I wrote a note to Peter saying I liked his post...and I do. WS makes a good point of course and perhaps that's why we relate. As I said to Peter, ol' Bob has a mean streak in him. And that is just the point.

Most of us have that same mean streak.....I wish I didn't but I do. In affairs of the heart, the hurt is painful when it happens and the often immature, but also quite natural, way to deal with it is through the blame and guilt we foist upon the other person. Its why this song plays so well as a blues. "Idiot Wind" has even nastier sentiments. Bob is a master at conveying that sarcastic and superior feeling that we often give to the other person. One of my all time favorite sarcastic Dylan lines:

.....You asked me how I was doing.....Is that some kind of joke? All those people that you mention, yes, I know them they're quite lame. I had to reaarange their faces, and give them all another name.

or what about......

.......then you'd know what a drag it is to see you.

Yeah.....he's human; mean streak and all.

Spaw