Guys, this song is all about drug addiction. Let's look at some of the words and see the double entendre...
You know she keeps me hid - hiding his drug habit
Junkyard angel - heroin is called junk (as in junkie) and an angel is a supplier
If I go down dyin' - severe withdrawl systoms
Pipeline gets broken - the supply of heroin dries up
Lost on the river bridge - cannot find any heroin to score
She comes down a thruway - she has a much needed supply of heroin
Sew me up with a thread - Sew means needle, a syringe of heroin
She don't need no crutch - not addicted to heroin
She keeps a 4 10 - a 4 10 is a shotgun and also a term of a loaded syringe
Keep away the dead - stay away from junkies
She brings me everything and more - always has a supply of dope
Go down dying - when having withdrawl symptoms you need a blanket because of the chills...
Case closed. Dylan was hanging around the junkies of NYC and he wrote about his experiences (a user himself?) in words that covered up the illegality of what he saw so that his songs were acceptable to the unknowing public.
Guys, this song is all about drug addiction. Let's look at some of the words and see the double entendre...
You know she keeps me hid - hiding his drug habit
Junkyard angel - heroin is called junk (as in junkie) and an angel is a supplier
If I go down dyin' - severe withdrawl systoms
Pipeline gets broken - the supply of heroin dries up
Lost on the river bridge - cannot find any heroin to score
She comes down a thruway - she has a much needed supply of heroin
Sew me up with a thread - Sew means needle, a syringe of heroin
She don't need no crutch - not addicted to heroin
She keeps a 4 10 - a 4 10 is a shotgun and also a term of a loaded syringe
Keep away the dead - stay away from junkies
She brings me everything and more - always has a supply of dope
Go down dying - when having withdrawl symptoms you need a blanket because of the chills...
Case closed. Dylan was hanging around the junkies of NYC and he wrote about his experiences (a user himself?) in words that covered up the illegality of what he saw so that his songs were acceptable to the unknowing public.
@castalia2576 absolutely spot on.....
@castalia2576 absolutely spot on.....
Regarding your 410 syringe interpretation, I get the 10 part but how does the 4 come in? Where does that get used ?
Regarding your 410 syringe interpretation, I get the 10 part but how does the 4 come in? Where does that get used ?
@lioness84 maybe something like this?: https://www.amazon.com/Syringe-Kit-Assorted-Blunt-Needles/dp/B002RUD01C
@lioness84 maybe something like this?: https://www.amazon.com/Syringe-Kit-Assorted-Blunt-Needles/dp/B002RUD01C
@castalia2576 Uh, nope. Just so palpably wrong it's sorta sad . . .
@castalia2576 Uh, nope. Just so palpably wrong it's sorta sad . . .