The Essential Bob Dylan (2000)

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind

How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?

Blowin’ in the Wind The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan · 1963 protest questions identity

Don’t think twice, it’s all right

Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan · 1963 love farewell independence

You just kinda wasted my precious time

Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan · 1963 love farewell bitterness

The times they are a-changin’

The Times They Are A-Changin’ The Times They Are A-Changin’ · 1964 protest change history

The first one now will later be last

The Times They Are A-Changin’ The Times They Are A-Changin’ · 1964 change prophecy power

Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command

The Times They Are A-Changin’ The Times They Are A-Changin’ · 1964 change youth generations

It ain’t me, babe, no, no, no, it ain’t me, babe

It Ain’t Me, Babe Another Side of Bob Dylan · 1964 love independence identity

You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

Subterranean Homesick Blues Bringing It All Back Home · 1965 protest advice change

The pump don’t work ’cause the vandals took the handles

Subterranean Homesick Blues Bringing It All Back Home · 1965 chaos america humor

I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more

Maggie’s Farm Bringing It All Back Home · 1965 independence protest labor

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

Mr. Tambourine Man Bringing It All Back Home · 1965 escape music vision

To dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free

Mr. Tambourine Man Bringing It All Back Home · 1965 escape freedom vision

Strike another match, go start anew

It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue Bringing It All Back Home · 1965 farewell change advice

How does it feel?

Like a Rolling Stone Highway 61 Revisited · 1965 identity fall questions

When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose

Like a Rolling Stone Highway 61 Revisited · 1965 independence fall wisdom

Once upon a time you dressed so fine

Like a Rolling Stone Highway 61 Revisited · 1965 identity fall memory

I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes

Positively 4th Street Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits · 1967 bitterness identity betrayal

Everybody must get stoned

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Blonde on Blonde · 1966 humor defiance community

She takes just like a woman, yes, she does

Just Like a Woman Blonde on Blonde · 1966 love identity bitterness

Nobody feels any pain tonight as I stand inside the rain

Just Like a Woman Blonde on Blonde · 1966 love loneliness pain

There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief

All Along the Watchtower John Wesley Harding · 1967 warning trapped wisdom

The hour is getting late

All Along the Watchtower John Wesley Harding · 1967 warning time prophecy

Kick your shoes off, do not fear, bring that bottle over here

I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight John Wesley Harding · 1967 love comfort home

I see my light come shining from the west unto the east

I Shall Be Released Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Volume II · 1971 freedom hope redemption

Any day now, any day now, I shall be released

I Shall Be Released Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Volume II · 1971 freedom hope redemption

Tomorrow’s the day my bride’s gonna come

You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Volume II · 1971 hope home humor

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed

Lay, Lady, Lay Nashville Skyline · 1969 love desire invitation

If not for you, babe, I couldn’t find the door

If Not for You New Morning · 1970 love gratitude devotion

Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door

Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door The Complete Budokan 1978 · 2023 death farewell peace

May you stay forever young

Forever Young The Complete Budokan 1978 · 2023 blessing youth hope

May your heart always be joyful, may your song always be sung

Forever Young The Complete Budokan 1978 · 2023 blessing hope life

Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’, I was layin’ in bed

Tangled Up In Blue Blood on the Tracks · 1975 love memory story

We always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point of view

Tangled Up In Blue Blood on the Tracks · 1975 love memory perspective

Come in, she said, I’ll give ya shelter from the storm

Shelter from the Storm Blood on the Tracks · 1975 love refuge grace

Here comes the story of the Hurricane

Hurricane Desire · 1976 justice story race

Rubin Carter was falsely tried

Hurricane Desire · 1976 justice race america

It may be the devil or it may be the Lord, but you’re gonna have to serve somebody

Gotta Serve Somebody Slow Train Coming · 1979 faith choice morality

Freedom just around the corner for you, but with truth so far off, what good will it do?

Jokerman Infidels · 1983 freedom truth warning

Broken heads, broken bottles, broken bones

Everything Is Broken Oh Mercy · 1989 chaos breakdown america

It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

Not Dark Yet Time out of Mind · 1997 time mortality endurance

I was born here and I’ll die here against my will

Not Dark Yet Time out of Mind · 1997 mortality will place

I used to care, but things have changed

Things Have Changed The Essential Bob Dylan · 2000 disillusion change time

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