Positively Bob Dylan - The Annotated Recordings
Restless Farewell
 Track 10     5.34 minutes
THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
LYRICS & MUSIC BY BOB DYLAN
Introduction Guitar 
Bob Dylan 1. Oh all the money that in my whole life I did spend
Be it mine right or wrongfully
I let it slip gladly to my friends
To tie up the time most forcefully
But the bottles are done
We've killed each one
And the table's full and overflowed
And the corner sign
Says it's closing time
So I'll bid farewell and be down the road.
2. Oh ev'ry girl that ever I've touched
I did not do it harmfully
And ev'ry girl that even I've hurt
I did not do it knowin'ly
But to remain as friends we need the time
And make demands and stay behind
And since my feet are now fast
And point away from the past
I'll bid farewell and be down the line.
3. Oh ev'ry foe that ever I faced
The cause was there before we came
And ev'ry cause that ever I fought
I fought it full without regret or shame
But the dark does die
As the curtain is drawn and somebody's eyes
Must meet the dawn
And if I see the day
I'd only have to stay
So I'll bid farewell in the night and be gone.
Oh ev'ry thought that's strung a knot in my mind
I might go insane if it couldn't be sprung
But it's not to stand naked under unknowin' eyes
It's for myself and my friends my stories are sung
But the time ain't tall
Yet on time you depend and no word is possessed
By no special friend
And though the line is cut
It ain't quite the end
I'll just bid farewell till we meet again.
Oh a false clock tries to tick out my time
To disgrace, distract, and bother me
And the dirt of gossip blows into my face
And the dust of rumors covers me
But if the arrow is straight
And the point is slick
It can pierce through dust no matter how thick
So I'll make my stand
And remain as I am
And bid farewell and not give a damn.

Official Sony Music Lyrics at
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ANNOTATION
Source/Precedents
Based on a 
Comments
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The Critics
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ALTERNATIVE RECORDINGS
Bob Dylan
#1 THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'  Track 10.
 
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For extensive information on alternate versions see Olof Björner's  excellent ... 
 It Ain’t Me, Babe
RECORDING DETAILS
Recorded: 31 October 1963
Release Date : 13 January 1964
Published :
Studio:  Columbia Studio A, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Master Number: CO-79788
Take: 1
Producer: Tom Wilson
Engineer/s: 
Company: CBS
Record Number : Columbia Mono CL 21055
Columbia Stereo KCS 8905
CD Number: CBS 467175-2
Record: Side A  Track 5?  (13 January 1964)
CD: Track 10  (Date)
Time:  5.34 minutes
Musicians:
Bob Dylan Vocals/Guitar/Harmonica

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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