Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Lyrics

Lyric discussion by DeadheadTim 

Cover art for Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 lyrics by Bob Dylan

It is foremost about getting high. Secondly, there is the "biblical" sense in which you get stoned. But most importantly, the pun demonstrates the essential reason why stoners (or, a certain type of stoner, we shall say) do get stoned. The world, first of all, doesn't make much sense, people are judgemental, and it can be a difficult task to do one's own thing- all this being said, it would be better if we everybody got stoned. Which, by the way, is something that just about everyone whose ever smoked pot has said.