One Too Many Mornings

The words

A man stepping away from a lover at daybreak admits that neither of them is wrong, yet he cannot stay.

The singer stands at the edge of a parting, looking back at the house and the woman he is leaving as night turns to morning. There is no quarrel and no blame; each verse settles on the idea that two people can both be right and still be finished. The mood is tired and tender rather than bitter. Dylan sings it softly over his guitar, with harmonica breaks that stretch the stillness.