The Very Best of Bob Dylan's Weirdest Lyrics.
Stop trying, scholars: You'll never get inside Dylan's mind. But these lyrics are sort of telling.Even if the “the times, they are a changin',” Bob Dylan certainly hasn’t been doing anything different. At 80 years old, the cultural icon is just as prolific as ever, releasing new albums and touring once more after taking some time off because of COVID shutdowns.
Dylan is one of the greatest wordsmiths in history, but even Shakespeare has a few lines that leave historians scratching their heads. Here are some of Dylan’s weirdest lyrics.“To curbs 'neath holes where babies wail, though it shadows metal badge.” Come on Bob, “badge” and the last letter of the previous sentence, “attached” don’t rhyme.
In his five decades of performing and writing, Dylan has never received a critical backlash like the one he got for “Wiggle Wiggle,” which he has insisted was a children’s song. In 2013,"Murder Most Foul,""Wolfman, oh Wolfman, oh Wolfman, howl. Rub-a-dub-dub, it's a murder most foul."