I can't put them in a box and wrap them up with a bow. I can't help listening." For me, Dylan's lyrics are often like that. There's a wonderful line in a Jackson Browne song about death."It's like a song I can hear right in my ear. So gather them up and make the best sense out of things that you can. those seeming coincidences may just give us a clue. kind of like."Life is very mysterious and uncertain and we're not going to figure it out really well, but hey. The author felt it was very metaphysical. About 30 years ago I read a whole essay in some magazine about the "take what you have gathered from coincidence" line.
it's obviously more warning to those who want to stay put but are forced, as we all are, to move on and start anew. Take what you have gathered from coincidence." I could go off for a while on what I think it means. "The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense. But as is so typical of him, the images don't all make perfect sense, at least not to me. General CommentThe obvious major theme of this song is Dylans moving on out of the folk scene, and giving a kind of warning to others than you can't stop change. Is standing in the clothes that you once wore Leave your stepping stones behind now, something calls for youįorget the dead you've left, they will not follow you Has taken all his blankets from the floor The empty-handed painter from your streetsĪll your seasick sailors, they are rowing home Take what you have gathered from coincidence The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense You must leave now, take what you need, you think will lastīut whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
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