Host Otis Gibbs expresses his passion for the knowledge that Bob Dylan is sharing with us in his new book The Philosophy Of Modern Song. In this book, Bob Dylan writes his impressions about songs written by people he admires.
This is the next book on my list.
Old Violin Lyrics
I can't recall one time in my life
I've felt as lonely as I do tonight
I feel that I could lay down, and get up no more
It's the damnest feelin', I've never felt it before
Tonight I feel like an old violin
Soon to be put away and never played again
Don't ask me why I feel like this, hell, I can't say
I only wish this feelin' would just go away
I guess it's 'cause the truth
Is the hardest thing I've ever faced
'Cause you can't change the truth
In the slightest way, 'cause I've tried
So I asked myself
"Where do you go from here?"
And then like a fool
I turned around and I looked in the mirror
And there I was seeing an old violin
Soon to be put away and never played again
So one more time, just to be sure
I asked myself, "Where in the world do you go from here?"
And there's when a nickel's worth the difference
When I looked in the mirror
'Cause there I was seein' an old violin
Soon to be put away, and never played again
And just like that, it hit me
That old violin and I were just alike
We'd give our all to country music
And soon, we'll give our life