The eighth track on Blood on the Tracks, re-recorded in Minneapolis in December 1974; the earlier New York take had a harsher, more wounded tone.
The words
A man asks a friend to pass his greetings to the woman who left him, hiding how much he still misses her.
A man speaks to someone who may run into his former lover, now far away, and asks them to give her his regards. He insists he bears no grudge and respects her choice, yet every message he sends reveals how much he still thinks about her. The song is gentle and controlled on the surface, the hurt showing only at the edges. A quiet acoustic arrangement with mandolin gives it a sad, tender glow.
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The words
A man asks a friend to pass his greetings to the woman who left him, hiding how much he still misses her.
A man speaks to someone who may run into his former lover, now far away, and asks them to give her his regards. He insists he bears no grudge and respects her choice, yet every message he sends reveals how much he still thinks about her. The song is gentle and controlled on the surface, the hurt showing only at the edges. A quiet acoustic arrangement with mandolin gives it a sad, tender glow.
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