May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
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Song: “Forever Young”
Album: The Complete Budokan 1978
First played: 1974-01-03
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/forever-young/
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Sugar Baby, get on down the road
You ain’t got no brains, no how
You went years without me
Might as well keep going now
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Song: “Sugar Baby”
Album: Love and Theft
First played: 2001-10-05
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/sugar-baby/
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She smiled and went right down, she looked everywhere around
But she could not see her soldier son in sight
But as all the people passed, she saw her son at last
When she did she could hardly believe her eyes
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Song: “John Brown”
Album: MTV Unplugged
First played: 1962-10-15
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/john-brown/
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I want you, I want you
I want you so bad
Honey, I want you
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Song: “I Want You”
Album: Blonde on Blonde
First played: 1976-05-11
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/i-want-you/
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And You’ve chosen me to be among the few
What can I do for You?
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Song: “What Can I Do for You?”
Album: Saved
First played: 1979-11-01
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/what-can-i-do-you/
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Well, I return to the Queen of Spades
And talk with my chambermaid
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Song: “I Want You”
Album: Blonde on Blonde
First played: 1976-05-11
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/i-want-you/
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Massive new box set has hundreds of unreleased tracks https://www.inbella.com/948362/massive-new-box-set-has-hundreds-of-unreleased-tracks/ #affiliate #arts #Bob #BobDylan #central #CentralRegion #dead #dylan #EAST #EastRegion #Entertainment #EntertainmentNews #grateful #GratefulDead #john #JohnMayer #KylieJenner #LOCAL #LocalAffiliateArtsU0026Entertainment #mayer #Modular #ModularStory #music #Network #NetworkTrending #Overall #OverallPositive #Positive #Region #rock #RockMusic #story #trending #twitter #u0026 #West #WestRegion
At pettiness which plays so rough
Walk upside-down inside handcuffs
Kick my legs to crash it off
Say okay, I have had enough
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Song: “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)”
Album: Bringing It All Back Home
First played: 1964-09-01
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/its-alright-ma-im-only-bleeding/
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Key West is the place to be
If you’re lookin’ for immortality
Key West is paradise divine
Key West is fine and fair
If you lost your mind you’ll find it there
Key West is on the horizon line
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Song: “Key West (Philosopher Pirate)”
Album: Rough and Rowdy Ways
First played: 2021-11-02
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/key-west-philosopher-pirate/
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Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won’t come again
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Song: “The Times They Are A-Changin’”
Album: The Times They Are A-Changin’
First played: 1963-10-26
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/times-they-are-changin/
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You can’t turn back—you can’t come back, sometimes we push too far
One day you’ll open up your eyes and you’ll see where we are
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Song: “Sugar Baby”
Album: Love and Theft
First played: 2001-10-05
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/sugar-baby/
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Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
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Song: “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”
Album: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
First played: 1962-09-20
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/hard-rains-gonna-fall/
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Close your eyes, close the door
You don’t have to worry anymore
I’ll be your baby tonight
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Song: “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight”
Album: John Wesley Harding
First played: 1969-08-31
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/ill-be-your-baby-tonight/
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Well, my nerves are exploding and my body’s tense
I feel like the whole world got me pinned up against the fence
I’ve been hit too hard, I’ve seen too much
Nothing can heal me now, but your touch
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Song: “‘Til I Fell in Love with You”
Album: Time out of Mind
First played: 1997-10-24
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/til-i-fell-love-you/
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Joey, Joey
King of the streets, child of clay
Joey, Joey
Why did they have to come and blow you away?
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Song: “Joey”
Album: Desire
First played: 1987-07-04
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/joey/
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Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Make everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
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Song: “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)”
Album: Bringing It All Back Home
First played: 1964-09-01
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/its-alright-ma-im-only-bleeding/
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Change my way of thinking, make myself a different set of rules
Change my way of thinking, make myself a different set of rules
Put my best foot forward, stop being influenced by fools
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Song: “Gonna Change My Way of Thinking”
Album: Slow Train Coming
First played: 1979-11-01
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/gonna-change-my-way-thinking/
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People tell me - I oughta try a little tenderness
Amelia Street - Bay View Park
Walkin’ in the shadows after dark
Down under - way down in Key West
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Song: “Key West (Philosopher Pirate)”
Album: Rough and Rowdy Ways
First played: 2021-11-02
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/key-west-philosopher-pirate/
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To be alone with you
Just you and me
Now won’t you tell me true
Ain’t that the way it oughta be?
To hold each other tight
The whole night through
Ev’rything is always right
When I’m alone with you
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Song: “To Be Alone with You”
Album: Nashville Skyline
First played: 1989-10-15
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/be-alone-you/
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In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space
In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face
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Song: “Every Grain of Sand”
Album: Shot of Love
First played: 1981-11-21
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/every-grain-sand/
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