Robert Zimmerman (Jewish) 1964
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
It was only recently that I've read about this American icon (and i was surprised to discover that he is a Jew)...the great poet who helped shaped the future of popular music. Armed with his pen and guitar, spiced with the guts to challenge his own genius, Zimmerman became the youngest topical song writer to emerge in the 60s.
As the rest of his peers are busy with school...science and listening to local radio tunes, this young lad has ears on Little Richard and Woodie Guthrie...
Now I have better things to write about as I become entangled with the roots of a musical genius whom I often hear but never had the time to listen to.
If the point is sharp, and the arrow is swift, it can pierce through the dust no matter how thick.
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
It was only recently that I've read about this American icon (and i was surprised to discover that he is a Jew)...the great poet who helped shaped the future of popular music. Armed with his pen and guitar, spiced with the guts to challenge his own genius, Zimmerman became the youngest topical song writer to emerge in the 60s.
As the rest of his peers are busy with school...science and listening to local radio tunes, this young lad has ears on Little Richard and Woodie Guthrie...
Now I have better things to write about as I become entangled with the roots of a musical genius whom I often hear but never had the time to listen to.
If the point is sharp, and the arrow is swift, it can pierce through the dust no matter how thick.
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