A blues first recorded by the Mississippi Sheiks in 1930, which Dylan sings solo on Good as I Been to You.
The words
A man whose lover has left him insists he is doing just fine without her.
The singer has been abandoned by a lover who went away and did not come back. Rather than mourn, he claims to be doing better than ever, though the boast carries a clear trace of hurt. The song is built on a simple, repeated refrain that turns heartbreak into stubborn pride. Dylan plays it as a relaxed country blues with guitar and harmonica, an old standard handed down through many singers.
Words by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen
The words
A man whose lover has left him insists he is doing just fine without her.
The singer has been abandoned by a lover who went away and did not come back. Rather than mourn, he claims to be doing better than ever, though the boast carries a clear trace of hurt. The song is built on a simple, repeated refrain that turns heartbreak into stubborn pride. Dylan plays it as a relaxed country blues with guitar and harmonica, an old standard handed down through many singers.
Words by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1992
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