Bob thinks twice – and yep, he still contains a multitude of hits (click here to listen and read lyrics)

Bob thinks twice – and yep, he still contains a multitude of hits (click here to listen and read lyrics)

You could say Bob is back on everything – including a roll!

Yep, at 78 bob is still rolling out a new catalogue of hits.

After the shock release three weeks ago of Murder Most Foul, the enigmatic rock hero of two centuries has just dropped I Contain Multitudes on a world in lock-down.

And it is another ruminative beautiful gravely clock-ticking mixture of hip memories, a trip through Americana and a sad love song.

He rumblesToday, tomorrow and yesterday too

The floors are dying

Like all things do

And he refers to a quaint element of his live performances and his obsession with paintingI fuss with my hair

And I fight blood feuds

I contain multitudes

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He also recognises David Bowie and Edgar Allan Poe Got a tell-tale heart

like Mr Poe

Got skeletons in the wall

of people you know

Here is the full lyric as far as we know:

I CONTAIN MULTITUDES

Today, tomorrow, and yesterday, too
The flowers are dyin’ like all things do
Follow me close, I’m going to Balian Bali
I’ll lose my mind if you don’t come with me
I fuss with my hair, and I fight blood feuds
I contain multitudes

Got a tell-tale heart, like Mr. Poe
Got skeletons in the walls of people you know
I’ll drink to the truth and the things we said
I’ll drink to the man that shares your bed
I paint landscapes, and I paint nudes
I contain multitudes

Red Cadillac and a black moustache
Rings on my fingers that sparkle and flash
Tell me, what’s next? What shall we do?
Half my soul, baby, belongs to you
I relic and I frolic with all the young dudes
I contain multitudes

I’m just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones
And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones
I go right to the edge, I go right to the end
I go right where all things lost are made good again
I sing the songs of experience like William Blake
I have no apologies to make
Everything’s flowing all at the same time
I live on the boulevard of crime
I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods
I contain multitudes

Pink petal-pushers, red blue jeans
All the pretty maids, and all the old queens
All the old queens from all my past lives
I carry four pistols and two large knives
I’m a man of contradictions, I’m a man of many moods
I contain multitudes

You greedy old wolf, I’ll show you my heart
But not all of it, only the hateful part
I’ll sell you down the river, I’ll put a price on your head
What more can I tell you? I sleep with life and death in the same bed
Get lost, madame, get up off my knee
Keep your mouth away from me
I’ll keep the path open, the path in my mind
I’ll see to it that there’s no love left behind
I’ll play Beethoven’s sonatas, and Chopin’s preludes
I contain multitude
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TAGS: Bob, Dylan, Poe, Rolling Stones, Black, Mick, new, single,

3 Replies to “Bob thinks twice – and yep, he still contains a multitude of hits (click here to listen and read lyrics)”

  1. Love the “all the young dudes” mention. Bowie’s song but Mott the Hoople’s finest hour!
    I do worry that this might be the last new song. I would be so sad. Dylan has given so much over the years. So privileged to be alive with him.

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