The closing track of Knocked Out Loaded, co-written by Dylan and the pop lyricist Carole Bayer Sager.
The words
A man under a lover's spell is torn between devotion and the need to break away before he is lost.
The singer speaks to a woman whose hold over him is almost supernatural, and the song wavers between surrender and resistance. He sounds bewitched and wary at once, promising to return even as he goes. The tone is wistful and slightly mysterious, ending the album on a quieter note than it began. The arrangement is a mid-tempo pop-rock ballad with backing singers and a smooth 1980s sheen.
Words by Bob Dylan and Carole Bayer Sager
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen
The words
A man under a lover's spell is torn between devotion and the need to break away before he is lost.
The singer speaks to a woman whose hold over him is almost supernatural, and the song wavers between surrender and resistance. He sounds bewitched and wary at once, promising to return even as he goes. The tone is wistful and slightly mysterious, ending the album on a quieter note than it began. The arrangement is a mid-tempo pop-rock ballad with backing singers and a smooth 1980s sheen.
Words by Bob Dylan and Carole Bayer Sager
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1986
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