A Dylan original from Knocked Out Loaded, a fast, crowded rock song with backing singers, one of the few songs on the album he wrote alone.
The words
A spurned lover imagines that someday his former partner will understand what she gave up, though he hardly believes it.
The singer addresses a woman who has left him, and runs through what might happen if she ever thinks better of it. The words tumble out quickly, mixing hurt pride, sarcasm and a lingering wish that she might come back. The title becomes a refrain that sounds less hopeful each time. The recording rushes along at a hectic tempo, with gospel-style backing voices and a busy band nearly overrunning the vocal.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen
The words
A spurned lover imagines that someday his former partner will understand what she gave up, though he hardly believes it.
The singer addresses a woman who has left him, and runs through what might happen if she ever thinks better of it. The words tumble out quickly, mixing hurt pride, sarcasm and a lingering wish that she might come back. The title becomes a refrain that sounds less hopeful each time. The recording rushes along at a hectic tempo, with gospel-style backing voices and a busy band nearly overrunning the vocal.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1986
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