The second track on Empire Burlesque, a Dylan original and one of the album's slower, more tender songs, later a regular in his concerts.
The words
A promise to keep a lost lover in memory long after everything else has faded and the road has moved on.
The song is a farewell that refuses to be a goodbye: the singer admits that life will carry him on, but swears that this one person will stay with him. Its mood is grateful rather than bitter, looking back on what was shared instead of what went wrong. The melody is simple and rises gently into its title line. The recording is a mid-tempo ballad, warmer and less crowded than the rocking tracks around it.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen and watch
The words
A promise to keep a lost lover in memory long after everything else has faded and the road has moved on.
The song is a farewell that refuses to be a goodbye: the singer admits that life will carry him on, but swears that this one person will stay with him. Its mood is grateful rather than bitter, looking back on what was shared instead of what went wrong. The melody is simple and rises gently into its title line. The recording is a mid-tempo ballad, warmer and less crowded than the rocking tracks around it.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1985
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