It recalls the day he accepted an honorary degree at Princeton in June 1970, when cicadas filled the air.
The words
An uneasy man sits through a stuffy ceremony and is glad to escape back to the hills with his love.
Dylan looks back on a day spent being honored by a famous university, and he plainly would rather be anywhere else. He describes the stiff hall, the solemn faces and his own nervous discomfort, while the loud buzzing of insects outside seems to mock the ceremony. The turn comes when he gets away and drives off toward the hills with the woman he loves. Wry and self-mocking, it is a small comic portrait of fame feeling like a trap.
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The words
An uneasy man sits through a stuffy ceremony and is glad to escape back to the hills with his love.
Dylan looks back on a day spent being honored by a famous university, and he plainly would rather be anywhere else. He describes the stiff hall, the solemn faces and his own nervous discomfort, while the loud buzzing of insects outside seems to mock the ceremony. The turn comes when he gets away and drives off toward the hills with the woman he loves. Wry and self-mocking, it is a small comic portrait of fame feeling like a trap.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1970
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