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New Morning · 1970

If Not for You

George Harrison recorded it the same year for All Things Must Pass.

The words

A grateful love song saying the world would be gray and empty without the beloved.

A plain, grateful love song in which the singer tells his partner how lost he would be without her. He pictures a life gone dull and cold, unable to find his way, then sets it against the warmth she brings. Each verse returns to the same thankful idea, so the song works almost as a simple refrain. Bright and unhurried, it opens New Morning with a light, homespun country-folk feel.

Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗

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The words

A grateful love song saying the world would be gray and empty without the beloved.

A plain, grateful love song in which the singer tells his partner how lost he would be without her. He pictures a life gone dull and cold, unable to find his way, then sets it against the warmth she brings. Each verse returns to the same thankful idea, so the song works almost as a simple refrain. Bright and unhurried, it opens New Morning with a light, homespun country-folk feel.

Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗

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