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This list contains songs written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, including those where he is credited as co-author. The list omits traditional songs where Dylan has claimed arranger's copyright.
Dark Eyes (Bob Dylan song) Dead Man, Dead Man; Dear Landlord; The Death of Emmett Till; Desolation Row; The Devil's Been Busy; Dignity (Bob Dylan song) Dirge (Bob Dylan song) Dirt Road Blues; Dirty World; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Down Along the Cove; Down in the Flood; Down the Highway (song) Dreamin' of You (Bob Dylan song) Drifter's ...
The lyrics have their origins in the Bible. In his book, Wicked Messenger: Bob Dylan and the 1960s, Mike Marqusee writes: The song title appears to be derived from Proverbs 13:17: "A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.". [4] [In the song] the character first appears in public, unbidden, as an obsessive ...
Spectrum Culture included the song on a list of Dylan's "20 Best Songs of the '00s". In an article accompanying the list, critic David Harris interpreted the "deal" of the title as being a metaphor for death but noted that "Dylan isn’t looking at death with fear.
"In My Time of Dying" (also called "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed" or a variation thereof) is a gospel music song by Blind Willie Johnson. The title line, closing each stanza of the song, refers to a deathbed and was inspired by a passage in the Bible from Psalms 41:3 "The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing, thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness".
Psalm 119:28 “My spirit sags because of grief. Now raise me up according to your promise!” The Good News: This verse is conveying the feeling of being emotionally exhausted and sad.When we ...
In his controversial 1970 article "Bob Dylan and the Poetry of Salvation", sociologist Steven Goldberg identified it as a song with which Dylan's focus changed from politics to mysticism. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Music critic Michael Gray interprets the song as, "a vision of the world, that is, in which nature appears not as a manifestation of God but as ...
Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited. Perennial Currents. ISBN 0-06-052569-X; Heylin, Clinton (2009). Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1957-1973. Cappella Books. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1556528439. Marqusee, Mike (2005). Wicked Messenger: Bob Dylan And the 1960s. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 978-1583226865.