A Dylan original that he performed on The Johnny Cash Show in 1969 before recording it for Self Portrait.
The words
A man left behind by his love confesses that he has been sinking into sadness ever since she went away.
The singer is lonely and lovesick, admitting that his life has been nothing but the blues since the woman he loves departed. It is a simple, sincere country lament without much story, built around one feeling. Dylan sings it in the warm, crooning voice of his Nashville period, over a relaxed band with backing voices. It sounds much like a song from the late 1950s, deliberately old-fashioned and unassuming.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen and watch
The words
A man left behind by his love confesses that he has been sinking into sadness ever since she went away.
The singer is lonely and lovesick, admitting that his life has been nothing but the blues since the woman he loves departed. It is a simple, sincere country lament without much story, built around one feeling. Dylan sings it in the warm, crooning voice of his Nashville period, over a relaxed band with backing voices. It sounds much like a song from the late 1950s, deliberately old-fashioned and unassuming.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1970
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