Lyric discussion by pippochap 

Most likely this song is about his ex-wife (knowing he recorded this album while going through a divorce). If your a Catholic Christian the lyrics in this song can very easily speak to you as in reference towards the Virgin Mary, but I would'nt quite say that the lyrics are completely theologically sound in the doctrines towards the Blessed Virgin. It can also seem in many ways that the lyric "come in SHE said" can be interpreted as the Church. Because the universal Church (Catholic Church) is refered to at times as or in the word SHE. The interpretation of this song as in speaking towards mother nature is a good thought, and I never matched the two together before having read the above comments on this site. I quess only Bob would know the true meaning of this song. But it seems to me that the most logical meaning of this song would be that its about his ex-wife.

Mr. Zimmerman was Jewish. You can reconsider the catholic crap. -BRM

I think you are right. That is the correct theological interpretation. The "she" is obviously a place as well as a person. Being Jewish has nothing to do with it. Many of Dylan's songs address Christian theology, 'A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall', 'Every Grain of Sand' etc.

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