DON'T THINK TWICE IT'S ALL RIGHT
(by Bob Dylan, 1964; learned from Carl Schrager at Teton Tea parties)
It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, gal,
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal,
It ain't no use turnin' on your light, gal,
Nom I'm walkin' down the road, gal,
(from miriam berg's folksong collection)
If you don't know by now,
It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, gal,
It don't matter anyhow;
When the rooster crows at dawn,
Look out your window and I'll be gone,
You're the reason I'm travellin' on,
Don't think twice, it's all right.
Like you never done before;
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal,
I can't hear you anymore.
I been thinkin', wonderin', walkin' down the road,
I once loved a woman, or a girl, I'm told,
I gave her my heart, but she wanted my soul,
Don't think twice, it's all right.
The light I never knowed;
It ain't no use turnin' on your light, gal,
I'm on the dark side of the road;
I wish there was somethin' you could do or say,
Somethin' to change my mind to stay,
But we never did much talkin' anyway,
Don't think twice, it's all right.
Where I'm goin', I can't tell.
Good-bye is too good a word, gal,
So I'll just say, fare thee well;
Now I'm not sayin' you treated me unkind,
You could'a done better but I don't mind,
You just kind'a wasted my precious time,
Don't think twice, it's all right.