A folk song adapted by Paul Clayton and a 1959 hit for Billy Grammer, recorded by Dylan for Self Portrait.
The words
A restless man feels the pull of the road and knows he must leave town and keep moving.
The song speaks for a wanderer who has stayed too long in one place and now hears the call to move on, despite the people he leaves behind. It is upbeat rather than mournful, treating the urge to go as part of who he is. Dylan's version is a brisk, cheerful country-folk romp with a steady beat and backing voices. It fits the album's mood of revisiting songs he had known for years.
Words by Paul Clayton
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen and watch
The words
A restless man feels the pull of the road and knows he must leave town and keep moving.
The song speaks for a wanderer who has stayed too long in one place and now hears the call to move on, despite the people he leaves behind. It is upbeat rather than mournful, treating the urge to go as part of who he is. Dylan's version is a brisk, cheerful country-folk romp with a steady beat and backing voices. It fits the album's mood of revisiting songs he had known for years.
Words by Paul Clayton
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1970
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