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| Bob Dylan – Desolation Row Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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you are correct. dylan said that desolation row was in mexico obviously to mislead people but your interpretation seems to be correct |
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| Bob Dylan – Desolation Row Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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the first verse is about an actual incident that occurred near Dylan's home town in the 1920s where three black circus workers were hung unjustly and they printed postcards of their hanging corpses. alot of the other verses probably refer to other incident's like this; "doctor filth", "Einstein disguised as robin hood". i think the last verse reinforces your opinion. he only wants the letter if he knows that the person he cares about "mails it from desolation row". even though he can't "read too good" as long as he knows that the person is safe is DR, he is at peace |
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