"hearing a voice I'd known a couple of light years ago
Heading straight for a fall" Considering the song was written in 1975, it is my reading of it, that Bob rang her up one day looking for sympathy when he realised his marriage to Sara Lownds was on the rocks. According to a Wikipedia entry "Their marriage first became strained around April 1974 when he began taking art classes from Norman Raeben, a 73-year-old Russian immigrant... Raeban's teaching methods radically changed the musician's way of thinking, and he would later tell an interviewer, "I went home after that first day and my wife never did understand me ever since that day. That's when our marriage started breaking up. She never knew what I was talking about, what I was thinking about, and I couldn't possibly explain it." His marriage ended in 1977, which is the fall that is referred to. Would it be too much of a stretch that Baez was the charcoal and Lownds was the shiny metal (Dylan refers to Sara's silver cross in "Sad Eyed lady of the lowlands"). Time has brought decay (rust) in his relationship with Sara and Baez is pointing out he could have had a diamond instead, Baez. There is a strong feeling of "I told you so" to the song.
"hearing a voice I'd known a couple of light years ago Heading straight for a fall" Considering the song was written in 1975, it is my reading of it, that Bob rang her up one day looking for sympathy when he realised his marriage to Sara Lownds was on the rocks. According to a Wikipedia entry "Their marriage first became strained around April 1974 when he began taking art classes from Norman Raeben, a 73-year-old Russian immigrant... Raeban's teaching methods radically changed the musician's way of thinking, and he would later tell an interviewer, "I went home after that first day and my wife never did understand me ever since that day. That's when our marriage started breaking up. She never knew what I was talking about, what I was thinking about, and I couldn't possibly explain it." His marriage ended in 1977, which is the fall that is referred to. Would it be too much of a stretch that Baez was the charcoal and Lownds was the shiny metal (Dylan refers to Sara's silver cross in "Sad Eyed lady of the lowlands"). Time has brought decay (rust) in his relationship with Sara and Baez is pointing out he could have had a diamond instead, Baez. There is a strong feeling of "I told you so" to the song.
@melco99 I think she was avoiding being hurt again more than I told you so. It is a very hurt song.
@melco99 I think she was avoiding being hurt again more than I told you so. It is a very hurt song.
@melco99 Yes, you are right.
@melco99 Yes, you are right.