Bob Dylan - I Threw It All Away Lyrics






I once held her in my arms
She said she would always stay
But I was cruel
I treated her like a fool
I threw it all away.

Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand
And rivers that ran through ev'ry day
I must have been mad
I never knew what I had
Until I threw it all away.

Love is all there is, it makes the world go around
Love and only love it can't be denied
No matter what you think about it
You just won't be able to do without it
Take a tip from one who's tried.

So if you find someone that gives you all of her love
Take it to your heart, don't let it stray
For one thing that's certain
You will surely be a-hurtin'
If you throw it all away.





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  1. M.... B....

    Perfect song. Dec 2019....

  2. P.... N....

    A masterful use of major and minor chords.

  3. X.... ....

    It's funny my little brother was named after him

  4. B.... J....

    this and surfs up by brian wilson and strawberry fields forever are 3 of the greatest songs of all time in very different ways

  5. E.... K....

    Fake but good

  6. D.... R....

    Love is all there is. True words. Songs of lost love are beautiful but the pain is deep. Love is all there is don’t throw it away.

  7. C.... D....

    😭❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🌀 Love You 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

  8. B.... ....

    This is the song I always play for people who claim they can't understand what Dylan is saying. It's not only clear what he is saying, it's also clear what he is thinking and why.

  9. s.... r....

    Patriot is a great show.

  10. s.... ....

    His vocals on this track!! Absolutely perfect.

  11. G.... F....

    BOB SINGS ABOUT REAL LIFE/LOVE,,,

  12. D.... S....

    best country album ever, Dylan took the hillbilly out of country and instilled class

  13. J.... D....

    This song reminds me a bit of "Lay Lady Lay".Nice tune.

    J.... D....

    yes you're right

  14. G.... F....

    WHO HAS'NT,,,IDIOTS SOME OF US

  15. D.... ....

    What a great song!

  16. S.... R....

    Mother sees life per second, forgets it till the next

  17. r.... f....

    Up "One more night" please

  18. G.... H....

    Probably his best album

  19. T.... B....

    I have nothing bad to say about the Mexicans themselves (my life was once saved by one) and for this country to turn against them and the rhetoric of the president himself to be so hateful is another horrible sign on the wrong road we are on. And so with the new immigration laws they are taking in more Asians and in particular Chinese here in the western US than ever before. Their numbers of legal immigrants let into the country surpassed Mexico's last year. And you still say we are not connected to China and Trump's little trade war is going to fix everything? Part of the reason that the land prices have escalated is because of Chinese buyers which makes affordable housing for Americans less likely. So you are letting in a whole shitload of Chinese who are very well educated (and higher up in the party and well thought of to receive such high education) and letting them buy up a bunch of land and resources too- instead of letting Mexicans who already have been breaking their backs working for this country or their parents did have citizenship, is this correct? And you saw the Mexican as a threat who was out there everyday making your bed, picking your food and cleaning your toilets while the Chinese are your good buddies you just opened the door wide open for without question? Most of the time you are truly being horrible to others and unfair you don't even realize it, do you?

  20. T.... B....

    So where do thoughts go when you are not thinking them? Is there really a big pool in your backyard that you swim in at whim and can touch every drop all at once if you should wish, or a river that just passes by- never to be seen again in many cases? How can you say that the river is yours? If you have to catch your own thoughts before they drift downstream chances are that you are just on the shore of the river someplace and not its source. Its important to know where things come from. This is also how Alzheimer's disease happens to people as well as amnesia. The room is never really yours that you live in- and at any point God could kick you out to the curb with nothing or give you something like the Spanish language while your native tongue is English and forget your own name. God is not kind, nor really merciful if you forget how to eat and swallow. Anyway, out of the pool kids!! We are on the big river here and you could drown at any moment. That river is not anyone's except Gods.

  21. T.... B....

    J is for Jesus. So what are you all doing wearing my initial for before I was even born religiously? Ain't that connection between me and God something else? Its really between me and God, if you were told I was God's messenger and that forgiveness comes from GOD CREATING ALL- not Jesus you would kill me- is this correct? Maybe torture me for a while before hand, then steal afterwards and lie, then cheat others not only in this life but the afterlife too type of behavior? See, someone doesn't change and they never have. The times are the only thing that changed. But the people and their thoughts and motivations didn't.


    For POWER is always what you've wanted, not truth. Things that taste good to you, spoiled children will eat, but things that are good for you- you only throw around the room and on the floor and walls. A chocolate cake is always what you DESIRE- never carrots and broccoli. But if one goes around drinking pop all their life instead of water then what will happen? My sister in-law's father lives with them because he has dementia, had a stroke and can't really function or remember much anymore, and is only in his early 60's. But he refuses to eat vegetables nor drink any water. He eats meat and drinks soda pop. That is all. But if you don't eat your meat you can't have any pudding? Either either is not so great. "Try stir fry with noodles next time evil one!!" said Bruce Lee.

    T.... B....

    Fuck off

    T.... B....

    Shut the fuck up

  22. T.... B....

    How can you be an accurate judge of the answers on my paper if you never knew what the question was?

  23. T.... B....

    Tom Bombadil I ran across one day, or at least the spitting image of what I'd always imagined him to be from reading Tolkien himself. He worked on my fire crew one summer and was a forester who talked to the trees, but carried a very shiny and effective axe too. With dark hair and a slightly unkempt beard, he was shorter than I am but as thick as a tree trunk with just muscle, and a serious rock climber too with the forearms to prove it. I had a crush on him after he whispered to me in the trees one day while we were supposed to be paying attention during a lecture, but he never would go out with me and turned me down. He preferred his beautiful model-like girlfriend from the city whom his room mates hated and thought was stuck up.

  24. T.... B....

    And that shall be the death of the entire planet- you always did want more. But you had enough. You had PLENTY already. But no, content you never were with what God hath given to you, and you were greedy and selfish and THREW IT ALL AWAY!! Don't kick a gift horse in the mouth!!! But you never did have very much appreciation for what God gave to you and wrecked everything green and beautiful, did you not every time?

  25. T.... B....

    Isn't that such a hard thing to take? If you don't get a crumb, why should others get an entire cake? FUCK HER UP THE ASS LIKE YOU OWN THAT FUCKING PROSTITUTE!!!!! See the tears roll down the little slave girl's cheeks as you stick it in her again and again then write a song about it and make a million!! Don't ever take your dick out of her ass!!!!! GET SOME OLD MEN!~!!!! MORE MORE MORE!!!! IS ALL I EVER HEAR!!!! But I wasn't good enough huh BOb? Didn't you always just want MORE!!!! MORE!!! MOREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  26. T.... B....

    Let this be a lesson to you Little Schoolboys who enjoy playing with matches, I could be anyone- I could be everyone. I could be the alcoholic bum sitting on the corner asking for change and I could be Madame Curie performing nuclear radiation tests upon myself. You never know who is important. So you should treat each other all importantly. Its not that important you treat me well in my lifetime, for I am only one person and my life is inevitably short, but to learn the lesson because there are many many more people that you will have to deal with over the course of human existence- however long that may be.

    T.... B....

    Fuck off

  27. T.... B....

    A pawn Bob? Really? I'd think you'd be a rook or knight at least- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCjGSbm2LFc

  28. T.... B....

    I feel very strangely about having all this personal information supposedly going into a public book, and worry that the artifacts in question will be further looted and destroyed- if anything- if that is the only route to take. My options are limited. I've exhausted other possibilities besides traveling with a suitcase full of artifacts to Asia itself. And I obviously have a lot of hatred for the other Bob which makes the whole book unbelievable and unpalatable as well as my screams of rape. But the word from above is that the people who are being robbed in China would allow me to use their sacred items for anything and everything as long as they might get some help from others. So I do think I'm going to go for some skull photos. Amazing how that one elderly woman just had one crystal skull and the press made such a big deal about it back in the day and I have ones straight from China carved in a style 4,500+ years old or more and no one can even take a look at them, isn't it?


    This is straight from National Geographic- "CRYSTAL SKULLS ARE not uncommon or terribly mysterious. Thousands are produced every year in Brazil, China, and Germany. But there are a handful of these rather macabre objects that have fueled intense interest and controversy among archaeologists, scientists, spiritualists, and museum officials for more than a century.

    There are perhaps a dozen of these rare crystal skulls in private and public collections. Some are crystal clear, others of smoky or colored quartz. Some are actual human size and of very fine detail, while others are smaller and less refined. All are believed to originate from Mexico and Central America.

    Many believe these skulls were carved thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago by an ancient Mesoamerican civilization. Others think they may be relics from the legendary island of Atlantis or proof that extraterrestrials visited the Aztec sometime before the Spanish conquest."


    Ummm.... mine were shipped from China. Straight from there. With crystal penises. In Hongshan style. With silk worms on their heads, as well as a variety of other animals. I mean.... can you not help me here Bob before it is too late? These things should have never really been sold! And I will only help to sell more of them if this book is published. And more tombs and people will be robbed and we will never know their story.

    T.... B....

    What are you talking about and what does this have to do with this song?

    T.... B....

    @RefusesCookies Bob Dylan songs on youtube are THE place to find insane rambling comments

  29. T.... B....

    I always think, "How could you?" How could you just throw me away, forget about me, like that. But then there are too many cases where newborn babies are found in garbage dumpsters and elderly parents experience years of abuse at the hands of their children, so I don't really think it is my fault- I didn't sin, I'm not being punished for something I did wrong and this is how I ended up in such a bad spot. I think religious belief up to this point believes people deserve what they get from God, but GOD CREATES ALL, and you can observe everyday tremendous injustice and unfairness. This is also where Star Wars begins Bob. In a trash dumpster with the walls closing in and a large monster underfoot...

    T.... B....

    Delete ur channel

  30. T.... B....

    Do you really think the fate of the world depends upon boobies, long hair and a clear complexion? Or do you think perhaps that might be a bit superficial? Is that not really part of the problem, not the solution? Do you know how many primates get tested with chemicals every year because of testing of women's beauty products? And the amount of rayon and plastic microfibers in the world's oceans are growing: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/20/microfibers-plastic-pollution-oceans-patagonia-synthetic-clothes-microbeads If you try to buy women's "fitness" clothing these days everything is made from polyester- which should have gone out of style in the 70's- but has completely taken over the market. But after overbuying clothes and shoes that is what many women do- throw it all away- and for what? How long will the earth and its organisms suffer for their moment of beauty that was so short lived? My brother complains that Goodwill and other thrift shops never has clothes in his size. But men don't buy that much and then they wear out what they have unlike women.


    So in essence you threw away our futures over some makeup and rayon and silicone boobies, is this correct? I mean not only was I personally tossed in the trash because I didn't have enough of ALL THAT, but then you tossed the world in the trash too with too much of ALL THAT? I think you got enough boobies, know what I'm saying Bob?

  31. O.... E....

    Dylan owning yet another genre. 😎

  32. T.... B....

    For if one cannot be kind to others and have compassion, then one does not make it through the pearly gates. End of discussion.

    T.... B....

    The Bondage Queen your toxic.why can't you comment on what a moving song it is instead of spouting your personal vendetta s?

  33. T.... B....

    I had something to tell you people, but since you didn't listen, guess what happened Bob? I don't much like being ignored and maybe you weren't worth saving!!

  34. K.... J....

    so sorry

  35. S.... L....

    one of nick cave's favorite songs! beautiful, warm and heartbreaking at the same time!!!

    S.... L....

    Well hell now i want to hear him cover it... i can already hear it.

    S.... L....

    @Ashen Light me too! maybe it will happen, a new album or anything of nick and seeds covering other musicians would be fantastic!

  36. G.... L....

    any one who has ever fallen in love knows this feeling

  37. E.... J....

    Glad the original is on youtube..hope it stays.

    E.... J....

    She said she would always stay... hopefully Bob doesn’t throw away this song from YouTube

    E.... J....

    @Grayson Howard It's Vevo. It will remain.

  38. S.... P....

    I once held her in my arms
    She said she would always stay
    But I was cruel
    I treated her like a fool
    I threw it all away
    Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand
    And rivers that ran through every day
    I must have been mad
    I never knew what I had
    Until I threw it all away
    Love is all there is, it makes the world go 'round
    Love and only love, it can't be denied
    No matter what you think about it
    You just won't be able to do without it
    Take a tip from one who's tried
    So if you find someone that gives you all of her love
    Take it to your heart, don't let it stray
    For one thing that's certain
    You will surely be a-hurtin'
    If you throw it all away
    If you throw it all away

    S.... P....

    beautiful text by Bob Dylan and who doesn't recognize this

    S.... P....

    Hey man, see the infobox

    S.... P....

    Stelios Pilidis 😭😭😭

  39. M.... ....

    Probably in my top Dylan songs. It’s so simple and true. I must have been mad, I never knew what I had; until I threw it all away.

  40. j.... z....

    Damn how I wish I was born back in those days, going around with my guitar, enjoying life the fullest

    j.... z....

    Do it now bro

  41. A.... G....

    https://amzn.to/2NZt4GC

  42. w.... ....

    Never a truer word has been said,,,,

  43. R.... Z....

    Goodddddd

  44. A.... ....

    I used to skip this track all the time because the intro was a downer but when I actually listened to fully I realised how great it is...

    A.... ....

    Sen subtly powerful. Seems sentimental on the surface, but..it’s sincere.

    A.... ....

    Alpha Oh ye of little faith

  45. N.... S....

    Love this album

  46. a.... ....

    fav pic of dylan

  47. I.... ....

    Such a beautiful song. Is my favorite song from the album and I swear I smile everytime I hear that organ begin to move around a bit in the 3rd verse

  48. J.... s....

    Like Elvis!!

  49. T.... H....

    Dylan wrote some straight-to-Elvis songs, whether they arrived or not. This is one of the best.

    T.... H....

    So simple so Great