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About This Track
Dylan once introduced “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” as “a statement that maybe you can say to make yourself feel better… as if you were talking to yourself.” The song, written around the time that Suze Rotolo indefinitely prolonged her stay in Italy, is based on a melody taught to Dylan by folksinger Paul Clayton. NPR’s Tim Riley described the song as “the last word in a long, embittered argument, a paper-thin consolation sung with spite.”
As well as the melody, a couple of lines were taken from Clayton’s “Who’s Goin’ to Buy You Ribbons When I’m Gone?” which was recorded in 1960, two years before Dylan wrote “Don’t Think Twice.” Lines taken word-for-word or slightly altered from the Clayton song are, “T’ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, darlin’,” and, “So I’m walkin’ down that long, lonesome road.” On the first release of the song, instead of “So I’m walkin’ down that long, lonesome road babe, where I’m bound, I can’t tell” Dylan sings “So long, honey babe, where I’m bound, I can’t tell”. The lyrics were changed when Dylan performed live versions of the song and on cover versions recorded by other artists.
The original album version of the song is played in a fast, fingerstyle manner by, some speculate, Bruce Langhorne.[1] In live performances, Dylan often strummed the chords, or flatpicks, albeit in a similar, fast-paced manner.
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viniciuskoch the greatest breakup song ever written (2)
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GregCano Possibly my favourite Dylan song. Certainly a timeless masterpiece.
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oldiesfanjohn one of Bob`s best!
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x4errybomb you just kinda wasted my precious time..don't think twice, it's all right
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Elzbieta1986 Certainly a great breakup song, but also just a beautiful song about life.
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baltimorecounty the greatest breakup song ever written
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Druid66 More powerful in its own quiet, stark way that the most serrated-edge punk can be.
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AlCapwnUK 1962....too good
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deviltohell this song is so fuckin' good
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Samhain138 I adore this song so fucking much.
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TheFatChocobo Halloween '64. Quite sumthin'!
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bananashanna :-)
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PattySauce LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE............
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JellyBean1994 If only I could've written this song...
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glassjimmy Only gets more beautiful with each listen, a truly remarkable song and what every "love" song should be measured against. What a story, what great playing...just all around fantastic.
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SeaHan there ain't no use
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bmc152006 just saw the season 1 finale of mad men and thought that this song was used perfectly at the end [2]
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kemp678 I love singer/songwriters. Today's troubadours.
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tihsymtae You just kinda wasted my precious time. But don't think twice it's alright.
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