The new song Bob Dylan wrote for the movie "North Country" is an amazing country-folk ballad that has been stuck in my head since the day I first heard a few months ago. The song, "Tell Ol' Bill," is full of amazing, haunting imagery telling the tale of pain and the scarred resignation that comes with the acceptance of a failed relationship and lost dreams. It is sung from the woman's point of view and ends with:
Tell ol' Bill when he comes home
Anything is worth a try
Tell him that I'm not alone
That the hour has come to do or die.
All the world I would defy
Let me make it plain as day
I look at you now and I sigh
How could it be any other way?
This has to be one of the best written songs of 2005 and one of Dylan's 10 best ever...seriously.
Tell ol' Bill when he comes home
Anything is worth a try
Tell him that I'm not alone
That the hour has come to do or die.
All the world I would defy
Let me make it plain as day
I look at you now and I sigh
How could it be any other way?
This has to be one of the best written songs of 2005 and one of Dylan's 10 best ever...seriously.