| Bob Dylan – As I Went Out One Morning Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| This song is about the problems that can occur from receiving an award and not knowing how to handle the situation. In 1963, Bob Dylan reeceived the Tom Paine award for promoting progressive thought and action in regard to civil liberties. At the award ceremony, Bob Dylan was very uncomfortable and gave a strange and controversial speech which is now well know to his fans. Here is a site with information about this : http://www.corliss-lamont.org/dylan.htm .The fair damsel is the award. To secretly fly south is to accept the award and be the spokesman for this cause, and therefore to live in bondage to this cause. Tom Paine himself releases Bob Dylan from this servitude. The spirit of Tom Paine is the spirit of freedom. The lovely girl had tempted Bob Dylan and the spirit of freedom apologizes to Bob Dylan. This beautiful and intriguing song is both an explanation for Dylan's speech and a wish fulfillment for him. What do you think? | |
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