Blowin' in the Wind

Bob knows so little.
He asks where the answers are.
He has a strong hunch.

Blood in My Eyes

He's so into her.
He gave her money, but she
Doesn't care a bit.

Blind Willie McTell

Deep south, magnolias,
Slaves, plantations, blues singers --
Chicken-fried music.

Blessed Is the Name

God is quite decent.
Dylan cites Noah and Lot
Who vouch for THE LORD.

Black Muddy River

When things get too tough,
Bob will walk by the river
And sing a Dead song.

Blackjack Davey

Davey charms girl, and
Steals her from her family,
And she won't go home!

Renaldo and Clara to get DVD release?

This person quotes an anonymous source near or in Dylan's management team.


As epic bombs go,
Renaldo and Clara is
Said to be The One.

Black Diamond Bay

An Altmanesque cast
In Irwin Allen's "Earthquake."
They die in the end.

Black Crow Blues

Bob wants his babe back.
He wanders, disconsolate.
He suffers mood swings.

Black Cross

Vicious white preacher
Steamrolls and hangs a black man
Who is much smarter.

The 'Billy' songs from 'Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid'

The Goldberg Variations of the Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett saga, all from the 1973 soundtrack album to Sam Peckinpah's "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid."

Billy

Bob sets grim tone for
Billy the Kid’s elegy
And for Pat Garrett’s.


Billy 1

Bob tells the story
Of Pat Garrett and Billy,
Once friends, now fighting


Billy 4

He's Billy the Kid,
A saint and a sinner, now
Dying with the West


Billy 7

Bob tells his sad tale
Of Billy and Pat, his friend.
They killed each other.

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell's song
Bemoans development, and
Bob feels the same way.

Big River

When your girl departs
Down the big Mississippi.
You have to follow!

The Big Flood (Tupelo, or Backwater Blues)

Floods obsess Dylan.
This might be the blues song that
Started the whole thing.

Guest Haiku!

My colleague Jeff Goldfarb has a 16-year-old cousin named Ben Zod. This is Ben's haiku. It has nothing to do with Bob Dylan or pop music, and that's just fine.

I saw you ridin'

Round town with the girl I love

And I'm like, haiku.

Big Boss Man

Big boss man's a jerk.
It's time that we called his bluff,
And got a new boss.

Beyond the Horizon

You can love someone
And see all your dreams come true,
So why stop loving?

Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

Our love won't be over,
Even after all this time.
Let's keep going, girl.

Belshazzar

Belshazzar was king
of Babylon, but he failed.
God found him wanting.

Bells of Rhymney

Welshmen get pissed off
After mine disaster, then
They go back to work.