Co-written with Jacques Levy, it is one of the album's long story songs.
The words
A cast of strangers at an island hotel meets disaster, while a man watching the news far away barely notices.
A long story song set at a hotel on a tropical island. A cast of strangers, among them a mysterious woman, a soldier, a gambler and a desperate man, each pursue their own small dramas as a volcano begins to erupt. The island and everyone on it are swallowed up. In the final verse the scene cuts to a man far away who sees the news on television, shrugs and moves on. Dylan co-wrote it with Jacques Levy.
Words by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen and watch
The words
A cast of strangers at an island hotel meets disaster, while a man watching the news far away barely notices.
A long story song set at a hotel on a tropical island. A cast of strangers, among them a mysterious woman, a soldier, a gambler and a desperate man, each pursue their own small dramas as a volcano begins to erupt. The island and everyone on it are swallowed up. In the final verse the scene cuts to a man far away who sees the news on television, shrugs and moves on. Dylan co-wrote it with Jacques Levy.
Words by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Connections
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