Written with Robert Hunter, it closes Together Through Life with a jaunty tune that turns a cheerful catchphrase into irony.
The words
Amid broken homes, corruption and decay, the singer keeps insisting with a straight face that everything is fine.
The song surveys a world going wrong, marriages failing, the powerful lying, towns falling apart, and answers each bad sign with the same breezy reassurance of its title. The gap between the grim pictures and the upbeat refrain is the joke, and the bite. It bounces along on a bright, swinging groove with accordion, and Dylan sounds amused and knowing.
Words by Bob Dylan and Robert Hunter
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen and watch
The words
Amid broken homes, corruption and decay, the singer keeps insisting with a straight face that everything is fine.
The song surveys a world going wrong, marriages failing, the powerful lying, towns falling apart, and answers each bad sign with the same breezy reassurance of its title. The gap between the grim pictures and the upbeat refrain is the joke, and the bite. It bounces along on a bright, swinging groove with accordion, and Dylan sounds amused and knowing.
Words by Bob Dylan and Robert Hunter
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 2009
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