Positively Bob Dylan - The Annotated Recordings
Down the Highway.
 Track 4     3.22 minutes
THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN
LYRICS & MUSIC BY BOB DYLAN
Introduction Guitar riff
Dylan 1. Well, I'm walkin' down the highway
With my suitcase in my hand
Guitar riff
Yes, I'm walkin' down the highway
With my suitcase in my hand
Guitar riff
Lord, I really miss my baby
She's in some far-of land.
Guitar riff
2. Well, your streets are gettin' empty
Lord your highway's gettin' filled
Guitar riff
And your streets are gettin' empty
And your highway's gettin' filled
Guitar riff
Well, the way I love that woman
I swear it's bound to get me killed.
Guitar riff
3. Well, I been gamblin' so long
Lord, I ain't got much more to lose
Guitar riff
Yes, I been gamblin' so long
Lord, I ain't got much more to lose
Guitar riff
Right now I'm havin' trouble
Please don't take away my highway shoes.
Guitar riff
4. Well, I'm bound to get lucky, baby
Or I'm bound to die tryin'
Guitar riff
Yes, I'm a-bound to get lucky, baby
Lord, Lord I'm a-bound to die tryin'
Guitar riff
Well, meet me in the middle of the ocean
And we'll leave this ol' highway behind.
Guitar riff
5. Well, the ocean took my baby
My baby stole my heart from me
Guitar riff
Yes, the ocean took my baby
My baby took my heart from me
Guitar riff
She packed it all up in a suitcase
Lord, she took it away to Italy, Italy.
Guitar riff
6. So, I'm walkin' down your highway
Just as far my poor eyes can see
Guitar riff
Yes, I'm a-walkin' down your highway
Just as far my eyes can see
Guitar riff
From the Golden Gate Bridge
All the way to the Statue of Liberty.
Close  Guitar rift with trill

Official Sony Music Lyrics at
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ANNOTATION
Source/Precedents
Comments
1. Autobiographical/Road song
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The Critics
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Notes
 
ALTERNATIVE RECORDINGS
Bob Dylan
#1 FREEWHEELIN' Track 4
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For extensive information on alternate versions see Olof Björner's  excellent ... 
 It Ain’t Me, Babe
RECORDING DETAILS
Recorded: 9 July 1962
Release Date : 27 May 1963
Published :  
Studio:  Columbia Studio A, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Master Number: CO 757722-1
Take: 1
Producer: John Hammond
Engineer/s: 
Company: CBS
Record Number :
CD Number:
Record: Side A  Track 4  (27 May 1963)
CD: Track 4   (Date)
Time:  3.22 minutes
Musicians:
Bob Dylan Vocals/Guitar

All Recording Data usually from Record /Compact Disc Cover, and
Clinton Heylin, Dylan : Behind Closed Doors - The Recording Sessions 1960-1994 Penguin Books 1996

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