The seventh track on Under the Red Sky, a counting song that echoes the story of Noah's ark.
The words
Pairs, then larger groups, march forward in a counting rhyme that hints at the flood and the end of things.
Built like a children's counting game, the song lines figures up two by two, three by three and onward, recalling the animals entering the ark. As the numbers climb, the questions it asks grow more uneasy: where are they all going, and what is waiting for them. The simple structure carries a sense of judgment and passing time. It moves at a gentle, rolling pace with a soft, repeating melody.
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The words
Pairs, then larger groups, march forward in a counting rhyme that hints at the flood and the end of things.
Built like a children's counting game, the song lines figures up two by two, three by three and onward, recalling the animals entering the ark. As the numbers climb, the questions it asks grow more uneasy: where are they all going, and what is waiting for them. The simple structure carries a sense of judgment and passing time. It moves at a gentle, rolling pace with a soft, repeating melody.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1990
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