucky Wilbury...

[@dhss333]

Dylan is ultimately the idiot: couldn't even keep his true name; likewise Sting, Bon(z)o.

[@dhss333]

O come on, it's hardly stratospheric selfirony!!

[@peanutgallery7753]

"You'll never know the hurt I've suffered, nor the pain I rise above, and I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love, and it makes me feel so sorry." Christ

[@pvyuki]

reminds me of my relationship with my parents if im being real

[@worldwide6266]

Undoubtedly the best line in the song I want to say this to her every fucking day she's just so clueless and I can't help but love her.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Rips yer heart clean out

[@garyzocolo9548]

They will NEVER know the hurt I've suffered. Goes out to my ex wife and 3 daughters she moved across the country against a court order. The court did nothing.

[@OingoBoingo-eg2cw]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sidviscous5959]

only Dylan could turn "idiot" into a 4-syllable word . . . but seriously my favorite part of this song is: "The priest wore black on the seventh day And sat stone-faced while the building burned I waited for you on the running boards Near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned Slowly into autumn" That's pure poetry in anybody's book.

[@cdogvideos432]

I fucking love the "slooooooooooowly into autumn" part

[@mossdale4591]

Actually he doesn't linger on "slowly" but it SEEMS for all the world like he does, and it feels like we've gone through the whole lengthy transition with him in those few moments. r)@@cdogvideos432

[@leahvogelsimpson]

​@cdogvideos432 me too! Gives me chills every time

[@user-xx3nx3nx8v]

The best poetry is Dylan ,and ,if you've never checked it out The Old Testament ,even in English; some people don't even like or consider poetry ; they can't help it if they're unlucky😊

[@user-hg2be5dl2u]

Idiot wind Blowing thru the buttons of our coats. Blowing thru the letters that we wrote.

[@stevenortiz3718]

There will never be another Bob Dylan ...ever

[@sheilacrabtree5993]

But we still have this one!! Love.

[@EvaLavelle-u1n]

Simply one of the greatest artists of all time!

[@jhwalsh93]

"It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe" has to be one of the greatest lyrics in any song ever

[@marceloinustroza5795]

One of the most sarcastic lyrics...

[@zackzallie8735]

Dylan invented the diss track.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

Better lyrics in Lonesome death of Hattie

[@BigDome1]

It still makes me laugh, even after hearing it 100 times. It's so fucking biting. Amazing song.

[@boofhart]

Someone comments this on pretty much every video of a Dylan tune, which is a testament to the timelessness of his songs. He is a genius, no doubt

[@secretsofaddiction1649]

I been double-crossed now For the very last time and now I'm finally free I kissed goodbye the howling beast On the borderline which separated you from me You'll never know the hurt I suffered Nor the pain I rise above And I'll never know the same about you Your holiness or your kind of love And it makes me feel so sorry... For me, the greatest verse ever written by the greatest songwriter of all time...Pure poetry.

[@johansterk354]

It's one of my favourite Dylan verses as well. Know the lyrics by heart ...

[@user-vg3dt8tx1d]

Dylan at hes best, pure magic

[@amandawarnock4375]

I completely agree. I wouldn’t have been able to break up with a boyfriend from 2001 until today without those lyrics.

[@Goatchild90]

One of Dylan's best songs. Legendary.

[@sebastianpedone1361]

aplicable a todas sus canciones!

[@paulalancornelius8671]

Genius.

[@richardmcgann5542]

@@paulalancornelius8671so right awesome

[@aerotman2003]

exchange love for fame? he left it to be a father. you leave an individual like dylan for money. You get blood on the tracks

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you! 😊

[@johngalt23g]

"In the final end, he won the wars After losing every battle" Genius. Pure, unadulterated, solitary genius...

[@imannonymous7707]

Tru dat

[@imannonymous7707]

Love that line too

[@josephfryfogle1841]

I woke up on the roadside daydreamin about the way things sometimes are

[@roncarpenter7240]

It gives me chills to listen to those lines. So profound.

[@roshakasravi1989]

Great line ... agree Dylan, a film Noir crime novelist ... makes sense.

[@BigDome1]

Best break up song ever. Hilarious, cathartic, brilliant. Timeless. Just perfect. I don't know if there's a "best album ever" but if there is then it's this.

[@ehoradaclacla7820]

Wowwww

[@dakotablueskies]

I always hated this song until recently mercilessly and suddenly ghosted. Freaking idiot.

[@bordercollie1140]

Definitely Dylan's best album, which definitely makes it one of the best of all time.

[@zachwachter8214]

@@bordercollie1140 every song on the album could be considered the best on the record, it’s so brilliant

[@bordercollie1140]

@@zachwachter8214 Can't disagree with you my friend.

[@therapyinyoursleep6317]

The first time I heard this song, I was 16 and lying on my living room floor watching the Hard Rain special on TV. Awestruck! About 2 verses in, I literally jumped up off the floor and shouted in the empty room, "There is no f*cking way ANYBODY is writing songs this good!!!!" It literally changed my life right then and there. It woke me up TO life. Like many people in the comments below, I immediately got the album and listened to this song over and over and over again.....for months! Years! I've played it in the bars when I did that kinda thing. I listen to it now, decades later, and get tears. Even tears reading the comments here. We have all been fortunate enough to see, hear, and experience this once-in-a-millenium Shakespeare among us, in our lifetimes. And I know I am deeply enriched because of that.

[@dhss333]

A once in a millenium OTHER / second Shakespeare, you mean. If this had such an effect, you've had a musically impoverished life, all genres.

[@davidbateman-fe8vu]

Absolutely. Similar experience. I too was 16 in 1976 listening to the live version on Hard rain, then finding the Blood on the Tracks album....became a Dylan fan as a result of this, then finding the bootleg version.....Even now after all these years never get tired if it . Such an impact on my life

[@Genaro_Flores]

"Every time I crawl past your door I been wishin' I was somebody else instead" These two verses shoot out all his disappointment.

[@felixaranburu6900]

....cada vez que paso junto a tu puerta deseo ser otra persona de la que soy"

[@felixaranburu6900]

...me arrastro junto a tu puerta "

[@mandolino77]

"I can't even touch the books you read"

[@richarddunne9802]

'You'll never know the hurt I've suffered, nor the pain I rise above, and I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love, and it makes me feel so sorry' Possibly the greatest breakup lyrics ever written, from a master of expression. Just incredible.

[@dennisg.582]

It's about A.J. Webberman (so called Dylanologist) from the 70's.

[@sayresrudy2644]

@@dennisg.582weberman, 1 b

[@Christine-yh8hq]

"Idiot Wind" will long be regarded one of the very best Dylan has ever written hands down. He truly is extraordinary

[@sh230968]

I am lucky to have heard this masterpiece before going deaf or before dying.

[@sebastianpedone1361]

arent we all?

[@carlrosenstock7983]

he made this after the love of his life left him. It is his greatest album and he had many!!!

[@bmxmyth166]

I feel the same way. I also felt that way after hearing Nick Drake’s album _Pink Moon_ for the first time... It’s kind of a random suggestion, but I would really recommend you give it a listen if you haven’t heard it. It’s an absolute masterpiece of an album, even at only 30 minutes long. kzbin.info/aero/OLAK5uy_kAPhwaAFkMKG4E5qLosGKUZZWGej3QK98 This song is another incredible one by him as well... kzbin.info/www/bejne/eH27k4eDrrl3mbc

[@Johnconno]

Come again?

[@AaronJRoy-qy8zu]

so which are you, deaf or dead?

[@johndoyle486]

"Smoke pouring out of a boxcar door..." There is something so magnificent about that line. And among thousands of magnificent other examples too from Dylan.

[@Tom-mp4kl]

It is an image from the beginning of Woody Guthrie's autobiography "Bound For Glory" a magnificent book.

[@vallipherson6453]

@@Tom-mp4klIt also bounces a reference off of the boxcars that delivered Jewish captives to the death camps.

[@alabamaisyourdaddy6137]

This songwriting is pure genius, when Dylan is on, he is untouchable.

[@LuAnnHeston]

And he just jumps right in, NO hesitation, love it. His anger with every word, I can almost taste it. Masterpiece, stunning!!!

[@Bryanadamsmusicinc]

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

[@snomanranch]

@@Bryanadamsmusicinc chill bruh

[@alexkx3]

I recall a Buddhist teaching that said when you reflect on the feeling of anger, with regard to it's subject, you realise it is a form of pain. That's how I feel about this song.

[@jorgeespinosa3179]

It was Stendhal who said we are at our finest moment when we are suffering. Bob Dylan is on fire here and his songwriting was never better.

[@oleggorky906]

Yes. His very best songs always seem to come at a time of personal tempest for him.

[@flaviaescobar3007]

The anger and his pain drip through the lyrics. The music is so epic that it feels that the break up was so big like the downfall of an empire.

[@pikachuyoshipines1646]

I remember my mom played Bob Dylan in car rides when my family would go on road trips and I didn’t like his voice, but whenever this song came on, I’d go quiet and secretly enjoy it. I haven’t heard the song in full in like 15ish years, but a while ago I said to my mom there was one song I thought was beautiful by him and immediately she knew what song it was

[@swagatosaha]

The harmonica at the end is so beautiful.

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you! 😊

[@melonfarmers1]

That’s his thing especially on this album, harmonica in the outro

[@sunlinesmith1511]

Would have to of been in the top five best stories to a song ever written. One of Bobs most underrated songs.

[@VinceTomJones]

I agree.... on both counts

[@classicalmusic1175]

Dylan's greatest song from the 70s (my opinion) is finally on KZbin. Thank you!.

[@RavenUnhampered]

"Tangled up in blue" is a contender

[@AA-sn9lz]

@@RavenUnhampered Whole Blood On The Tracks is fucking out of this world.

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you! 😊

[@Rave0851]

How about "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts"?

[@Rave0851]

Blood on the Tracks is my favorite Dylan album.

[@Samu93c]

One of the greatest song ever written. Poetry.

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you! 😊

[@terryquesenberry9218]

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[@dennisg.582]

This song is about A.J. Webberman (google him) who was a antagonist, self described Dylanologist, who stalked Dylan in the 70's.

[@Tom-mp4kl]

@@dennisg.582 This song is about many things, many people, many ideas.

[@MrEdkern]

My God, I have been following Dylan since 1964 and have seen him 35 times the first time was in cleveland,ohio on november 12, 1965 and met him on July 17,1991. He was by himself and shook hands with me. This song blows away anything out there. It's a masterpiece and never gets old. A powerful song.

[@ehoradaclacla7820]

Nossa, você conheceu o Dylan? Uauuu👍

[@LUCVLOEMANS]

Whow, I never met him personaly. But I am a real fan of him since the mid 70' (Blood on the tracks and Desire). Saw his first gig in Belgium in 1984 in Josapathpark in Schaerbeek in Brussels. Never missed a Belgian concert untill the late ninetees (almost yearly).

[@MrEdkern]

@@ehoradaclacla7820 sure did meet dylan. He was walking by himself down by lake erie in cleveland, ohio the day of his concert. Looked up and saw him walking by me. I stopped stood still put out my hand and said hi bob. He came up to me and shook my hand. Shakes your hand by just grabbing your hand not hard. I was drunk for a week. Stay healthy.

[@thomasandersen2764]

picked it up again just today, and I never sung so loud with it from my balcony before, and I gues i frightened my neighbours . THAT'S how a relief can appear at times WITHOUT ANY FILTERS

[@Tom-mp4kl]

@@thomasandersen2764 Haha - that's how life is meant to be!!!

[@simond2534]

You'll never know the hurt I suffered Nor the pain I rise above And I'll never know the same about you Your holiness or your kind of love And it makes me feel so sorry... Boom !

[@larryrubin5150]

Screen shot of your comment. So powerful

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you! 😊

[@nawrashaki8976]

@@miguelraeder3005 FUCK OFFF

[@jjreed787]

You can feel the raw emotion in every word of this song. Easily one of Dylan’s most personal tunes.

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you! 😊

[@nawrashaki8976]

@@miguelraeder3005 fuck off

[@peanutgallery7753]

Sweeeeeet lady - brings a goddamn tear to my eye every time

[@ericdavison1710]

If he hadn't played harp, what would the words be?

[@terryquesenberry9218]

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[@evancodsworth2]

This song is absolute perfection. It’s witty, sharp, filled with poison and incredibly beautiful at the same time. Bob’s singing is raw and full of emotion. Than it all ends on a beautiful harmonica solo. One of Bob’s best for sure and my favorite song of his.

[@boofhart]

Full of poison,. but the final verse reverses the whole dynamic, and elevates it into the realm of humanity and the sublime.

[@justaguy6560]

Agreed

[@vallipherson6453]

It's my favorite of his as well. The song captured my imagination on first hearing it, resonating as a complete work of art then and over time while different lines have resounded for me at various life stages.

[@user-vg3dt8tx1d]

No one comes close to the master, for love hate and all in-between

[@aleisterlowenstein9526]

This album saved me on some dark days.

[@benobrien5162]

Gay

[@alicat7281]

aleister fiend Me, too fellow Facebook user.

[@zackzallie8735]

Same. I always listened to it after my friend betrayed the hell out of me.

[@aleisterlowenstein9526]

@@benobrien5162 yes having a hard time in life determines your sexuality. I'm sure your the poster child of an enlightened being .

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you! 😊

[@nickbowyer7812]

This song is filled many great lines. It is pure genius to put them all into one song. “You tamed the lion in my cage, but it just wasn’t enough to change my heart” Brilliant!!

[@dylanthompson8511]

"Blowing like a circle around my skull" Goddam. I have no clue what it means, yet I know exactly what it means.

[@leonardbonitt3586]

What you just said describes Dylan to perfectly

[@miguelraeder3005]

A circle around my skull = hanging himself... that's what means to me. Desperation

[@darlenealessio7609]

Cyclonic spin of craziness

[@darlenealessio7609]

@@miguelraeder3005 for me listening to the entire song lyrics story he's describing the freeness of letting go of a person that engulfed him suffocated him, like a circle, a vacuum, ducking the life out of mind he had to release this person to be free healthy and move on wants or needs nothing to do with that person "can't even read the books you've read" tells it all

[@BigDome1]

I believe he's talking about the Idiot Wind, blowing around his skull. As in her stupid behaviour taking over his mind.

[@bobnewman1116]

What’s even more amazing is his ability to remember every word and sing them with such feeling.

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it! See you! 😊

[@sajanghimire6153]

"and i know my songs well before i start singing"

[@RSBurgener]

This is the song I consulted after losing the woman I loved the most. It was exactly what I wanted to say, but I didn't have the words. Then 4 years later I married her! We just had our ten year anniversary a couple of months ago. Is it weird that Idiot Wind is still a love song in our history? That's my weird life and I wouldn't change it for anything.

[@lisaorlando1224]

Oh boy. Your story is great. Sometimes the relationships that seem messed up really work. I am very glad for you. When the man I loved, circa 1983, told me he was going to marry his other girlfriend-because she seemed safe, and he was afraid I would turn him into a sex addict-we walked down the street singing this at the top of our lungs. However, as I predicted, that marriage was a disaster-he did turn into a sex addict, and she turned into a vicious bitch. I can’t help it if I’m lucky…

[@dallinjohnson5038]

Don't do that...... don't give me hope😢 (for real tho, that's beautiful)

[@oleggorky906]

@@lisaorlando1224 One day she’ll be in the ditch, flies buzzin’ around her eyes 👀... 🤣

[@pedrovieirasarmetmoreira206]

Beautiful

[@gerardosalas9477]

Omg she lured you back into her webz

[@patriciathewisher2315]

An astonishing song. Never could tire of it. When I first bought blood on the tracks I only listened to this one song. For months.

[@nineel7395]

Dylan's diss tracks are nothing short of legendary. "It's a wonder you still know how to breathe" Absolutely fantastic. This and positively 4th street are just so visceral and raw. Venom. It's beautiful. Roll on Lilly, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts. I adore this album.

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it! See you! 😊

[@davecespedes5674]

This song is fucking strong, it's too emotional. The Bob from the 1974 to 1976 might be the my favorite. So strong, so full of feelings. Even his voice was great during these years. It's so fucking amazing that all of a sudden KZbin is uploading his songs 👍

[@kevincgrabb]

Well, I wouldn't say that KZbin is uploading them............ I'd say Dylan Inc. is doing that. haha

[@davecespedes5674]

@@kevincgrabb well yeah...but still, great success.

[@imannonymous7707]

Divorce, getting older and his career somewhat dwindling, he had alot on his mind

[@PC-wh3xf]

Yes. King bob

[@KeyboredCoward]

@@kevincgrabb Dylan concedes he lost the battle against the fans...ha ha

[@inthenose9033]

In the 90's when I was 24, I played this song for a friend who didn't care for Dylan. After he listened he was like, "Jesus this is the best song I've heard in my life" I just slowly nodded.

[@midnightrider7648]

This song's searing intensity pulls me in every time I hear it. One of my favorite albums of all time.

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it! See you!!! 😊

[@midnightrider7648]

@@miguelraeder3005: I checked it out. Good job. I always identified with the line: "You'll never know the hurt I suffer or the pain I rise above, and I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love, and it makes me feel so sorry...." (stinging sarcasm in there)

[@mikehetherington4578]

"Smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door" Brilliant phrasing.

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it! See you! 😊

[@tommytucker222]

I Was 15 When An Older Brother Brought The Album Home . When He Went Out I Sneaked A Listen . I Remember The First Time I Heard This Track The Hairs On The Back Of My Neck Stood Up . Still One Of My All Time Favourites Genius Dylan .

[@MeestirSwampy]

Seems doubtful the old man would look at these kinds of comments very often, but if he sees this, I know it'll make him smile. It's a damn impressive tribute.

[@terrancegeneeha1577]

My favorite Dylan song ever! Thank you, Dad, for introducing me to Bob. I am forever grateful.

[@richardgreen62]

❤ same 🙏👌

[@Hardcoreghetto3laster94]

Amen 🙏 📣🖤

[@PatrikLowe]

My dad introduced me to Dylan as well, and I too am so grateful!

[@udaychopra8808]

The emotion is spine tingling......what a song!!

[@dennisg.582]

Amen bruh!!!

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you! 😊

[@garrettdavis6500]

He can remember all of these lyrics in concert ??? This guy's got a helluva memory.

[@strictly45s6]

Absolutely! He's a genius.

[@AlexanderStone]

Many of us would LOVE to hear Bob Dylan speak up against what's going on in the world right now... it would be so appreciated. You've got the power!

[@abhikganguly]

Well he would but he's pretty much lost any hope of songs changing the world, he himself confessed that in the 80s with Rolling Stones Mag. :'(

[@AlexanderStone]

@@abhikganguly I think there is a renewed appetite accompanied by a renewed need for it. There is a way - and if anyone can find it it's Bob Dylan. Get Robbie Robertson, Neil Peart (odd choice), Neil Young, and Paul McCartney on Bass. Superstar it, it's the one thing that people these days do understand... unfortunately? Do it right!

[@AlexanderStone]

Ooo, and Burton Cummings on the Keys.

[@imannonymous7707]

He stopped that so long ago, dont hold yer breath lol

[@josephfryfogle1841]

Neil Peart retired

[@diron1270]

Finally all of Blood on the Tracks is on KZbin

[@jackwendigo6541]

Honestly, this is spooky. Did something happen to Bob? Is something going to happen to Bob? There has to be some impetus for this, right? Is it about the upcoming official release of the test pressing for Record Store Day? WHY HAVE THEY GIVEN US THIS GIFT???

[@diron1270]

Jack RW Nah, it can’t be Record Store Day since they’ve posted so many other songs from other albums... Concerning the wellbeing of His Bobness, I don’t think we have anything to worry about at the moment. They would only do something like this in the case of him passing away, right? I don’t think he would allow all of this to be released just because he got ill and sentimental or something... At least that’s what I’m hoping, that nothing has happened. I’m thankful nonetheless.

[@diron1270]

Jefferson Davis That’s quite likely

[@imannonymous7707]

Ya all of a sudden , i think we should party or sumthin yay!

[@joemcgeachy6913]

Listen to legend since 14 years 53 now This is life music

[@SnowTheJamMan]

I love how it just jumps into the verse immediately

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@nawrashaki8976]

@@miguelraeder3005 FUCK OFF

[@JohnBuck41]

From one of his best LPs. Not a bad cut on it, and several absolute jewels.

[@demianmachado9043]

Best song of all time.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@jlbuenomeandro]

😋. One of the best.

[@bobdobalina838]

Definitely up there with the greatest albums of all time. incredibly good.

[@bendrescher7185]

The organ in this song is amazing

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@nawrashaki8976]

@@miguelraeder3005 fuck off

[@gash7278]

That's Al Kooper for you!

[@jaddison1112]

Damn, don't screw with Dylan, because he has the poetic and musical genius to tear you to shreds !

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@LuAnnHeston]

No shit huh

[@Leeperryvery]

This man wrote my life way before I was even born

[@jonathandnicholson]

I know what you mean...

[@isaacnewton5075]

Is this mind controll?

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@Spontaneou]

All just one mind experiencing itself

[@ericdavison1710]

That's lovely. Yes.

[@gavinkeown6647]

I first heard this when I was seventeen, and thought it was a great song. then i lived a little and 40+ years on it's well beyond great. Every verse, every line, every word drips with venom, loathing, self-loathing and regret. Astonishing piece of work.

[@corneliakapelinski]

What a force of words, it rolls over you like a tsunami--breathless, deeply hurt

[@stephenlee1756]

This song is perhaps the greatest example of how Dylan is able to transmute personal experience into something of universal significance. It is impossible to do justice to the emotional complexity it contains - anger, bitterness and great sorrow are inextricably intertwined, and there is, in the last verse, more than a hint of reconciliation. The three recorded versions (the original NY one, the BooT one, and the Hard Rain live version) put the emphasis on different emotions, and I have heard a much later live concert which puts the emphasis on reconciliation.

[@MikeTheGamerGuy]

Feeling very happy for everyone who will be enjoying all this music for the first time now that it's on KZbin.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@midnightrider7648]

This album conveys the intensity of the relationships i endured decades ago. It's like looking through a photo album and feeling the pain & drama i eventually overcame.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@woolhall]

This is why I love his work , self explanatory

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@knotz1969]

Now approaching 70 I always thought, "Dylan is to music what Picasso was to painting."

[@merthur88]

or Shakespeare to plays

[@can_of__buttery_sticks9097]

Lol, k boomer.

[@can_of__buttery_sticks9097]

@Harris k boomer.

[@nikunashi3494]

@@can_of__buttery_sticks9097 'The idiot wind, blowing every time you touch your keyboard'

[@can_of__buttery_sticks9097]

@@nikunashi3494 okay boomer.

[@TolkienStudy]

"I can't help it if I'm lucky"

[@peterkeys1105]

HAHAHAHAHA and Joan has nothing to say about that I'm sure

[@richardthelionheart01]

@@peterkeys1105 Talking about his sudden wealth, if you read the lyrics.

[@peterkeys1105]

@@richardthelionheart01 pffft. I'll read his lyrics when he wins the fucking Nobel prize.

[@josephobenauer3093]

Did your parents have any children that lived?

[@roshakasravi1989]

Agree ... better to be Lucky More than talented

[@davidpearn2484]

I think I'm a big Bob Dylan fan, since I was 11 years old, now 63 this as got to be one of the best hard hitting songs ever,then you got the bootleg version so slow and beautiful love the both equally wow what a genius

[@raymondgarafano8604]

Interesting, I love so much of Dylan's works, 'To Ramona' is gr8. I love the background melody or lower cleft of 'My back pages'

[@LuAnnHeston]

Oh wow, I have never heard the bootleg version. I'm 65, & this is probably my favorite Dylan album. This song is just freaking STUNNING!!!

[@willjoke4food]

Great song from a great album. The emotion is so raw. A master songwriter with something to say.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@Broatch6]

every time I crawl past your door I been wishing I woz somebody else instead perfect breakup quip like the rest of the song every line a full 8 minutes poetry done to perfection

[@robertgrunwald3457]

"I can't feel you anymore I can't even touch the books you've read Every time I crawl past your door I been wishin' I was somebody else instead" Wow, are you kidding me? Amazing.

[@joebrett3614]

The first couplet is my favorite.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@dennisg.582]

I can't remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed, your eyes don't look into mine........ Another GREAT lyric.

[@bonniebluebell5940]

I will always love Bob Dylan....Everytime I hear his songs, I think of my teenage years. God Bless him for all of those precious songs that still mean so much to me. Retired and in my sixties now but between him, Gordon Lightfoot, and John Prine, will never forget.

[@kvdme]

This song is written as a song should be, from the heart and soul. It marks the song writers depth. He's wonderful soul. Would love to spend a sunny morning on a porch drinking coffee and not saying a word....

[@Bryanadamsmusicinc]

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

[@Musicpaulryan]

Words delivered like a hammer. Dylan at his absolute best! No other songwriter fires like this

[@kierangilpatrick1471]

This song speaks volumes to me....still alive after all the heartbreak

[@stevearmstrong2022]

Bob Was A Master Story Teller !!!!

[@pistachoone1958]

Was?

[@robertchappell3916]

Love hurts and Dylan knows it!!!

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@oliveeisner8964]

Angry Dylan = Best Dylan

[@dennisg.582]

AMEN, another example.......Hurricane

[@fullygrownshambles]

Yeah, definitely. I love the vicious Bob. "You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe."

[@jorgeespinosa3179]

Previous versions of this song could not go on the LP, because Dylan was singing between his angry teeth.

[@flashpest]

The lyrics to this song are sheer genius. All his songs are genius but this one hits home. You can tell he was riddled with emotion when he wrote it and he and only he could transmit his feelings from mind to fingertips in such a pure fashion. I'm going to hate it when he goes. He's the soundtrack to my whole life this far and till the end

[@p-town7736]

Incredible sentiments. ❤

[@rudbeckia885]

Hard drinking w/ lots of dry goods ,town to town , harbor to harbor, many a chance ,thrown to the wind. Now 70s finally couldn't be happier, a lot of wisdom in Bobs music..it got thru to the place I'm at, content.

[@heatherpierce9123]

Nothing compares to these lyrics or the raw emotion in this song.

[@Bryanadamsmusicinc]

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

[@micheletranchida7264]

Blood on the Tracks è il più grande album che Dylan abbia fatto negli anni '70.

[@Garret00074]

a masterpiece. Incredible song. as poignant now as it was in the 70's.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@roshanrai5717]

''Their minds are filled with big ideas, images & distorted facts''

[@miguelraeder3005]

Instead of saying that "she lied to them", he writes this... Bob Dylan is the best!

[@Abegoldhatch]

Most gangster lyric of all time. He’s so great at this that he can compete with gang style rappers. He disses his ennemies like any rapper would like to dream about.

[@robwilson5914]

Very well said this man is one of the last legends we have left!! Without this lad not much would of moved forward...love you Bobby 💙

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@eamonnmaccionnaith5761]

One of his best, if not best, vocal performances.

[@patcummins6036]

Another lyric that Dob just nailed. I reckon so many know someone who fills these lyrics perfectly!

[@beholdapalehorse]

My late mother loved the music of Bob Dylan she never got to see him live unfortunately

[@briancranch618]

I'm not sure another Dylan song exists that contains the sheer unadulterated lyrical genius in every line as this does. Maybe most of them do I guess.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@dupphy]

one of the best lyrics ever written...

[@senadbajrami2151]

dupphy yes.period

[@imannonymous7707]

Yup

[@neilcarlson661]

We're idiots.....babe.....x; but what a title.... Idiot Wind; .... staggering.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@danmills6617]

One of Dylam's best songs. I can identify with song. After my second divorce, I could see elements of me and her in the song. All the anger and venom I felt, Dylan expresses it better than I ever could.

[@puck30]

When this song comes on I start loudly singing it in all my out of tune glory! Thanks Bob!

[@Hardcoreghetto3laster94]

I FEEL THIS ❤😂🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊

[@diron1270]

“You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies / One day you’ll be in the ditch, flies buzzin’ around your eyes / Blood on your saddle”

[@imannonymous7707]

Gotta be the money shot of the song right there lol i was gonna quote it ! Peace bro

[@diron1270]

im annonymous Ingenious poetry right there, have a good one man!

[@johnsawdonify]

Also my favourite lyric in the song, mix of sadness, bitterness and humour

[@johnsawdonify]

Also like "I waited for you on the running boards/Near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned/Slowly into autumn"

[@joebrett3614]

This song is eminently quotable. Just so many devastating lines.

[@jameshowlin7702]

Thank you Bob you have been my poet for 40 years now everyone can see why you got the noble just like GB Shaw the magic double!

[@superfrickingdumb8389]

Nice

[@larryrubin5150]

The longer the song goes on the more pissed he gets

[@1fluffypuss]

Sounds just like you with Amber... hows the trial going... LOL :-)

[@crankyoldguy5661]

When this man passes away I think I really will have a breakdown

[@raymondgarafano8604]

Dylan kept u from tripping out. . .too much anyway.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@beckybootique]

Me too.

[@michaellewis3254]

Love him idiot. Wondering how you still now how to breathe

[@mikebonang1429]

I dread that day!!!

[@vividhkothari1]

How perfect this song is, my god! And almost 8 minutes. Amazing.

[@dennisg.582]

Also the longest song of the day (in '66) was 'like a rolling stone'...hitti 6 minutes

[@mogwailarusso1232]

This song still hits me deep as music should. What a mind

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@peterhawryluk8430]

Ive been listening to Dylan since i was 13 . im 65 right now and his music is still so relevant even today. American Poet and Nobel prize winner. 🎉 its about time we love you bob...

[@lauriedwyer3923]

I love how he adds "sweet lady" before calling her an idiot.

[@Bryanadamsmusicinc]

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

[@pukeyourguts]

absolutely in love with this song and album right now. i tried listening to blood on the tracks in my late teens but couldn't get into it. now, though, it's flooring me

[@1978garfield]

You have to have had your heart broke a few times to get this album. Not "My crush won't notice me in study hall" broke. I'm talking real adult strength broke. There is a collection of demos out there called "Blood on the Tapes". Check it out if you get a chance. I think I like it better than the official version.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@pukeyourguts]

@@1978garfield belated thanks!

[@ThePatriotrocker]

I can't help it if I'm lucky.....GENIUS.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@maryfreebed9886]

He rips into her verbally, and then buries his face in her shoulder and sobs. She stares at him, shakes her head, and then they slowly walk away, hand in hand.

[@samdajellybeenie14]

We’re idiots babe, it’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves.

[@markhonerbaum6988]

If you want to centralize the lyrics, perhaps you might try the all inclusive view as the one woman one meaning is a bit limited in my view.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@ernestomoreno4409]

Rather than walk away I imagine them sitting together at a bench.

[@admiralJONK]

they definitely both walk away, but i don’t think they’re walking away together haha

[@richoswald6113]

best break up song ever. so bitter and angry it's inspiring.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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