Favorite Bob Dylan one- or two-liners...

[victor79]

I like this one from the last album:

 

I wanna be with you in paradise

And it seems so unfair

I can't go to paradise no more

I killed a man back there

(Spirit On Water)

[tapmyglass]

She says, "You can't repeat the past." I say, "You can't?

What do you mean, you can't? Of course you can."

[JerseyMike]

She says, "You can't repeat the past." I say, "You can't?

What do you mean, you can't? Of course you can."

 

Read my mind. This is one of those lines only Dylan can sing. My band covers this song...its a mouth full.

 

Here's another one I love just because of the way he sings it...

 

"We want to put his ass in the stir/

We want to pin this triple mur-/ der on him/ he ain't no Gentleman Jim"

 

And from the new album...

(of the top of my head)

 

"Gonna start an army/ show you sons of bitches

recruiting all men(?)/ from all of the villages "

 

The way he says "villages" is strictly Dylan only

[SeanInOz]

You Don't Need A Weather Man to Tell you which way the Wind Blows (Subterreanean Homesick Blues)

 

Mr Dylan What are your songs about? .......ummmm about 3 minutes i think (Paraphrase Interview 1965)

 

Mr Dylan How Many Real Protest Singers are there? ....umm 137 i think (Paraphrase Interview 1965)

 

Someting is Happening But You Don't Know What It Is, Do You Mr Jones (Ballad Of A Thin Man)

 

Theres just so many!!!!!

[Synthesizer Patel]

"Gonna start an army/ show you sons of bitches

recruiting all men(?)/ from all of the villages "

 

The way he says "villages" is strictly Dylan only

 

He's singing -

 

Gonna raise me an army, some tough sons of bitches

I'm recruiting my army from the orphanages

 

From Modern Times I really love the lines:

 

I'm as pale as a ghost

Holding a blossom on a stem

You ever seen a ghost? No

But you have heard of them

 

Well, I picked up a rose and it poked through my clothes

I followed the winding stream

I heard the deafening noise, I felt transient joys

I know they're not what they seem

 

And every single line from Thunder on The Mountain.

[Gobias Industries]

from Po' Boy, pretty much one of my favorite Dylan tunes ever.

 

"time and love has branded me with its claws"

"all i know is that i'm thrilled by your kiss"

 

just the way Dylan does 'em makes them chilling to the bone.

[froggie]

from Po' Boy, pretty much one of my favorite Dylan tunes ever.

 

"time and love has branded me with its claws"

"all i know is that i'm thrilled by your kiss"

 

just the way Dylan does 'em makes them chilling to the bone.

 

i like the "freddy or not here i come" line in po' boy