Friday, June 30, 2017

Bob Dylan Tells You How to Live Your Life: The circle






As you know I am hard at work on (co)writing the new book Bob Dylan Tells You How to Live Your Life. Guess who I'm co-writing it with? Yep. Bob Dylan! Of course, this is under the agreement that he doesn't have to do anything, having, as he said "Done all the work already."

Fair enough.

Today I have another excerpt for you! To refresh your memory on format, Dylan's quote is in bold, with the source in parenthesis, then, after a line break, in unbolded type, is a clear translation of the quote into an easy to understand life lesson.

This excerpt is from the chapter called "The Circle of Life".





The fewer words you have to waste on this the sooner you can go. (lyric)

Read books, repeat quotations. Draw conclusions on the wall.


 

Read books, repeat quotations. Draw conclusions on the wall. (lyric)

You never ask questions when god's on your side.



You never ask questions when god's on your side. (lyric)

When something's not right it's wrong.



When something's not right it's wrong. (lyric)

Don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin.



Don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin. (lyric)

Aim well my little one. We may not make it through the night.
 


Aim well my little one. We may not make it through the night. (lyric)

He who isn't busy being born is busy dying.



He who isn't busy being born is busy dying. (lyric)

It's all been written in the book. But when there's too much of nothing, nobody should look.



It's all been written in the book. But when there's too much of nothing, nobody should look. (lyric)

The fewer words you have to waste on this the sooner you can go. 


 


 


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