Index:

  • Possessions Sold
  • Rain
  • Shoes

    Possessions Sold

    Chris Rollason suggests:

    she had to sell everything she owned. "Tangled Up In Blue"

    her possessions have been sold, "Angelina"

    (both songs also refer to a multiple - three-way or, in "Angelina" a four-way - relationship of some description)

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    Rain

    Oh, what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
    Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one?
    I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin',

    I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans,
    I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard,
    And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard,
    And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
    "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall"

    Everybody is making love,
    Or else expecting rain,
    "Desolation Row"

    When the storm clouds gather round you and heavy rains descend,
    Just remember that death is not the end,
    "Death Is not the End"

    And I, I don't mind the pain, don't mind the driving rain,
    I know I will sustain, 'cause I believe in you.
    "I Believe in You"

    Told about Jesus, told about the rain,
    She told me about the jungle where her brothers were slain,
    By the man who invented iron, who disappeared so mysteriously.
    "Caribbean Wind"

    Did you ever have a dream that you couldn't explain?
    Ever meet your accusers face to face in the rain?
    "Caribbean Wind"

    Well, the rainman comes with his magic wand
    And the judge says, "Mona can't have no bond."
    And the walls collide, Mona cries,
    And the rainman leaves in the wolfman's disguise.
    "I Wanna Be Your Lover"

    You were snow, you were rain,
    You were striped, you were plain,
    Oh Babe, truer words were never spoken, Or broken.
    "Born in Time"

    Well, I'm standin' in line in the rain to see a movie starring Gregory Peck,
    Yeah, but you know it's not the one that I had in mind.
    "Brownsville Girl"

    Buckets of rain, buckets of tears,
    Got all them buckets comin' out of my ears.
    Buckets of moonbeams in my hand,
    I got all the love, honey baby, you can stand.
    "Buckets of Rain"

    The wind howls like a hammer,
    The night blows cold and rainy,
    My love she's like some raven,
    At my window with a broken wing.
    "Love Minus Zero (No Limit)"

    Rainy Day Women #12 & #35 Title only

    We sit here stranded, but we're all doin' our best to deny it.
    And Louise holds a handful of rain, tempting you to defy it.
    "Visions of Johanna"

    Well, harmonica's play the skeleton keys and the rain,
    And these visions of Johanna are now all that remains.
    "Visions of Johanna"

    And I was standing on the side of the road,
    Rain falling on my shoes.
    Heading out for the old east coast,
    Lord knows I've paid some dues, getting through,
    "Tangled up in Blue."

    Come gather round people wherever you roam,
    And admit that the waters around you have grown,
    And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone,
    "The Times, They are a-Changing"

    Where Ma Rainey and Beethoven once unwrapped a bedroll,
    Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole,
    "Tombstone Blues"

    Nobody feels any pain.
    Tonight as I stand inside the rain,
    "Just Like a Woman"

    When you're lost in the rain in Juarez, and it's Eastertime too,
    And your gravity fails and negativity don't pull you through,
    "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"

    Father of loneliness and pain,
    Father of love and Father of rain.
    "Father of Night"

    As the rain beats down and the cranes fly away,
    From Black Diamond Bay.
    "Black Diamond Bay"

    Didn't I, didn't I try to love you?
    Didn't I, didn't I try to care?
    Didn't I sleep, didn't I weep beside you,
    With the rain blowing in your hair?
    "I'll Remember You"

    There's a long distance train rolling through the rain, Tears on the letter that I write. "Where Are You Tonight/Journey Through Dark Heat"

    Dreams where the umbrella is open, "Series of Dreams"

    I'm gonna get my coat, I feel the breath of a storm.
    There's something I've got to do tonight, You go inside and stay warm.
    "Tight Connection to My Heart"

    There's a lone soldier on the hill,
    Watching fallin' raindrops pour.
    "Idiot Wind - original version"

    If Not For You,
    My sky would fall,
    Rain would gather too.
    "If Not For You"

    I still can remember the way that she smiled,
    On the fifth day of May, with her tears all in the rain.
    "Isis"

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    Shoes

    And, when I was through, I filled up my shoe,
    And brought it to you.
    And you, you took me in, you loved me then,
    You never wasted time.
    "Fourth Time Around"

    when asked if you go t' church, always answer yes, never look at your shoes. "Advice to Geraldine"

    And I was standing on the side of the road,
    Rain falling on my shoes.
    Heading out for the old east coast,
    Lord knows I've paid some dues, getting through,
    Tangled up in blue.
    "Tangled Up in Blue"

    She studied the lines on my face.
    I must admit I felt a little uneasy,
    When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoes,
    Tangled up in blue.
    "Tangled Up in Blue"

    Mama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes,
    Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin for food,
    I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues.
    "Tombstone Blues"

    Someone else is speaking with my mouth
    But I'm listening only to my heart.
    I'll make shoes for everyone -- even you -- But I'll still go barefoot.
    "I and I"

    Well, my shoes, they come from Singapore,
    My flashlight's from Taiwan,
    "Union Sundown"

    Someday, little girl, everything for you is gonna be new,
    Someday, little boy, you'll have a diamond as big as your shoe.
    "Under the Red Sky"

    The cat's in the well and pappa is reading the news.
    His hair's falling out and all of his daughters need shoes.
    "Cat's in the Well"

    This savage soldier sticks his head in sand and then complains,
    Unto the shoeless hunter who's gone deaf but still remains,
    Upon the beach where hounddogs bay at ships with tattooed sails,
    Heading for the gates of Eden.
    "Gates of Eden"

    Wiggle wiggle wiggle in your boots and shoes,
    Wiggle wiggle wiggle, you got nothing to lose,
    "Wiggle Wiggle"

    Seems there was an earthquake there,
    Left nothing but a panama hat,
    And a pair of old Greek shoes,
    "Black Diamond Bay"

    They threw me in the alley, when up comes this girl from France,
    Who invited me to her place. I went, but she had a friend,
    Who knocked me out an' robbed my boots an' was I on the street again.
    "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream"

    I can still see the day you came to me on a painted desert,
    In your busted down ford and your platform heels.
    "Brownsville Girl"

    Gentlemen, he said, I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,
    I've moved your mountains and marked your cards,
    "Changing of the Guards"

    Right now I'm havin' trouble,
    Please don't take away my highway shoes.
    "Down the Highway"

    Kick your shoes off, do not fear,
    Bring that bottle over here,
    "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"

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