May 25, 2026–HAPPY 85TH, MR. DYLAN

1962 ? 2026 ?

Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin’
Will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times, they are a-changin’

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You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people’s blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

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Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can’t shoot them anymore

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“…if God is on our side

He will stop the next war.”

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Quotes from Bob Dylan

War:
“If God is on our side, he’ll stop the next war.” (With God on our Side)
“And his brain has been mismanaged with great skill.” (License to Kill)
“Alright – where do you want this killing done?” (Highway 61)
“Is your money that good? Will it buy forgiveness? Do you think that it could?” (Masters of War)
“Things are breaking up out there, High water everywhere!” (High Water)
“Let’s disconnect the cables, over turn the tables. The place just don’t make sense
to me nor more.” (Senor)
“And I’ll tell it, and think it, and speak it and breath it.” (Hard Rain)

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I’m trying to love my neighbor and do good unto others, But oh, mother, things ain’t going well

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May you have a strong foundation, When the winds of changes shift

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“Bury the rag deep in your face, for now is the time for your tears.” (Hattie Carol)

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Something is happening here, But you don’t know what it is, Do you Mister Jones.

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”Is your money that good? Will it buy forgiveness? Do you think that it could?

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Don’t criticize what you can’t understand.—

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“There’s a big gaping hole in my chest where my heart was,
and a hole in the sky where God used to be.
My American dream fell apart at the seams.
You tell me what it means. You tell me what it means.”
Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson