Music by Dylan with words by Robert Hunter, the Grateful Dead lyricist, one of two Hunter collaborations on Down in the Groove.
The words
A man cheerfully admits his girlfriend is no beauty, yet he is devoted to her and cannot live without her.
The song is a comic love song turned upside down: instead of praising his sweetheart's looks, the singer happily lists how plain she is. The joke is that the more he runs her down, the clearer it becomes that he adores her. The tone is good-natured and silly, never cruel. The recording is a bouncy, uptempo rock and roll number that plays the novelty idea for laughs.
Words by Robert Hunter
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen
The words
A man cheerfully admits his girlfriend is no beauty, yet he is devoted to her and cannot live without her.
The song is a comic love song turned upside down: instead of praising his sweetheart's looks, the singer happily lists how plain she is. The joke is that the more he runs her down, the clearer it becomes that he adores her. The tone is good-natured and silly, never cruel. The recording is a bouncy, uptempo rock and roll number that plays the novelty idea for laughs.
Words by Robert Hunter
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1988
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