Highway 61 Revisited

The words

A string of absurd episodes, from a biblical sacrifice to a war, all staged on one American highway.

In five short, comic verses, the song tells of absurd events that all end up on the same American highway. God orders Abraham to sacrifice a son there, a man with a bloody nose needs a place to go, odd goods need dumping, and finally a promoter decides to stage the next world war out there. Each tale lands in the same place, making the road a stage for everything. It is a rowdy, fast band performance punctuated by a police siren whistle.