Escrita por Bob Dylan,
foi gravada em 8 de março de 1966, nos estúdios da Columbia em
Nashville, Tennessee. Foi lançada em agosto de 1966, no disco Blonde
on Blonde. Foi também lançada como compacto no mesmo mês e chegou
ao número 33 dos charts pop americanos. Dylan não lançou-a no
Reino Unido, mas o grupo inglês Mandred Mann gravou-a e chegou ao
número 10 dos charts britânicos. A versão de Dylan é o número
232 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista
Rolling Stone.
Dylan disse que escreveu
essa canção em novembro de 1965, no feriado de Thanksgiving, em
Kansas City, enquanto estava em turnê. A canção tem um violão de
nylon e uma instrumentação de piano. Foi gravada com Charlie McCoy,
Joseph Souter Jr e Wayne Moss nas guitarras e violões, Henry
Strzelecki no baixo, Hargus Robbins no piano, Al Kooper no orgão e
Kenny Buttrey na bateria.
Dizem que foi feita pra
Joan Baez, e do começo do relacionamento deles, enquanto ela era
mais famosa do que ele. Dylan tocou-a no concerto pra Bangladesh, que
saiu em disco.
Foi regravada por Roberta
Flack, Manfred Mann, Nina Simona, The Byrds, Joe Cocker, Van
Morrison, Rod Stewart, Counting Crows, Gregg Allman, Richie Havens,
entre outros.
A letra:
Nobody feels any
pain
Tonight as I stand inside the rain
Everybody knows
That Baby's got new clothes
But lately I see her ribbons and her bows
Have fallen from her curls
She takes just like a woman, yes she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl.
Queen Mary, she's my friend
Yes, I believe I'll go see her again
Nobody has to guess
That Baby can't be blessed
Till she finally sees that she's like all the rest
With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls
She takes just like a woman, yes she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl.
It's was raining from the first
And I was dying there of thirst
So I came in here
And your long-time curse hurts
But what's worse
Is this pain in here
I can't stay in here
Ain't it clear that.
I just can't fit
Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit
When we meet again
Introduced as friends
Please don't let on that you knew me when
I was hungry and it was your world
Ah, you fake just like a woman, yes you do
You make love just like a woman, yes you do
Then you ache just like a woman
But you break just like a little girl.
Tonight as I stand inside the rain
Everybody knows
That Baby's got new clothes
But lately I see her ribbons and her bows
Have fallen from her curls
She takes just like a woman, yes she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl.
Queen Mary, she's my friend
Yes, I believe I'll go see her again
Nobody has to guess
That Baby can't be blessed
Till she finally sees that she's like all the rest
With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls
She takes just like a woman, yes she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl.
It's was raining from the first
And I was dying there of thirst
So I came in here
And your long-time curse hurts
But what's worse
Is this pain in here
I can't stay in here
Ain't it clear that.
I just can't fit
Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit
When we meet again
Introduced as friends
Please don't let on that you knew me when
I was hungry and it was your world
Ah, you fake just like a woman, yes you do
You make love just like a woman, yes you do
Then you ache just like a woman
But you break just like a little girl.
Bob Dylan com George
Harrison ao vivo no concerto para Bangladesh:
A versão de Rod Stewart:
A versão de Van Morrison:
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