Ode To Bobby Z

grimbo · March 31, 2013, 03:06:47 PM

A tribute to the great man, lyrics by myself, melody by the singer Ian "One Take" McLaren.

Ode To Bobby Z

I feel like listening to something Dylanesque
But it definitely won't be Empire Burlesque
More like Bringing It On Back Home

One of his greatest ever tomes
His output varied from awful to great
From the highs of Blonde On Blonde
To the lows of Self Portrait
Nashville Skyline is perfectly fine
One thing that never needs rearrangin'
Is my love for The Times Are A Changin'

Chorus

One thing about which I won't remain anonymous
Is my dislike for Dylan's eponymous

Street Legal and Planet Waves
Far surpassed Oh Mercy and Saved
I wouldn't be bereft if I lost Love and Theft
I can't abide Another Side
My revisiting is never done to Highway 61
Always in my head is Dylan and the Dead

Chorus

One thing about which I won't remain anonymous
Is my dislike for Dylan's eponymous

I can't imagine ever discarding John Wesley Harding
New Morning my collection won't be adorning
Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid was a gallant bid
While about Blood On The Tracks I'll lyrically wax
I'm a fan of Live At Budokan
I've always had a good feelin' about Freewheelin'

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In relation to my predilections
Hard Rain would always be in my collection

From the Basement Tapes I just can't escape
But Desire never set me on fire
You'll often catch me humming to Slow Train Coming
Shot Of Love fits on my turntable like a hand fits a glove
Infidels never rang my bells
I could never be goaded to get Knocked Out Loaded
But I heartily approve of Down in The Groove

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One album that's just in my blood
Is the unsurpassable Before The Flood

The need to hear Oh Mercy constantly deserts me
I never did buy Under The Blood Red Sky
Good As I Been To You just never really flew
World Gone Wrong tells its own song
Time Out Of Mind fell a long way behind
Modern Times never really chimes
Together Through Life in my psyche is rife
With Christmas In The Heart, I'll never part

© Robin Grimmond 2012

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