![]() Blood On The Tracks (1975) [ larger cover art ] |
I've seen love go by my door
It's never been this close before
Never been so easy or so slow
I been shootin' in the dark too long
When something's not right it's wrong
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
Dragon clouds so high above
I've only known careless love
It always has hit me from below
But this time 'round it's more correct
Right on target so direct
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
Purple clover, Queen Anne lace
Crimson hair across your face
You can make me cry but you don't know
Can't remember what I was thinking of
You might be spoiling me too much love
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
Flowers on the hillside blooming crazy
Crickets talking back and forth in rhyme
Blue river running slow and lazy
I could stay with you forever and never realize the time
Situations have ended sad
Relationships have all been bad
Mine have been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud's
But there's no way I can compare
All them scenes to this affair,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
You're gonna make me wonder what I'm doing
Staying far behind without you
You're gonna make me wonder what I'm saying
You're gonna make me give myself a good talking to
I'll look for you in old Honolulu
San Francisco or Ashtabula
You're gonna have to leave me now I know
But I'll see you in the sky above
In the tall grass in the ones I love
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Apr 22, 2013 - 11:08 Everybody in my church loves this song, and this entire album... |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Apr 22, 2013 - 11:08 martinc wrote: My favourite Dylan album. Same here. |
| paultron (Reno NV) | Posted: Feb 18, 2013 - 13:46 martinc wrote: My favourite Dylan album. agreed, which puts it high on my list for best album ever ![]() |
| darkwingderek (Centerville, OH) | Posted: Nov 16, 2012 - 12:22 johnjconn wrote: This will bring out the boo birds but,,,, Love this version the best, but the Miley Cyrus version of this song is good. I know it's Miley, but You Tube it, it's not bad. Watch the video of her in an empty apartment No reason to boo that. Girl has some soul in her voice, just hides it behind pop crap. I've come to really appreciate her version of this song. |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Nov 16, 2012 - 12:22 My favourite Dylan album. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Sep 14, 2012 - 14:41 Dylan as a songwriter/poet: brilliant. Dylan covers: great. Dylan singing: mute. At least, with his 60s voice - his latest blues albums where his adenoids have gone and voice dropped by an octave are pretty damn good. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Aug 14, 2012 - 03:20 ninamo wrote: Is it just me, or does Bob Dylan sometimes start sounding like a parody of himself? Just about everyone does at some point(s), especially later in their careers. At the time of this recording (37 years ago), I'm not sure he did. I guess it depends on who you ask. He probably relishes being a parody of himself. |
| ninamo | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 16:53 Is it just me, or does Bob Dylan sometimes start sounding like a parody of himself? |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 16:52 This will bring out the boo birds but,,,, Love this version the best, but the Miley Cyrus version of this song is good. I know it's Miley, but You Tube it, it's not bad. Watch the video of her in an empty apartment |
| tonypf (Honolulu) | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 16:52 TerryS wrote: I preferred him when he performed two dates with Bobby Vee, playing piano and providing handclaps. Obscure, but funny. |
| lshinkawa (Berkeley, CA) | Posted: Apr 09, 2012 - 13:01 A lot of Bob Dylan lately... I know he's great and important, but sometimes listening to his voice makes my ears hurt. |
| idiot_wind | Posted: Apr 09, 2012 - 13:01 Sing it Bob. Sing it. Best damn song writer of the last 50 years. Sorry Paul Mc. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 20:58 I preferred him when he performed two dates with Bobby Vee, playing piano and providing handclaps. |
| hubcapsally (Peeyay) | Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 09:00 Nope. Can't do it. I have tried and tried to listen to Dylan. Don't get it. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 08:57 randerse10 wrote: Can't help but think that if Bob were just breaking into the music scene today, the music industry would insist on his vocals being run through autotune :D Can't help but think that if Bob were just breaking into the music scene today, he would be totally ignored. |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Oct 02, 2011 - 14:07 kcar wrote: Given the number of Dylan songs that I've heard in the last half-hour, I add my prayers to this humble petition. Has Bob bought RP, or did he just barricade himself in the studio? |
| kcar | Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 00:49 MojoJojo wrote: He's just freaked out by the bear-clown staring at him while he sleeps. a_genuine_find wrote: ![]() Given the number of Dylan songs that I've heard in the last half-hour, I add my prayers to this humble petition. Has Bob bought RP, or did he just barricade himself in the studio? (And kid: staring bear-clowns are going to get you in the end, so just go to sleep.) |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: May 29, 2011 - 13:52 chessie wrote: Beautiful song from the Dylan album I admire most. One of the ten best albums ever made. Yep ! |
| SweTex (Swede living in Texas) | Posted: Dec 23, 2010 - 08:16 chessie wrote: Beautiful song from the Dylan album I admire most. One of the ten best albums ever made. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Aug 18, 2010 - 05:10 Love it!! |
| bachbeet | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 10:37 Terrific song from a terrific album. Not my favorite but he definitely got his vision back after his Christian detour. |
| nate917 (2,815 miles from home) | Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 06:42 WonderLizard wrote: I'll accept at face value Steve Erlewine's AMG essay that Blood on the Tracks is about Dylan's divorce, especially this track. However, I'd always considered—and can't for the life of me remember where I heard/read this—that "Tangled up in Blue" was about his on-again/off-again involvement with Joan Baez, and the unsentimental, mayhaps acidic, "Diamonds and Rust" was her response. Both were issued in 1975. Did the latter contain lines like "you're not nearly as deep as you think you are"? |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 17:45 Cool tune. |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 17:43 He's just freaked out by the bear-clown staring at him while he sleeps. a_genuine_find wrote: ![]() |
| Bosami (Deep in the heart of nowhere) | Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 13:16 a_genuine_find wrote: ![]() I could think of plenty of uses for this rather amusing graphic. Plenty of songs for that matter - but this isn't one of them. To each his/her own I guess. |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 12:56 ![]() |
| randerse10 | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 23:48 Can't help but think that if Bob were just breaking into the music scene today, the music industry would insist on his vocals being run through autotune :D |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Sep 04, 2009 - 11:55 ThePoose wrote: Bob's best album. Divorce brings out the worst + best in us all. I'll accept at face value Steve Erlewine's AMG essay that Blood on the Tracks is about Dylan's divorce, especially this track. However, I'd always considered—and can't for the life of me remember where I heard/read this—that "Tangled up in Blue" was about his on-again/off-again involvement with Joan Baez, and the unsentimental, mayhaps acidic, "Diamonds and Rust" was her response. Both were issued in 1975. |
| chessie (Munich, Germany) | Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 23:04 Beautiful song from the Dylan album I admire most. One of the ten best albums ever made. |
| Bat (Austin) | Posted: Jun 01, 2009 - 10:03 Govi wrote: Wow! Madeleine Peyroux does this so differently, I forgot that this was Dylan's originally. I love both versions! Shawn Colvin also does a very nice cover of this song. I just checked and it is in the RP library but the last play date Oct 07, 2000. I could stand to hear it again. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 01, 2009 - 09:33 This song is good for the ears... |
| cafortier (Northwest NJ) | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 17:23 Beautiful |
| bobcat1963 (the netherlands) | Posted: Mar 30, 2009 - 04:11 *10* for the poetry *10* for the music |
| funkaholic (Los Angeles) | Posted: Dec 25, 2008 - 11:22 Wonderful segue...Neko Case's cover of Buckets of Rain to Dylan's fantastic tune from the same album. Great stuff. And this song rates an 11. |
| tkosh | Posted: Nov 23, 2008 - 21:08 This is the Bob I miss. His shows are fun, and I really like some of his latest music, but this is the Dylan we've loved for so many years. |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 08:11 Paul_in_Australia wrote: This is so exuberant, its hard to relate this to the context of the events in his personal life at this time. Unless it is not about Sara, but about one his other, err, relationships And the only song by his Bobness to reference a Sly Stallone film, Rambo TI know its not Rambo Yo, Andrian, you wanna watch Rambo? Read Rimbaud? |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 08:05 The lyrics + the delivery = solid 9. I have to reserve a 10 for some of his other songs that I like even better. |
| Govi (Left Coast) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 08:03 Wow! Madeleine Peyroux does this so differently, I forgot that this was Dylan's originally. I love both versions! |
| joshfm (Laramie) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 08:02 sweet on vinyl |
| laroue (Tennessee) | Posted: Sep 21, 2008 - 16:23 fantastic cd |
| TerryS (The other SW) | Posted: Jun 18, 2008 - 23:04 PurplePrincess wrote: An automatic 10..
A manual 7. |
| PurplePrincess (the mountains) | Posted: Mar 16, 2008 - 12:48 An automatic 10.. |
| Doogie (Somewhere I am not supposed to be) | Posted: Mar 16, 2008 - 12:48 You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome!! Enough said- 10 |
| alph (Honolulu) | Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 01:27 The stinging poetic beauty of Blood On the Tracks... perfect for a late night. |
| PeterRigg (Lancashire, England) | Posted: Jan 13, 2008 - 14:13 Dull. I know this is a much admired album but for me, both his early songs and his more recent stuff are much better. |
| C57BL6 (up heeyah (Apia)) | Posted: Nov 11, 2007 - 18:59 right on target, so direct! |
| Pyro | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 09:05 ThePoose wrote: Bob's best album. Divorce brings out the worst + best in us all.
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| EssexTex (MAGNOLIA CAFE DAY!) | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 08:59 As a kid my mom was always playing Dylan, I found it so boring, then in my 20's all that changed...now he's a hero of mine...I'm still catching up with his music |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver, Canada) | Posted: Sep 10, 2007 - 10:28 ThePoose wrote: Bob's best album. I agree. So many to choose from but this is the one I go back to the most. This track, like most of the others from Blood on the Tracks, is incredible. |
| Paul_in_Australia (Melbourne) | Posted: Sep 09, 2007 - 22:31 ThePoose wrote: Bob's best album. Divorce brings out the worst + best in us all.
This is so exuberant, its hard to relate this to the context of the events in his personal life at this time. Unless it is not about Sara, but about one his other, err, relationships And the only song by his Bobness to reference a Sly Stallone film, Rambo |


