A blues by Blind Willie McTell, who recorded it in the early 1930s; Dylan sings it alone with acoustic guitar on World Gone Wrong.
The words
A man compares himself to a worn-out engine that no longer runs, abandoned and begging his woman to return.
A man left by his lover describes himself as a broken-down machine, out of power and useless without her. He prays and pleads for her to come back, his bad luck piling up as he goes. Dylan's version is fierce and percussive, with hard-strummed guitar and a hoarse vocal that turns McTell's lament into something close to a shout.
Words by Blind Willie McTell
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen
The words
A man compares himself to a worn-out engine that no longer runs, abandoned and begging his woman to return.
A man left by his lover describes himself as a broken-down machine, out of power and useless without her. He prays and pleads for her to come back, his bad luck piling up as he goes. Dylan's version is fierce and percussive, with hard-strummed guitar and a hoarse vocal that turns McTell's lament into something close to a shout.
Words by Blind Willie McTell
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1993
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