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March 12, 2005
Misunderstanding
Phil and I misunderstood each other a couple of days ago. I thought he was talking about a song written by Bob Dylan, which Google reminds me is titled Ballad of a Thin Man.
He wanted me to sing it for him. I couldn't recall the tune, only the refrain:
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
If you cannot remember how the tune goes either, check out this mp3 cover version done live by the Grateful Dead. It's a bit approximate, but you get the idea.
Or maybe you don't, which is what I was trying to tell Phil. He told me something evident then. He said it's hard to understand the lyrics in a foreign language.
I only realized much later how nicely that observation sums things up.
Posted by Mark at March 12, 2005 01:46 PM