This could mean
nothing to you, but I don’t think you can top that line. It’s too imperfect to
become any better.
I don’t want to talk
about how great that song is, even by Dylan’s mid-60s standards. I don’t want
to mention the melody or the lyrics. With Bob Dylan circa 1966, you have to take
those things for granted. What you absolutely can’t take for granted, is that
sixth line from the final verse.
Because Dylan fluffs
it.
The song is "I Want You", and the line goes like
this: And because the time was on his
side. But it’s never that simple, is it. There’s a short, half-second hobble
before the word ‘because’, and it broke my heart back when I first heard it
years ago. One short stumble lasting eternity. Like I say, this could mean
nothing to you. Chances are, you wouldn’t even notice. To me, though, it’s what
music is about. Raw, imperfect and absolutely wonderful.
