A gentle, mid-tempo song on Slow Train Coming built around the Golden Rule from the Gospels.
The words
The singer refuses to judge or harm others and asks only to be treated the way he treats them.
The song works through a list of things the narrator will not do to other people, such as judging, cheating or hurting them, and pairs each with the hope that he will be spared the same. Its refrain returns to the Biblical rule of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. The tone is calm and almost conversational, closer to a personal creed than a sermon. The smooth Muscle Shoals groove keeps it light and easy.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen and watch
The words
The singer refuses to judge or harm others and asks only to be treated the way he treats them.
The song works through a list of things the narrator will not do to other people, such as judging, cheating or hurting them, and pairs each with the hope that he will be spared the same. Its refrain returns to the Biblical rule of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. The tone is calm and almost conversational, closer to a personal creed than a sermon. The smooth Muscle Shoals groove keeps it light and easy.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1979
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