Bob Dylan: Haiku 61 Revisited

Every song Bob Dylan wrote or performed can be distilled in a haiku. NOTE FOR READERS: All posts from 2010 to 2014 should be considered out of date. Please disregard them. There are, or will be, new versions of each haiku.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Lucky Old Sun

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Bob works his ass off, And for what? That goddamn sun Sure has it easy.

Love Sick

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She messed him up good. Bob's way beyond her -- he's sick. A junkie for her.

Love Rescue Me

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Profound or pompous? Bob joins U2 on this song. It gets dramatic.

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

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Bob's next awesome girl: Independent to a fault. Secretly needs him.

Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word

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Bob learns the hard way What love is from a cougar, Who talks to her ex.
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Love Her With a Feeling

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Love her with feeling. Shake it that way too, Bob says. Or don't. Up to you.

Love Henry

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Henry doesn't love her So she kills him. That's one way To keep your man true.

Lost Highway

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Gamblin' and whorin' And drinkin' set this singer On the lost highway.

Lord Protect My Child

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He's Bob's little one. Even though Bob made him, he Asks help from God.

Look on Yonder Wall

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You're a man killer So I got another girl. You have a new man.

Long Time Man Feel Bad

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Man locked up in jail Is feeling bad because he Can't see his woman.
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Long Time Gone

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Young'un goes rambling, Suffers, goes stone-cold crazy. As you guessed, he dies.

Long Johnny Coo-Coo

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Bob sang this down south With Eric von Schmidt, but it is Nowhere on the Web.

Long John

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Lawman needs a con For his new hound dogs to hunt. Long John escapes them.
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Long Distance Operator

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Keep the line open So I can talk to my girl. HEY -- I'm not joking.

Long Black Veil

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Man executed For murder. His alibi Was adultery.

Long Ago, Far Away

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Bob hints that events Like the crucifixion Happen nowadays.

Lonesome Town

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Go to Lonesome Town To forget? An odd choice, Bob. It sounds damn lonely.

Lonesome River

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This girl leaves her man. He sits by the river bank And moons at midnight.

The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

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White guy killed Hattie, Six months ain't no fair sentence. Correct this crime, judge!
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