What do you think Positively 4th Street means?

Bob Dylan: Positively 4th Street Meaning

Album cover for Positively 4th Street album cover

Song Released: 1965


Positively 4th Street Lyrics

You got a lotta nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down
You just stood there grinning

You got a lotta nerve
To say you got a helping hand to lend
You just want to be on
The side that’s winning

You say I let you down
You know...

  1. anonymous
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    Sep 2nd 2010 !⃝

    a nice easy one, its all about how the folk scene turned its back on dylan when he picked up an electric guitar. he personifies the whole thing in the tense of a physical relationship beautifully, often causing people to try and pinpoint an individual he was talking about.

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