A slow, mournful song from the 1967 Woodstock sessions with the Band, first released on The Basement Tapes in 1975.
The words
A tired man heads off to Acapulco to see a woman for some fun, though his voice carries more sorrow than pleasure.
A man describes going down to Acapulco to spend time with a woman he knows there, as he does whenever life gets heavy. The words talk of good times, but the music is slow and weary, and his voice sounds resigned, almost grieving. That gap between what he says and how he sounds gives the song its strange power. The Band's organ and steady drums wrap it in a heavy, hymn-like mood.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen and watch
The words
A tired man heads off to Acapulco to see a woman for some fun, though his voice carries more sorrow than pleasure.
A man describes going down to Acapulco to spend time with a woman he knows there, as he does whenever life gets heavy. The words talk of good times, but the music is slow and weary, and his voice sounds resigned, almost grieving. That gap between what he says and how he sounds gives the song its strange power. The Band's organ and steady drums wrap it in a heavy, hymn-like mood.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1975
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