Maybe it’s been a while
since you said to yourself “Oh gosh, I’m getting old.”
It’s been 54 years
since Bob Dylan introduced “Blowin’ In The Wind”
in Greenwich Village. He recorded this iconic song a couple weeks later, and it
was released in 1963. Dylan claimed he wrote the song in 10 minutes. The
Beatles claimed it was one of the songs that altered their early musical
development.
I can mention my personal
experience of hearing “Blowin’ In The Wind” sung by just about every band that
played for the troops in Vietnam, more or less at the same time they were
belting out “Leaving On A Jet Plane.”
Dylan blandly claimed “this
here ain’t no protest song.” Of course it was.
Maybe you forget some of
the words. Here they are:
How many
roads must a man walk down
before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly
before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist
before it is washed to the sea?
Yes, and how many years can some people exist
before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
and pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
Yes, and how many times must a man look up
before he can see the sky?
Yes, and how many ears must one man have
before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
that too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly
before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist
before it is washed to the sea?
Yes, and how many years can some people exist
before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
and pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
Yes, and how many times must a man look up
before he can see the sky?
Yes, and how many ears must one man have
before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
that too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
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