How Deep Is the Ocean

The words

A lover answers the question of how much he cares by pointing to the depth of the sea and the height of the sky.

The whole song is built on a series of questions about the size of the singer's love, each answered with an image from nature that has no measurable end. It is simple and devotional, a pledge made through comparisons rather than promises. Dylan takes it slowly and plainly, letting the questions hang in the air over a hushed band.

Words by Irving Berlin