I think the ultimate aim is tell us that the upper crust sucks and the people are starving to death. I think that's why he wrote the chorus the way he did. I think's that also the point of the second to last stanza. "The National Bank sells at a profit road maps for the soul to the old folks home and the college." Only the priveleged have a shot at getting into college and the old folks home, and if your underpriveleged, then you have to sell your soul for a promissary note. You'll never escape the debt of this life with those bills. Dylan's the best songwriter of the 1960's.
I would argue he's the best song writer of the 2010s, since many of his songs (this one in particular) have taken on new relevance in second decade of the 21st Century.
I would argue he's the best song writer of the 2010s, since many of his songs (this one in particular) have taken on new relevance in second decade of the 21st Century.
I think the ultimate aim is tell us that the upper crust sucks and the people are starving to death. I think that's why he wrote the chorus the way he did. I think's that also the point of the second to last stanza. "The National Bank sells at a profit road maps for the soul to the old folks home and the college." Only the priveleged have a shot at getting into college and the old folks home, and if your underpriveleged, then you have to sell your soul for a promissary note. You'll never escape the debt of this life with those bills. Dylan's the best songwriter of the 1960's.
I would argue he's the best song writer of the 2010s, since many of his songs (this one in particular) have taken on new relevance in second decade of the 21st Century.
I would argue he's the best song writer of the 2010s, since many of his songs (this one in particular) have taken on new relevance in second decade of the 21st Century.