1432 – Bob Dylan – Wedding song (1974)

Escrita por Bob Dylan, foi gravada em novembro de 1973 e lançada no disco Planet Waves em 17 de janeiro de 1974. O título do disco iria ser inclusive Wedding song, ao invés de Planet waves. Ela foi graavda no dia 9 de novembro. Ela não havia sido feita antes. Foi composta durante as gravações do disco. E foi a canção que fechou o disco. Muitos críticos falam que essa canção é autobiográfica. Começa com o narrador tentando convencer essa senhora que ele a ama mais do que a própria vida. Entretanto, o foco muda quando ele diz: “we can't regain what went down in the flood." Dylan tocou piano, gaita e cantou. Rick Danko tocou baixo. Levon helm tocou bateria. Garth Hudson tocou orgão Hammond e acordeon. Richard Manue tocou piano. Robbie Robertson tocou guitarra e Ken Lauber tocou congas.

A letra:

I love you more than ever, more than time and more than love
I love you more than money and more than the stars above
I love you more than madness, more than dreams upon the sea
I love you more than life itself, you mean that much to me

Ever since you walked right in the circle's been complete
I've said goodbye to haunted rooms and faces in the street
To the courtyard of the jester which is hidden from the sun
I love you more than ever and I haven't yet begun

You breathed on me and made my life a richer one to live
When I was deep in poverty you taught me how to give
Dried the tears up from my dreams and pulled me from the hole
I love you more than ever and it burns me to the soul

You gave me babies, one, two, three, what is more, you saved my life
Eye for eye and tooth for tooth, your love cuts like a knife
My thoughts of you don't ever rest, they'd kill me if I lie
But I'd sacrifice the world for you to watch my senses die

The tune that is yours and mine to play upon this earth
We'll play it out the best we know, whatever it is worth
What's lost is lost, we can't regain what went down in the flood
But happiness to me is you and I love you more than blood

It's never been my duty to remake the world at large
Nor is it my intentions to sound a battle charge
'Cause I love you more than all of that with a love that doesn't bend
And if there is eternity I'd love you there again.

Oh, can't you see that you were born to stand by my side
And I was born to be with you, you were born to be my bride
You're the other half of what I am, you're the missing piece
And I love you more than ever with that love that doesn't cease

You turn the tide on me each day and teach my eyes to see
Just being next to you is a natural thing for me
And I could never let you go, no matter what goes on
'Cause I love you more than ever now that the past is gone

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