Bob Dylan: Subterranean Homesick Blues Meaning

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Album cover for Subterranean Homesick Blues album cover

Song Released: 1965

Subterranean Homesick Blues Lyrics

Johny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
God...

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Oct 18th 2014 !⃝
protest song
tim leary want to be's
not for conflict in nam
have never heard a re-make.... ha ha.

can you sing it ?
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May 1st 2012 !⃝
it's about living in NYC and is the 1st music video ever made in the opening of don't look back
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Apr 26th 2012 !⃝
Its about a kid heading down a bad path... Dylans giving advice in some cases but the firt couple verses foccus primarily on the kid.
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Mar 17th 2012 !⃝
It seems apparent that this song is a recipe for who to live underground without getting caught. I think of this song as being proto-rap.

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