Maybe it’s been a while since you said to yourself “Oh gosh,
I’m getting old.”
It’s been 53 years since Bob Dylan introduced “Blowin’ In
The Wind” in Greenwich Village. He recorded this iconic song a couple weeks
later, and it was released in 1963. Dylan claimed he wrote the song in 10
minutes. The Beatles claimed it was one of the songs that altered their early
musical development.
I can mention my personal experience of hearing “Blowin’ In
The Wind” sung by just about every band that played for the troops in Vietnam,
more or less at the same time they were belting out “Leaving On A Jet Plane.”
Dylan blandly claimed “this here ain’t no protest song.” Of
course it was.
Maybe you forget some of the words. Here they are:
How many roads must a man walk down
before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly
before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist
before it is washed to the sea?
Yes, and how many years can some people exist
before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
and pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
Yes, and how many times must a man look up
before he can see the sky?
Yes, and how many ears must one man have
before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
that too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly
before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist
before it is washed to the sea?
Yes, and how many years can some people exist
before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
and pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
Yes, and how many times must a man look up
before he can see the sky?
Yes, and how many ears must one man have
before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
that too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
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