A Dylan instrumental on Self Portrait, carried by a wordless hummed vocal and a slow horn arrangement, later heard in the film "The Royal Tenenbaums".
The words
A lazy, hummed melody drifts over brass, a song without words that feels like a half-remembered tune.
There are no lyrics here; Dylan sings the melody as wordless syllables instead. A brass section answers him, swelling and falling in a stately, slightly woozy procession. The tune repeats in gentle circles without building to any climax, which gives it the feel of a late-night reverie or a memory of an old dance band. It is one of the few Dylan originals on Self Portrait, and its warmth has made it one of the album's best-loved tracks.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen and watch
The words
A lazy, hummed melody drifts over brass, a song without words that feels like a half-remembered tune.
There are no lyrics here; Dylan sings the melody as wordless syllables instead. A brass section answers him, swelling and falling in a stately, slightly woozy procession. The tune repeats in gentle circles without building to any climax, which gives it the feel of a late-night reverie or a memory of an old dance band. It is one of the few Dylan originals on Self Portrait, and its warmth has made it one of the album's best-loved tracks.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1970
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