A música Its All Over Now, Baby Blue de Bob Dylan é considerada uma despedida poética de Dylan às antigas restrições de sua vida anterior e um movimento em direção a novas liberdades artísticas. Foi composta após a decisão de Dylan de afastar-se do cenário do folk music politicamente engajado para explorar outros estilos musicais, especialmente o rock. A música é tida como uma despedida para a então namorada de Dylan, bem como para o seu público ... Ver mais [+] folk tradicional que resistia à sua nova direção musical.
You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast Yonder stands your orphan with his gun Crying like a fire in the sun Look out the saints are coming through And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense. Take what you have gathered from coincidence. The empty-handed painter from your streets Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets. The sky, too, is folding under you And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home. Your empty handed armies, they're all going home. The lover who just walked out your door Has taken all his blankets from the floor. The carpet, too, is moving under you And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you. Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you. The vagabond who's rapping at your door Is standing in the clothes that you once wore. Strike another match, go start anew And it's all over now, Baby Blue.