365 Days Days of Dylan, Day 16: Chimes of Freedom

365 Days of Dylan, Day 16: Chimes of Freedom from 1964's Another Side of Bob Dylan.

Can you hear them? The chimes of freedom. The sounds of change. The song of hope.

Do you hear the chimes "Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight...?"

Chimes of Freedom lyrics.

It's Monday, January 16, 2017, Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the States. I selected "Chimes of Freedom" as today's featured Bob Dylan song.

It is not enough to say we must not wage war.

It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Yes, there are reasons to despair. But so many more reasons to hope.

What can we do each day, in small ways, to keep the chimes of freedom flashing?

My country's pledge says it all, "With liberty and justice for all." How do can I work each day to put those words into action?

       

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365 Days of Dylan, Day 11: My Back Pages

365 Days of Dylan, Day 11: "My Back Pages," from Another Side of Bob Dylan. This song has one of my favorite lines from any of Dylan's songs (that's saying a lot) that I often repeat:

"Well, I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now."

This is melancholy, introspective Dylan, singing and slinging wisdom beyond his then young years.

 Makes me consider that:

• I'm always a student. The more I learn, the more I have to learn.
• I hope to continue to grow, but never completely grow up.
• I strive to remain open.

Also reminds me of something Jonathan, my son, told me when he was three or four years old:

"Dad, when you get little like me, we can go to kiddie camp (preschool) together and play all day."

"I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now."

"My Back Pages" lyrics.

Again, another amazing cover by The Byrds. They really had that Dylan thing down, didn't they?

Bob Dylan on tour.

           

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What's your favorite Dylan song?