Hoagy Carmichael's 1927 melody, later given words by Mitchell Parish, became one of the most recorded songs of the century; Dylan sings it near the end of Triplicate.
The words
Alone at nightfall, a man remembers a love that has ended and finds the memory itself is all he has left.
A lonely singer looks up at the evening sky and drifts back to a romance that is long over. The song moves from a reflective, half-spoken opening into its famous soaring melody, where the memory of the affair becomes something to treasure in its own right. Its mood is wistful rather than bitter, more about the beauty of remembering than the pain of losing. Dylan takes it slowly and plainly, letting the tune carry the feeling, with a small band behind him.
Words by Mitchell Parish
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The words
Alone at nightfall, a man remembers a love that has ended and finds the memory itself is all he has left.
A lonely singer looks up at the evening sky and drifts back to a romance that is long over. The song moves from a reflective, half-spoken opening into its famous soaring melody, where the memory of the affair becomes something to treasure in its own right. Its mood is wistful rather than bitter, more about the beauty of remembering than the pain of losing. Dylan takes it slowly and plainly, letting the tune carry the feeling, with a small band behind him.
Words by Mitchell Parish
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