leavetakings

dylan, dylan, dylan. feelin' good. these 2 goes out 2 my friend thoth. he's had a ruff tyme since about halloween, but methinks he's up n running. spring n all, pulling it back. growf, renewal, and so on n so on and bygones n bygones.

goodbys friends o' younger dayz ('bob dylan's dream'):

w/half-damp eyes i stared to the room
where my friends n i'd spent many an afternoon
where we together weathered many a storm
laughin' an' singin' 'til the early hours of the morn
well alone an' nothin' and we're satisfied
jokin' an talkin' about the world outside

never much thought we could get very old
we thought we could sit forever in fun
our chances really was a million to one

as easy it was to tell black from white
it was all that easy to tell wrong from right
and our choices they was few
so the thought never hit
that the one road we traveled
would ever shatter or split
now many a year has passed and gone
a gamble has been lost and won
and many a road taken by many a first friend
and each one i've never seen again

i wish iwhich in vain
that we could sit simply in that room again
ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat
i'd give it all gladly if our lives could be like that

and fi's also lissinin' t' his version of the best goodbye ever, 'don't think twice, it's alright'. slightly mod. lyrics:

well it aint no use to sit and wonder why babe
if'n you dont know by now
and it aint no use to sit and wonder why babe
it'll never do somehow
when your rooster crows at the break of dawn
look out your window and i'll be gone
you're the reason i'm a travelin' on
but don't think twice its alright
and it aint no use in turnin on your light babe
the light i've never knowed
and it aint no use in turnin on your light babe
i'm on the dark side of the road
but i wish there was something you would do or say
to try an' make me change my mind an' stay
but we did way to much talkin' anyway
but don't think twice its alright
so it aint no use in callin out my name gal
like you never done before
and it aint no use in callin' out my name gal
i cant hear you anymore
i'm a thinkin' and a wonderin'
walkin' down the road
i once loved a woman, a child i am told
i gave her my heart but she jus' hurt my soul
but dont think twice it's alright
so long, honey baby
where i'm bound i cant tell
goodbye's too good a word babe
so i'll just say fare thee well
i aint a'sayin you treated me unkind
you coulda done better but i don't mind
you just kinda wasted my precious time
but don't think twice, it's alright

thx b. dylan, w. guthrie.