The third track on Under the Red Sky, a brisk rock song issued as a single from the album.
The words
A narrator marvels at a world where greed and wrongdoing go unpunished and nothing makes sense anymore.
The singer looks around at a society that seems to run on money, deceit and empty promises, and keeps declaring how hard it is to believe. Each verse adds another absurdity, delivered with a shrug as much as a protest. The refrain turns disbelief into a running joke. The band plays a bright, driving rock arrangement that sits in wry contrast to the bleak picture the words paint.
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The words
A narrator marvels at a world where greed and wrongdoing go unpunished and nothing makes sense anymore.
The singer looks around at a society that seems to run on money, deceit and empty promises, and keeps declaring how hard it is to believe. Each verse adds another absurdity, delivered with a shrug as much as a protest. The refrain turns disbelief into a running joke. The band plays a bright, driving rock arrangement that sits in wry contrast to the bleak picture the words paint.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1990
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