1531 – Bob Dylan – You're a big girl now (1975)

Escrita por Bob Dylan, foi gravada em 27 de dezembro de 1974, no Sound 80 Studio, em Minneapolis, Minnesota. Foi lançada em janeiro de 1975, no disco Blood on the tracks. Fala da história de dois amantes que estão se separando. Na verdade, a maioria do disco foi sobre separação. Nessa canção, ele pede outra chance. Não teve baixista na gravação. Dylan canta, toca violão e gaita. Kevin Odegaard e Chris Weber tocan guitarras. Greg Inhofer toca piano e Billy Berg toca bateria. Rolling Stone magazine disse que era a canção 91 da lista das 100 greatest Bob Dylan songs. A frase “Love is so simple, to quote a phrase”, vem do filme Children of Paradise, de Marcel Carné. O filme foi apresentado à Dylan pelo seu professor de pintura, Norman Raeben.

A letra:

Our conversation was short and sweet
It nearly swept me off my feet
And I'm back in the rain, oh
And you are on dry land
You made it there somehow
You're a big girl now

Bird on the horizon, sittin' on a fence
He's singin' his song for me at his own expense
And I'm just like that bird, oh
Singin' just for you
I hope that you can hear
Hear me singin' through these tears

Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast
Oh, but what a shame if all we've shared can't last
I can change, I swear, oh
See what you can do
I can make it through
You can make it, too

Love is so simple, to quote a phrase
You've known it all the time, I'm learnin' it these days
Oh, I know where I can find you, oh
In somebody's room
It's a price I have to pay
You're a big girl all the way

A change in the weather is known to be extreme
But what's the sense of changing horses in midstream?
I'm going out of my mind, oh
With a pain that stops and starts
Like a corkscrew to my heart
Ever since we've been apart

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