I love this Bob Dylan song, It's All Good, which he wrote in collaboration with the Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. Here are the lyrics. They collaborated on all but one of the songs sung by Dylan on his new album, Together Through Life. I have heard this track a few times on the BBC World Service and loved every moment of it. Dylan is in great voice – raspy and inimitable. The infectious upbeat music counterpoints the lyrics. It's great, but my favourites are If Not For You, I Want You, Blowin' In The Wind, Don't Think Twice It's All Right, It Ain't Me Babe, Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You, Lay Lady Lay, Forever Young, Mr Tambourine Man – yeah, the oldies.
Yes, this montage includes Jack Nicholson, James Brown and "Mr Twister" Chubby Checker of all people!
The Rolling Stone reports:
“Hunter is an old buddy,” Dylan explains. “We could probably write a hundred songs together if we thought it was important or the right reasons were there. He’s got a way with words and I do too. We both write a different type of song than what passes today for songwriting.”
Dylan and Hunter collaborated before on Silvio and The Ugliest Girl In The World for Dylan’s 1988 album Down In The Groove. The pair’s latest efforts, however, mark Dylan’s deepest work with a collaborator since his 1976 album Desire, which saw Dylan team with Jacques Levy for all but two songs.
Dylan kept the door open to future collaborations with Hunter. “I think we’ll be writing a couple of other songs too for some off-Broadway play,” Dylan says.
It's All Good
Talk about me babe, if you must.
Throw out the dirt; pile on the dust.
I'd do the same thing if I could
You know what they say? They say it's all good.
All good.
It's all good.Big politician telling lies;
Restaurant kitchen all full of flies.
Don't make a bit of difference; don't see why it should.
But it's alright, cause its all good.
It's all good.
It's all good.Wives are leavin' their husbands; they're beginning to roam.
They leave the party and they never get home.
I wouldn't change it even if I could
You know what they say, man, it's all good.
It's all good.
All good.Brick by brick, they tear you down.
A teacup of water is enough to drown.
You oughta know, if they could, they would whatever goin' down, it's all good.All good.
Said it's all good.People in the country, People on the land.
Some of them so sick they can hardly stand.
Everybody would move away if they could
Its hard to believe but its all good.
Yeah… [chuckles]Well widows cry; the orphans plea.
Everywhere you look there's more misery.
Come along with me babe, I wish you would.
You know what I'm sayin', it's all good.All good.
I said it's all good.
All good.Cold blooded killer stomp into town
Cop car's blinkin', something bad goin' down.
Buildings are crumblin, in the neighborhood.
But there's nothing to worry about, cause it's all good.
It's all good.
I say it's all good.Gonna [inaudible] and blow it in your face.
This time tomorrow I'll be rollin' in your place.
I wouldn't change a thing even if I could.
You know what they say?
They say it's all good.
It's all good.
It's all good.
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