You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 version) Lyrics
Gonna see a movie called "Gunga Din"
Pack up your money, pull up your tent McGuinn
You ain't goin' nowhere.
Tomorrow's the day
That my bride's a-gonna come
Whoo-ee, are we gonna fly
Down into the easy chair.
Could not keep on keepin' on
We'll climb that bridge after it's gone
After we're way past it.
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's a-gonna come
Whoo-ee, are we gonna fly
Down into the easy chair.
A flute that toots an' a bee that stings
A sky that cries an' a bird that flies
A fish that walks an' a dog that talks.
Tomorrow's the day
That my bride's a-gonna come
Whoo-ee, are we gonna fly
Down into the easy chair.
thew songs about people and their visions of grandure. They have all these great plans and ideas but leave it at that. The talk the talk but don't walk the walk
Loooovvvveeeee
20 hr 57 min ago
In this song Bob Dylan is lamenting his situation. After he had his motorcycle accident. I believe he injured perhaps broke his neck inured his back, He ws going to be laid up for awhile, Clouds so swift the rain was going to fall, He had been on the fast track and now he was going to have to slow down. Ghengis Khan and his brother Don is a reference to Phil and Everley, The Everley Brothers. They at one time were also on top but due to their contentious relationship stopped playing and did not talk to each other for 10 years. "Pick up your tent McGuin" is a nod to Roger McGuin of the Byrds a friend who had reinterpreted many of Bob Dylans songs and made them and Bob famous. When members of the The Band, Roger McGuin and other friends visited with him they joked "you aint going nowhere". Bob jokes and used sarcasm in his song about what he will do with his time now. Perhaps view movies, " Gunga Din", go shopping, buy rings or a gun that sings, a flute that toots, a sky that cries (lamenting again), a bird that flies, a fish that walks, or a dog that talks. Whooee are we going to fly down in the easy chair. Bob ws going to be immobilized for a while. It was a time to also rehabilitate and detox. Hint Hint
this is one of my dylan favorites.. and i´ve been wondering some about the lyrics. i´ve heard the bit about the everly brothers, and the "couldn't keep on keeping on" fits with your idea perfectly. i don't know if dylan really was seriously injured in that famed accident, but he sure did kick back after he nearly killed himself over touring and drugs, so that part makes sense too. the final verse about birds and fishes and dogs is just dylan having some fun rhyming, i guess :)
this is one of my dylan favorites.. and i´ve been wondering some about the lyrics. i´ve heard the bit about the everly brothers, and the "couldn't keep on keeping on" fits with your idea perfectly. i don't know if dylan really was seriously injured in that famed accident, but he sure did kick back after he nearly killed himself over touring and drugs, so that part makes sense too. the final verse about birds and fishes and dogs is just dylan having some fun rhyming, i guess :)
The Greatest Hits Vol. II version may be "more interesting," does include the personal reference to Roger McGuinn (whether friendly or vindictive?), and the reference to the bird (byrd?) that flies. However, the original version (written for and recorded in the "basement") is the one to discuss and discover the song's meanings. And, that true meaning dates way back to Dylan's early days of hanging out in Zim, Minnesota--the town in-between Hibbing and Duluth that was named after the Zimmerman family--way back before there ever was a Bob Dylan anywhere, not even in Zimmy's mind. The winter rain iced the train tracks ("railings froze"), the train couldn't travel, and stuck in Zim with no train to hop "you ain't goin' nowhere." Bob Zimmerman played the flute in Jr. High, like all students hated substitute teachers, and he also hated tailgates because he once lost a Honda 90 motorcycle out the back of a friend's old pickup truck when the tailgate opened while they bounced over a railroad crossing on some back mine roads out near a crossroads town that used to exist named Perry. Anyway, thus the desire for a "gun that shoots tailgates and substitutes." And, every kid growing up on the Iron Range back then shot rats and pop bottles with their .22 rifles at city dumps in Iron Range towns from east of Grand Rapids to Hibbing to Virginia to Tower to Ely. Meanwhile, there is still a huge white pine in the center of the town of Zim known as the "tree with roots." Climbing "that hill no matter how steep" is another reference to tearing around on mine roads with motorbikes, motor scooters, and small motorcycles. And finally, picking up money and packing up tents is a nod and reference to Bob Zimmerman's Grandma Libby who owned two movie theaters in Hibbing and also showed Saturday morning serials movies for kids in a huge tent in a park in Hibbing. P.S. At age 15, Bob Zimmerman almost married a girlfriend he met while working in the carnival. She was 24 and thought Bob was 19. Bob's parents arrived in the nick of time and stopped the outdoor wedding which was about to take place in from of Zim's "tree with roots."
wow. red door really loves this song!
and i full agree. such a great song!
i kinda get the idea this song is about one last fling before marige. but i only say that because
Whoo-ee, ride me high Tomorrow's the day My bride's a-gonna come Whoo-ee, are we gonna fly Down into the easy chair.
Im not quite sure what this song is about, but gosh, it makes me cherry! Something about the bouncy music and the harmonica and the lyrics. :-D
In this song Bob Dylan is lamenting his situation. After he had his motorcycle accident. I believe he injured perhaps broke his neck inured his back, He ws going to be laid up fora while, Clouds so swift the rain was going to fall, He had been on the fast track and now he was going to have to slow down. Ghengis Khan and his brother Don is a reference to Phil and Everley, The Everley Brothers. They at one time were also on top but due to their contentious relationship stopped playing and did not talk to each other...
In this song Bob Dylan is lamenting his situation. After he had his motorcycle accident. I believe he injured perhaps broke his neck inured his back, He ws going to be laid up fora while, Clouds so swift the rain was going to fall, He had been on the fast track and now he was going to have to slow down. Ghengis Khan and his brother Don is a reference to Phil and Everley, The Everley Brothers. They at one time were also on top but due to their contentious relationship stopped playing and did not talk to each other for 10 years. "Pick up your tent McGuin" is a nod to Roger McGuin of the Byrds a friend who had reinterpreted many of Bob Dylans songs and made them and Bob famous. When members of the The Band, Roger McGuin and other friends visited with him they joked "you aint going nowhere". Bob jokes and used sarcasm in his song about what he will do with his time now. Perhaps view movies, " Gunga Din", go shopping, buy rings or a gun that sings, a flute that toots, a sky that cries (lamenting again), a bird that flies, a fish that walks, or a dog that talks. Whooee are we going to fly down in the easy chair. Bob ws going to be immobilized for a while. It was a time to also rehabilitate and detox. Hint Hint.
This song never fails to make me happy. I found a REALLY good version of it when I was trying to find it on myspace. It's not dylan, and I have no idea who it is, but i like it a lot http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=289264999
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová.
from the I'm Not There OST.
and i love this song as well.
This version is a million times better than the Basement Tapes version.
Does anyone know what key the harmonica is in? This is such an obscure song that none of the Dylan tab sites have this version.
the harmonica is in the key of D, if you play with capo on 2nd fret. the 9th hole i think is the G-note (relative to capo).
the harmonica is in the key of D, if you play with capo on 2nd fret. the 9th hole i think is the G-note (relative to capo).
i also play it without capo with a C-harp (2nd position) or G (1st pos., i think this is the way they play it on the cover from the "i´m not there" OST).
i also play it without capo with a C-harp (2nd position) or G (1st pos., i think this is the way they play it on the cover from the "i´m not there" OST).
i believe its in G and if you capo the second fret it'd be in A
i believe its in G and if you capo the second fret it'd be in A
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