These are samples from 17 Dylan tunes I've recorded--some very different from his. I hope I did the songs justice.
If someone wears another's clothes, they have to be tailored for that person.
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LONG TIME GONE
(Bob Dylan, 1962; revised wording and arrangement by O.V. Michaelsen [Ove Ofteness])
My parents raised me tenderly, I was their only son; My mind got mixed with wanderin’ when I was much too young. Was just a child of thirteen years when I first left my home; Been a long time comin’, Ma, I'll be a long time gone.
On a road through south New Mexico, in the dust and rolling sage, I thought I’d find some kind of work, and tried to hide my age. No place to turn, I’d somehow learn to make it on my own. Been a long time comin’—I'll be a long time gone.
Many times by the highway side I tried to flag a ride. With bloodshot eyes and gritting teeth, I’d watch the cars roll by. In the empt...