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IT’S ALL GOOD
Talk about me babe, if you must Throw on the dirt, pile on the dust I’d do the same thing if I could You know what they say They say it’s all good All good, it’s all good
"Talk about me babe, if you must" talk spread rumors; gossip:
’If you do that, people will talk’ this refers to the Singout
Magazine article by CPUSA member Irwin Silber accusing Bob Dylan
of selling out "Throw" put me suddenly or forcefully into a
given condition, position "on the dirt" in my grave "pile on the
dust" slang, ’Pile the shit on thick’ invent a pile of shit
about me! Restless Farewell "If the arrow is straight and the
point is slick it can piece through dust no matter how thick"
"I’d do the same thing if I could" if I were in your position I
would have done the same to you as I never believed a word you
said you goddamn commie! "You know what they say / They say it’s
all good" sarcastic: Communism sucks.
Big politicians telling lies Restaurant kitchen, all full of flies Don’t make a bit of difference Don’t see why it should But it’s all right cos’ it’s all good, it’s all good, it’s all good
"Big politicians" communist politicians with grandiose ideas
"telling lies" lying to the public about the true nature of
kitchen, as place where something is prepared "all full of
flies" full of Communist performers "Don’t make a bit of
difference" sarcastic, Dylan would not be bringing this up if he
was indifferent to it "Don’t see why it should" more sarcasm
"But it’s all right cos’ it’s all good."
"Kitchen" as recording studio; Liner Notes to the Freewheeling
Bob Dylan "After that I thumbed my way to Galveston, in four
days tryin’ to find an ol’ friend whose ma met me at the screen
door and said he’s in the Army. By the time the kitchen door
closed I was passin’ California" In Chronicles Dylan wrote that
he hitchhiked to Texas to hook up with a friend who had a band
but was rejected, screened out, and never made it to the
recording studio.
"Flies" as Communist performers, Some Other Kinds of Songs;
"johnny (little johnny)" Senator Joseph McCarthy "with his
father’s hammer" with Congressional legislation "nailed five
flies t’ the kitchen window�" caught five communist party
members who had recording contracts� "named all the girls" named
other Communists "that did it" who were in the Party "he did /
an’ never knew a / one that didn’t."
"Hammer" as legislation; Eleven Outlined Epitaphs "where state
lines" the borders of the Soviet State "don’t stand" are not
respected "an’ knowledge don’t count" and leftwing propaganda is
dismissed "when feelings are hurt" when people are oppressed
"an’ I am on the side a them hurt feelings / plunged on" cast
suddenly, violently, or deeply into a given state or situation
"by unsensitive hammers" by foreign (unsensitive) heartless
legislation "an’ made t’ bleed by rusty nails" and made to
suffer by antiquated laws. Hard Rain, "I saw a black branch with
blood that kept drippin’" I saw a black branch of humanity
suffering "I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-
bleedin’" I saw a Congress with legislation that was trimmed
off, "bleed" the part of the page that is trimmed off.
Wives are leaving their husbands, they’re beginning to roam They leave the party, and they never get home I wouldn’t change it, even if I could You know what they say man It’s all good, it’s all good, all good
"Wives are leaving their husbands" Communist Party members are
no longer wed to the strict party line "they’re beginning to
roam" they are becoming deviationists; Marxist term for someone
who does not follow the Party line "roam" as in drift, a gradual
deviation from an original course, model, method, or intention
"They leave the party" they quit the Communist Party "and they
never go home" and they never fully realize what sort of regime
they supported "home" a place of origin or headquarters: the
Kremlin, the Soviet Union "I wouldn’t change it, even if I
could" I would have liked to have forced them to have witnessed
the totalitarian society that they supported but "You know what
they say man / It’s all good, it’s all good, all good"
Brick by brick they tear you down A teacup of water is enough to drown You oughta know if they could they would Whatever going down It’s all good All good, it’s all good
"Brick by brick" one by one the reliable sources "the good old
bricks" that you depend on for the information that you based
your worldview on "they tear you down" are denigrated, replaced
my Marxist thinkers "A teacup of water" the smallest amount of
sorrow for others "is enough to drown" is enough to make you
want to drown in sorrow and join the Left instead of thinking
about yourself "You oughta know if they could they would" but if
they had any individual value they would not have to hide behind
collectivism, they are doing so because they are inferior!
"Whatever going down" even if it’s a world class fraud being
perpetrated on Americans "It’s all good All good, it’s all good
People in the country, people on the land Some of ’em so sick, they can hardly stand Everybody would move away, if they could It’s hard to believe, but it’s all good
"People in the country" dissidents deported to gulags "people on
the land" people in the motherland of the Soviet Union "Some of
’em so sick, they can hardly stand" some of the worked to death
by their Communist slave masters in Siberia that they are almost
dead "Everybody would move away, if they could" everyone would
leave that worker’s paradise, that shithole called the USSR if
they could get an exit visa, which they cannot "It’s hard to
believe" it is hard to believe that a country can keep so many
people virtual prisoners, "but it’s all good Yeaaaa!" but that’s cool, hey it must be fun to be in a Soviet
political prison or mental hospital to which dissidents, many
who were Jewish, were committed.
The widows cry, the orphans bleed Everywhere you look there’s more misery Come away with me babe, I wish you would You know what I’m saying It’s all good, all good
"The widows cry" those whose loved ones have been killed by the
Communists; Liner Notes to John Wesley Harding wherein Dylan
describes the CPUSA, "They scorn the widow and abuse the child
but I am afraid that they shall not prevail over the young man’s
destiny, not even them!" "the orphans bleed" the anti-Castro
exile fighters incur casualties, Baby Blue "Yonder stands your
orphan with his gun / Crying like a fire in the sun" "Everywhere
you look there’s more misery" all the Communists do is increase
the amount of misery in the world, not ameliorate it or
eradicate it "Come away with me babe, I wish you would" move in
my direction, move to the right "You know what I’m saying" you
must know this from what I have just said, "It’s all good, all
good, I said it’s all good, all good" Communism stinks and gee
wilikers, not only is it 90 miles from Key West, it has struck
my home!
There’s a cold blooded killer stalking the town Cop cars blinkin’, something bad going down Buildings are crumbling in the neighborhood but it’s nothing to worry about, cause it’s all good It’s all good
"There’s a cold blooded killer" killer slang: having an
impressive or effective power or impact; a formidable enemy, a
Maoist "stalking" following or observing a person persistently,
especially out of obsession or derangement "the town" New York
City as in New York Town "Cop cars blinkin’, police are wavering
or backing down, as in a contest of wills "something bad going
down" Dylan’s 30th Birthday Party Sunday May 24, 1972 "Buildings
are crumbling in the neighborhood" Dylan townhouse is falling
into decay or ruin, and he has to move; Idiot Wind "The priest
wore black on the seventh Day and sat stone faced while the
building burned" I "burned down his crib" drug slang; made it
useless by bringing the heat or the rips around "but it’s
nothing to worry about, cause it’s all good!
I’m gonna pluck off your beard and blow it in your face This time tomorrow I’ll be roaming in your place I wouldn’t change a thing, even if I could You know what they say They say it’s all good, it’s all good O yeah
"I’m gonna pluck off your beard" after he beat me up, as a coup
de gras, Dylan plucked off my FREE BOB DYLAN button from my work
shirt and threw it to the ground. I had been court marshaled,
demoted in rank, and my medals were stripped from my uniform, I
was disgraced "beard" something that serves to divert suspicion
or attention from another thing such as the fact that I was not
as militant as I pretended to be "blow it in your face" throw it
in your face in numerous poems, Idiot Wind "I waited for you on
the running board" Journey Through Dark Heat "the laughter down
on Elizabeth Street" "This time tomorrow" When the Night Comes
Falling From the Sky, "This time tomorrow I’ll know you better /
When my memory is not so short" "I’ll be roaming" wandering
about in search of something; Idiot Wind "in your place" a
business establishment or office, in this case a safe house from
which pot was sold. As stated Lord Oliver Foot was a mutual
friend who often visited the office "I wouldn’t change a thing,
even if I could" I wouldn’t get you busted, even though I could
have "You know what they say / They say it’s all good, it’s all
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IT’S ALL GOOD
Talk about me babe, if you must
Throw on the dirt, pile on the dust
I’d do the same thing if I could
You know what they say
They say it’s all good
All good, it’s all good
"Talk about me babe, if you must" talk spread rumors; gossip:
’If you do that, people will talk’ this refers to the Singout
Magazine article by CPUSA member Irwin Silber accusing Bob Dylan
of selling out "Throw" put me suddenly or forcefully into a
given condition, position "on the dirt" in my grave "pile on the
dust" slang, ’Pile the shit on thick’ invent a pile of shit
about me! Restless Farewell "If the arrow is straight and the
point is slick it can piece through dust no matter how thick"
"I’d do the same thing if I could" if I were in your position I
would have done the same to you as I never believed a word you
said you goddamn commie! "You know what they say / They say it’s
all good" sarcastic: Communism sucks.
Big politicians telling lies
Restaurant kitchen, all full of flies
Don’t make a bit of difference
Don’t see why it should
But it’s all right
cos’ it’s all good, it’s all good, it’s all good
"Big politicians" communist politicians with grandiose ideas
"telling lies" lying to the public about the true nature of
Communism "Restaurant kitchens" commercial recording studios,
kitchen, as place where something is prepared "all full of
flies" full of Communist performers "Don’t make a bit of
difference" sarcastic, Dylan would not be bringing this up if he
was indifferent to it "Don’t see why it should" more sarcasm
"But it’s all right cos’ it’s all good."
"Kitchen" as recording studio; Liner Notes to the Freewheeling
Bob Dylan "After that I thumbed my way to Galveston, in four
days tryin’ to find an ol’ friend whose ma met me at the screen
door and said he’s in the Army. By the time the kitchen door
closed I was passin’ California" In Chronicles Dylan wrote that
he hitchhiked to Texas to hook up with a friend who had a band
but was rejected, screened out, and never made it to the
recording studio.
"Flies" as Communist performers, Some Other Kinds of Songs;
"johnny (little johnny)" Senator Joseph McCarthy "with his
father’s hammer" with Congressional legislation "nailed five
flies t’ the kitchen window�" caught five communist party
members who had recording contracts� "named all the girls" named
other Communists "that did it" who were in the Party "he did /
an’ never knew a / one that didn’t."
"Hammer" as legislation; Eleven Outlined Epitaphs "where state
lines" the borders of the Soviet State "don’t stand" are not
respected "an’ knowledge don’t count" and leftwing propaganda is
dismissed "when feelings are hurt" when people are oppressed
"an’ I am on the side a them hurt feelings / plunged on" cast
suddenly, violently, or deeply into a given state or situation
"by unsensitive hammers" by foreign (unsensitive) heartless
legislation "an’ made t’ bleed by rusty nails" and made to
suffer by antiquated laws. Hard Rain, "I saw a black branch with
blood that kept drippin’" I saw a black branch of humanity
suffering "I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-
bleedin’" I saw a Congress with legislation that was trimmed
off, "bleed" the part of the page that is trimmed off.
Wives are leaving their husbands, they’re beginning to roam
They leave the party, and they never get home
I wouldn’t change it, even if I could
You know what they say man
It’s all good, it’s all good, all good
"Wives are leaving their husbands" Communist Party members are
no longer wed to the strict party line "they’re beginning to
roam" they are becoming deviationists; Marxist term for someone
who does not follow the Party line "roam" as in drift, a gradual
deviation from an original course, model, method, or intention
"They leave the party" they quit the Communist Party "and they
never go home" and they never fully realize what sort of regime
they supported "home" a place of origin or headquarters: the
Kremlin, the Soviet Union "I wouldn’t change it, even if I
could" I would have liked to have forced them to have witnessed
the totalitarian society that they supported but "You know what
they say man / It’s all good, it’s all good, all good"
Brick by brick they tear you down
A teacup of water is enough to drown
You oughta know if they could they would
Whatever going down
It’s all good
All good, it’s all good
"Brick by brick" one by one the reliable sources "the good old
bricks" that you depend on for the information that you based
your worldview on "they tear you down" are denigrated, replaced
my Marxist thinkers "A teacup of water" the smallest amount of
sorrow for others "is enough to drown" is enough to make you
want to drown in sorrow and join the Left instead of thinking
about yourself "You oughta know if they could they would" but if
they had any individual value they would not have to hide behind
collectivism, they are doing so because they are inferior!
"Whatever going down" even if it’s a world class fraud being
perpetrated on Americans "It’s all good All good, it’s all good
People in the country, people on the land
Some of ’em so sick, they can hardly stand
Everybody would move away, if they could
It’s hard to believe, but it’s all good
"People in the country" dissidents deported to gulags "people on
the land" people in the motherland of the Soviet Union "Some of
’em so sick, they can hardly stand" some of the worked to death
by their Communist slave masters in Siberia that they are almost
dead "Everybody would move away, if they could" everyone would
leave that worker’s paradise, that shithole called the USSR if
they could get an exit visa, which they cannot "It’s hard to
believe" it is hard to believe that a country can keep so many
people virtual prisoners, "but it’s all good
Yeaaaa!" but that’s cool, hey it must be fun to be in a Soviet
political prison or mental hospital to which dissidents, many
who were Jewish, were committed.
The widows cry, the orphans bleed
Everywhere you look there’s more misery
Come away with me babe, I wish you would
You know what I’m saying
It’s all good, all good
"The widows cry" those whose loved ones have been killed by the
Communists; Liner Notes to John Wesley Harding wherein Dylan
describes the CPUSA, "They scorn the widow and abuse the child
but I am afraid that they shall not prevail over the young man’s
destiny, not even them!" "the orphans bleed" the anti-Castro
exile fighters incur casualties, Baby Blue "Yonder stands your
orphan with his gun / Crying like a fire in the sun" "Everywhere
you look there’s more misery" all the Communists do is increase
the amount of misery in the world, not ameliorate it or
eradicate it "Come away with me babe, I wish you would" move in
my direction, move to the right "You know what I’m saying" you
must know this from what I have just said, "It’s all good, all
good, I said it’s all good, all good" Communism stinks and gee
wilikers, not only is it 90 miles from Key West, it has struck
my home!
There’s a cold blooded killer stalking the town
Cop cars blinkin’, something bad going down
Buildings are crumbling in the neighborhood
but it’s nothing to worry about, cause it’s all good
It’s all good
"There’s a cold blooded killer" killer slang: having an
impressive or effective power or impact; a formidable enemy, a
Maoist "stalking" following or observing a person persistently,
especially out of obsession or derangement "the town" New York
City as in New York Town "Cop cars blinkin’, police are wavering
or backing down, as in a contest of wills "something bad going
down" Dylan’s 30th Birthday Party Sunday May 24, 1972 "Buildings
are crumbling in the neighborhood" Dylan townhouse is falling
into decay or ruin, and he has to move; Idiot Wind "The priest
wore black on the seventh Day and sat stone faced while the
building burned" I "burned down his crib" drug slang; made it
useless by bringing the heat or the rips around "but it’s
nothing to worry about, cause it’s all good!
I’m gonna pluck off your beard and blow it in your face
This time tomorrow I’ll be roaming in your place
I wouldn’t change a thing, even if I could
You know what they say
They say it’s all good, it’s all good
O yeah
"I’m gonna pluck off your beard" after he beat me up, as a coup
de gras, Dylan plucked off my FREE BOB DYLAN button from my work
shirt and threw it to the ground. I had been court marshaled,
demoted in rank, and my medals were stripped from my uniform, I
was disgraced "beard" something that serves to divert suspicion
or attention from another thing such as the fact that I was not
as militant as I pretended to be "blow it in your face" throw it
in your face in numerous poems, Idiot Wind "I waited for you on
the running board" Journey Through Dark Heat "the laughter down
on Elizabeth Street" "This time tomorrow" When the Night Comes
Falling From the Sky, "This time tomorrow I’ll know you better /
When my memory is not so short" "I’ll be roaming" wandering
about in search of something; Idiot Wind "in your place" a
business establishment or office, in this case a safe house from
which pot was sold. As stated Lord Oliver Foot was a mutual
friend who often visited the office "I wouldn’t change a thing,
even if I could" I wouldn’t get you busted, even though I could
have "You know what they say / They say it’s all good, it’s all
good / O yeah"