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This song, like most on the album, is about love and the problems that come with it. Dylan attacks an unnamed woman throughout the song, though he sidetracks for several lines at a time to comment on the world in general. The chorus varies from time to time, but always includes the phrase, "You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe." At the end of the song, he changes it slightly and blames himself for some of the aforementioned problems in saying, "We're idiots, babe. It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves." Hootie And The Blowfish had a chart-topping hit with "Only Wanna Be With You" in 1994 , which included the lyrics: "They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy / She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me / I can't help it if I'm lucky." Though the band mentioned Dylan's name in the song, he sued them and settled out of court. Dylan reworked this song to the point where the musicians who played with him on the record were not credited on the album, because he decided to quicken the pace and change the lyrics after the packaging had already been printed. |
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