Dylan, Bob - Dignity Lyrics

Such a great song. Leave it to Dylan to sum up the one thing that so many of us strive for with just one word. Dignity. And to address it as a noun...a person...a tangible thing,
is really, such a powerful metaphor. Only Dylan. Like so many other images he's painted and the understanding he has brought, I am left saying just one thing..."Only Dylan". The best.

disgusting bleating jew

" he bites the bullet and looks within " ~ love it !!!

i have my dignity I am boxer,pilot,painter sculptor poet aconstantly pain aass so take or live it

yeah boys

Decir fabuloso no es suficiente!!!!!!!

Love this song. What is Dylan trying to tell us? I don't know.

The importance of dignity?

Lack of dignity!!!

Just came across this . Blew me away. He is THE man, bar none.
'Dignity never been photographed'

Everywhere Dylan Goes shows he's got dignity way to go Bobby may god keep on keeping his blessings coming not to busy living is to busy dieing keep on keeping on

" Got no place to fade, got no coat, I'm on a rolling river in a jerkin boat " The best poet to come out of rock and roll. You can listen to this in 50 years time and it will be even better, great art is timeless.

Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed
Dignity never been photographed

This is just something I would like and my friends would just mutter and try to act distracted.

shame he sings 20x better here than on the actual mtv recordings

Is this a rehearsal for his Unplugged appearance?

Thank you Hero

I never tire of listening . Bought my first LP way back when . Free wheelin in mono . Still got it and others tucked away . No LP player though . Memories .

Un ciego e no "El ciego"

Oh Bob thanks

Dignity Says it all The Poet Sings It How it is That's Why Dylan is The Noble Prize

Creo que se debió incluir LIKE A ROLLING STONE

He has the most beautiful soul...

interesting unofficial vibe x

it's the rehearsal for MTV Unplugged in the 90's

Wise man lookin at a blade of grass...Dylan nod to Walt Whitman, two soulful poets!

I think about this song a lot. I think I get why he didn't finish it and I guess the lyrics kind of say as much. Dignity isn't much of a reward for a hard life but it's all some of us are offered. Maybe this song is more about justice than dignity. Maybe it's about how neither of those things exist.

Els policies que colpejaven l'1-O coneixien la dignitat del poble català?

The police and the Civil Guard were only pawns in the game of Rajoy, Sáenz de Santamaría and the central government headed by the PP.

Em sembla que no és gaire democràtic colpejar la gent i empresonar persones innocents i honestes només per haver posat les urnes...

This is at his Damn best, ain't a soul going to cover this, like this. Thank you.

Haven't seen it lately, no.

Gracias por esto

I put 'Dignity' among my Top 10 songs by Dylan and I believe my judgement is sound. ' Somebody got murdered on New Years Eve/ Somebody said dignity was the first to leave'.Thank you so much for putting up the lyrics in English and Spanish for a hearing-impaired man like me.

C INCROYABLE DE BOSSER COMME LUI ET SON BAND  LA PERFECTION EXISTE AVEC BOB DYLAN  MERCI JEFF

Dylan is a master

Yes! For me he's the best American songwriter since Stephen Foster.

Fantastic song brings back memories of old times. Dignity cannot be photographed

Rehearsal for the 1994 Unplugged concert.

Yes, this was a great rehearsal session!

Dignity     
Bob Dylan

Fat man lookin’ in a blade of steel
Thin man lookin’ at his last meal
Hollow man lookin’ in a cotton field
For dignity

Wise man lookin’ in a blade of grass
Young man lookin’ in the shadows that pass
Poor man lookin’ through painted glass
For dignity

Somebody got murdered on New Year’s Eve
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave
I went into the city, went into the town
Went into the land of the midnight sun

Searchin’ high, searchin’ low
Searchin’ everywhere I know
Askin’ the cops wherever I go
Have you seen dignity?

Blind man breakin’ out of a trance
Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance
Hopin’ to find one circumstance
Of dignity

I went to the wedding of Mary Lou
She said, “I don’t want nobody see me talkin’ to you”
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew
About dignity

I went down where the vultures feed
I would’ve gone deeper, but there wasn’t any need
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men
Wasn’t any difference to me

Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade
House on fire, debts unpaid
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid
Have you seen dignity?

Drinkin’ man listens to the voice he hears
In a crowded room full of covered-up mirrors
Lookin’ into the lost forgotten years
For dignity

Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
Said he’d give me information if his name wasn’t used
He wanted money up front, said he was abused
By dignity

Footprints runnin’ ’cross the silver sand
Steps goin’ down into tattoo land
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light
In the border-towns of despair

Got no place to fade, got no coat
I’m on the rollin’ river in a jerkin’ boat
Tryin’ to read a note somebody wrote
About dignity

Sick man lookin’ for the doctor’s cure
Lookin’ at his hands for the lines that were
And into every masterpiece of literature
For dignity

Englishman stranded in the black-heart wind
Combin’ his hair back, his future looks thin
Bites the bullet and he looks within
For dignity

Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed
Dignity never been photographed
I went into the red, went into the black
Into the valley of dry bone dreams

So many roads, so much at stake
So many dead ends, I’m at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it’s gonna take
To find dignity
                                                                         
Writer(s): Dylan Burns

Bob you are so good, there is anyone like you!
Thank's Bob for all your songs through the years.

Sugarman Rodregus......is up there too......someone said he leaves Dylan miles behind !.....its true !!! .....https://youtu.be/vKYEYNX-Eug

Dylan la compuso tras oir la noticia de la muerte de Pistol Pete Maravich, uno de mis jugadores de baloncesto favoritos. En su autobiografía escribe al respecto.

Dylan composed these after hearing about Pistol Pete Maravich death, one of my favourite basketball player. There's something written about this on his autobiography

¡Interesante dato! Gracias por el aporte.

Excellent! thanks for posting this video! One of my all time favourites!

I also like this song a lot. Thank, sir!

No se referirá a Felipe el principe por entonces de españa no? Jajajja

Sobre esa fecha toco por españa

De hecho creo que se refiere a Felipe de Edimburgo, esposo de la Reina Isabel II. En inglés se suele referir al rey Borbón por su nombre en español, en cambio "Prince Phillip" es como se llama al príncipe británico (que en nuestro idioma lo llamamos Felipe). Pero sí, al momento de traducir también pensé en el rey de España (por aquel entonces príncipe), jajaja :)

Dignity is one of my favourite songs of Dylan, my favourite version is included on The Greatest Hits volume 3, I guess. The one from 1994 to be exact. That to me is the way this song should sound. There are many good versions, including the ones on Tell Tale Signs and the one from MTV Unplugged, but my favourite is the one I mentioned.

I prefer the piano version found on "Tell Tale Signs", but the electric versions of this song are marvelous too!

Jefferson Davis good taste Jeff, respect

Love it too, Tambi. 💜

I WENT DOWN WHERE THE VULTURES FEED. I WOULD HAVE GONE DEEPER BUT THERE WASN'T ANY NEED.
I HEARD THE TOUNGS OF ANGELS AND THE TOUNGS OF MEN THERE WASN'T ANY DIFFERENCE TO ME.

Absolutely Right !!!